Category Archives: Mission

Nomad Foods is a group of people who believe we all have a right to a clean and healthy planet, quality nutritious food, and dignified work. We fund this vision by selling health food. It’s not that we aren’t crazy about our food, we are. We strive to bring our customers new, delicious, and convenient food. But if you ask us what we do at Nomad you will learn that growing, picking, packing, shipping, stocking and selling food touches hundreds lives – our goal to make sure every life we touch with our products is improved somehow. Family farms, manufacturing jobs, independent grocers and consumers have all been the victims of the industrialization of our food system – it destroys communities, the environment, and people’s health. This is why Nomad Foods mission is to foster healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy planet – below are some of the ways we are delivering on this promise.

Broken Limbs: Emmy-nominated documentary on local and sustainable agriculture

For those interested in sustainable farming & buying local food may we recommend Broken Limbs, an Emmy-nominated documentary, which explores the hopeful stirrings in American agriculture and shows how every one of us can have a hand in taking back our food. Now available on Netflix watch instantly.

Wenatchee, Washington, “Apple Capital of the World.” This pastoral Valley in the heart of the Pacific Northwest prospered for nearly a century as home to the famed Washington apple. But the good times have vanished. Apple orchardists by the thousands are going out of business and thousands more await the dreaded letter from the bank announcing the end of their livelihoods and a uniquely American way of life.

After his own father receives just such a letter, filmmaker Guy Evans sets out on a journey of discovery to try to find out what went wrong here in this natural garden of Eden. Along the way he witnesses small farmers forced off their land as they struggle to compete against the Goliaths that populate today’s global economy. Continue reading

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Can local, organic food be affordable to all? Hardwick, Vermont, works to find out.

Video: Whole Foods engages with local producers

A small Vermont town at the epicenter of America’s local, organic food movement grapples with a question near and dear to me and other New Hope editors. In Hardwick, Vermont, unemployment is 40 percent higher and the median income is 25 percent lower than the Vermont state average. And yet, in the midst of this economic trouble, local, organic farming is booming, according to Ben Hewitt, who writes about the town in his book The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food.

But before you start celebrating the economic engine that can be fueled by small, organic farms, listen to the piece that aired on NPR’s Morning Edition. The story looks at the other part of Hardwick—the part that can’t afford to eat at Claire’s, the local restaurant serving up the area’s food bounty, or to buy the fresh, organic produce sold at the town’s busy farmers’ market. Continue reading

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INGREDIENTS, a documentary on the local food movement

Nomad Foods has always been committed to sourcing all aspects of our product locally to insure freshness, quality, and equity. We invite you learn more about the local food movement from INGREDIENTS. This feature-length documentary reveals the people who are leading the movement to bring good food back to the table and health back to our communities.  This film illustrates how people around the country are working to revitalize the connection between food and the land, while celebrating the farm to table movement with vibrant cinematography and exploring solutions for creating a community based on seasonal food. Continue reading

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QAI and NFCA unveil new certified gluten free label

Currently, gluten-related claims on foods and other products vary so dramatically it’s no wonder shoppers (and retailers) are confused.

A new certified gluten free seal and protocol, the result of a partnership between QAI and the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, provides another step toward consumer confidence in gluten-free foods and products. Continue reading

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