Seeds of Change (company)

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Seeds of Change
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Food
Founded1989;36 years ago (1989)
FounderGabriel Howearth
Kenny Ausubel
FateAcquired by Mars, Inc. in 1995 [1]
Headquarters
Chicago [2]
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United States
Products Organic food
Parent Mars, Inc.
Website seedsofchange.com

Seeds of Change is an organic seed and food company headquartered in Chicago. A subsidiary of Mars, Inc. since 1995 [1] , until summer 2010 the company was based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and producers of a line of processed organic foods including pasta sauces and salad dressings.

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Seeds of Change was founded in 1989 by Gabriel Howearth and Kenny Ausubel, as a seed company specializing in organics . [3] The company devotes 1% of its net sales toward sustainable organic farming initiatives.

Research farm (Now Closed)

The Seeds of Change Research Farm and Gardens was founded in 1989 in Gila, New Mexico [4] by Gabriel Howearth. By 1996, the Research Farm moved north to a site closer to the company's Santa Fe offices. The farm included over a thousand varieties of plants on six acres of land originally cultivated by the Tewa people on a flood plain along the Rio Grande in El Guique, New Mexico. The farm was certified organic by Oregon Tilth.[ citation needed ]

In August 2010, Mars announced that it would close the farm and move some management to Los Angeles. A final tour of the farm was provided on Saturday, 14 August, 2010. A spokesperson for Mars indicated the closure was due to a "strategic shift" and that not all the employees would retain their jobs. [5]

1% Fund

In a partnership with Conservation International, Seeds of Change seeks to strengthen and protect traditional shade cropping cabruca cacao cultivation in Brazil. [6] The 1% Fund also supports the Environmental Working Group, the Organic Trade Association, the Organic Center, and the Organic Farming Research Foundation.

References

  1. 1 2 MARS ACQUIRING ORGANIC FOOD MARKETER SEEDS OF CHANGE By Judann Pollack – October 13, 1997
  2. ↑ Seeds of Change General Information
  3. ↑ "Seeds of Change features spectacular zinnia". Deseret News. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Faith in a seed". The Albuquerque Tribune. 12 October 2001.
  5. ↑ Dyer, Jessica (August 14, 2010). "Organic Seed Firm To Relocate". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Conservation Groups Join Forces To Promote Environmentally Sustainable Cacao Industry". Science Daily. 20 March 2007.
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