TEMPEH LAB

The Tempeh Lab began limited commercial sales of starter kits in 1975. Along with The Farm's Soy Dairy, it became a part of Farm Foods, one of the Farm collective's largest businesses. By 1976, Farm Foods tempeh starter was being sold by mail order all over the world. Albert and Cynthia composed and illustrated "Fermentation Funnies," a flyer and cartoon strip describing how to make five pounds of tempeh and giving four recipes, including one for the world's first Tempeh burger. At The Farm Flour Mill, Albert started packaging split, hulled soybeans for home tempeh kits and designing labels, including the logo you see on our masthead today. America's first soy deli, set up in August 1976 at the Farm Foods storefront restaurant in San Rafael, California, featured Tempeh Burgers, Deep-fried Tempeh Cutlets, and Tempeh with Creamy Tofu Topping, the first tempeh selections ever sold in an American-style restaurant. Soon Tempeh Works in Massachusetts and Surata Soyfoods in Oregon were begun..

Also known as: the tempeh lab