Black-owned Business In 1996, a young man from Togo, West Africa, met a young woman from rural Washington state. Inspired by a shared calling to do right by the world, Alaffia, a social enterprise, was born. Founded in 2003, Alaffia continues to redefine the natural...
Asian-owned Business ALO Drink was launched more than a dozen years ago by SPI West Port, a San Francisco Bay Area-based food and beverage company that was founded in 1994 by father-and-son team Carl and Henry Chen. ALO Drink sources its non-GMO aloe vera plants from...
Woman-owned Business Badger founder Bill Whyte worked as a carpenter, and his hands would suffer in the frigid New England winters. One night, he mixed some beeswax and olive oil to create a simple herbal balm. It helped his hands so much he decided to share it with...
Diverse-owned World Centric was named after the belief that we need to think beyond ourselves (ego-centric and think about the world (world-centric). With this mindset, Aseem Das launched World Centric in 2004 as a nonprofit organization to elevate awareness of global...
Black Woman-owned Business Over 50 years ago, ECOS’ founder Van Vlahakis made a commitment to create safer cleaning products that protect the health and wellbeing of both people and planet. That continues to be their mission today. Van’s legacy continues with his...
Cooperatively Owned Business Organic Valley is the largest farmer-owned organic cooperative in the U.S. and one of the world’s largest organic consumer brands. Founded in 1988 to sustain family farms through organic farming, the cooperative represents nearly 1,800...
Woman-owned South of France Natural Body Care was founded in 1999 and is now owned by two sisters, Molly and Katherine Oliver. The original South of France soap formula was developed by a French expatriate in the U.S. and manufactured in France using a traditional...
Woman-owned Business Virginia and Peter Vogel started making granola as a homemade breakfast item for guests at their bed and breakfast, located on their farm in Vermont. Soon, their guests started asking if they could buy some. So, in 2010, they started small, using...