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When Matt was volunteering with the Severn Freewheelers, the roar of his motorcycle signaled more than a weekend escape; it meant emergency transport for a patient he had never met. By day, Matt was a U.K.-based technical architect at Motorola Solutions, where he developed technical solutions across the full range of emergency services. After hours, he dedicated his time to the open road as a volunteer with the Severn Freewheelers, a charitable organization providing free, emergency transport for blood, human tissue and breast milk across England. With a team of nearly 200 volunteer riders, the organization completed 7,100 tasks last year alone. 

Matt’s shifts ran from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., often through the quietest hours of the night. As one of five riders on a shift, Matt worked to ensure roads were clear and medical hand-offs were seamless.

His commitment was highlighted on Christmas Eve 2019, while riding for Leicestershire and Rutland Blood Bikes. Matt transported a pathology sample 100 miles for matching tests for a patient needing a replacement heart. “It was a powerful realization that, depending on those results, someone could be receiving a life-saving transplant for Christmas,” Matt recalled. “That specific mission has stayed with me for years.”

“I get so much more out of it than what I put in,” Matt continued. “The sense of pride and purpose is hard to describe — it’s quite emotional. Knowing that my passion can translate into life-saving service, like delivering urgent blood and tissue for a child’s treatment, makes every mile worth it.” He noted that the role often involves dealing with both ends of life. One job could be delivering maternity notes, and the next could be a notification of a do-not-resuscitate order to a family. 

This spirit of service is part of the DNA at Motorola Solutions. Matt’s dedication earned him the Motorola Solutions Foundation CEO Award for Volunteerism, the company’s highest honor for service. Matt’s story affirms a simple truth: when employees are empowered to follow their passions, their impact knows no bounds. 

By Susan Illman

If you were in Dr. Joseph Allen’s class on healthy buildings at Harvard this semester, you’d have begun your first day at the bust of Alice Hamilton on campus. Hamilton is one of his personal heroes and a pioneer of industrial toxicology, who found that workers in the early 1900s were getting sick from lead they breathed in, not from inadequate handwashing. Hamilton conducted science to better the lives of workers and helped pass laws requiring employer safety precautions.

Joe Allen, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program and author of the best-selling book Healthy Buildings, is also a scientist-activist who has spent a career working to make buildings healthier for all. He has published his studies in peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals, but has also worked to translate his findings into strategies that help support healthier buildings.

During IWBI’s WELL Summit in New York City, Allen sat down with IWBI’s President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon to talk about all things healthy buildings, in an energetic exchange to round out the day. Below are highlights from the conversation.

When asked where he thinks the healthy building movement stands today, Dr. Allen sees strong systemic momentum backed by non-governmental institutions moving in the right direction. Promising signs include the first-ever indoor air quality (IAQ) event held at the United Nations during Climate Week, during which the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air was launched, and new ASHRAE leadership focused on healthy buildings. Private companies are stepping up, too, he said.

Allen’s studies of last year’s Los Angeles wildfires are measuring what hasn’t been monitored before: how long toxicants remain airborne – including indoors. He found that high levels of nanoparticles of poisonous metals such as lead and hexavalent chromium (Chromium 6) lingered months after the fires and at higher levels indoors compared to outdoors. He explained that these dangerous particulates become absorbed by every organ and cell, passing the blood brain barrier, affecting the full human body.

While much of Allen’s research is published in academic journals, he has also led critical research through corporate funding. He noted that companies can be effective partners at not only supporting new research but also making sure it has wider reach.

“And there’s an important series of examples we can reflect on,” said Allen.

“Like your COGfx study,” offered Hodgdon.

Published in 2016, this groundbreaking study showed that cleaner indoor air quality with lower levels of CO2 and VOCs nearly doubled worker cognitive scores compared to workers in typical office spaces with lower ventilation.

“We released the study at Greenbuild,” recalled Allen. “Then it took off and we promoted it around the world…We humanized and personalized the message.”

