LOS ANGELES, CA — While the world celebrates Earth Day on April 22nd, 4EARTH FARMS of Los Angeles, CA is reflecting that at 4EARTH FARMS – they strive to make every day, Earth Day.
For the past several years, 4EARTH FARMS has worked with its vendors and grower partners to reduce their carbon footprint and become more sustainable.
“Doing the right thing when it comes to the environment is not a business strategy for us, it is a tenet. ” said David Lake, Co-Founder and CEO of 4EARTH FARMS. “I think those of us who earn our living from the earth have a responsibility to be good stewards of our planet – a philosophy that is also good for business.”
“While our 160,000 square foot facility in Los Angeles was built “as state of the art” at the time it was completed, we are constantly reinvesting to improve its efficiency through projects like our cooling tower water recycler. That one investment saves over 18,000 gallons of water usage per day. We have also invested in waterless bathroom fixtures, we are separating our trash into three components to be recycled, composted, or incinerated to reduce waste and we have turned off our sprinklers and started converting all of our landscaping to drought resistant California native plants.”
“In our most current project of sustainability, we are currently replacing all our warehouse lighting to LED fixtures. LED is a perfect example of how investing in environmentally friendly technology can have a huge impact on both our energy costs and our global impact. Our consultants calculated that our LED conversion project will keep 987,768 pounds of Carbon Dioxide, 1,646,279 grams of Sulfer Dioxide and 3,819,380 grams of Nitrogen Oxides from being released into the air. That is all in just one year!”
“Earth Day is a wonderful cause to celebrate and a solid reminder that individually and in business, we can all do better to protect our environment,” expressed Lake.
COMPANY PROFILE
Founded 21 years ago in Los Angeles, California, 4EARTH FARMS is one of the largest vertically integrated Conventional, Organic, and Specialty grower-packer-shippers in the nation. 4EARTH FARMS supplies wholesale, private label, and foodservice produce to some of the largest retail and wholesale customers around the globe.
With incredibly efficient cross-dock, consolidation, and logistics, as well as state-of-the-art facilities and unparalleled food storage and safety standards, 4EARTH FARMS offers a 99.4% fulfillment rate on a bounty of produce made up of more than 150 year-round organic SKUs, 250 specialty products, and conventional fruits and vegetables, with its core items being Brussels Sprouts, Sugar Snap Peas, Snow Peas, and Green Beans. With many farm-direct programs, and strong grower relationships, 4Earth Farms cultivates more than 2,000 acres in Baja Mexico, mainland Mexico, Northern California, central California, Oregon, and Texas, and has direct relationships with growers in Chile, Taiwan, Thailand, China, and South Africa.
From farm to fork, we are committed to environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility, and the 21st-century principles: People. Produce. Planet.
Source: 4EARTH FARMS