WASHINGTON, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Social
Entrepreneurs Seth Goldman and Julie
Farkas announced today the launch of a new grants program,
Eat the Change® Impact. They plan to donate $1 million ($335,000 per year) over the next three years to
national and community-based nonprofits to promote more
planet-friendly foods.
Grant applications will be open from April 1- May 15, 2020. All applicants must
be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and all grants will be awarded
by August 1, 2020.
"There's a lot of anxiety about what's going on in the
world. But there's one part of our lives everyone is empowered
to control, and that's the food choices we make," said Seth Goldman. Goldman is a Founder of Honest
Tea, PLNT Burger and is Chair of the Board of Beyond Meat.
"Planet-friendly diets do not have to be economically or
geographically exclusive," said Julie
Farkas. "There are significant gaps in terms of information
and access to planet-friendly diets, but we hope these grants will
help close those gaps."
Core Values of Eat the Change® Impact Grants
Program
Grants will be awarded based on the applicant's potential to
promote these core values:
- Eating with intention – help people learn more
about where their food comes from, how it's grown, processed,
packaged and distributed and its environmental impact;
- Fact-based science – promote the analysis,
understanding and education about the link between diet and climate
change, with a focus mainly on:
- Reduced food waste
- Plant-based diets
- Organic agriculture
- Supporting biodiversity
- Water efficienc
- Sustainable
packaging
- Democratizing planet-friendly diets – invest
to expand access and demand for planet-friendly diets in terms of
education, distribution and pricing;
- Innovation – support creative and emerging
approaches that drive new ways of thinking and eating.
Grant Criteria
ETC Impact will award annual grants to both national and
community based organizations. For national grants, Goldman and
Farkas expect to award 8 grants in the amount of roughly
$20,000. For community-based
organizations, the team expects to award between 15-20 grants
ranging in size from $5,000-$10,000 to
local organizations focused on educating and mobilizing consumers
to adopt more planet-friendly diets.
For more information about Eat The
Change® Impact, please visit
www.eatthechange.org
Media Contact:
Mary Beth Olson
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