We believe that there is a clear connection between the health and profitability of a company and the general well being of the community in which it does business.

The following is a list of links to some of the organizations we support in their efforts to improve the quality of life in our communities. We encourage you to visit these sites to learn more about their valuable work.

• Food Lifeline's Produce for the People
  Produce for the People rescues edible, but not sellable fresh produce from local wholesalers and retailers. This program helps decrease the amount of fresh produce entering the region's waste stream while simultaneously increasing the volume and variety of fresh produce available to Western Washington food banks.
  
  
• Hopelink
  Since 1971, Hopelink has helped people become self-sufficient, making lasting change. We serve homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities, throughout north & east King County, Washington.
  
  
• FareStart
  FareStart transforms the lives of homeless and disadvantaged men and women, building self-sufficiency through job training and placement in the food services industry.
  
  
• Oregon Food Bank
  OFB is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting hunger and its root causes. Food from a variety of sources moves through our warehouses to a network of eighteen regional food banks across Oregon and 280 local agencies in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties as well as Clark County, Washington.
  
  
• S. N. A. C. (Seattle Nutrition Action Consortium)
  Our mission is to improve the health and nutritional well being of limited income families with children in the Greater Seattle area. SNAC promotes the good taste of healthy food and encourages families to eat meals together.
  
  
• Northwest Harvest
  Northwest Harvest collects and distributes food to approximately 300 hunger programs in Washington State. In an average month, over 434,000 services are provided to individuals and families in need. Nearly half of these services go to children. Our support comes exclusively from individuals, community and religious groups, foundations, corporations, and the food industry.
  
  
• Share Our Strength
  Share Our Strength is one of the nation's leading anti-hunger, anti-poverty organizations. We mobilize thousands of individuals in the culinary industry to organize events, host dinners, teach cooking and nutrition classes to low-income families and serve as anti-hunger advocates. And we mobilize hundreds of literary professionals to conduct benefit readings and contribute works to Share Our Strength books.
  
  
• Business and Industry Resource Venture
  The Business and Industry Resource Venture (formerly Business and Industry Recycling Venture) began in September 1990 with the mission of helping Seattle businesses prevent waste, recycle and use recycled products. We now offer information, assistance and referrals on water conservation, stormwater pollution prevention and other issues such as hazardous waste management and energy conservation.
  
  
• Ecological Farming Association
  The Ecological Farming Association, formerly the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes ecologically sound agriculture. When you support the Eco-Farm Association, you are supporting a new vision for our food system where strengthening soils, protecting air and water quality, encouraging diverse ecosystems, and honoring rural life are all part of producing healthful food.
  
  
• Seattle Works
  Seattle Works' mission is to foster in young adults a lifetime commitment to community involvement through innovative volunteer activities and educational opportunities.
  
  
• City of Hope
  City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases, guided by a compassionate patient-centered philosophy and supported by a national foundation of humanitarian philanthropy.
  
  
• The Food Alliance
  The Food Alliance (TFA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable agriculture by recognizing and rewarding farmers who produce food in environmentally and socially responsible ways, and educating consumers and others in the food system about the benefits of sustainable agriculture.
  
  
• Provender Alliance
  A united voice for producers, sellers and consumers of natural foods on issues such as food safety, food justice, ethical business practices, sustainable agriculture and environmental integrity