Churn, baby, churn: Ice cream made with pedal power

Peddler’s Creamery in downtown Los Angeles harnesses cycle power to churn its ice cream. The shop’s founder, Edward Belden, invented an energy-scavenging contraption after riding his bike past an ice cream shop. One Kickstarter campaign later, he opened the shop as a Benefit Corporation. This means profits are shared with employees, the company sources ingredients locally and sustainability is at the heart of the business. The Creamery donates 5% of its profits to social and environmental causes.

The colourfully decorated Creamery offers organic dairy and vegan ice cream in flavours including salted caramel, Mexican chocolate, honey lavender and strawberry basil. Belden wakes before work to pedal a few gallons worth of ice cream before heading to his day job at the National Forest Foundation, according to Cool Hunting.

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