The Independent Pantry

A practical, plain-spoken guide for anyone who wants to break free from the conglomerate-controlled grocery aisle. This master list highlights more than a hundred independent, family-owned, worker-owned, or farmer-owned food brands still operating in 2025. The real producers who haven’t been swallowed by Big Food.

Organized by category and built for everyday use, it’s the kind of reference you can keep on your phone and pull up while shopping. In an era of weakened oversight and rising shortcuts in production, this is one way ordinary citizens can reclaim a little control over what goes in their carts and on their tables.