Sustainability Report SECOND EDITION Serving Our Mission and Growing the Organic Movement
SUSTAINABILITY: HOW WE'RE DOING Successfully Pursuing Our Mission 2014 ECOLOGY EMISSIONS EDUCATION soil, water, grass, total waste, electricity, fuel young farmer, leadership Actively Improving acreage, avoided chemicals development Our Performance Organic Requires Generation Water Strategy FARMS More Tillage for Organic & Needed Weed Control CROPP Staff Procure and Two Biodiesel CROPP Transition Local Training Stations to Fuel COOPERATIVE Land to Certifjed Incentives CROPP Vehicles Organic Status Community Recycling Environmental Employee COMMUNITY Events & Em- Documentary Garden Club ployee Films & Trainings Vanpools
ON FARM SUSTAINABILITY Organic farming promotes water and air quality, prohibits the use of toxic pesticides, insecticides and synthetic fertilizers, increases biodiversity and builds soil fertility and structure. • Cows grazing organic pasture • The plant roots retain soil • Animals at peak health resist are in their natural environment, illness and bounce back to peak • Soil and water erosion and eating what they’re meant to eat health quickly when stressed run-off are reduced • Organic pasture builds • Fewer pesticides means • Ground-and-surface-water soil health more healthy critters is protected • Healthy soil retains moisture • Low-stress animals are safer to be around for both humans and other animals
MILK CARTON RECYCLING We don't label our milk cartons as recyclable— but they are . To feature a recycling symbol on a package, recycling of that type of packaging must be available to 60% of households — and the United States is almost there! 52% in 2014... 60% in 2015 ? • Outer polyethylene 80% (Liquid barrier) Paperboard • Paperboard 20% (Stability) Low Density • Inner polyethylene Polyethylene (Liquid barrier) (LDPE) #4 resin
SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS By keeping our products CROPP HQ Farmers as local as possible with regional pooling, we're able to connect consumers to their farmers and minimize our overall environmental footprint. Processors Consumers • HQ powered by wind and sun • 1,799 farms in U.S., Canada, & Australia • Farm to bottle to consumer within regions • Transport by rail whenever possible
OUR GIVING PROGRAM Over 1,000 causes supported in 2014! Beyond its mission to provide a ONE OF OUR 2014 HEROES sustainable living for family farmers, CROPP gives 5% of its profits to hundreds of grassroots organizations that: • Support organic family farmers • Grow organic food systems • Promote environmental sustainability • Foster health and wellness through organic • Do good in their communities Vida Verde: Changing Children's Lives, in cash & product $3.25M One Farm Animal at a Time donated in 2014 www.vveducation.org
THE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMERS Sustainable farms are multi-generational. CROPP’s Generation Organic 1 (Gen-O) program supports over 300 young farmers as they begin managing their own farms and helps attract new young farmers into organic farming. Gen-Os in The Classroom Connected with kids in 88 elementary school classrooms across the country.
FARMER-OWNED, ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE 608,481 CROPP uses ( fuel-efficient ) Organic Valley Acres of Land trains to transport Pasture-Raised Whole Milk has stewarded by 62% Higher Organic Valley and CROPP farmers Organic Prairie products whenever possible Total Omega-3 CROPP's Fatty Acids Renewable compared to conventional Energy generation whole milk in 2014 more of the heart-healthy Prevented fatty acids our bodies need 690 for good health Tons of CO2 Cows on CROPP farms from In 2014 CROPP entering our get an average of gave more than atmosphere 60% of Their $3.2M Feed from in Cash & Product Pasture to organizations – that's double the across the U.S. USDA requirement
FARMER-OWNED, ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE Sustainable soil management could FARMERS ADVOCATING Produce 58% FOR ORGANICS Synthetic fertilizers CROPP farmers MORE FOOD use non-renewable fossil fuels. have donated: For more on the Year of Soils, visit: www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/ $2.5M The energy consumed to make synthetic nitrogen for in grants since 2007, NON-ORGANIC U.S. farmers to projects in these four categories for one year CROPP’s (13.1 million tons) would heat about GENERATION 5.5 million ORGANIC Midwestern homes all year long program supports over CONSUMER CROPP farmers RESEARCH 300 EDUCATION Proving organic The benefits have kept is better than of choosing conventional organic more than Young 235 Farmers SUCCESSION Million Pounds FARMER PLANNING EDUCATION of Pesticides & Bring on the next On-farm In 2010, generation dynamics Synthetic Fertilizers of farmers The President’s as they begin Cancer Panel Report OFF THE LAND managing recommended choosing food grown since 1988 their own without pesticides and chemical fertilizers to farms reduce our risk for cancer deainfo.nci.nih.gov/
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