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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE CERTIFICATION:
FROM FARM TO TABLE AND STORE SHELVES
The Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Seal

The Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard is used to certify farms and producer groups involved in crop and cattle production. The Rainforest Alliance’s longstanding partner, the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), which owns the 2017 SAN Standard, has granted the Rainforest Alliance an exclusive and perpetual license to the 2017 SAN Standard. The standard is a rigorous set of environmental, social, and economic criteria that promote sustainability on farms around the world.


Rainforest Alliance-authorized certification bodies audit farms and farm groups, and those farms that meet the certification requirements earn the right to promote their achievement and market their products using the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal. The green frog seal is found on food and beverages in supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses around the world.


The comprehensive farm-management standards and traceability system help to ensure that products or components sourced for products bearing the green frog seal can be traced back to well-managed farms and/or farm groups that protect workers, wildlife, and communities. All businesses that buy, trade, or mix products from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms must achieve Chain-of-Custody certification if they wish to label their products with the green frog seal.


THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED SEAL STANDS FOR:

MORE EFFICIENT FARM MANAGEMENT

As farmers monitor activities on their farms, implement better practices, identify problems, and assess their progress.


LESS SOIL EROSION

As farmers implement soil conservation practices, such as planting on contours and maintaining ground cover.


LESS WATER POLLUTION

As all sources of contamination (e.g., pesticides, fertilizers, sediment, wastewater, garbage, fuels, etc.) are controlled.


LESS WASTE PRODUCED

As farm by-products are composted and returned to the fields as natural fertilizer, while other wastes (e.g., plastics, glass, metals, etc.) are recycled whenever possible.


IMPROVED PROFITABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS

As farmers increase production, improve crop quality, reduce worker complaints, and increase worker efficiency, while differentiating their product, improving their access to credit, and often earning premium prices.


WILDLIFE HABITAT IS PROTECTED

Deforestation is stopped, rivers are safeguarded by buffer zones, critical on-farm ecosystems (such as wetlands) are protected, and forest patches are preserved.


REDUCED THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

As agrochemical use is strictly regulated, the most dangerous pesticides are prohibited, and farmers use mechanical and biological pest controls whenever possible.


LESS WATER CONSUMED

As water-conservation measures are applied in washing and packing stations, housing areas, and irrigation systems.


IMPROVED CONDITIONS FOR FARM WORKERS

Who receive minimum wages, housing, drinking water, sanitary facilities, and a safe workplace, while they and their families get access to schools, healthcare, transportation, and training.


MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN FARMERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS

With the former playing an integral role in conservation strategy as they help wild flora and fauna find refuge outside of protected areas.