WHO WE ARE

Mission and Guiding Values

Mission Statement
Heritage Foods USA exists to promote genetic diversity, small family farms, and a fully traceable food supply. We are committed to making wholesome, delicious and sustainably produced heritage foods available to all Americans. In doing so, we will foster the link between sustainable land use, small-scale food production and preservation of the foods of past generations for future generations.

Guiding Values

American

• We uphold the American ideals of equity and dignity for all producers and their foods.
• We are committed to heritage foods of all of the Americas, North, South and Central.
• We believe that our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness include access to high quality, sustainably raised and traceable foods

Genetic Diversity

• We value the earth's bounty in all its diverse expressions
• We advocate the maintenance of genetic diversity in all foods
• We strongly oppose GMO's.

Education

• We educate consumers about the difference between small family farms and industrial agriculture.
• We educate consumers to allow them to know where their food comes from and how it was raised.
• We invest, from our profits, to educate every creed of American on how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals and how to appreciate the wonderful cultures from which those production methods are based.

Accessibility

• We will make previously inaccessible foods available to all consumers
• We will work with farmers to bring their foods to market

Traceability

• We believe that it is the right of all Americans to know everything about every aspect of their food supply
• We will provide complete transparency with all of our products so our customers can trace the food all the way from their dinner table to the farm that raised it.

Loyalty

• We believe in long-term sustainable relationships with our families, staff, partners, suppliers and customers.
• We are committed to sticking with each and every breed of animal and plant until they have reached a point that they can survive on their own, without our assistance.
• We believe that trust and integrity are the foundation upon which our business will be built and that by upholding those values we will ensure loyalty with all who work with us.

Stewardship

• We believe that it is a tremendous honor to represent each and every farmer and producer and that it is our responsibility to represent them in such a way as to be deemed worthy of that honor.
• We believe that farming is an immeasurable gift and one that we must not take for granted
• We will work to make our foods and the land where they are raised available for future generations