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Welcome to the 43 social enterprises, cooperatives, responsible businesses, civic organizations, and networks that became Good Market approved in December 2021! This month’s roundup includes new community members from Guatemala, the United States, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. More than 2,179 enterprises across 77 countries are now part of the Good Market commons. ❤️
IBIS Rice works with Cambodian farmers to protect a vulnerable ecosystem while growing premium organic rice. For generations, farmers have worked the land around the forests and wildlife sanctuaries of the Northern Plains. IBIS Rice pays up to 50 percent above market price, provides training, and coodinates certification for farmers that commit to zero deforestation, zero hunting, and zero synthetic agrichemicals. Through their initiative, hundreds of affiliated farmers are now the guardians of 500,000 hectares of national park and more than 60 threatened and endangered species in an area traditionally plied by loggers and poachers. Since the work began, the critically endangered Giant Ibis, Cambodia’s national bird, has made a comeback. IBIS Rice is known for their white, brown, and semi-milled Pkha Romdoul jasmine rice, Damnoeb Sbai Monkul sticky rice, brown rice cakes, and brown rice cereal. All products are certified Wildlife Friendly and certified organic according to USDA and EU standards. IBIS Rice is owned by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a not-for-profit organization, and is part of the Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network.
Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
Kaltimber reduces pressure on Indonesia’s forests by promoting reclaimed and recycled Kalimantan timber as a viable and environmentally responsible alternative. Their Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified factory in Bali specializes in Ulin ironwood, a dense hardwood that is long lasting, rot proof, and termite resistant. They source wood from structures that are slated for demolition and will either not be replaced or will be replaced with sustainably sourced wood. Kaltimber’s team of skilled wood workers transforms the reclaimed materials into solid timber decking, flooring, panelling, duckboard, and countertops for residential and commercial builders all over the world. Every board is individually verified and detailed records are maintained to ensure traceability. The Kaltimber showroom includes flooring and decking samples, wood furniture and housewares made from offcuts, wood fixtures, fittings, and finishing products, design inspiration, and information about reclaimed timber.
Geneva, Switzerland
MADE51 was initiated by UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, to bring refugee-made products to a global market. The name stands for Market Access Design and Empowerment and 51 is a reference to the 1951 Refugee Convention. When refugees flee, they carry with them traditions, skills, and craftsmanship. MADE51 offers refugee artisans a way to use these assets to earn an income, rebuild their livelihoods, and establish independence. They link refugee artisans with local social enterprises in host countries to design, make, and market handcrafted housewares and accessories. The social enterprise partner manages orders, production, quality control, and logistics for the refugee-made product line. Initially, MADE51 focused on the social enterprises’ existing market channels, but with the onset of the pandemic, they launched an online shop so that people all over the world can buy MADE51 products directly. UNHCR works with the World Fair Trade Organization to develop the capacity of local social enterprise partners and ensure refugee artisans are working according to fair trade standards.
Corigliano Calabro, Italy
Biorfarm is a virtual agricultural community created to revolutionize the relationship between people and food. Over 25,000 small-scale farmers abandon their fields each year due to pressure from industrial supply chains. Biorfarm connects organic farmers in Italy with local conscious consumers and helps them get fair prices for their fresh organic products. Through the platform, people are able to adopt or gift fruit trees, olive trees, vines, fields, and beehives, create their own digital farm, get real-time updates through photos and videos shared by the farmers, and receive the harvest directly at home. The first collection and delivery are included in the annual adoption price, and account holders can order additional products through the Biormarket at a discount. Products are delivered in packaging that is compostable or recyclable. Biorfarm reduces carbon emissions by shortening supply chains and supporting organic cultivation. They work with LifeGate to measure how much CO2 is absorbed by the adopted trees each year. Biorfarm is part of Social Innovation Teams and H-Farm networks.
Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) began in 1998 as The National Gathering for Social Entrepreneurs and now serves as the national membership organization for social enterprise in the United States. SEA brings together the social enterprise movement to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, share tools and resources, raise public awareness, improve market access, affect policy, and attract mission-aligned capital. Members have access to a knowledge center, workshops, webinars, networking spaces, affinity groups, discounts, and leadership roles. They are able to post jobs, events, products, and services and are featured in newsletters, online promotions, the SEA podcast, and the biennial summit. Membership fees are on a sliding scale and a bursary is available for low income community members. SEA has a social procurement policy that gives preference to SEA members and to suppliers and service providers that operate as social enterprises. Regional chapters focus on building membership and catalyzing local change. Social Enterprise Alliance is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Aid to Artisans creates opportunities for global artisans to build profitable, sustainable businesses inspired by handmade traditions. Since 1976, they have been working with low income artisan groups in regions where livelihoods, communities, and craft traditions are marginal or at risk. Core services include product design and development, artisan business training, and market access. Aid to Artisan design consultants mentor local designers in-person and online to bring together contemporary market knowledge, traditional techniques, and environmental responsibility. Their Artisan Business Lab is an online platform that offers a live Market Readiness Program, self-paced courses, webinars, networking events, and one-on-one coaching sessions. They help artisan businesses define target markets, distribution channel strategies, and costing and pricing structures, develop actionable marketing plans, and prepare for international trade shows and exhibitions. Aid to Artisans is a member of Trade+Impact. Since 2012, they have operated as a division of Creative Learning, a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Green Releaf is a community-led transition initiative using whole systems design for resilience and regeneration. They work with climate and conflict vulnerable communities to empower local leadership across sectors, cultures, genders, and generations. During the emergency relief phase, when a community is displaced and in crisis, the focus is on online mapping and matchmaking of regenerative aid solutions. As communities move into the Garden Releaf recovery phase, they develop emergency gardens for food, water, waste management, and wellbeing in camps and temporary shelters. This transitions into training grassroots leaders in permaculture design for disasters and displacement, developing permaculture learning sites that integrate traditional ecological knowledge, facilitating multistakeholder learning journeys, and stewarding regenerative design labs for ecosystem based adaptation. Green Releaf is part of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Re-Alliance, Permaculture for Refugees, International Alliance for Localization, and Transition Network.
Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
I-Rewood reduces pressure on Indonesian forests by promoting reclaimed and recycled wood as a viable and environmentally responsible alternative. They use scrap pieces of Ulin ironwood from a Forest Stewardship Council certified recycled wood factory to create trays, serveware, chopsticks, soap holders, gift boxes, desk organizers, frames, and other housewares. This dense wood is long lasting, rot proof, and termite resistant. I-Rewood employs skilled local artisans and redistributes a portion of all profits to conservation and reforestation organizations.
MitiMeth transforms waste, creates livelihood opportunities for women and youth, and empowers communities through craft skills training. They started in 2011 with Nigerian riverine communities that were struggling with the spread of water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant. MitiMeth worked with these communities to harvest the weeds and transform them into sustainable housewares that could be marketed locally and internationally. They now produce handmade paper, stationery, rugs, table mats, baskets, bags, footwear, and more from water hyacinth, agricultural residue like banana fiber and coconut, bamboo waste, and other natural materials. MitiMeth sells retail products online and through their own stores, partners with wholesale buyers on custom materials and designs, and provides training and consulting services to other organizations in the region. They are part of LEAP Africa.
Farmer Tantoh’s Eco Village is an initiative to protect the environment, build communities, and change lives in Cameroon. They focus on organic gardening, sustainable landscaping, protecting watersheds, and improving access to clean water. Projects are planned and implemented by the people who are most affected and built with local materials. Through this shared work, they preserve and exchange local knowledge, discover new insights, create social bonds, and strengthen the community. At the ecovillage, they train young people how to plant trees, grow vegetables and flowers organically, and take care of animals. All funds are reinvested to develop water projects, build bridges, and provide scholarships to less privileged kids. Farmer Tantoh’s story has been made into an illustrated children’s book in the United States called “I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon” and has been translated into French for schoolchildren in Haiti and Francophone Africa. The goal is to raise environmental awareness and inspire people to take action in their own communities.
