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Rice, Roots & Revival
Rice, Roots & Revival How One Korean American is Brewing Change On a trip to Korea in 2017, Carol Pak re-discovered makgeolli, a traditional Korean alcohol made with rice. She learned that makgeolli was Korea’s oldest alcoholic beverage and that there were hundreds of different makgeolli breweries.With just three ingredients, she was fascinated that makgeolli could…
You & Me
You & Me Friends, Family, and Community Through a Powdered Hispanic Drink Stefanie Garcia Turner has worked in the natural products industry for years. She has seen and helped hundreds of brands grow, but as she walked through her local tienda one day, a realization occurred to her. The same brands she saw as a…
Seeding the Future: Sourced For Good Coffee
Seeding the Future: Sourced For Good Coffee By collaborating directly with farms, suppliers, and international third-party suppliers like Fairtrade USA, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade America, Fair Food Program, Equitable Food Initiative, and Regenerative Organic Certified, we help to provide things like improved wages, health care, student scholarships, planting trees to prevent erosion and more. By working…
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Pathways to Prosperity
Pathways to Prosperity Building Financial Inclusion and Resiliency Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, is committed to alleviating global poverty. The mission? Help microentrepreneurs and smallholder farmers grow their incomes and savings to build long-term financial resilience. Over the past 20 years, Whole Planet’s funding process has evolved to meet the needs of…
Into The Wild – Wild Orchard Tea
Into The Wild Wild Orchard Tea and the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture Every sip of Wild Orchard tea reveals the deep flavor of a single-variety tea plant, Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, which is grown on a truly unique farm. Located on the volcanic island of Jeju, South Korea, the farm is lush with tea trees…
Regenerative Evolution – SIMPLi
Regenerative Evolution Founded in 2020 by native Peruvian Sarela Herrada and her husband Matt Cohen, SIMPLi grains and beans aims to establish a supply chain anchored by equitable sourcing and Regenerative Organic Certified farming practices. In just five short years this simple recipe has created economic prosperity for farmers, protected the environment, and brought amazing,…