THE STORY BEHIND OUR PANTRY
Radical Family Farms is a three-acre certified organic farm in Sebastopol, California. We grow Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, and Southeast Asian heritage vegetables, herbs, and flowers — and make every shelf stable product on this page from ingredients we grow ourselves.
Every chili, chrysanthemum flower, and olive is estate grown on our farm in Sebastopol and Sonoma. This is not a curated product line. It is a farm line.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTS
Founder Leslie Wiser is a first generation American - Mixed-Asian American, Chinese-Taiwanese and German Polish-Jewish - who grew up across the Midwest with fragments of multiple culinary traditions that were difficult to access fully. The shelf stable products at Radical Family Farms came directly from that experience: growing Chinese heritage chili varieties from authentic seed, cultivating Bó Júhuā chrysanthemum that is nearly impossible to source in the United States, pressing estate olive oil on the day of harvest, fermenting chili paste from chilies grown on the farm.
These products exist because the ingredients matter and because they are hard to find. Growing them is how Radical Family Farms closes that distance.
Why This Matters
Many Chinese and Taiwanese heritage ingredients are difficult to source in the United States — specialty chili varieties, specific chrysanthemum cultivars, traditionally fermented condiments. When small farms stop growing them and small producers stop making them, they become harder to find and eventually disappear from the market entirely.
Radical Family Farms grows these crops and makes these products to keep them accessible — for home cooks, chefs, and families who want to cook with authentic ingredients without searching too hard to find them.
Leslie also farms with her children in mind. Growing up with access to these ingredients, and knowing where they come from, is part of how the farm passes culinary heritage to the next generation.
PÓ PO'S MALÀ HOT SAUCE
Sweet Revenge · Spicy Revenge · Ultimate Revenge 5oz each · $13 · Gift Set of 3 · $39
Vinegar-based American hot sauce built around mala - 麻辣. Là is heat. Má is the electric tingling numbing of Sichuan peppercorn - huājiāo 花椒. Made from organic Er Jing Tiao and Xiao Mi La chili peppers grown at our Sebastopol farm. 50 Hertz Sichuan peppercorns. Apple cider vinegar, garlic, sea salt. Five ingredients. Three heat levels.
Use it on: eggs, pizza, burritos, nachos, burgers, noodles, tacos, grilled meats, dumplings, fried rice.
Named for Pó Po — 婆婆 — grandmother. A tribute to Chongqing heritage and the juāncūn military village kitchens where that cuisine survived.
Sweet Revenge ingredients: Organic green chili peppers, apple cider vinegar, water, garlic, sea salt, Sichuan peppercorns Spicy Revenge ingredients: Organic red chili peppers, apple cider vinegar, water, garlic, sea salt, Sichuan peppercorns Ultimate Revenge ingredients: Organic red chili peppers, Xiao Mi La 小米辣, apple cider vinegar, water, garlic, sea salt, Sichuan peppercorns
DUO JIAO 剁椒 — FERMENTED CHILI PASTE WITH DOUCHI
9oz · $20
Hunanese fermented chopped chili paste made from our farm-grown organic Chinese chilies and douchi - salt-fermented black soybeans - for deep umami and complexity. Developed in collaboration with chef and cooking instructor Linda Esposito.
For the Lan Chi faithful: Lan Chi chili paste disappeared from Asian market shelves in the early 2010s. This is not a copy — but it understands what made Lan Chi worth looking for.
Salty. Funky. Deeply savory. Slightly tangy.
Use it on: eggs, noodles, steamed fish, silken tofu, fried rice, dumplings, stir fries. A cook's hack for anything that needs a zing.
Coming December 2026: Dragon and Bunny line — Duo Jiao with Garlic, with Douchi, with Sichuan Peppercorn.
Ingredients: Certified Organic Radical Family Farms Chili Peppers, Douchi Salt Fermented Black Soybeans, Salt, Bai Jiu Sorghum Liquor (Sorghum, Pea, Rice and Wheat), Toasted Sesame Oil Contains: Wheat, Soy
BÓ JÚHUĀ CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA 亳菊花茶
2025 Harvest — Sold Out · 0.5oz · $12 · Certified Organic
One of the few certified organic farms in the United States growing the superior Bo variety of chrysanthemum prized in Traditional Chinese Medicine for over a thousand years. Harvested four times per week at peak bloom September through November. Dried carefully. Packaged by hand in small batches. Caffeine-free. Sold out every year.
