This document discusses sustainability within the food industry. It defines sustainability as having three main goals: environmental health, economic profitability, and social/economic equity. Food businesses have a large environmental impact and consumers are increasingly concerned about issues like organic food, animal welfare, and fair trade pricing for suppliers. The document examines concepts like corporate social responsibility, what organic food production means under USDA guidelines, growth in organic agriculture, and how Chipotle promotes sustainable farming practices in its business model.

1. Sustainability Within The Food
Industry
Kim Castillo
NTR 300
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2. What is Sustainability?
• 3 goals: environmental health, economic
profitability, & social/economic equity
• Triple bottom line: thinking about the impact
of choices environmentally, socially, and
economically
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3. Triple Bottom Line
Environment
Society
Economy

4. Food Corporate Responsibility
• Food businesses have a huge impact on the
environment
• Consumer concerns = emergence of organic
food
• Focus on animal welfare
• Fair trade pricing: support prices to suppliers
that promote longevity & avoid poverty
Flickr credit- Lene Larsen

5. Corporate Social Responsibilities
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= Highlights key sustainability categories.
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6. What does “organic” mean?
• Food grown/raised that promotes biodiversity
& biological cycles
• To be labeled “organic” food has to comply
with guidelines set by the USDA “Organic
Rule”
• Growing trend throughout agriculture in the
U.S. (i.e. graph on next slide)
Flickr credit- Parker Knight

7. Organic Agriculture Growers in CA
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8. Chipotle: Sustainable Food
• Chipotle Mexican Grill would be considered a
“sustainable food business”
• All meat is naturally raised
• All produce is locally grown (within 350 miles
of each establishment)
• No added hormones in dairy cattle
Flickr credit- Montgomery County Planning Commission

9. • 100% recycled materials used in napkins
• Promotes sustainable farming
• 93% recycled materials used in burrito bowls
• 95% recycled materials used in aluminum lids
Flickr credit- Denise Stettler

10. Sources
Houtman, Ann, and Susan Karr. Scientific American Environmental Science for a
Changing World Extended. New York: MPS, 2014. Print.
Maloni, Michael J., and Michael E. Brown. "Corporate Social Responsibility in the
Supply Chain: An Application in the Food Industrt." Journal of Business Ethics
(2006): 38. Springer. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
"Organic Food FAQs | Whole Foods Market." Whole Foods Market. N.p., n.d. Web. 07
Mar. 2014.
Klonsky, Karen, and Brian D. Healy. "Statistical Review of California's Organic
Agriculture." UC Davis, Oct. 2013. Web. 6 Mar. 2014.
www.chipotle.com