Real Food Market & Deli

Our store was conceived in 1975 at the Feathered Pipe Ranch by India Supera and Laughing Water. At the time the Ranch was just beginning its operation as a yoga retreat, and it needed a source of healthy food. Here's how it started and grew. And an odd couple it was.

India Supera was an early hippy who dropped out of high school, hitched her way to the Far East, nearly died in Pakistan, overcame opium addiction and found her guru in the miracle man of India, Satya Sai Baba.When she was barefoot with a begging bowl in the Himalayas, Paul Superak (now known as Laughing Water) was doing physics problem sets at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

We have a three-fold mission: maximizing personal health, regenerating the natural world and nurturing a more compassionate society. These three aims can form an inseparable whole. Health-friendly foods and Earth-friendly foods overlap, and they're a natural fit with business models that embrace fair trade, family farms and locally-owned businesses.

But that's just one way we, as an independently-owned local business, put people before profit. It's hard to be healthy in a sick world. We believe in caring for the Earth as if our lives depend on it, because they do. That includes supporting fair trade and regenerative agriculture so more people around the globe can live in harmony with the natural world.

Are you looking for more than a job, more than a career, but a special place as part of a dedicated team with a sense of mission? Great! That's what we want to offer you here. In particular, our supplement manager plays a key role in our store with starting pay of $18 per hour, potentially higher if you have qualifications such as a formal education in nutrition, medicine or a related field in addition to leadership and customer service skills.

We're here to help you find a product that meets your needs from among the 10,000 products we've fit into a 14,000-square-foot store. We're also happy to special order products you're looking for from the virtually limitless selection our suppliers can offer. Generally we can special order supplements and body care products by the single unit (bottle).