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Allegro Coffee Company, Back to Nature, Balance Bar, The Hain Celestial Company, Ito En, Naked Juice, New Chapter, Seventh Generation, Stacy's and Whole Foods Market pledged $1.05 million to support microlending programs with Whole Planet Foundation!
One representative from each Supplier Alliance for Microcredit partner company serves on the Collaborator's Circle, which functions as an advisory board for the Alliance.
Learn about Supplier Alliance for Microcredit Collaborator's Circle representatives
Supplier Alliance Partner Spotlight
In 2007, we launched the Whole Planet Foundation Supplier Alliance for Microcredit (SAM), an alliance of natural food companies supporting the mission of microlending. Valued partner companies include, Allegro Coffee Company, Back to Nature, Balance Bar, The Hain Celestial Group, Ito En (Tea's Tea), Naked Juice, New Chapter, Seventh Generation, Stacy's and Whole Foods Market who together have pledged over $1 million to support microentrepreneurs in Costa Rica and Indonesia.
One of our valued Supplier Alliance for Microcredit partners, Allegro Coffee Company, has been an essential ally to the Whole Planet Foundation since its founding in 2005. Jeff Teter, President of Allegro is on the Foundation’s Board of Directors and in addition, his team consistently supports the Foundation by providing extensive product sourcing information, identifying field based producer communities often even identifying the individual coffee farmers.
This support is critical as our leadership mandates that our microlending projects are sited in communities where Whole Foods Market sources products. For over three years, Allegro has provided transparency to our producer communities to fulfill this mandate. We are honored to support microlending programs in many Allegro coffee growing regions including Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, East Timor and Indonesia, as well as in India, where Allegro sources tea. We are grateful to Allegro Coffee Company for contributing to our mission; both financially and with guidance and advice. Please join us in appreciating all of our Supplier Alliance partners!
Supplier Alliance Partners will support microentrepreneurs in Costa Rica.
Supplier Alliance partners will also support microentrepreneurs in Indonesia.
