OTA’s Sustainable Food Trade Action (SFTA) Council joined forces with two OTA Task Force groups to form the new OTA Sustainability Council in 2023. 96 companies are represented on the Council, check out the list below!
SFTA integrated with OTA in 2020 with the concept of a 1+1=3 consolidation. We incorporated SFTA members into the SFTA council and the group met quarterly and welcomed new members each year. During that time, other OTA members assembled task forces focused on the need to engage in climate advocacy and create resources to educate the industry on the value of organic and the intersection of organic and sustainability. Both the Climate Change Task Force and Advocating for Organic in National Retailer Sustainability Initiatives Task Force are concluding work on their specific projects, but the need for climate advocacy and communication toolkit development remain a top priority for OTA members. Establishing an OTA Sustainability Council encompassing all of these groups allows this work to continue at a larger scale on an ongoing basis.
The Sustainability Council serves as a hub for all member stakeholders engaged in sustainability management strategies. The Council meets quarterly with additional opportunities to connect and collaborate throughout the year. If you’re interested in joining the Sustainability Council, contact Adrienne Messe.
Sustainability Council Officers:
Council Chair: Joseph Brinkley, Bonterra Organic Estates
Council Vice-Chair: John Foster, Wolf & Associates: The Organic Specialists
Council Secretary: Beth-ann Roth, RK Invest Law
Sustainbilty Council Member Companies:
| 2 Sustain, Inc |
| AgroThrive, Inc. |
| Amazon Investor Coalition (AIC) |
| American Herbal Products Association |
| Amy's Kitchen |
| Ashland Food Cooperative |
| Aurora Organic Dairy |
| Awe Sum Organics, Inc |
| Bay Baby Produce, Inc. |
| Blue Pacific Flavors, Inc. |
| Bonterra Organic Estates |
| Cal-Organic/Grimmway Farms |
| Cargill |
| CCOF, Inc. |
| Ciranda, Inc. |
| Community Food Co-op |
| Cosmic Bliss |
| Coyuchi, Inc. |
| Daily Harvest |
| Danone North America |
| Decas Farms |
| Down to Earth Organic & Natural |
| Dr. Earth |
| Driscoll's, Inc. |
| ECOfashion Corp / MetaWear |
| ECOnscious |
| Fig Hill Farm Consulting |
| Firmenich, Inc. |
| Forager Project |
| Frontier Co-op |
| Garnetts Red Prairie Farm |
| General Mills |
| Georgia Organics, Inc. |
| Global Organics, Ltd. |
| GoMacro, LLC |
| Good Company |
| Grain Millers, Inc. |
| Grain Place Foods, Inc. |
| Hain Celestial Group, The |
| Handsome Brook Farm, LLC |
| Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC |
| Heath & Lejeune, Inc. |
| Hummingbird Wholesale |
| Jacobs Farm / Del Cabo, Inc. |
| Karlin Strategic Consulting, LLC |
| Love Cultivated |
| Lundberg Family Farms |
| Mad Agriculture Perennial |
| MegaFood |
| Mercaris Corporation |
| MOM's Organic Market |
| Natural Habitats USA, Inc. |
| Nature's Path Foods Inc. |
| Naturepedic Organic Mattresses |
| Navitas LLC / Navitas Naturals |
| Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Inc. |
| NS Brands Ltd. |
| Nurture, Inc. dba Happy Family |
| Nuun |
| OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) |
| Once upon a Farm |
| Organically Grown Company |
| Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) |
| Organics Unlimited |
| Organic Valley |
| Oyster Bay Farm |
| Pacific Foods |
| PCC Community Markets |
| Purity Organics |
| Quality Assurance International (QAI), an NSF International Company |
| R|K Invest Law, PBC |
| Riega Foods, LLC |
| Risk to Resilience Strategy |
| Riverside Natural Foods |
| Sambazon Inc. |
| Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton L.L.P. |
| Simple Mills |
| Slice of Kaake Consulting |
| Snacktivist Inc. |
| Source Organic |
| Stonyfield Farm, Inc. |
| Straus Family Creamery |
| Sunrise Foods International, Inc. |
| Sweet Additions |
| Taylor Farms |
| Textile Exchange |
| The Synergy Company |
| Timeless Seeds Inc |
| Traditional Medicinals |
| True Organic Products, Inc. |
| Vermont Way Foods |
| Vilicus Farms |
| Vivify Specialty Ingredients |
| Whole Foods Market |
| Wilcox Farms, Inc. |
| Wolf & Associates |
| YieldOrganic |
2023 Meeting Dates
- Tuesday, February 21 at 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific (teleconference)
- Tuesday, April 11 at 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific (teleconference)
- Tuesday, July 11 at 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific (teleconference)
- Tuesday, October 10 at 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific (teleconference)
Contact
Adrienne Messe
Associate Director of Events and Solutions
Direct: (202) 403-8634 | Cell: (802) 380-2055