Traditional uses: cardiovascular support, liver health, eye health, headache, cold and flu.
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GÒNG JÚHUĀ TRIBUTE CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA 贡菊花茶
2025 Harvest — Sold Out · 0.5oz · $12 · Certified Organic
The Imperial Court tribute variety — lighter and more delicate than Bó Júhuā, pale gold in the cup. Harvested November through December. Caffeine-free. Our most gifted product. Sold out every year.
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ORGANIC DRIED CHILI PEPPER SET OF 4
Four 1oz kraft bags · $40 · Individual varieties $10 each · Certified Organic
Four distinct Chinese and Korean chili varieties grown from authentic seed in Sebastopol soil. Certified organic, no-spray, 2025 harvest. The same chilies that go into our hot sauce and Duo Jiao.
Er Jing Tiao 二荆条 · Mild to Moderate · Fruity, fragrant, deeply red. The foundational Sichuan chili. Sichuan Chili (Er Jing Tiao Cross) · Medium to Hot · More heat, less fruit. The everyday workhorse. Xiao Mi La 小米辣 · Hot · 75,000 SHU · Small, fierce, intensely aromatic. Korean Chili · Medium · Sweet, earthy warmth. The foundation of gochugaru and kimchi.
OLIO NUOVO — ESTATE GROWN EVOO
2025 Vintage · Cold Pressed November 6, 2025 · 250ml · $28 Mission · Manzanillo · Kalamata · Frantoio · Certified Organic
old pressed the same day as harvest at a certified organic mill in Sonoma. Unfiltered. 100% estate grown from our 30+ tree certified organic grove in the town of Sonoma. Four varieties — California heritage, Spanish, Greek, Tuscan — in a Mediterranean climate that mirrors the regions they come from. Hand harvested. Same-day pressing. Harvest date on every bottle.
Use it on: salads, sourdough, roasted vegetables, pasta, fish, tofu. Drizzle raw over finished dishes for maximum flavor and polyphenol benefit.
Ingredients: Certified Organic Estate Grown Olives (Mission, Manzanillo, Kalamata, Frantoio)
FARM KETCHUP
Made from our own farm-grown Sebastopol tomatoes · $15
Made from Oxheart tomatoes we grew. No high fructose corn syrup. No commodity tomatoes. Ripe fruit, slow cooked, simply seasoned — with a small amount of our own farm-grown Xiao Mi La for a subtle background heat.
Use it on: burgers, fries, eggs, grilled meats. Mix with Pó Po's Malà Hot Sauce for a quick mala ketchup.
Ingredients: Radical Family Farms Organic Oxheart Tomatoes, Brown Sugar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Radical Family Farms Organic Xiao Mi La Chili Peppers, Spices
The farm
Three acres in Sebastopol, California. Established 2018. First growing season 2019.
Radical Family Farms sits in the Gold Ridge growing region of Sebastopol — the same fine sandy loam soils where Luther Burbank established his experimental farm in 1885 and developed over 800 varieties of fruits, vegetables, and grains. He called Sonoma County "the chosen spot of all this earth, as far as nature is concerned." The mild coastal climate, long growing season, and well-drained Gold Ridge soils that drew Burbank here are the same conditions that make this land productive for the specialty crops Radical Family Farms grows today.
We specialize in culturally significant crops for the Asian diaspora alongside the ingredients that go into every product on this page. Agroecological, regenerative, no-spray, chemical-free, low-till farming practices. Non-GMO seed sourcing. Certified organic.
Certifications: CCOF Certified Organic · USDA Organic · Non-GMO · No-Spray · No-Till · Regenerative Agriculture
Recognition: USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Recipient
In the press: ABC7 Localish · Huffington Post · Northern California Public Media · WHYNOT's The Melting Wok · Sonoma County Tourism
Where to find us
Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market Every Sunday · 9am–1:30pm
Online radicalfamilyfarms.com — shelf stable products ship to all 50 states
Wholesale FEED Sonoma — twice weekly delivery across the Bay Area. Yun Hai Shop — Bó and Gong Júhuā chrysanthemum tea (seasonal)
Farm is not open to drop-in visits
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