River's Edge Wild Smoked Salmon

River’s Edge Smoked Salmon is a handcrafted, Northwest style, hot-smoked product that starts with the best ingredients. We use only wild Northwest line-caught salmon, organic sugar, and natural sea salt. It is smoked to perfection using Alder wood chips then vacuum sealed to maintain freshness. Our family owned business produces a flavorful and all-natural product with a commitment to quality, sustainability and community.

Our smoked salmon makes a great unusual gift idea and can be used to create elegant and easy appetizers for your next dinner party, or enjoy it yourself as a healthy snack.

How we got started:

It all started on a trip to Park City, Utah to go skiing with some friends of ours who live abroad.  My friend had tried some of my dad’s secret recipe smoked salmon before and loved it, so I made sure to bring some along.  As we were enjoying it as an appetizer one evening, my friend asked if I thought my dad would make some for her if she gave him some money.  At first I laughed, but she said that she wasn’t joking.  That’s when the light bulb went on.  Everyone had been telling us for years that it was the best smoked salmon they had ever tasted, so I thought, “why not sell it?”  Two and a half years later we were finally in business.  We are very proud of our handcrafted smoked salmon.  It is an extremely labor-intensive process, but well worth the time.  We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. 

 

Happy eating! 

Erika & Richard              

 

 

Our mission:

Our mission at River’s Edge Smoked Salmon is to provide customers with the highest quality smoked salmon that we can produce, apply sustainable business practices, and support our local community.

 

Quality:

-      All of our ingredients are procured from local purveyors with a history of providing the highest quality goods.  It is more expensive, but the end result is superior.

-      We use only wild Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon, which are the highest quality species.

-      Our smoked salmon is handcrafted in small batches to ensure that each piece is at it’s very best!

Sustainability:

At River’s Edge Smoked Salmon we make every attempt to run our business in a sustainable manner and are constantly striving to improve our operation.  Here are some of the things we are currently doing to minimize our carbon footprint on the planet:

-      We use recycled and repurposed shipping materials whenever possible.  Please continue the cycle by recycling and reusing them yourself.  The gel packs can be refrozen and work great for coolers!

-      Our gift boxes are made using recycled content and all gift wrapping is fully recyclable

-      We use organic, fair trade sugar and solar evaporated sea salt in our brine mixture.

-      The salmon that we used is wild line-caught troll salmon, which is the most sustainable and least damaging fishing method.

Community:

-      We make every effort to use local businesses as our suppliers.

-      3%  of all proceeds from our products go to support local non-profit groups who are dedicated to promoting the well being and sustainability of our community.  Currently we are supporting the Ecotrust North Pacific Fisheries Trust.  To find out more, link to:   www.ecotrust.org/npft/