We are super excited to welcome San Juan Island Sea Salt to Gobble Up this fall! What a great gift for all your culinary lovers out there.
Tell us about your culinary journey.
My name is Brady and I am the younger son of the Ryan Farm clan. I enjoyed a wonderful upbringing on San Juan Island, where I spent countless hours swimming in the cold, clean ocean. After high school, I moved on to the University of Washington in Seattle, where I obtained a degree in Mathematics and discovered a passion for plants and agriculture. After graduating in 2010 I began working for Local Roots Farm, a vegetable farm in the Snoqualmie Valley outside Seattle. After that adventure, I was lucky enough to intern with the Ballard Bee Company in Seattle, which led me to start San Juan Island Honey (now Upper Left Honey). I’m always learning more about sea salt and love the challenge of making the best sea salt in the PNW.
Where do you source your ingredients?
To make our sea salt we require only two ingredients: filtered seawater and sunshine. We collect our saltwater at a private beach here on San Juan Island.
Tell us about a new product you are working on.
We have several new products in the works and we’re very excited about all of them! Get ready for sweet salt, umami salt, gomasio salt, and chocolate salted honey caramels.
What will our fans find at your booth this fall?
The best sea salt you’ve ever tasted! Our natural salt is different than other sea salts because it is fully evaporated, instead of boiled. We also have a variety of amazing blends and seasonings. Make sure to check out my favorite,
our popcorn blend.
What was your biggest challenge when starting out?
Refining our process! Our company started out in my parent’s kitchen, as an idea for a unique Christmas gift for friends and family. Now, we have a fully operational farm with greenhouses and a production facility. It’s been an amazing journey.