Advaya is a platform for alternative education and transformative experiences that sits at the intersection of ecology, wellbeing, and spirituality and links inner transformation with outer change. They are building a community of change-makers around the principles of radical regeneration and joyful revolution. Through their media platform, campaigns, online courses, events, gatherings, and retreats, they aim to raise awareness, empower action, create community, improve wellbeing, and celebrate life. Program topics include: Food and Farming, Consciousness and Spirituality, Activism and Leadership, Economy and Decentralisation, Health and Wellbeing, and Story-Telling and Narrative. Discount codes and bursary placements are available for people in need. Advaya created EcoResolution with Cara Delevingne to access large audiences, shift dystopian visions of the future, ignite collective imagination, and show that another world is possible. They also offer curation and consulting services for corporate and private events and festivals. Advaya is registered as a Community Interest Company.
Yabal creates modern sustainable fashion and housewares, increases opportunities and quality of life for indigenous women in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, and helps preserve the traditional art of Mayan back-strap weaving. They specialize in shawls, bags, blankets, rugs, cushion covers, and toys made with ecological dyes, natural cotton, wool, and recycled denim threads. Yabal works with women’s weaving cooperatives to provide living wages, fair trade working conditions, consistent long-term employment opportunities, and access to local and international markets. All profits are reinvested into social programs for weavers and their families including workshops on entrepreneurship, business administration, leadership, and advanced sewing, educational scholarships, micro loans, food security initiatives, reforestation projects, and emergency disaster relief. Yabal is a member of Chicago Fair Trade and the Fair Trade Federation and a guaranteed member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
The Alliance for Sustainability was founded in 1983 with a mission to cocreate sustainability on a personal, organizational, and planetary level. Over the years, they have worked in partnership on education campaigns, citizen engagement, policy action, institutional change, and other sustainability initiatives. They also developed and spun off the Resilient Cities Coalition. Building on these pioneering successes, The Alliance for Sustainability is now focused on a Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness, also known as the SHE Kindness Campaign, to support personal transformation, policy shifts and fundamental systems change. They are expanding the alliance and welcome members and partners aligned with the new Declaration of Co-Creation and Interdependence and Greenprint for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness. Alliance for Sustainability offers presentations, workshops, and consultations for corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, schools, local governments, religious organizations, and other community groups. They are registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Provo, Utah, United States
Ethik Collective is a wholesale marketplace that connects conscious companies with artisan cooperatives worldwide and makes it easier for them to bring ethical, handmade products into their supply chain. The team maintains a curated collection of housewares and accessories, supports customization and collaborative design, handles intercultural communication, production timelines, and international shipping logistics, and provides artisans stories, photos, and impact data that companies can share with their employees and customers. Ethik Collective worked with an independent research team to conduct a randomized control trial impact study and found that artisans with consistent work invest in long-term wealth building assets that help break the generational cycle of poverty. Based on this, they developed an impact strategy focused on fair compensation and consistent repeat orders for their global artisan partners. They provide advance payments, facilitate capacity building grants, and help artisans source sustainable raw materials and packaging. Ethik Collective is a member of Social Enterprise Alliance.
One ‘O’ Eight Knots specializes in handmade housewares that empower women by creating sustainable employment opportunities, building confidence, and increasing social and economic agency. Their Ahmedabad design studio and workshop provides training on knotting, stitching, weaving, and textile crafts. The women participate in the functioning of the workshop and learn about materials, costs, design methods, craftsmanship, and teamwork. Products include hand knotted table mats, runners, coasters, cushion covers, planters, candle holders, wind chimes, and bells. One ‘O’ Eight Knots uses natural and sustainably sourced raw materials and plastic free packaging. They operate as a social enterprise initiative of Happy Faces Foundation.
Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) is a learning and action network set up by social enterprises, social enterprise resource institutions, and scholars to catalyze knowledge creation, capacity development, and movement building for social entrepreneurship in the Southeast Asia region. They coordinate webinars, learning sessions, courses, forums, the SEAL Asia Conference, and other events and maintain a practitioner-oriented knowledge base which includes research reports, case studies, articles, and other resource materials. ISEA stewards networks and platforms related to the COVID 19 response, women’s empowerment, sustainable value chains, rural revitalization, health, youth entrepreneurship, and technological innovation. They also support the PRESENT Coalition which is working to pass the Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship Bill in the Philippines. ISEA offers discounted rates and pro bono services for low income groups. They are a member of Catalyst 2030.
Snowy Owl is a small-batch, specialty coffee roaster with a mobile coffee cart and cafes in Brewster, Chatham, and Sandwich on Cape Cod. They are committed to direct trade partnerships, transparency, and consumer education. The roastery sources green beans from import partners, small-lot growers, and cooperatives that emphasize environmental sustainability, economic development, and educational enhancement programs. Snowy Owl segregates waste, composts, recycles, avoids single use plastic, does not sell plastic water bottles, and offers discounts for customers that bring their own cups. They host events, provide a year-round community space, and contribute to Community Development Partnership and other local service organizations.
Legal Design Turkey creates value and positive social impact by applying human-centered design, systems thinking principles, and business process methods in the field of law. They aim to increase legal literacy of disadvantaged groups and develop the capacity of service providers to provide human-centered legal support. Their services include legal design workshops, training, consulting, and projects related to social innovation, legal technology integration, access to justice, and legal process improvement. The team works remotely and engages in recycling and environmentally responsible practices on an individual basis. Legal Design Turkey started as a co-learning community and is now the first social enterprise in Turkey for legal design. The majority of profits are reinvested towards their mission. Legal Design Turkey is part of Catalyst 2030 and esela – The legal network for social impact.
Kalukanda House is a fully staffed four-bedroom villa in southern Sri Lanka that combines luxury accommodation with sustainable practices and conscious travel experiences. The villa was created by a British-Sri Lankan interior designer with a passion for craftsmanship, antiques and sustainable design. It was designed to retain existing trees and built from recycled materials by local craftspeople. Kalukanda House uses solar energy, rainwater irrigation systems, and plastic free supplies. They source fresh, seasonal ingredients from local producers, train and employ people from the surrounding village, and offer living wages and sustainable livelihood opportunities. Kalukanda House works with a network of community partners to offer surf lessons, cooking classes, tea plantation tours, whale watching, safaris, and other travel experiences. A portion of all revenue is donated to Their Future Today, a Sri Lankan charity that reunites families separated due to poverty, advocates for alternative family care, and provides shelter, legal services, and education for abused and abandoned girls.
Rose Shellfish has been growing and hand harvesting oysters and little neck clams in Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod since 1981. They steward a three-acre oyster grant off Mayo Beach as part of a community managed aquaculture system. Rose Shellfish captures wild Wellfleet oysters at the free-floating larvae stage, grows them in oyster beds for up to three years, and harvests to order for local farm-to-table buyers. A single adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water per day. This removes nitrogen from the water and provides a valuable ecological service to the harbor. Wellfleet has started a shell collection program with local restaurants. The recycled shells will be used to provide juvenile oyster habitat and regenerate inter-tidal reefs. Rose Shellfish is committed to maintaining local natural resources and food systems. Wellfleet Oysters are part of the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Smilogy Kids produces child-safe, environmentally responsible crayons, paints, art supplies, and activity kits. Their hand poured crayons are made from beeswax and other natural waxes and butters that are both renewable and biodegradable. All products are free from plastics, fillers, lead, or other harmful materials. In addition to a standard ergonomic set, they offer a range of shapes for creative, sensory play including blocks, leaves, hearts, rocks, seashells, chunky squares, and discs. Smilogy Kids gives special discounts for schools, nurseries, orphanages, and charities.
