Supply Chain

Proceeds from each carton sold of Rishi Tea’s Masala Chai Concentrate, a Fair Trade-certified, organic microbrewed blend of spices, vanilla and single-origin forest-grown black tea, go to Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Program, a youth-driven, global network promoting care and concern for animals, the environment and their communities.

Foodservice operators that want to create or satisfy sophisticated customer palates can now offer Gevalia, a Swedish super-premium coffee that offers over 150 years of European history and tradition.

Whole Foods Market said yesterday it will be the only major retailer to offer Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified, fresh, harpoon-caught swordfish from Nova Scotia this summer as the sustainable seafood makes its way to the chain’s seafood departments over the next three months.

Renowned for its quality deep-roasted coffee, Emeryville, Calif.-based Peet’s Coffee & Tea has launched Uzuri African Blend as the culmination of hundreds of hours of hands-on farmer training by its coffee buyers.

Touting its products as delicious, healthy and sustainable, Portland, Ore.-based Holy Kakow Chocolate offers a line of organic and raw organic chocolate syrups and cacao powders that are handcrafted from single-origin ingredients sourced through direct-trade relationships with farms in Peru and Ecuador.

Instead of spending time with messy coloring kits this Easter, consumers may wish to try some naturally blue eggs, courtesy of Monroe, N.H.-based Pete & Gerry’s Eggs — and if they do, there’s a good chance they’ll get hooked on the unique variety.

A partnership between National Geographic and Café Bom Dia, a Brazil-based family-owned company, has yielded a world-class coffee called Terra Firma. Sourced from six of the finest coffee-growing regions in the world, Terra Firma is committed to environmental and social causes, which should enable the product to stand out on the grocery shelf.

The latest sustainably caught seafood products to be offered by McKinleyville, Calif.-based Wild Planet Foods are Wild California Sardines and Wild Alaskan Pink Salmon.