Well Earth Certification Benefits Communities

NORWAY, Iowa—Frontier Natural Products Co-op™ is using its Well Earth™ global sourcing program to improve the lives of impoverished communities around the world. Frontier has partnered with Akshaya Patra, a charitable program that feeds a nutritious lunch to more than 1 million children in India every day as they attend school, which has reduced the dropout rate by half to less than 10 percent in three regions and less than 3 percent in two other regions. In addition, Frontier purchased a food-delivery truck for Akshaya Patra that helps transport the meals to remote schools in the south-central region of the country.

In June, Frontier donated $30,000, in conjunction with Well Earth, to fund an organic training program for 750 farmers in the state of Kerala in southwestern India.

“We work with suppliers to help them meet the strict guidelines of our Well Earth sourcing program, so we can convert as many farmers and growers around the world to ethical and sustainable agricultural practices,” said Kai Stark, Frontier's organic spice commodity manager. “They receive greater premiums for their commodities, which they invest back into improving the quality of their products, their community infrastructures and their standard of living. It’s a program consumers can feel good about contributing to when they purchase Well Earth products.”