Foodocracy

Foodocracy charges a flat $11.99 per shipment anywhere in the contiguous US, whatever the order size, and each extra delivery address is a separate charge. Alaska and Hawaii cost $25 for orders up to 13 pounds and $50 for 14 pounds and over. Most orders ship by USPS Ground within 3 to 4 business days and arrive within 7 to 10 business days. The store cannot ship to US territories or PO Box, APO, FPO or DPO addresses, and it does not ship to Canada, Australia or the UK. No holiday order-by dates are published, so allow about two weeks for gifts.

Food cannot be returned, which the store attributes to FDA and California food safety rules, and gift cards are final. If an item is missing or damaged, email [email protected] within 10 days of delivery with your order number in the subject line and photos of the shipping box, the label showing the tracking number, every item received and the packing materials. Affected items are refunded in full, usually within 7 days. Sale items cannot be refunded, and exchanges are not offered. Non-food items can be returned unused in their original packaging within 30 days, at your own postage cost.

There is no warranty on food. Dried beans are best within 2 to 3 years of harvest, and Primary Beans packages print the harvest date so you can check.

Heirloom beans are the core of the shop. Primary Beans, the brand Foodocracy took over in 2025, covers varieties such as Flor de Mayo, Peruano, Baby Butter, Organic Cannellini, Organic Chickpeas, Heirloom Black Garbanzo and the Ayocote family, and each package names the farm and harvest date. Other growers include Ramona Farms for tepary beans, Marsh Hen Mill for Sea Island Red Peas, Carolina Gold rice and Jimmy Red cornmeal, Blue House Farms and Fifth Crow Farm for organic heirlooms, and Small Town Specialties for Jacob's Cattle and Good Mother Stallard beans.

Grains include Hayden Flour Mills Tibetan purple barley, Red Lakes Nation Foods wild rice, Corn Mafia hominy, Bluebird Grain Farms farro and Two Brooks Farm rice. Spices and pantry goods come from Boonville Barn Collective chiles, Burlap & Barrel, Diaspora Spice Co., Villa Jerada, Bourbon Barrel Foods, Pacific Flake sea salt, Ocean's Balance kombu and Seka Hills olive oil.

Curated sets bundle these by theme, from the Homemade Hummus Bundle to the Perfect Soup Bundle and The Tribal Table, and the Heirloom Bean + Grain Club sends 2 beans and a grain, or 3 beans, each month, every 2 months or quarterly. Items marked organic on the site are USDA certified; the store describes the rest as non-GMO and never sprayed with glyphosate.

If heirloom beans are new to you, the store suggests mild, creamy varieties first: Peruano or Mayacoba, which cook like a creamier pinto, Chaparro for a classic black bean, Baby Butter Beans for speed and Flageolet for salads and braises. The Bean Starter Set at $41.92 collects beginner-friendly varieties in one order.

Large beans such as Ayocote, Christmas Lima and tepary take longest and are the ones the store suggests soaking. Most of its fresh beans need no soaking: its guide gives 25 to 45 minutes unsoaked in a pressure cooker, 1 to 3 hours on the stove and 6 to 12 hours in a slow cooker. One pound of dried beans makes about 6 cups cooked, roughly 3 cans.

Choose the Bean Only club option, 3 beans a box, if you avoid gluten, since the grains include wheat varieties. The store says no partner farm is certified gluten- or allergen-free and some beans grow in rotation with wheat, so anyone with celiac disease should ask before ordering.

Because shipping is a flat $11.99, it pays to build one larger order or choose a set rather than buying a single bag.

Single items mostly cost $7.99 to $13.95, from Primary Beans Organic Chickpeas at $7.99 to tepary beans and Carolina Gold rice at $13.95, with olive oils above $30. Sets range from the $15.94 Homemade Hummus Bundle to All The Primary Beans Set at $133.89. A few items show the store's own reduced prices, such as Organic Cranberry Soup Beans at $5.99 against $14.99, but there is no catalogue-wide 'was' pricing.

The Heirloom Bean + Grain Club costs $30.95 a box plus $11.99 shipping, and members can add shop items to their box with no extra shipping using their member code. Prepaid gift memberships cost $128.82, $257.64 or $515.28 for 3, 6 or 12 months with shipping included, and e-gift cards come in $25, $50 and $100.

Email sign-ups get 10% off a first order of regularly priced items. We do not list coupon codes we have not tested. To catch a price drop around Black Friday or Cyber Monday, set a price alert on In-Right's Watchlist at /watchlist/.