Silk Grass Farms Products Achieve Non-GMO Project Verification
The well-recognized butterfly label will appear on over a dozen Silk Grass products and ingredients showcasing the company's commitment to a transparent, natural and non-GMO food system.
Silk Grass Farms, a Belizean regenerative farming and food manufacturing business, announced today that over a dozen of its products and ingredients have been certified under the Non-Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Project standard. SCS Global Services, the global leader in third-party certification, oversaw the testing and verification process.
Silk Grass Farms offers premium products for grocery and food service from crops grown on its roughly 7,000 acres of farmland. The company operates a 130,000 square-foot food processing factory – one of the largest, most technologically sophisticated food processing facilities in Belize – and allocates all of its profits to the expansive Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve, a 24,500-acre jaguar conservation area permanently protected as a Belizean NGO.
The Non-GMO Project is North America’s leading independent verification for products that are produced according to best practices for GMO avoidance. Products bearing the Non-GMO Project Verified seal have gone through a comprehensive verification process according to a consensus-based rigorous standard for GMO avoidance, which includes traceability, segregation and meaningful, ongoing testing of high GMO risk ingredients
"Bearing the Non-GMO seal on so many of our products is a testament to our dedication to a transparent, traceable and natural food system," said Mandy Cabot, co-founder of Silk Grass Farms. "Silk Grass Farms is dedicated to growing and producing products that are of the highest quality and made with integrity not only so we can feel good about what we're selling but also so people can feel good about consuming it. Our pure, natural ingredients and products are made with raw materials sourced exclusively from our farms and regional affiliate farms, grown in a thriving natural ecosystem and processed locally by people who care about their quality."
The Silk Grass Farms ingredients that now carry the Non-GMO seal include:
- Coconut oil
- Coconut water
- Grapefruits
- Limes
- Oranges
- Pineapples
- Watermelons
The Silk Grass Farms products that now carry the Non-GMO seal include:
- Cold-pressed coconut oil
- Cold-pressed coconut water
- Cold-pressed grapefruit juice
- Cold-pressed lime juice
- Cold-press orange juice
- Cold-pressed watermelon juice
- Cold-press pineapple juice
The Non-GMO Project Standard is the backbone of North America's most rigorous certification for GMO avoidance.
Learn more about the standard here: www.nongmoproject.org/the-standard/
To learn more about Silk Grass Farms, its products and its conservation efforts, visit www.silkgrassfarms.com
About Silk Grass Farms
Silk Grass Farms is a regenerative farming and food manufacturing business charting a new path for economic development in Belize, in harmony with nature. In addition to its farming business, Silk Grass manages the expansive Silk Grass Wildlife Preserve (SGWP), a 24,500-acre rainforest permanently protected as a Belizean NGO. Every dollar spent on Silk Grass products helps support the preserve, which plays an important role in protecting Belize’s tropical rainforest biome, one of the most biodiverse ecologies in the world.
Founded in 2019 by social entrepreneurs Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup (also the founders of popular shoe brand, Dansko), in partnership with Belizean agribusiness leader and statesman Henry Canton, Silk Grass Farms is creating positive environmental and social impact as the nation's first certified B-Corporation. This designates that a business is meeting the highest standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency on factors like employee benefits, charitable giving and supply chain practices.