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Oof, the last eight weeks have been a doozy. 

In early April, new tariffs were imposed on goods from China. Our bottles—like 95% of the stainless steel bottles in the world—are made just outside of Shanghai. The new tariff hit was staggering: 154% on insulated bottles and 47% on non-insulated. These numbers weren’t just painful—they were unsustainable.

To be honest, it was gutting. We looked at the math and knew we couldn’t keep running the business the way we had been. And for a moment, we wondered—can we survive this?

The Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA) plays a huge part in building, maintaining, and advocating for all our amazing trails in VT! We're celebrating them with a collab bottle- and a portion of funds from this bottle go directly to VMBA!

We are super excited to launch these new rnnr hats to you all! To celebrate, we gave them out to our monthly run club and reflected on how running brings us such amazing communities. 

In a full circle moment, Kirsten Bratti Lewis supports her daughter through the Oceanside Ironman 70.3, a decade after her daughter supported Kristen through that same race. 

Once a year, all Vermonters gather in their respective towns and cities with one goal: to Green Up Vermont by picking up litter from the roads, trails, yards, and sidewalks. This Green Up Day, the Executive Director of Green Up Day shares the story of how it came to be and what it is.   

We figured it was about time to show some love to our non-insulated water bottles. With their lightweight, high capacity, and compact design, they are the perfect bottles for all situations. 

What if Strava was less focused on speed, distance, and vert? What if fun was the only metric of success and we ran because we wanted to have fun. 

This Earth Day, we interviewed renowned climate activist and author, Bill McKibben. Bill shares how climate change touches every aspect of our lives, from recreation to insurance. 

Bivo ambassador Shelby Farrell just finished two years of living in a van with her husband and two cats, Todd and Felicia. On today's Quench'd, she shares her journey and all the pros and cons of full time van life. 

Welcome to our newest product, the Ventura Lid. It's leak-proof, insulated, and ready to come along on all your adventures! Robby shares the story behind this lid and why we waited until now to release it. 

Robby headed to the Vermont State House to share Bivo's perspective as a small business on how tariffs are already impacting impacting Bivo and advocate for small businesses in Vermont and around the country.

Vikki Krinsky’s Quench’d story shares her unique life journey from the soccer fields to Hollywood sets and what she learned in cinema that led her back to her roots of fueling performance sports.