Our Carbon Footprint
Since the beginning, Annie’s has been committed to making a difference both in the products we make and how we do business. For us, sustainability is about where we can have the most impact, which is...
View ArticleWe Want a Brighter Future for Everyone
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...
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How Organic Wheat Makes a Difference
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...
View ArticleGrowing Our Might
Tracking, measuring and reducing our carbon impact is important. Likewise, supporting a momentous shift at an industry level is also important. That’s why we’re partnering with like-minded companies...
View ArticleSpreading Goodness by Giving Back
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...
View ArticleYou Can Judge a Product by Its Cover
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...
View ArticleLEED Gold certification at Annie’s HQ
In 2011, we moved offices and built a new space with an express intent to achieve LEED certification and thereby reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. As part of our efforts, we chose the following:...
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Why Organic Matters To Us
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...
View ArticleSustainability Reports
2012 We’re pleased to release Growing Goodness, our FY2012 Sustainability Report. This is our second year of reporting on how we strive to live our values. In this report, you’ll find details on our...
View ArticleStriving for Zero Waste at our Berkeley Office
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...
View ArticleAvoiding Toxins with Organic Valley
Since 2008, we’ve worked closely with Organic Valley, a cooperative comprised of more than 1,700 farms, to provide the organic cheese in all our organic macaroni and cheese products. Through our...
View ArticleInvesting in Organic
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...
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Why Organic Matters To Us
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...
View ArticleMeet Lillyanna & Joseph: Organic Valley Farm Kids
Our names are Lillyanna and Joseph, and our families have an Organic Valley dairy farm in Orland, CA. Our family has been farming all the way back to our great, great, great grandparents. We farm...
View ArticleMeet Gillian, an Organic Valley Dairy Farmer in Petaluma, CA
My name is Gillian, and I’m an Organic Valley dairy farmer in Petaluma, CA. My husband Garry and I have been farming since 1989. We farm organically because we can enable the land to enrich itself,...
View ArticleSustainability Reports
2013: Goodness Grows Goodness Grows captures highlights from FY2013. In this report, you will read about our work in our ingredient supply chains, including programs focused on wheat, sugarcane, and...
View Article25 Years of Good
At Annie’s, Good Runs Deep. As Annie’s approaches its 25th year in business, we are taking time to reflect on our sustainability milestones. “Doing well” (financially and strategically) and “doing...
View ArticleSupporting the next generation of organic wheat farmers
We use only organic wheat in our products that contain wheat, such as macaroni and cheese, crackers, cookies, pretzels, and pizzas. Different types of wheat, from different farms, are used to make...
View ArticlePartnering with Organic Sugarcane Farmers
We use organic sugarcane in many of our snack products, such as our Bunny Graham cookies, fruit snacks and granola bars. While sugarcane is an important ingredient for us to have, it’s also very...
View ArticleMaking Packaging Improvements
A lot of the packaging used when food is transported is never seen by the public. A “mastercase,” for example, is a corrugated cardboard box we use to ship our products to the stores where people buy...
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