This passed weekend I was able to go home because of Unity College’s fall break. While I was home I ate some yogurt from a local NH company called Stoneyfield Farm. On the label on the yogurt container, it explained that they are organic and an environmentally friendly production. This caught my attention. I decided to go online and look at into it further and see exactly what they meant.
I discovered that Stoneyfield Farm was started in Wilton, New Hampshire, in the early 1980’s, and has been committed to responsible environmental stewardship ever since. One of their biggest goals they explained on their website was “to serve as a model that environmentally and socially responsible businesses can also be profitable”. This attitude of protecting our natural resources and environmentally communicating to the public is the very backbone of their business.
One of the biggest ways Stoneyfield Farm shows their commitment to environmental conservation is by donating ten percent of their profits every year to organizations and projects that work towards protecting and restoring the earth. In 2007 they donated a total of $1,947,109 to various non-profit organizations throughout America that included both environmental and organic programs. They explained that when looking for organizations to financially contribute to, they look for projects that protect and restore the planet and produce measurable results.
Along with sponsoring other organization to be environmentally responsible, Stoneyfield Farm continues to work hard to make their facilities as environmentally friendly as possible. Some of the ways they do this is by reducing the amount of waste, recycling, and donating unusable yogurt to local pig farms. One huge way Stoneyfield Farm conserves is by using special product materials for their cups and lids that can be recycled into useful products. A couple of examples of these products are toothbrushes and disposable razors, which are made out of their cups.
It was really great to see a large business so active in communicating to the public about environmental issues. Not only is it good for the environment, but also for their business, because customers are being attracted through the environmental attention Stoneyfield Farm is getting. They have been recognized numerous times for their efforts through national awards. These awards were won for recycling, for energy efficiencies, for tree-planting, for their emission offsets, and for their innovative efforts to reduce global warming. I hope in the future other large-scale businesses can follow in Stoneyfield Farm’s footsteps and become more environmentally friendly.
I discovered that Stoneyfield Farm was started in Wilton, New Hampshire, in the early 1980’s, and has been committed to responsible environmental stewardship ever since. One of their biggest goals they explained on their website was “to serve as a model that environmentally and socially responsible businesses can also be profitable”. This attitude of protecting our natural resources and environmentally communicating to the public is the very backbone of their business.
One of the biggest ways Stoneyfield Farm shows their commitment to environmental conservation is by donating ten percent of their profits every year to organizations and projects that work towards protecting and restoring the earth. In 2007 they donated a total of $1,947,109 to various non-profit organizations throughout America that included both environmental and organic programs. They explained that when looking for organizations to financially contribute to, they look for projects that protect and restore the planet and produce measurable results.
Along with sponsoring other organization to be environmentally responsible, Stoneyfield Farm continues to work hard to make their facilities as environmentally friendly as possible. Some of the ways they do this is by reducing the amount of waste, recycling, and donating unusable yogurt to local pig farms. One huge way Stoneyfield Farm conserves is by using special product materials for their cups and lids that can be recycled into useful products. A couple of examples of these products are toothbrushes and disposable razors, which are made out of their cups.
It was really great to see a large business so active in communicating to the public about environmental issues. Not only is it good for the environment, but also for their business, because customers are being attracted through the environmental attention Stoneyfield Farm is getting. They have been recognized numerous times for their efforts through national awards. These awards were won for recycling, for energy efficiencies, for tree-planting, for their emission offsets, and for their innovative efforts to reduce global warming. I hope in the future other large-scale businesses can follow in Stoneyfield Farm’s footsteps and become more environmentally friendly.
For more information on Stoneyfield Farm visit them at http://www.stonyfield.com/
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This blog kinda reminds me of our writing class last year. About all these organic companies.
ReplyDeleteThats really cool how you found that. Also how they donate a % that they make. I cant beleave how this place is local from you.
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