Hara Organic aims to develop a secure and sustainable food system in Pakistan that supports human health, community health, and the health of the environment. They promote organic food and farming and supply natural fertilizers and other inputs for organic gardening and agriculture as an alternative to imported synthetic agrichemicals. Products include vermicompost, organic liquid fertilizer, trichoderma green soil, bone meal, fish fertilizer, mustard cake, neem cake, neem oil, epsom salt, and yellow sticky traps. Hara Organic has their own farm and provides consulting services. They partner with government authorities, universities, research institutions, farmers, and food system advocates to collect and share resources on the science supporting organic food and farming.
Thothanna publishes children’s books, educational books, translations, intercultural literature, audio content, and videos that promote environmental and social coexistence and enhance wisdom for a better world. They offer children’s books on environmental topics, like encouraging children to plant food-bearing perennials on their birthday, raising awareness about human elephant conflict, and telling the story of an old man that re-greened his village. Thothanna translates books in Sinhala, Tamil, and English so Sri Lankans can share their literature and increase understanding between communities. They work with first-time authors that care about social and environmental issues, help women’s groups develop and maintain community libraries for rural children, promote reading for all ages, and conduct free programs in rural schools. Thothanna Publishing House is part of Read Plus Foundation, a collective of Sri Lankan publishers that aims to promote reading, strengthen local writers, illustrators, and editors, expand independent publishing, and contribute to the community.
My Green Fox is an online platform and services marketplace that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses, meet sustainability goals, offset digital carbon footprint emissions, and be recognized as Digital Carbon Neutral. Members have access to the tools and resources they need to develop their business on the internet: a corporate URL, virtual office and event room, an online store for products and services, practical information and training materials, dissemination and marketing, and a network of other entrepreneurs committed to sustainability. My Green Fox helps new enterprises dramatically reduce their first year digital budget and offers membership discounts for groups in need. They operate as a not-for-profit initiative and use all surplus funds for environmental preservation, development of sustainable rural communities, and seed capital for innovative projects. My Green Fox is connected to El Rural Network and Tus Aldeas and is part of the SME Climate Hub.
Wonder Liberia is a volunteer-led community initiative to eradicate hunger and increase access to opportunities for less privileged Liberians. They organize local book drives for school children, support education initiatives, and provide skill training and professional development for young people in low income neighborhoods. Wonder Liberia focuses on skills like baking, tailoring, cosmetology, graphic design, and IT services that can lead to self-sustaining local enterprises.
Building Bridges for the Planet (BB4Planet) provides tools to connect individuals to purpose, co-create conscious communities, and support sustainable living, a new cooperation-based paradigm, and systemic change. Their free online resources include information about sustainability, social entrepreneurship, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), transformational learning materials for personal development, and a directory of sustainable products, services, inspiring stories, impact initiatives, and regenerative communities. Members of their Gaia Community are able to develop a Gaia Profile and earn Gaia Points. The BB4Planet platform is managed by ICI Network, a clean tech and green energy service provider. They are a member of Catalyst 2030, Gaia Community, Humanity’s Team, Mindvalley, Presencing Institute, and SEEDS and a signatory of UN Climate Neutral Now, the Earth Charter, and the Conscious Business Charter.
Lak Lady has been raising goats on a 120-acre farm in Panvillatenna village since 1993. After years of selling raw milk to a collector, they decided to develop their own processing facility so they could guarantee that the final product was high quality and additive free. Lak Lady is the first single-source goat milk supplier in Sri Lanka. The local hill country climate is ideal for goats, and the farm team ensures that the animals have adequate space, outdoor access, and good living conditions. Lak Lady produces their own compost, treats all waste water onsite, and packages their products in reusable glass bottles. They allocate 10 percent of profits to support the education of workers’ children.
aloe design creates handmade natural candles, surf wax, and housewares from local, sustainably sourced materials. Their beeswax candles are long lasting, clean burning, and sold with low margins to increase accessibility. The surf wax is free from synthetic ingredients and is safer for skin and marine life. Their plant pots and housewares are made from leftover cement from local construction sites that would otherwise go to waste. aloe design uses locally made packaging and reduces, segregates, and recycles waste.
