Podcasts & Press

WATCH SARA'S TED TALK:
It Takes A Village: How Community is The Antidote to Despair
A 15-minute video presented by our founder, Sara Delaney

RECENT PODCASTS w/ SARA:

• FAIR Talks - Spilling The Tea with Fair Trade L.A. How Products with Purpose Help Build Resilient Communities
• Consuming the Craft - Serving up Tea & Saving Lives
• 7 Hats - Trauma Triumph & Tea
• Mindful Marketplace -Tea That Transforms
• Entrepreneur Kickback - Building a Social Enterprise

**RECENT PRESS RELEASES**

• BevNet Awards Sarilla Best in Packaging Award
• Sarilla Partners with Fair Trade Universities to Celebrate End of Semester
• Emerging Brand Alliance Awards National Grant to Sarilla
• Sarilla Introduces New 0% ABV Botanicals at Natural Products Expo

AWARDS - RECOGNITION:

• Winner of Emerging Brands Alliance, Pack Expo / Packaging World
• The Best New Products & Brands at Expo East
• Packaging & Branding Featured on Behance
• Dragon's Den Social Media Pitch Winner
• Winner of Specialty Food Association's Sofi New Products Award
• Finalist Best of Made in NC Awards
• Finalist Best Tea Product, World Tea Awards
• Winner of Venture Asheville MicroGrant
• Best of Africa, Loose Leaf Tea Selection, Dobra Prague
• Gold Medal, Loose Leaf Green and Black Teas & Sustainability Award, North American Tea Conference

NEWS FEATURES:
Beverage Insights 
Food Business News
Boston Globe

Print-Digital
Mountain Xpress Newspaper 
Balancing Business and Motherhood in WNC
Conscious Party: Asheville to Africa
Steeped in Culture

Life is Better with Tea 
Amazing Rwandan Tea Brings A Healing Spirit of Hope

Capital at Play 
Insight: For 3 Mountains' Sara Stender Delaney, it's all about making connections

Beverage Daily 
3 Mountains Sees the Potential for Premium, On-draft Tea

Food Life Magazine 
All The Tea in Rwanda 

Tea Chronicles 
Interview with Sara and Rwanda Black Tea Review 

WNC Woman Magazine 
Home WIthin 
Social Entrepreneur to Heal the Globe

Archived Radio - Podcasts
Interviews with our founder:
The Dirty Spoon: Second Helpings
Curiously Enough, The Spirit of Resilience
Healthy Gut Girl Podcast: Having Tea in Rwanda
A Mindful Emergence Radio
Dr. Bob Radio Living Well
Blaine’s World Business Feature 

Sara’s Roots in Activism - Historical
Full Circle, From Activist to Business Owner: https://www.fairtradecertified.org
Published in Coop Grocer: https://www.grocer.coop/author/sara-stender
Sara’s graduate dissertation published (2008) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241823962_Mainstreaming_Fair_Trade_Through_Corporate_Participation_In_The_Fair_Trade_Market
Sara’s involvement to launch Fair Trade Towns / Organic Consumers coverage: https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/whole-towns-going-fair-trade
Fair Trade Organizer in Vermont (2007) https://www.reformer.com/stories/local-fair-trade-organizer-moves-on-to-national-job,293161

COMPANY MEMBERSHIPS

• WBENC certified woman-owned enterprise, Since 2020
• Got to Be NC
• Specialty Food Association of America since 2018
• First Tea Member, Asheville Independent Restaurant Association, Since 2018
• Approved as Fair Trade Certified importer and retailer, Fair Trade USA, Since 2017
• Venture Asheville
• Chow Chow Maker Presenter Profile: https://www.exploreasheville.com/chow-chow-culinary-festival/2019-schedule/makers-talent/sara-delaney/