NGO Partners

The Biodynamic Demeter Alliance believes that biodynamic agriculture can heal people and the planet. They advance the adoption of biodynamic practices among growers and bring together producers, distributors, advocates, consumers, and policymakers to create a thriving, equitable agricultural system that nurtures and supports the well-being of communities economically, environmentally, and spiritually.

Annual donation, logo featured on INFRA site.

CCOF is a nonprofit organization that advances organic agriculture for a healthy world through organic certification, education, advocacy, and promotion. They envision a world where organic is the norm.

Annual donation to Future Farmers grant, featured in INFRA newsletter

The Climate Collaborative believes that the grocery industry has the power to lead on climate action if it works together. They remove barriers to climate action for companies through education, pre-competitive collaborations, policy opportunities, and a Commitment Program that provides high-impact pathways for climate engagement. Since the organization’s founding in 2017, it has catalyzed and tracked the public climate commitments from more than 760 companies. The Climate Collaborative currently works with thousands of brands, distributors, retailers, and associations to accelerate meaningful and just climate action and advocacy throughout the food system.

Donor and sponsor

Fairtrade America is an independent, third-party certification organization that works with nearly 2 million farmers and workers in the Global South. They work to secure decent working conditions, fair prices and better terms of trade so that producers can thrive and live sustainably.

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Friends of the Earth fights for a healthier and more just world. They speak truth to power and expose those who endanger the health of people and the planet for corporate profit. They organize to build long-term political power and campaign to change the rules of our economic and political systems in order to create justice and preserve nature.

Advocacy partner

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an international nonprofit that recognises and rewards efforts to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies for the future. Their mission is to use their ecolabel and fishery certification program to contribute to the health of the world’s oceans by influencing the choices people make when buying seafood and working with our partners to transform the seafood market to a sustainable basis.

Marketing support for seafood month and other ocean sustainability campaigns

Naturally Minnesota is a community of entrepreneurs, brands, businesses, and nonprofit leaders dedicated to strengthening the state's natural and organic businesses in order to drive equitable prosperity for people and the planet.

Board involvement

Naturally New England is a trade organization striving to make dramatic changes in our CPG ecosystem and provide networking, education and resources for our members to illuminate a path for sustainable growth and ongoing success. Their mission is to stimulate conscious growth, foster sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship, and develop exceptional leaders while growing the New England natural and consumer products ecosystem.

Membership involvement

Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership (NOFFP) is a coalition of organic, family-run dairy farms in ME, NH, VT, and NY that banded together following the abrupt termination of contracts by large-scale purchasers. From this crisis, a vision was born of a region-wide partnership between consumers, large and small dairy processors, retailers, restaurants, school lunch programs, college cafeterias, and of course, our region’s hard-working organic family farmers. NOFFP invites consumers and institutions to pledge to purchasing 1/4 of their dairy items from their partner brands, ensuring stable, long-term demand for their 135 farms.

NOFFP retail partner

The Non-GMO Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to building and preserving the non-GMO food supply for all. They offer North America’s most trusted certification for GMO avoidance. With their Butterfly label, shoppers decide for themselves whether to consume GMOs.

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Only Organic is a group of folks devoted to telling the story of organic agriculture and food production with the hope of instilling the peace of mind that going organic gives. Their aim is to cultivate a better understanding of what being organic really means, and the environmental and health benefits choosing organic provides.

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OSC2 is a network of concerned businesses from the natural products industry working collaboratively to catalyze bold action, amplify the voice of business, and promote sound policy to reverse climate change.

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The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement created to grow people’s understanding of foundational organic values and practices. In response to the lack of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, farmers rallied together to protect the integrity of organic.

ReFED is a national nonprofit dedicated to ending food loss and waste by advancing data-driven solutions.

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• Check out ReFED's retailer solutions to reduce grocery waste
• Join the ReFED Food Waste Action Network
• Subscribe to the Food Waste News mailing list

The Regenerative Organic Alliance envisions a thriving future through regenerative organic agriculture that heals our damaged planet and repairs our broken food system. Regenerative Organic Certified is a revolutionary umbrella label that ensures soilhealth, animal welfare, and worker fairness, enabling consumers to know at a glance that their purchase makes a positive impact at every level: environmentally, ethically, and socially.

Annual donation, podcast feature, event attendance

The Rodale Institute is growing the organic movement through research, farmer training, and consumer education.

Annual donation, event attendance

• Subscribe to the Rodale Institute e-newsletter

The Organic Center is your trusted resource for scientific reporting on agriculture and food. They serve up unbiased scientific findings in distilled bites so you can make more informed decisions, and protect wild places and biodiversity through environmentally friendly farming.

USDA Organic provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.

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