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Sustainability Council

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