Featuring small-batch foods from North Carolina and fellow impact-driven businesses.

Here are a few options — curated just for you.

Let us know what you think! We are happy to make adjustments for a complimentary follow-up quote.

Touchstone Essentials Custom Gift

Q: Who makes the products in my custom gift?

All of our products at Narrative Food are sourced from sustainable , small-batch makers . Learn more about our community of makers under Our Team .

Q: What is the impact of my custom gift?

Choosing Narrative Food gifts sends a clear message to recipients that you care about people and planet . Our boxes are designed to reflect your commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values by promoting community building, small-batch makers, and healthy food systems. Each gift you give, gives back . Through the Designed to Give B Corp Impact Model, we donate a minimum of 2% of all sales to nonprofits working to change the world.

Narrative Food

**Option 1: A Taste of North Carolina ($95)**

East Fork Mug: East Fork designs, manufactures, and sells thoughtful, durable ceramic dishware in Asheville, North Carolina. Every piece is crafted by hand with dynamic, iron-rich clays dug from the American South East and colored with glazes formulated and mixed in-house. B Corp Certified since May 2021. (4.25" x 3.1", 16 oz) Available in various colors.
French Broad Dark Chocolate-Covered Montmorency Cherries: Sweet, chewy, and tart-dried Montmorency cherries coated in layers of French Broad's bean-to-bar dark chocolate. They roast, crack, winnow, grind, conche, and temper chocolate in small batches in their small factory in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. B Corp Certified since September 2017. (5 oz)
Larry's Coffee Coffee: Organic, fair-trade, and shade-grown coffee slow-roasted to perfection in the Five Points Neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. Larry’s Coffee is happily committed to blending and roasting innovative uniquely delicious coffees — and making the world a better place. B Corp Certified since March 2011. (12 oz)

**Option 2: B Corps in Your Community ($85)**

Bona Furtuna Biscotti: Bona Furtuna is a harmonious 300-hectare organic farm that celebrates premium, organic fare to enrich biodiversity, promote sustainable farming, and preserve heritage food. This is the perfect organic almond cookie for any time of the day. B Corp Certified since November 2021. (200 g) Flavors vary.
Clif Family Mixed Nuts: Clif Family always uses the best organic ingredients they can find, so you can snack happy knowing that each bite is as good for the earth as it is for you. These nuts from their farm in the Napa Valley pack the flavors you crave with the added bonus of plant-based protein. B Corp Certified since April 2023. (4 oz) Flavors vary.
Narrative Food Chocolate for Change: Crafted in collaboration with La Nef Chocolate, our Chocolate for Change pairs 70% cacao Panamanian dark chocolate with sustainably-harvested sea salt from the coast of Maine. La Nef was founded on the island of Monhegan (just down the bay from Narrative Food) by artists-and-chocolatiers Mandy and Dylan. Narrative Food has been B Corp Certified since December 2013. (1.75 oz)
French Broad Dark Chocolate-Covered Montmorency Cherries: Sweet, chewy, and tart-dried Montmorency cherries coated in layers of French Broad's bean-to-bar dark chocolate. They roast, crack, winnow, grind, conche, and temper chocolate in small batches in their small factory in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. B Corp Certified since September 2017. (5 oz)
Larry's Coffee Coffee: Organic, fair-trade, and shade-grown coffee slow-roasted to perfection in the Five Points Neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. Larry’s Coffee is happily committed to blending and roasting innovative uniquely delicious coffees — and making the world a better place. B Corp Certified since March 2011. (12 oz)

This quote is valid for a minimum of 16 boxes shipping to Sawyer Stone at Touchstone Essentials.

Free carbon-neutral shipping.
Custom collateral included.
No optional donation.
Delivery in March. Possible ship date: February 28th.

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Our gifts are designed to show just how much you care about people (and the planet) at Touchstone Essentials.

Every box includes a selection of sustainable small-batch goods, custom collateral that tells your story, and an optional donation to a nonprofit of your choice — all wrapped up in an eco-friendly package and delivered with carbon-neutral shipping.

Your gift

A selection of sustainable and small-batch goods.

Your story

A set of customized collateral that tells your story.

Your impact

An optional donation to a nonprofit of your choice.

Collateral that tells your story

Our custom boxes feature beautiful collateral designed to tell your story — a personalized message from your organization and anecdotes for each product in your box. We can also include a spotlight on a nonprofit of your choice and recipe cards, if applicable.

Packaging for the planet

Elegant and fun, this is an unboxing experience your recipients will never forget. From our eco-friendly tissue paper to the box itself, all of our packaging is beautiful, high-quality, and sustainable.

Includes carbon-neutral shipping

We include FREE carbon-neutral shipping with every gift.

Food tells a story, and the foods we curate for your unique box will also tell a story of community-building, mindful small-scale growers and food makers, and innovators who understand the positive impact a healthy food system can have on communities and the climate. Our model encourages a nonprofit donation for every box to support organizations you care about and share their mission with your stake-holders.

A Member of 1% of the Planet, Narrative Food is a woman-owned Certified B Corp operating in Los Angeles since 2010, and recently relocated to a rural island in Maine. With farm to table origins, we are deeply rooted in our local food system, with long-standing relationships with food innovators – many woman-owned. From millers of heirloom grains, to bean-to-bar chocolate-makers, to producers of upcycled cookie mix, or the best mole outside of Oaxaca; our gifts highlight the craftsmanship of small-scale, diverse makers, whom we have been working with for over a decade. Narrative Food is committed to donating a minimum of 2% of sales to non profits with social or environmental impact.

FAQs

All of our products at Narrative Food are sourced from sustainable, small-batch makers. Learn more about our community of makers under Our Team.

Choosing Narrative Food gifts sends a clear message to recipients that you care about people and planet. Our boxes are designed to reflect your commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) values by promoting community building, small-batch makers, and healthy food systems.

Each gift you give, gives back. Through the Designed to Give B Corp Impact Model, we donate a minimum of 2% of all sales to nonprofits working to change the world.

Yes, we are happy to include personalized messages (in addition to your custom collateral) for an additional fee. Just contact us to let us know!

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