While we’re working to reduce the amount of waste that comes from our products, we also want to make sure we’re walking the talk at home. That’s why we’re striving for zero waste at our Berkeley office. This year, we’ve made significant progress to improve …
By Laura Budde, FoodCorps Fellow in Maine
After moving to Maine over a year ago for FoodCorps, I frequently found myself thinking: “People here know how to live, and they know how to live darn well.” I kept telling myself that if the apocalypse ever does come, let …
We believe that clean, simple and real ingredients are the best options for our consumers. We believe that, as a business, our decisions impact not only our financial bottom line, but also the people and places along the way as our product travels from farm to fork. And …
The importance of avoiding toxic, persistent chemicals cannot be overstated, as it’s not only about ensuring that we’re not polluting people’s bodies and our environment, but it’s also about a philosophical difference in how farmers work within an ecological …
Our customers don’t just love our products — they love our packaging, too! If you’re an Annie’s fan, you’ve seen the fun games, Bernie’s “push tail to open” and tuggable ears. We are working hard to ensure the planet loves our packaging, …
At Annie’s, we’ve seen firsthand how a garden can change a child’s life, and we believe strongly in making sure children have the opportunity through their schools to see how real food is grown. Creating small gardens doesn’t take much—just a seed in warm, moist …
While we diligently work to better understand our company’s impacts and make changes in our supply chain, we’re also simultaneously looking for ways to inspire change in the food system at large. We know we cannot do this in isolation and that we must support others who …
One of the more interesting points to come out of the LCA (life cycle assessment) research was a deeper dive on the carbon impact of specific organic ingredients. We were disappointed to learn that little third-party research has been conducted in this area. Of the studies …
As a company that uses energy to produce, manufacture and deliver our foods, we want to do our part to combat climate change. The carbon LCA (life cycle assessment) that we conducted gave us perspective on our overall carbon hotspots and demonstrated the importance of …
Annie’s started as a company committed to making a difference and to show by example that a successful business can also be socially responsible. From the start, we provided our consumers clean, simple and real ingredients. In 1998, we began sourcing organic …
