Through its partnership with PUR Projet, Alter Eco has been reforesting and ‘insetting’ its full carbon emissions since 2008. With over 27,000 trees planted directly into its supply chain, Alter Eco has helped to produce better crops, increased the value...

We believe that everyone wants to do what’s right – for their families, fellow global citizens, and the planet. That’s why we’re committed to making the right choices the most obvious ones. Based on the simple idea that the products we buy and sell are connected to the livelihoods of others, Fair Trade is a way to make a conscious choice for a better world. A choice for Fair Trade Certified™ goods is a choice to support responsible companies, empower farmers, workers, and fishermen, and protect the environment. In other words, it’s a world-changing way of doing business. - Fair trade USA

Dear friends and fellow citizens,   Like many of you, we were extremely troubled and disappointed with President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. At a time when our country needs leadership in the commitment...

We want to tell you a bit more about the San Martin region of Peru, and more specifically the untouched primary forest at the end of the River Alto Huayabamba known as Martin Sagrado and its inspiring history. Martin Sagrado is located...

Tomy Mathew is the founder of Calicut’s and Kerala’s first FT Organic Grocery store.  Tomy and his wife Seepja founded Elements in 1999, after moving back from Chennai. The establishment of Elements allowed farmers of Kerala to catalyze the now...

Our latest visit to our cacao cooperative in Peru was a bit different than those past. This time we were not only there to visit our cacao producing farmer friends, talk about their annual harvest and community and development programs,...

Coconut oil is nothing new, many people have been using it for skin care, hair care, and cooking for quite some time, but recently coconut oil has seen a renaissance, showing up in more and more stores and at the...

I often take for granted the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables we have in California, especially in the Bay Area. I rode this bus the other day and sat across two young kids (both about 6 years old) on...

 Maria del Pilar Castillo is from a cacao farming family, and studied engineering and renewable natural resources at the University. She has a specialization in agroforestry . In 2009-2010 she was the coordinator for Acopagro; she would go around to...

Since 2002, Alter Eco has been working with and for indigenous quinoa growers from the southern Bolivian Altiplano. Our biannual visits to these communities are multi-faceted, from measuring impact and triple bottom line performances of the coop, to farming and...

Last night in Palo Alto, Alter Eco was honored to receive the Acterra’s 2012 Business Environmental Award in the category of Small Businessfor its commitment to small-scale farmers and to sustainable and fair trade practices. Acterra’s Business Environmental Awards is...

This blog post is an account of what our company, through our co-founder and COO Edouard Rollet, has seen and experienced of the situation in Bolivia regarding quinoa cultivation. Read more about what Alter Eco has been doing to address...