ALT New "local first" soups by 18 Chestnuts from Asheville, NC! Founder Ilona Kossoff has been interested in meaningful nutrition since her early twenties. An avid student of how nutrition can optimize health, Ilona is a certified yoga instructor who loves the vegetable world's bountiful nature. A highly creative person, Ilona found after a decades-long search, an outlet for her creativity and purposeful pursuit of nutrition in the kitchen. Inspired by early morning farmer’s markets, the Cornell University Healthy Living Program, and reading books by leaders in the field of nutrition, 18 Chestnuts was Ilona’s creative epiphany. ✅Woman-owned ✅Purpose-driven company ✅Plant-based, blended, and shelf-stable soups 18 Chestnuts works with local and regional farmers for many of their soup ingredients, keeping community and sustainability at the forefront.

ALT 18 Chestnuts works with local and regional farmers for many of their soup ingredients, keeping community and sustainability at the forefront. They support local Asheville charities such as the Asheville Poverty Initiative and Black Mountain Children's Home. 100% of their packaging is recyclable and compostable, and they even compost all their production waste. Ilona wants to share what she has learned and allow everyone to enjoy and love her soups as much as she does! They will have demo on 12/17 Saturday at Southern Village 11- 2pm and Carrboro 3-6pm. 12/18 Sunday at Raleigh 11-2pm and Hillsborough 3-6pm.