Allen recently consulted on the IAQ management system at the new JPMorgan headquarters in New York City. “It’s beautiful for the things you cannot see,” he said. It includes higher ventilation, better filtration and continuous indoor air monitoring – all things the WELL Standard recommends.

JPMorgan initially adopted Allen’s recommended design changes over a decade ago when many experts said those changes couldn’t be done. Today the upgrades have brought several thousands of dollars of benefit per occupant for a fairly low dollar investment. What else do JPMorgan and other firms get from its healthier employees? Higher recruitment, higher retention and higher productivity. “[Their] executives say, ‘If I could move any of these [factors] by 1% at my company, I’d be a hero,’” adds Hodgdon.

Lately, Allen and his team are using AI to “move from sensing problems to simulating solutions.” They’ve replicated a 330 million-person U.S. population in a privacy-safe digital twin in order to identify who is most at risk of unhealthy indoor air based on where they live. Per Allen’s modeling, the most vulnerable population is young children living in old homes built before the 1970s with lead-based paint. Allen’s team is also simulating outdoor wildfire smoke and indoor air measurements to see what would have happened during the Los Angeles wildfires had the 15,000 destroyed structures been designed correctly.

“What [strategies] do you predict will become as standard as indoor plumbing a decade from now?,” asked Hodgdon.

“Real time indoor air quality monitoring sensors in every home and building. Get ahead of problems before they become problems that compromise health. These are low-cost, no-brainer solutions. You can’t manage what you don’t measure,” said Allen.

One benefit of the buildings we inhabit is that individuals have more control over indoor air than outdoor air. At home, Allen advises upgrading ventilation and filtration systems, limiting use of “forever chemicals,” and prioritizing bedroom air as we spend one-third of our lives sleeping. “Ventilation filtration is a cornerstone of public health.”

With healthier indoor air, everyone everywhere will benefit from better buildings.

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Last year, we launched Breakthrough!, our first global, live and in-person learning experience for above-restaurant leaders. Across 15 countries, nearly 4,000 Yum! leaders came together to share tools, practice together and commit to turning learning into action.

Yum! Brands

Last year, we launched Breakthrough!, our first global, live and in-person learning experience for above-restaurant leaders. Across 15 countries, nearly 4,000 Yum! leaders came together to share tools, practice together and commit to turning learning into action.

In honor of this year’s International Day of Women in Science, we’re shining a spotlight on just some of the brilliant women with scientific backgrounds who are pursuing exciting careers at Bacardi. 

From Innovation Engineers and Beverage Scientists to Production Managers and many more, they all play a critical role in crafting our portfolio.

Click above to meet some of the women making an impact, every day.

About Bacardi Limited

Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held international spirits company, produces, markets, and distributes spirits and wines. The Bacardi Limited portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDÍ® rum, PATRÓN® tequila, GREY GOOSE® vodka, DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch whisky, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, and other leading and emerging brands including WILLIAM LAWSON’S® Scotch whisky, D’USSÉ® Cognac, ANGEL’S ENVY® American straight whiskey, and ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur. Founded more than 163 years ago in Santiago de Cuba, family-owned Bacardi Limited currently employs approximately 8,000, operates production facilities in 10 countries and territories, and sells its brands in more than 160 markets. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. 

Visit http://www.bacardilimited.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

In honor of this year’s International Day of Women in Science, we’re shining a spotlight on just some of the brilliant women with scientific backgrounds who are pursuing exciting careers at Bacardi. 

From Innovation Engineers and Beverage Scientists to Production Managers and many more, they all play a critical role in crafting our portfolio.

Click above to meet some of the women making an impact, every day.

About Bacardi Limited

Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held international spirits company, produces, markets, and distributes spirits and wines. The Bacardi Limited portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDÍ® rum, PATRÓN® tequila, GREY GOOSE® vodka, DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch whisky, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, and other leading and emerging brands including WILLIAM LAWSON’S® Scotch whisky, D’USSÉ® Cognac, ANGEL’S ENVY® American straight whiskey, and ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur. Founded more than 163 years ago in Santiago de Cuba, family-owned Bacardi Limited currently employs approximately 8,000, operates production facilities in 10 countries and territories, and sells its brands in more than 160 markets. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. 

