How we care for our planet is how we care for ourselves. It's that simple, but it's not always easy. At Earthbound, we've long seen that every choice we make, everywhere we work — from our organic fields to our sustainable packaging — counts.

We're constantly working to reduce our impact on the planet in every area of our business. Here are some "eco numbers" that show how far we've come...and we're not stopping!

• In 2012 alone, Earthbound’s organic farming operations on nearly 40,000 acres will keep over 14 million pounds of synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides out of the environment.

• Organic fields absorb carbon dioxide at an estimated rate of 3,670 pounds per acre each year; at our acreage, that’s the equivalent of taking more than 9,200 cars off the road annually.

• We use 100% post-consumer recycled polyethylene teraphthalate (PCR PET) plastic for all our clamshell salad packages. Post-consumer recycled PET is made from plastic products, like soda and water bottles, that have been used and then recycled. Annually, compared to using virgin plastic*, our switch to PCR PET will:

  • Save 460,604 million BTUs (MMBTUs) of energy (about as much as 5,062 average homes use in a year)

  • Avoid 18,370 tons of carbon dioxide emissions (about as much as 3,336 cars emit in a year)

  • Save 74,165 gallons of water

  • Keep 1,420,846 pounds of solid waste out of the landfill (about 50 garbage truckloads)

• We use shipping cartons made from 99% post-consumer/1% post-industrial recycled corrugate. With the amount of corrugate we use every year in our shipping cartons, compared to the 50% recycled corrugate we used before*, annually this switch saves:

  • 65,571 million BTUs (MMBTUs) of energy (about as much as 721 average homes use in a year)

  • 65,442,590 gallons of water (enough to fill about 99 Olympic swimming pools)

  • 165,409 trees

  • 21,109,321 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions (about as much CO2 as 1,917 cars emit in a year)

  • 9,582,542 pounds of solid waste (about 342 fewer garbage truckloads sent to the landfill)

• Organic matters because its benefits make a difference — for the people who choose it and for the environment that produces it. That's why we became the pioneering leader in organic, verifiable and ecologically sustainable farming. And that's what makes your choice of Earthbound Farm count, too.

(*Our environmental impact estimates were made using information from the Environmental Defense Fund’s Paper Calculator.)