Producer
Umi Organic
City: Portland, OR,
Website: https://www.umiorganic.com/
About Us
Umi Organic makes high-quality, fresh organic noodles and sauces in Portland, Oregon. Our team is dedicated to delicious food, organic farming, and equity in the food system and our workplace.
The business idea was born when CEO Lola Milholland, then stationed as a journalist, took a week-long noodle-making workshop with ramen companies from around the world. She realized that a local organic ramen noodle brought together her work in food advocacy with her lifelong study of Japanese language and culture — and filled a hole in the market and her own stomach for a topnotch, springy, flavorful noodle.
The business idea was born when CEO Lola Milholland, then stationed as a journalist, took a week-long noodle-making workshop with ramen companies from around the world. She realized that a local organic ramen noodle brought together her work in food advocacy with her lifelong study of Japanese language and culture — and filled a hole in the market and her own stomach for a topnotch, springy, flavorful noodle.