Sustainability Pledge

All businesses listed in the Farm Fresh Atlas make a sustainability pledge.

Each farm listed in the Atlas pledges that it:

• Is family or cooperatively owned
• Is committed to reducing the application of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
• Is operated in a way that protects and sustains the region’s land and water resources
• Treats animals with care, respect and access to the outdoors
• Provides safe, fair working conditions for employees
• Sells Wisconsin products that the farm has grown or helped produce

Businesses listed in the Atlas pledge that they:

• Are locally and family or cooperatively owned or is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a sustainable, regional food system
• Are operated in a way that protects and sustains the region's land and water resources
• Provide safe and fair working conditions for employees
• Sell products grown on Wisconsin farms, or sells products made by our business using raw materials grown on Wisconsin farms, or uses fair trade, sustainably or organically raised ingredients in our products