Stir the Soul Organic Dairy-Free Chocolate

"As was demonstrated at a recent local vegan trade show, “Vegfest 2008”, there’s a market niche for vegan dairy-free chocolates, which are being produced in some specialty kitchens around Portland. One of those kitchens is located in Woodstock.

“Portland is a very good area for our products,” remarks Daren Hayes about the raw, organic, dairy-free chocolates he sells under the name “Stir the Soul”.

Out of a small industrial kitchen next to his house in Woodstock, tucked away off one of Inner Southeast’s many unimproved streets, Hayes runs his own chocolate factory, where he produces chocolate bars, custom-made chocolate candies, and chocolate for drinks.

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