Visit http://www.bacardilimited.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

The loudest sustainability headlines these days tend to focus on what’s being rolled back at the federal level. But a closer look at what happened in the past few weeks tells a different story — one where carbon management secured bipartisan funding in Congress, a federal court drew a constitutional line against anti-ESG overreach, and state legislatures continued building new frameworks for corporate environmental accountability. The action may be quieter, but it is reshaping the sustainability landscape in ways that matter.

Start with the federal budget. When Congress passed the FY 2026 spending package last month, many in the climate sector expected the worst. In our Top Stories this issue, Carbon Herald reports that instead of cuts, the final appropriations preserved core funding for direct air capture hubs, carbon capture R&D, and the Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize — which received $45 million across at least four pathways.

Perhaps most notably, the package included language from the PROVE IT Act, directing the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory to study U.S. manufacturing’s carbon intensity relative to global peers — a move that positions American industry to respond credibly as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism takes hold. Carbon management, it turns out, is increasingly being justified in economic competitiveness terms, not just environmental ones.

Meanwhile, in a Texas courtroom, ESG News reports that a federal judge permanently struck down Senate Bill 13 — one of the most aggressive anti-ESG laws in the country. The 2021 law had blacklisted more than 300 companies and triggered billions in state pension divestments from firms deemed to be “boycotting” fossil fuels. Judge Alan Albright, a Trump appointee, ruled SB 13 unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, finding that it violated First and Fourteenth Amendment protections by penalizing companies for climate-related speech, advocacy, and association. With similar laws already blocked in Missouri and Oklahoma, the ruling sends a clear signal: states cannot weaponize economic policy to punish sustainability-minded investors without running into constitutional guardrails.

On the regulatory front, sustainability governance continues to build momentum at the state level. G&A Institute has released a new Resource Paper examining the rapid expansion across the U.S. of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging. Seven states have now enacted EPR legislation, with approximately 14 more actively considering similar measures. These laws are fundamentally shifting who pays for packaging waste management — from municipalities and taxpayers to the producers themselves — and are creating new compliance, reporting, and financial obligations that companies selling packaged products need to get ahead of now.

Taken together, these developments reinforce a theme G&A has been tracking throughout 2026: the sustainability agenda in the U.S. is not stalled, rather it is decentralizing. Companies waiting for a single federal signal before acting may find themselves behind the curve. The G&A team is available to help your company stay ahead of rapidly changing reporting requirements. Reach out to us at info@ga-institute.com.

This is just the introduction of G&A’s Sustainability Highlights newsletter this week. Click here to view the full issue

The loudest sustainability headlines these days tend to focus on what’s being rolled back at the federal level. But a closer look at what happened in the past few weeks tells a different story — one where carbon management secured bipartisan funding in Congress, a federal court drew a constitutional line against anti-ESG overreach, and state legislatures continued building new frameworks for corporate environmental accountability. The action may be quieter, but it is reshaping the sustainability landscape in ways that matter.

Start with the federal budget. When Congress passed the FY 2026 spending package last month, many in the climate sector expected the worst. In our Top Stories this issue, Carbon Herald reports that instead of cuts, the final appropriations preserved core funding for direct air capture hubs, carbon capture R&D, and the Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize — which received $45 million across at least four pathways.

Perhaps most notably, the package included language from the PROVE IT Act, directing the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory to study U.S. manufacturing’s carbon intensity relative to global peers — a move that positions American industry to respond credibly as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism takes hold. Carbon management, it turns out, is increasingly being justified in economic competitiveness terms, not just environmental ones.

Meanwhile, in a Texas courtroom, ESG News reports that a federal judge permanently struck down Senate Bill 13 — one of the most aggressive anti-ESG laws in the country. The 2021 law had blacklisted more than 300 companies and triggered billions in state pension divestments from firms deemed to be “boycotting” fossil fuels. Judge Alan Albright, a Trump appointee, ruled SB 13 unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, finding that it violated First and Fourteenth Amendment protections by penalizing companies for climate-related speech, advocacy, and association. With similar laws already blocked in Missouri and Oklahoma, the ruling sends a clear signal: states cannot weaponize economic policy to punish sustainability-minded investors without running into constitutional guardrails.

