We provide independent, third-party certification for businesses committed to sustainable practices
Sourcing You Can Stand Behind
Food Alliance has set the standard for sustainable food production for nearly three decades. When you source from Food Alliance Certified producers, you’re helping to build a more resilient, transparent food system and connecting shoppers and diners to products they can trust.
Support Producers Building a Better Food System
Food Alliance Certified farms, ranches, and food businesses have committed to meeting rigorous standards that go beyond organic and regenerative farming certifications. Each has passed an independent third-party audit that takes their whole operation into account, assessing environmental stewardship, animal welfare, and working conditions.
Food Alliance’s holistic approach to sustainability has made it a preferred certification for major retailers and food service providers like Walmart, Whole Foods Market, New Seasons Markets, Chicago’s Green City Market, Bon Appétit Management Company, Chipotle, Taco Time, and more, as well as for supplying university dining programs across the country.
Make Food Alliance a Part of Your Supply Chain
What We Certify:
The Food Alliance Standard
Demonstrate your commitment to sourcing responsibly by accepting Food Alliance certification as a supply chain standard. Food Alliance’s public criteria and transparent certification process allow your suppliers to understand what’s needed to meet your requirements. For those who aren’t ready for certification, our standards and evaluation tools can show them where they stand and what to work on. We have partnered with companies large and small on sustainability strategies, risk management in supply chains, and new product and market development.
We can help you:
Write or update a sourcing policy
Assess suppliers before they certify
Support sustainability reporting and marketing claims
Train your staff on sustainability in agriculture and the food industry
We also work alongside programs your suppliers may already know and follow, including the Audubon Conservation Ranching Program, Salmon-Safe, the American Grassfed Association, and the Grasslands Alliance standard. See who we work with.
Join the retailers, food service providers, and universities sourcing from Food Alliance Certified producers. Whether you're adding certified products, setting supplier standards, or still figuring out where to start, we'll help you find the right next step. Contact us to get started.
Setting a better standard since 1997.
Support safe and fair working conditions
Ensure healthy, humane animal treatment with no growth hormones or non-therapeutic antibiotics
Protect, enhance, and conserve soil resources, water resources, and biodiversity
Reduce risks associated with pesticides and other toxic or hazardous materials
Conserve energy, reduce and recycle waste
Guarantee product integrity, no genetically engineered or artificial ingredients
Maintain transparency and the “chain of custody”
Continually improve practices
