17 Food Trends for 2019, According to the Buyers at Whole Foods and FreshDirect

"Thoughtful consideration behind purchases moves beyond (but doesn't exclude) environmental stewardship and animal welfare and becomes more people-focused. For example, Kuli Kuli produces moringa powder which is often grown and processed by women and has provided more than $1.5 million in income to women-led farming cooperatives, nonprofits and family farmers around the world through their organic moringa supply chain. Whole Planet Foundation partners with suppliers such as Chobani, Frontier Co-op, Naked Juice, Wallaby Organic, Papyrus-Recycled Greetings and more to alleviate poverty through microcredit loans for the world's poorest people — mostly women — who become empowered microentrepreneurs lifting themselves and their families out of poverty." — Whole Foods Market

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