On the regulatory front, sustainability governance continues to build momentum at the state level. G&A Institute has released a new Resource Paper examining the rapid expansion across the U.S. of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging. Seven states have now enacted EPR legislation, with approximately 14 more actively considering similar measures. These laws are fundamentally shifting who pays for packaging waste management — from municipalities and taxpayers to the producers themselves — and are creating new compliance, reporting, and financial obligations that companies selling packaged products need to get ahead of now.

Taken together, these developments reinforce a theme G&A has been tracking throughout 2026: the sustainability agenda in the U.S. is not stalled, rather it is decentralizing. Companies waiting for a single federal signal before acting may find themselves behind the curve. The G&A team is available to help your company stay ahead of rapidly changing reporting requirements. Reach out to us at info@ga-institute.com.

This is just the introduction of G&A’s Sustainability Highlights newsletter this week. Click here to view the full issue

 

 

AUSTIN, Texas, February 12, 2026 /3BL/ – “At Whole Foods Market Foundation, we know that collective impact requires partnerships and collaboration. Our community partners bring deep local knowledge and innovative solutions. Whole Foods Market Team Members contribute their passion and generosity. Like-minded brands amplify our reach. Together, we’re building pathways to health and prosperity that help our local and global communities thrive. This is the power of collective action in service of a shared mission: to nourish people by advancing food security, improving nutrition, and strengthening resilient food systems.

2025 has been a year of growth and learning. Both personally as a first year Executive Director and as a team in our second year as a unified foundation, I’m energized by how our integrated approach is creating new possibilities for greater impact. Integrating our three focus areas has allowed us to think more holistically about the challenges people face around food access, nutrition and financial inclusion, and the interconnected solutions that can address them.

This past year, we also marked a significant milestone: our 20th Anniversary! Over the last two decades, we’ve supported over a million smallholder farmers and microentrepreneurs with economic opportunities, assisted hundreds of community organizations expand healthy fresh food access, and helped transform millions of children’s relationship with food to improve nutrition. We’ve witnessed the power of our unified approach to create deeper, more meaningful, lasting change through strategic partnerships. This was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our collective impact with valued supporters, reflect on our community-led approach, and envision the next 20 years.

As we move forward, community remains at the heart of our work. The team is energized by the opportunities ahead to collaborate with our stakeholders. Together, we are creating pathways for innovative approaches that help smallholder farmers prosper, advance children’s nutrition, and foster thriving community health. I am deeply proud of our team and honored to lead such a remarkable group of passionate, intelligent, caring, and driven changemakers.”

– Daniel Zoltani

Whole Foods Market Foundation Executive Director

2025 Impact

This year, Whole Foods Market Foundation invested over $13 million in 34 countries around the world, supporting 1,426 organizations and schools to help advance healthy food access, nutrition and economic opportunities.

Broadening Healthy Food Access

• 64 Fruit & Vegetable Growers
• 22 Nutrition Education Programs
• 19 Fresh Produce Distributors
• 5 Collaborative Health Partnerships

Improving Children’s Nutrition

• 950 Garden Grants
• 161 Salad Bars
• 147 Bee Grants

Expanding Financial Inclusion

• 76,216 Microentrepreneurs and Smallholder Farmers
• 60 Financial Inclusion Projects
• 32 Countries

Learn More

2025 Spotlight Stories

Acceso – Empowering Women Farmers in Post-Conflict Colombia

In rural Colombia’s post-conflict areas, women smallholder farmers possess agricultural knowledge and entrepreneurial drive but often lack access to commercial markets and startup capital needed to build sustainable businesses.

Through Whole Foods Market Foundation’s support, Acceso Colombia’s Community Training Farm (CTF) program is bridging this gap. The program trains female heads of household and unemployed youth in agronomy, agri-business and sales, connecting them with commercial buyers.

