As a brand that buys millions of pounds of almonds yearly, Kind Snacks believes that supporting and advancing sustainable almond-sourcing practices is a core objective. Toward that end, Kind Snacks is partnering with Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment to join its Regenerative Services Match Program. A nonprofit organization, Wolfe's Neck Center focuses on improving the food supply chain through regenerative farming, research and collaborations.
The partnership will allocate $300,000 in funding for regenerative practice adoption and resource deployment within Kind's almond supply network. The funding is provided, in part, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities Program.
The partnership is an outgrowth of the Kind Almond Acres Initiative, a regenerative agriculture pilot project in collaboration with one of Kind's suppliers, ofi. The ongoing pilot program, launched in 2023, focuses on testing regenerative practices and modern technologies on 500 acres of land in California.
In the second year of the pilot program, Kind has increased the acreage used to test regenerative farming practices, working with ofi to add a second pilot farm to test the same practices in a much-dryer region.
