Check out our 2011 Year in Numbers report here.
We track all of our purchases to show our customers and community where our food comes from. Here is our most recent by-the-numbers look.
| January 2012 Food and Beverage Purchases | ||||||
| Local | Locally Processed | Regional Organic | Organic, Not Local | Fair Trade | Sustainable Seafood | Total Good Food |
| 37.2% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 28.7% | 8.7% | 3.2% | 87.2% |
| July 2007 - January 2012 Food and Beverage Purchases | ||||||
| Local | Locally Processed | Regional Organic | Organic, Not Local | Fair Trade | Sustainable Seafood | Total Good Food |
| 38.5% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 23.0% | 9.5% | 2.8% | 86.3% |
Local: Grown/Raised within a 250 mile radius of Common Roots. Much of the local produce we buy is also organic. Almost all of the dairy products and flour we use is local, and we never serve meat that isn’t local and either grass-fed or free-range. We inlcude produce from our garden in this category.
Locally Processed: Processed within a 250 mile radius of Common Roots (largely beer). We include these purchases in our overall local food purchasing numbers.
Regional Organic: Produced by Organic Valley's midwest dairy farmers. All of the family farms that participate in the dairy pool are in the Midwest, and they're concentrated in Minnesota and Wisconsin. We include these purchases in our overall local food purchasing numbers.
Organic, Not Local: Certified organic, but not from within a 250 mile radius. We include wines that are not certified organic but are made with organically grown grapes.
Fair-Trade: Certified Fair Trade. Almost all of the fair-trade products we buy are also certified organic.
Sustainable Seafood: Ranked "good" or "best" by the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program or certified organic.