Meet Smallholder Farmers

 

Chef Ann Salad Bars- Transforming School Food in Cleveland

Every day in Cleveland, Ohio, 100% of the district’s 36,298 students walk into school cafeterias eligible for free or reduced lunch. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District saw an opportunity to transform how these students experience healthy food at school.

Through Chef Ann Foundation’s Salad Bars to Schools program, the district received 46 salad bars last year. Staff expanded their culinary skills through training in food safety, knife skills, and produce preparation. The district now operates 16 hydroponic growing towers producing fresh lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, and herbs for school salad bars. They’ve partnered with local farms, bringing farmers who reflect the student population into cafeterias as role models.

See Scratch Cooking in Action

 

Restorative Farms- Growing a Better Dallas

In South Dallas, where fresh produce is often out of reach, Freddie, a Whole Foods Market Team Member, has championed Restorative Farms through five consecutive years of Community First Grant funding. Since 2021, Freddie’s advocacy has helped secure over $45,000, enabling the organization to expand their urban farming initiatives. Most recently, Freddie’s support is helping launch a new vermiculture project at Lawnview Station, a DART hub in South Dallas. With Freddie’s support, Restorative Farms is empowering individuals while building a healthier, more resilient community.

See how Restorative Farms is Growing a Better Dallas

 

Donor Impact that Goes Further

Whole Foods Market Foundation is deeply grateful to all donors—individuals, customers, Team Members, corporate, and supplier donors—whose generosity makes its work possible. Their contribution translates directly into community impact because Whole Foods Market covers 100% of its operational costs. Every dollar donated reaches the organizations and communities working on the front lines of food access, nutrition education and economic empowerment. Each contribution strengthens the work of partners building healthier, more resilient communities.

Whole Foods Market Foundation can expand its impact thanks to the generous support of donors, including the following 2025 top donors:

• Amazon Fresh
• Blackhawk Network
• MaryRuth’s Organics
• The Matt O’Hayer Foundation
• Nature’s Path Organic Foods
• Newman’s Own Foundation
• Ocean’s Halo
• Shoes For Crews

Meet Foundation Donors

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ABOUT WHOLE FOODS MARKET FOUNDATION

Whole Foods Market Foundation is on a mission to nourish people by advancing food security, improving nutrition and strengthening resilient food systems. The registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, based in Austin, Texas, focuses on broadening healthy food access, improving children’s nutrition, and expanding financial inclusion. For more information on the Foundation’s work, visit wholefoodsmarketfoundation.org. For ongoing news and updates, follow Whole Foods Market Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

 

 

AUSTIN, Texas, February 12, 2026 /3BL/ – “At Whole Foods Market Foundation, we know that collective impact requires partnerships and collaboration. Our community partners bring deep local knowledge and innovative solutions. Whole Foods Market Team Members contribute their passion and generosity. Like-minded brands amplify our reach. Together, we’re building pathways to health and prosperity that help our local and global communities thrive. This is the power of collective action in service of a shared mission: to nourish people by advancing food security, improving nutrition, and strengthening resilient food systems.

2025 has been a year of growth and learning. Both personally as a first year Executive Director and as a team in our second year as a unified foundation, I’m energized by how our integrated approach is creating new possibilities for greater impact. Integrating our three focus areas has allowed us to think more holistically about the challenges people face around food access, nutrition and financial inclusion, and the interconnected solutions that can address them.

This past year, we also marked a significant milestone: our 20th Anniversary! Over the last two decades, we’ve supported over a million smallholder farmers and microentrepreneurs with economic opportunities, assisted hundreds of community organizations expand healthy fresh food access, and helped transform millions of children’s relationship with food to improve nutrition. We’ve witnessed the power of our unified approach to create deeper, more meaningful, lasting change through strategic partnerships. This was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our collective impact with valued supporters, reflect on our community-led approach, and envision the next 20 years.