Gaya by Gayendri specializes in sustainable fashion and housewares made from recycled materials. Their main line of global designerwear is inspired by Sri Lankan landscapes, made from locally handwoven natural fibers, dyed with tea waste, flowers, fruits, and other botanicals, stitched with high end finishing, and embellished with recycled trims. Their secondary line is made from fabric remnants from local apparel factories. The fabric scraps from their main line and secondary line are used to create shoes and accessories. Gaya by Gayendri also collects empty glass bottles from the community and decorates them for reuse.
Jeewana Shakthi provides healthy, natural food at affordable prices for Sri Lankan consumers and creates sustainable livelihood opportunities for rural women in Anamaduwa. They focus on using surplus fruits and vegetables during peak harvest season to minimize food waste. Products include dried tamarind, lime pickle, turmeric powder, ambarella chutney, woodapple jam, woodapple fruit snacks, and cashew apple vinegar. No preservatives or other synthetic additives are used. By reducing middlemen in the supply chain, Jeewana Shakthi is able to pay fair prices to producers while making natural food more affordable for local consumers.
CFS Prithipura is a home for people with physical and mental disabilities that has been in operation since 1962. They provide care in a community environment that enables residents to live life to the fullest. There are currently 70 residents ranging from 7 to 60 years old. Most of them have been abandoned or orphaned and do not have anywhere else they can call home. The center includes ramps, wheelchairs, walkers and other facilities for maximum mobility. They offer speech therapy, wellness, and learning programs adapted to each individual’s capabilities and needs. CFS Prithipura has started a home garden to grow their own vegetables and an arts and crafts initiative to produce cards, bags, and other handmade products for sale. All donations and revenue are used to maintain the home and provide services and facilities for residents.
Thethi Farm cultivates organic heirloom kuruluthuda rice in Minuwangoda to contribute to “good health and good life.” They produce their own compost and organic liquid fertilizer on the farm, save seeds, carefully manage water levels to prevent weeds, disease, and pests, and preserve natural habitat and biodiversity. Thethi Farm is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Aagaram produces natural and affordable South Indian condiments, snacks, and sweets in Sri Lanka from locally sourced ingredients with no artificial colors, preservatives, or other additives. Products include milagai podi and paruppu podi seasoning blends, tomato and brinjal chutneys, gram and rice flour murukku, rattakaju laddoo, puran poli, and more. Aagaram aims to minimize waste. They pack products in glass jars, unbleached kraft paper, and newspaper bags from MJF Foundation that are handmade by the parents of Rainbow Youth. Glass bottles are collected for sterilization and reuse.
