Information for Consumers

You are what you eat

When Food Alliance talks about “sustainable agriculture,” we mean the ability to produce safe, healthy, delicious, and affordable food to meet diverse needs without degrading agricultural lands, the quality of life in rural communities, or the resilience of the broader ecosystems on which we all depend.

Food Alliance offers the most comprehensive certification program for sustainably produced food in North America. We cover the issues that matter to you, including safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and protection of the environment.

Food Alliance certification is backed by meaningful standards and a rigorous and independent third-party inspection. Food Alliance is Good Food for a Healthy Future.

Help Create a More Sustainable Food System

Our comprehensive, third-party certification addresses the issues that matter most: safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and environmental stewardship.

• Safe and fair working conditions

• Healthy and humane animal treatment

• Hormones and antibiotics

• GMO-free seed and genetics

• Reduce pesticide use and toxicity

• Soil and water conservation

• Wildlife habitat conservation

• Continuously improve management practices

Ask for Food Alliance Certified products

Look for Food Alliance Certified products at the grocery store. You can find the Food Alliance Certified seal on fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, dried beans and lentils, wheat flour and baking mixes, dairy products, eggs, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, farmed shellfish, and other products.

If you don’t see the seal on products you buy ask your grocer to stock more Food Alliance certified products.

You can even write the makers of your favorite brands to ask them to consider becoming Food Alliance Certified. Let them know that you are concerned about social and environmental responsibility and Food Alliance is a standard you trust.

Contact us with questions about certification