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Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs
Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs Microcredit can have a mighty impact on poverty. Since 2005, Whole Planet Foundation has funded 5.7 million microcredit loans to low-income entrepreneurs – mostly women – through microfinance relationships in 80 countries around the world where Whole Foods Market sources products. Whole Planet Foundation (WPF) is a Whole Foods Market non-profit dedicated…
Celebrating 15 Years of the Local Producer Loan Program
Celebrating 15 Years of the Local Producer Loan Program What does local mean to you? To us, it’s food that tastes of home and products that stem from scrappiness and innovation and lead to paradigm-shifting trends. It’s traditionally milled local wheat, small-batch heirloom popcorn, locally raised lamb, and deliciously chewy jerky made from — wait…
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Cheese Is Our Love Language
Cheese Is Our Love Language We’re serious about cheese! Our industry-leading cheese experts personally select the best cheeses in the world for our stores – from our number one best-selling Parmigiano Reggiano down to our most exclusive small-batch artisanal products, the cheeses that they bring to our cheese department are some of the most award-winning,…
This is Sourced For Good
This is Sourced For Good In 2007 we launched Whole Trade Guarantee – a certification program dedicated to empowering farmworkers, building community, and fostering environmental stewardship. In the years since then, we’ve raised millions of dollars to empower thousands of farmworkers and their families, all around the globe. Therefore we are continuing to build on that…
Leading the Way
Leading the Way When it comes to finding high quality, great-tasting products for our stores, we don’t rely on shortcuts! You’ve got to get up from behind that desk and get out there! That’s why our sourcing teams spend so much time in the field – meeting producers, sampling products, hugging cows, and generally getting…