Kurunchi Natural Farming Producer Group is a cluster of small-scale organic farmers in eastern Sri Lanka committed to growing affordable food that is free from synthetic agrichemicals. They have a strong internal monitoring system, save seeds, and produce compost, liquid fertilizers, and biopesticides from locally available materials. Crops include dry zone vegetables, leafy greens, and legumes. Members also grow ginger, turmeric, passion fruit, pineapple, banana, papaya, mango, lemon, guava, coconut, and cashew. Kurunchi Natural Farming Producer Group is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Murugan Natural Farming Producer Group is a cluster of small-scale organic farmers in eastern Sri Lanka committed to growing affordable food that is free from synthetic agrichemicals. They produce their own compost, liquid fertilizers, and biopesticides from locally available materials. Crops include dry zone vegetables, leafy greens, and legumes. Members also grow passion fruit, banana, mango, local oranges, guava, lavulu, pomegranate, and coconut. Murugan Natural Farming Producer Group is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Natpayir Natural Farming Producer Society is a group of small-scale organic farmers in eastern Sri Lanka committed to growing affordable natural food and improving the environment. Members prepare liquid fertilizers and biopesticides from fish waste, fruit waste, neem, garlic, and other locally available materials. They have sandy soil, but they are working to develop it through compost and cow, goat, and poultry manure. Crops include dry zone vegetables, leafy greens, legumes, maize, and cassava. They also produce ginger, banana, papaya, passion fruit, pomegranate, lime, ambarella, guava, mango, jackfruit, and cashew. Natpayir Natural Farming Producer Society is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Suha Valvu Natural Farming Producers Society is a cluster of small-scale organic farmers in eastern Sri Lanka committed to growing affordable natural food and improving the environment. Members are working together on seed saving and organic input production. Crops include dry zone vegetables, leafy greens, legumes, and perennial crops. Suha Valvu Natural Farming Producers Society is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Theevupillayar Natural Farming Producer Society is a group of small-scale organic farmers in eastern Sri Lanka committed to growing affordable natural food and protecting the environment. Members save seeds, produce compost, and prepare liquid fertilizers and biopesticides from fish waste, fruit waste, neem, garlic, and other locally available materials. Crops include dry zone vegetables, leafy greens, and legumes. Members also grow ginger, turmeric, sugar cane, pineapple, banana, oranges, guava, ambarella, pomegranate, mango, jackfruit, king coconut, and coconut. Theevupillayar Natural Farming Producer Society is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Ulavar Kudi Natural Farming Producers Society is a group of small-scale organic farmers in eastern Sri Lanka committed to growing affordable natural food and protecting the environment. They save seeds and produce their own compost, liquid fertilizers, and biopesticides from locally available materials. Crops include dry zone vegetables, leafy greens, and legumes. Members also grow ginger, turmeric, cassava, banana, mango, and coconut. Ulavar Kudi Natural Farming Producers Society is verified under a local organic participatory guarantee system (PGS).
Katana, Sri Lanka
Chandi’s Kitchen offers traditional Sri Lankan food made from healthy, local ingredients. Products include kola kenda herbal porridge, kurakkan millet roti and halapa, belimal and ranawara herbal teas, ambarella, pineapple, and guava achcharu, and local fruit juices. Chandi’s Kitchen is committed to plastic free operations. They compost their banana leaf wrappers and all food waste.
Leliambe, Sri Lanka
Flavours by Seasons promotes healthy eating and prevents food waste by dehydrating, preserving, and bottling fresh, seasonal crops. They source ingredients from local home gardeners and small-scale farmers and ensure all products are free from artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, and other addititives. Flavours by Seasons offers breakfast cereals and bars made with rice flakes and traditional foods like chutneys, pickles, sambols, and curry pastes. They help people with busy lifestyles access nutritious, natural foods. Products can be vacuum packed for lighter weight international shipping. Flavours by Seasons segregates their waste, makes compost, and recycles cardboard and polythene. They also produce reusable grocery bags from unbleached cotton fabric.
Breeze of Dream uses sustainably sourced wood, seeds, coconut fiber, jute, shells, stones and other natural materials to create handmade dream catchers, wind chimes, jewelry, housewares, and more. They segregate their waste, collect cardboard, rice bags, newspapers, and textiles, and work with the local community in Kappalady on beach clean ups, recycling, and upcycling initiatives. Breeze of Dream donates vegetables from their home garden to support local families in need.
Delicious Bottle serves healthy, natural food made from local, sustainably sourced ingredients. They specialize in traditional rice and curry, pittu, rotti, sambols, chili pastes, curry powder, sambols, and achcharu. Coconuts and banana leaf packaging come from their own home garden, vegetables come from small-scale farmers in Nuwara Eliya and Ambalangoda, rice comes from Hambantota, and fresh milk comes from a nearby farm in Negombo. Delicious Bottle aims to be a zero waste food shop and has phased out single use plastic. Five percent of revenue is used to support suppliers’ families and promote natural farming methods.
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