Sustainability | Goodfarms

Good Farms Must Be Sustainable

by GoodFarmsNovember 7, 2019

Farms depend on nature’s generous yet fragile bounty to nourish and delight you, so for a farm to be good, it has to be sustainable. Several of our farms are certified organic by the USDA-accredited CCOF. In addition, all our farms are…

Date Codes Contribute to Food Waste

by GoodFarmsNovember 15, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food safety, Food waste, Health, Sustainability

We are following like lemmings, throwing good food away. According to Emily Broad Leib of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, date labels are a leading cause of food waste. People are confused by date codes, usually assuming they are expiration…

We Throw Away 40% of Our Food

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food insecurity, Food waste, Sustainability

We plant it, nurture it, harvest it, ship it, and buy it; then we throw it away. Research from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) shows that Americans throw away $218 billion worth of food every year that we could otherwise eat. This…

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…