We’re idealists, we admit it! Our values drive what we do every day at Whole Foods Market and sometimes we have a special project that hits on multiple facets of our ideals. Such is the case with our most recent Local Producer Loan Program recipient, Thompson Farms Smokehouse. We started the Local Producer Loan Program [...]
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Local Loan Supports Thompson Farms
Posted July 8th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
We Love Local Granola!
Posted January 12th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
We’ll admit it — we’ve been associated with granola from time to time! So I find it only fitting that several of our Local Producer Loan Program recipients produce this iconic health food. After all, it’s as yummy today as it was when we opened 30 years ago — maybe even more so! Like granola, [...]
Support Local Artisans
Posted December 18th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (1).
We hope you’ll spread a little local love during the holiday season by supporting local farmers, producers and artisans. Here’s a sample of a few of our local artisans who make sweet and savory goodies, and remember we’ve got great local vendors all around the country making great products like these. Check your local store [...]
Spread a Little Local Love
Posted December 11th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
We hope you’ll spread a little local love during the holiday season by supporting local farmers, producers and artisans. Here’s a sample of a few of our local growers featuring holiday produce, and remember we’ve got great local vendors all around the country growing great products like these. Check your local store to find out [...]
Santa Rosa Celebrates Local Producers
Posted October 9th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
On Sept, 21, our newest store in Northern California, Coddingtown in Santa Rosa, officially opened its doors! Along with amazing neighbors, great tacos (for a good cause), and the first drinks at our new Tap Room (16 beers on tap!), we also had a chance to celebrate the two newest Local Producer Loan recipients in [...]
Local Producer: Skin Organics
Posted June 17th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Skin Organics’ founder, Ann Webb developed a passion for skin care at an early age when she struggled with severe cystic acne. She used her extensive knowledge of aesthetics, dermatology and skin rejuvenation to launch and grow an affordable, simple-to-use product line that contained the best pharmaceutical-grade ingredients available. When Whole Foods Market announced our Premium Body [...]
Why raw local honey?
Posted June 15th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From JOE HANSEN Culinate A natural sweetener we should eat more often Humans have always coveted honey. We stole it from wild bees before we learned to nurture Apis mellifera in home-built hives. And we’ve always been willing to pay for our harvest with a few bee stings. Much of honey’s subtle flavors and nutritional [...]
Copy of Ad in local paper
Posted June 15th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
Green Home Sustainability
Use of local food boosts hospital funds
Posted June 8th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
There was a piece on BBC Breakfast this morning (and on the BBC news web site) about how City Hospital and the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham have switchred to using fresh local food. The story said that not only were they supporting local farmers they were saving the health trust around £6m a year. [...]
Map of Local Growers
Posted June 8th, 2009 by Admin. Comment (0).
Our web team developed this cool map of our local growers and vendors and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Now remember: this is a work in progress! Local partnerships are added all the time and some of our regions and stores aren’t represented yet. Honestly, I thought about not putting this on [...]