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Eat the Gains Travel – Rochester, NY with Love Beets

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Eat the Gains Travel – Rochester, NY with Love Beets

Published on August 24, 2018 by Kelly | Last updated February 14, 2022 | 6 Comments
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Published on August 24, 2018 by Kelly | Last updated February 14, 2022 | 6 Comments
This post contains affiliate links. Please read my policy page.

A recap of my trip to Rochester, NY with Love Beets!

Girl on a beet farm holding 3 beets in front of 2 large wooden crates that say Love Beets

Rochester, NY with Love Beets

What an amazing week I had last week! Besides hanging with my family on the east coast for a week, I had the honor of being invited to Love Beets‘ Beet Bonanza in Rochester, NY for a couple days. I had so much hanging out with a brand I can stand behind, I wanted to share my experience with you all.

If you are unfamiliar with Love Beets, they make eating beets easy. They produce a variety of beet related products – from packaged, cooked, and peeled beets, flavored cooked beets, shredded beets, and even beet salsa. They also have beet powder and beet juice for beet lovers. I’ll admit making beets can be a pain, but Love Beets does all the work for you by providing consumers with an easy and convenient way to add them to your diet.

An overhead shot of a bunch of beets from a farm in a large crate

I’ve been a fan of their product for years and if you have followed along for awhile, they were actually one of the first companies I worked with! You could imagine my excitement when they asked me to be apart of their first ever Beet Bonanza! I love getting to know the people behind the brands I stand behind and just how their company works. They put together an absolutely amazing event and I’m going to share some of my favorite parts of the trip and what I learned with you!

A hand holding three whole beets that are cut open showing the flesh

Love Beets Production Facility & Organic Farm Tour

The first day we got to see behind the scenes of Love Beets operations. We started the day by heading to their production facility where we met the whole team and toured the facility. The production facility is located outside Rochester, NY in an old Kodiak warehouse. They completely redid the warehouse and turned it into a state of the art facility.

The tour showed us everything from the raw beets coming in from different farms and how they are divided up by size, to the cooking process, the inspection process, and the packaging process. You could easily see that the whole team is committed to producing the best product they can for consumers. The part I loved most is learning about how they are committed to as little waste as possible – the oddly shaped beets are made into their beet powder or beet juice. They also use the greens and peels and send it back to the local beet farms to be composted back into the soil.

Conveyer belt of beets that are cleaned and peeled

The team is also working on finding an alternative for the plastic cases they use. As of right now, their is no options available, but they hoping in 10 years or so they will have hopefully of found a way.

After we toured the production facility, we headed to one of their organic beet farms about 45 minutes outside Rochester. This was my favorite part of the trip! We got to meet one of the farmers they work with who has been growing beets for over 40 years. We learned a lot about organic farming and how it is so much harder than regular farming. You can’t just spray pesticides on organic farms, you need to hand pick the weeds. For large farms, you can see how this add quite a lot of work.

Two large wooden crates that say Love Beets with a wooden sign that says welcome bloggers on a farm

Large beet farm with thousands of beets on it

Dining Out with Love Beets

Y’all probably aren’t surprised that there would be some epic food on the trip. I mean you can’t take a bunch of health and wellness food bloggers and not feed them well. The first day ended with a lovely dinner at The Owl House especially curated for Love Beets. We started off with some beet infused cocktails and apps – buffalo cauliflower (my fav!), crostini with beet spread, and an endive leaf with beets. We then headed outside to a gorgeous setting for 4 more courses.

Menu of a beet centric 4 course meal

Plate of king oyster mushrooms with a beet and carrot slaw topped with micro greens

There were a lot of plant based eaters on the trip, so we had both a meat and veg option we could choose from. I loved the veggie centric dishes! I got king oyster mushrooms instead of scallops and they blew me away. It legit looked like and the texture was like you were eating scallops. My absolute favorite part was the dessert – a sweet beet + ginger (vegan) ice cream bar. It was phenomenal. The beet and ginger combo was amazing and the chocolate added a little bit of sweetness, without overpowering it. I could probably eat that dessert regularly and not get tired of it.

A vegan sweet beet and ginger ice cream bar on a white plate

The inside of a beet and ginger ice cream bar showing the pink beet ice cream

Food Photography with Chickpea Magazine

The second day we got to spend the day with Cara Livermore, the founder of Chickpea Magazine, at Rochester Brainery, which was a beautiful space. She does all the food photography for the magazine and talked about lighting, composition, styling, and more. Food photography and styling is one of the hardest parts for me running this blog. I can create recipes all day, but no one wants to eat an ugly dish. I learned some great tips and tricks that I am going to start implementing in my shoots.

The inside of the Rochester Brainery - big open space with large windows, tables and chairs, and plants

White paper with a bushel of beets on it, with some cut open exposing their flesh

After the workshop, we headed back to the hotel and said goodbye to everyone. It was so fun meeting the Love Beets team, seeing all the work that goes into producing an amazing product, and meeting other bloggers in real life. It’s safe to say my heart was so full after the trip, along with my belly. If you have never tried beets, I hope this posts encourages you to – there are so many things you can do with them and they are a nutrient powerhouse! If you are looking to try some beet recipes, here are a few of my favorites:

Chocolate Beet Smoothie
Beet & Smoked Salmon Frittata
Meal Prep Beet Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
Roasted Sweet Potato & Beet Stacks

Spread of beet hummus, snap peas, cucumber spices, halved carrots, chips, and crackers on a wooden cutting board

A white plate with 3 beet donuts on it, one cut open, surrounded by fresh raw beets on a brown paper.

Again, a huge thank you to Love Beets for proving an amazing trip from start to finish. And for keeping us well fed the whole time (I mean look at those snacks)!!

Large wooden basket full of snacks

Small mini fridge stocked with a lot of snacks

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  1. Emily Swanson says

    August 26, 2018 at 9:26 am

    I had no idea that you had to hand pick all the weeds; I would love to be a part of that. That would be a ton of work. I love how they make eating beets so much easier; organic farms are so cool! šŸ™‚ I also loved seeing how they make so many different kinds of foods out of beets.

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    • Kelly says

      August 27, 2018 at 11:02 am

      Me either! It’s crazy to think about, especially when the farms are so large! So glad you enjoyed the post Emily, it was such a fun trip!

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  2. A Judi says

    August 25, 2018 at 9:21 am

    This was the best blog story you have written! Congrats Kelly on a wonderful trip and experience in a truly innovative business. Great Photos! šŸ˜Ž

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    • Kelly says

      August 27, 2018 at 11:01 am

      Thank you so much!! What a whirlwind it has been, but it has been so so fun! Feeling super grateful for the experience!

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  3. Alyssa says

    August 24, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    I’m from Rochester, NY — love that you got to see a little bit of this city and experience Love Beets. The Owl House was up & coming (right before I moved to Austin )and considered ‘weird’ with vegan eats. I loveddddd it though and am so glad you got to experience this little gem.

    The beet photos are beautiful.

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    • Kelly says

      August 27, 2018 at 10:59 am

      Omg that is too funny! It was such a fun city and the trip was wonderful, thank you so much! Do you miss cold weather? That is one thing I don’t miss at all about the northeast haha!

      Reply

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