GRIA Food Co.

GRIA Food Co. is a Dorchester-based snack company bringing premium produce grown in Africa to customers in the U.S. and beyond. The name stands for Grown in Africa, a tribute to the producers it sources from. Its first product line is Fairtrade cashews in six flavors: roasted plain, roasted salted, hot honey, cinnamon sugar, spicy garlic and rosemary salted, sold individually and in variety packs that make it easy to sample the range.

Founder Joshua Reed-Diawuoh grew up with deep pride in his Ghanaian heritage and first traveled to Ghana in 2011 while in college. His early career took him back there, helping the Ghanaian government attract local investment in agriculture, and that work led him to found GRIA in 2019. The cashews come from Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso and are shelled, peeled and roasted in their countries of origin, keeping more of the value in local food economies.

What to Know

• Retailers can find GRIA’s wholesale pricing on the Faire marketplace.
• The company’s mission includes supporting agricultural development in the West African regions it sources from.
• A mailing list shares news and product updates.
• GRIA is listed as a Black-owned business with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.