Social responsibility

Farmers Need to Eat Healthy Too

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food insecurity, Food waste, Health, Social responsibility

GoodFarms has been working with the County of Monterey, California to provide our team members and their families with healthier meals. The county’s food bank has a program where they work with agricultural companies to deliver healthy food at convenient times for…

Beware: Restaurants are Ripping Off Local Farmers

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Social responsibility

Just because you see it on the menu, it doesn’t mean it’s true. An article in San Diego Magazine, by Troy Johnson, describes the ongoing corruption of the farm-to-table ideal. “Like any good movement, farm-to-table has now been severely co-opted. The…

Documenting the Undocumented in Mexico

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Social responsibility

GoodFarms worked with the governor’s office in Baja California, Mexico to help people in the community of San Quintin obtain official birth certificates. Some people, born in remote villages, can get caught in a state of legal limbo when they migrate to…

Take Your Food Waste and Shove It

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food insecurity, Food waste, Social responsibility

We should never use the term food waste again. Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joes and the founder of Daily Table, says that nobody wants a second helping of food waste, but nobody is for wasting food. So take the…

Farmworker Assured: Red Button Moments

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food safety, Social responsibility, Sustainability

Don’t be afraid to press the red button. That is what members of the GoodFarms team are taught under the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI). The idea of the “red button moment” began on Toyota’s production lines. It is the belief that safety…

U.S. Labor Secretary Pays Us a Visit

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food safety, Social responsibility

While the majority of US soil is not capable, climate-wise for growing the coffee, still we all love it, right? But did you know in-detail, what are the health related advantages of the organic coffee? One of the common misconceptions about organic coffee include that it is bland. Another reason why people get second thoughts and feel doubtful when they’re about to buy organic coffee is that it (just like everythign bearing the title “orgnic food”.