What We Believe

Like everyone else, we, at NextFoods, have to earn a living. The difference for us is that we’re doing it in a way that makes the world a better place and helps humanity. It’s about earning one’s living out of doing what’s “right.”

What’s “right” for us includes practices that we initiated on day one of our company’s inception. In fact, our management team built the Silk Soymilk business into the largest organic brand in the U.S. on the same core values we hold true today. These are the things that fuel our passion:

Environmental Stewardship
We have been carbon neutral before we ever sold a single GoodBelly product, and we aim to continue this practice as we seek ways to continuously minimize our carbon footprint.

NextFoods buys carbon offset credits through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation-- a non-profit organization-- to offset the carbon impact of transporting ingredients, finished goods and staff travel. We also use Green Tag credits that support wind and solar power. One Green Tag represents enough renewable energy to offset a typical home for a month.
 
Organics
We believe strongly in using sustainable farming practices that give back to Earth. Use of organic ingredients is one of the cornerstones of our business. When we establish U.S. production of GoodBelly, we will be able to obtain USDA organic certification so that our customers and consumers are assured that our practices are as real as our intentions. Our labels are some of the cleanest in the industry: organic and natural components, all vegan and no bioengineered food—ever.

Social Responsibility
Giving back to society is not an afterthought for us, but part of our commitment to Right Livelihood, which can be paraphrased as “good for you, good for me, good for everybody who touches it.”  We support and financially sponsor Surgicorps. Surgicorps is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing reconstructive surgery for children and adults in less-developed countries.

Recycling
We are dedicated to continually evolving our product, packaging and impact on the community in which we work. Our current packaging is Category #5 plastic-- recyclable in some communities, but not in most. We are searching for more environmentally-friendly packaging, and post-consumer recycled cardboard. We will continue to evolve environmentally-responsible materials and processes for our products. Our goal is to have a completely sustainable business that treads lightly on the earth while positively accelerating people’s journey to good health. 

Mission
It is our mission at NextFoods to creatively, and profitably, lead the continuous improvement of human nutrition while demonstrating full commitment to the principles of Right-Livelihood.

Values
We demonstrate our commitment to our mission and the core values that inspire it by pledging ourselves to the following:

• We will never compromise society or the environment with our products, production or people
• It has to be good for you, good for me, good for everything we touch
• We must create wealth without guilt
• Integrity comes first
• Excellence
• Innovation
• Teamwork and empowerment
• Respect for all beings
• Community
• Diversity

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