SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRADE

The Sustainable Food Trade Association is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to build the capacity of the organic food trade to transition to sustainable business models... In 2005, Organically Grown Company hosted a Sustainability Summit with growers, retailers, distributors and suppliers from the organic produce trade. The group set forth a challenge "What would our trade look like if we were sustainable?" and "Are we ready to take on this challenge?" Following the summit the businesses approached the Board of Resource Innovations, a program at the University of Oregon, about providing staff support to their network, in order to share best practices and work toward solutions for shared challenges. The group drafted the "Declaration of Sustainability in the Organic Food Trade" for use by the organic food trade as a framework for accomplishing the group's goals. Over a period of three years (2005 through 2008) the 11-point action pledge was vetted with hundreds of organic..

Also known as: Sustainable Food Trade Association

Primary location: Portland United States