As we move forward, community remains at the heart of our work. The team is energized by the opportunities ahead to collaborate with our stakeholders. Together, we are creating pathways for innovative approaches that help smallholder farmers prosper, advance children’s nutrition, and foster thriving community health. I am deeply proud of our team and honored to lead such a remarkable group of passionate, intelligent, caring, and driven changemakers.”

– Daniel Zoltani

Whole Foods Market Foundation Executive Director

2025 Impact

This year, Whole Foods Market Foundation invested over $13 million in 34 countries around the world, supporting 1,426 organizations and schools to help advance healthy food access, nutrition and economic opportunities.

Broadening Healthy Food Access

• 64 Fruit & Vegetable Growers
• 22 Nutrition Education Programs
• 19 Fresh Produce Distributors
• 5 Collaborative Health Partnerships

Improving Children’s Nutrition

• 950 Garden Grants
• 161 Salad Bars
• 147 Bee Grants

Expanding Financial Inclusion

• 76,216 Microentrepreneurs and Smallholder Farmers
• 60 Financial Inclusion Projects
• 32 Countries

Learn More

2025 Spotlight Stories

Acceso – Empowering Women Farmers in Post-Conflict Colombia

In rural Colombia’s post-conflict areas, women smallholder farmers possess agricultural knowledge and entrepreneurial drive but often lack access to commercial markets and startup capital needed to build sustainable businesses.

Through Whole Foods Market Foundation’s support, Acceso Colombia’s Community Training Farm (CTF) program is bridging this gap. The program trains female heads of household and unemployed youth in agronomy, agri-business and sales, connecting them with commercial buyers.

Meet Smallholder Farmers

 

Chef Ann Salad Bars- Transforming School Food in Cleveland

Every day in Cleveland, Ohio, 100% of the district’s 36,298 students walk into school cafeterias eligible for free or reduced lunch. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District saw an opportunity to transform how these students experience healthy food at school.

Through Chef Ann Foundation’s Salad Bars to Schools program, the district received 46 salad bars last year. Staff expanded their culinary skills through training in food safety, knife skills, and produce preparation. The district now operates 16 hydroponic growing towers producing fresh lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, and herbs for school salad bars. They’ve partnered with local farms, bringing farmers who reflect the student population into cafeterias as role models.

See Scratch Cooking in Action

 

Restorative Farms- Growing a Better Dallas

In South Dallas, where fresh produce is often out of reach, Freddie, a Whole Foods Market Team Member, has championed Restorative Farms through five consecutive years of Community First Grant funding. Since 2021, Freddie’s advocacy has helped secure over $45,000, enabling the organization to expand their urban farming initiatives. Most recently, Freddie’s support is helping launch a new vermiculture project at Lawnview Station, a DART hub in South Dallas. With Freddie’s support, Restorative Farms is empowering individuals while building a healthier, more resilient community.

See how Restorative Farms is Growing a Better Dallas

 

Donor Impact that Goes Further

Whole Foods Market Foundation is deeply grateful to all donors—individuals, customers, Team Members, corporate, and supplier donors—whose generosity makes its work possible. Their contribution translates directly into community impact because Whole Foods Market covers 100% of its operational costs. Every dollar donated reaches the organizations and communities working on the front lines of food access, nutrition education and economic empowerment. Each contribution strengthens the work of partners building healthier, more resilient communities.

Whole Foods Market Foundation can expand its impact thanks to the generous support of donors, including the following 2025 top donors:

• Amazon Fresh
• Blackhawk Network
• MaryRuth’s Organics
• The Matt O’Hayer Foundation
• Nature’s Path Organic Foods
• Newman’s Own Foundation
• Ocean’s Halo
• Shoes For Crews

Meet Foundation Donors

####

ABOUT WHOLE FOODS MARKET FOUNDATION

Whole Foods Market Foundation is on a mission to nourish people by advancing food security, improving nutrition and strengthening resilient food systems. The registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, based in Austin, Texas, focuses on broadening healthy food access, improving children’s nutrition, and expanding financial inclusion. For more information on the Foundation’s work, visit wholefoodsmarketfoundation.org. For ongoing news and updates, follow Whole Foods Market Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn.