Back in 1985, WindStone Farm located in Central Kentucky, planted their first crop of thornless blackberries. Two years of abundant sunshine, just the right amount of rain, and lots of tender loving care bore fruit. Blackberries by the bushel full were harvested and sold through our local farmers markets. Even though these juicy Kentucky berries were talked about everywhere, there were only so many blackberry cobblers and jam cakes that could be made in a week. So hundreds of pounds of granulated sugar, boxes upon boxes of quart jars were purchased and each plump berry was hand picked, then slowly simmered w/ sugar and WindStone Farms began making the their fruitful WindStone Farms Blackberry Jam.
Billy Gatton had recently sold his stake in a large Midwestern food brokerage company named SELL, INC, that had multiple offices. His expertise included sales, marketing and merchandising specialty grocery-type items for 31 years, began to produce the delicious wildly popular WindStone Farms Blackberry Jam from berries grown on the farm’s 8 foot tall thornless vines. Each berry was hand picked, then slowly simmered with granulated sugar, always in small batches – and never with any preservatives. The Jam became a perfect ingredient in entrees, sauces, dressings, cobblers, jam cakes and other deserts… but was then and is today best enjoyed by just spooning it on warm bread and savoring the incredible blackberry taste.
Kentucky Proud is not only a way to provide safe and nutritious foods for your loved ones, but it is an investment in Kentucky’s land, people and its future.
The certified “Kentucky Proud” Jam, is now distributed throughout the mid-south as a regional favorite in at least 1,000 stores- for recipes, gift giving, and as a popular pantry shelf necessity. The Jam is produced by Algood Foods, a Kentucky Company in Lawrenceburg, Ky. – which adheres exactly to the same “small batch” cooking techniques developed in your grandmothers kitchen way back when!
In December of 2011 Algood Food Co. bought the license to sell WindStone Farms Jams and Preserves and have been making the jam for the past 14 years. Algood will continue to carry on with the same quality that people have come to love in WindStone Farms Jam.
“We are very fortunate to be accepted by so many consumers who just love our product. We make it in our kitchen and serve it in yours.”
