The practice of roasting and grinding nuts into butter is centuries old, going back to Indigenous Incan people in South America. Today, Americans consume some 700 million pounds of peanut butter every year.
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Use Big Spoon Roasters’ peanut pecan nut butter to make their Peanut Pecan Oatmeal Cookies . Right: Mark and Megan Overbay, co-owners of Big Spoon Roasters. Photos by Forrest Mason.
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Yumbutter, among others, has recently begun producing portable pouches which allow for enjoying nut butters on the go. Photo provided.
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Ground Up provides job opportunities to women overcoming adversity through an employment training program. Photo provided.
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