ABOUT

The Grown Climate Smart Seal

The Grown Climate Smart logo identifies and marks products that are produced using sustainable and climate resilient farming practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote carbon sequestration. These practices also aim to enhance productivity, food security and environmental sustainability.


Benefits

Of Grown Climate Smart

Grown Climate Smart products consume a lower carbon footprint while being farmed providing ingredients that could ultimately benefit human health due to its nutrient density, reduced exposure to harmful substances, and use of sustainable farming practices while also benefiting earth’s health by carbon sequestration.

Grown Climate Smart collaborates with prominent agribusinesses and corporations to help them achieve their sustainability objectives.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS



  • Ag Business Council of Rock County

    Elevate agriculture in Rock County and encourage broad community engagement, understanding and growth surrounding agriculture from field to table.

  • Artisan Grain Collaborative

    A network of farmers, millers, maltsters, bakers, chefs, food manufacturers, brewers, distillers, researchers, and advocates working together to promote a regenerative grainshed in the Upper Midwest.

  • Border Valley Trading Grown Climate Smart

    Border Valley Trading

    The company was founded in 1989 and has subsequently grown into a leading forage supplier to both domestic and international markets, supported by an team of 90 employees and a supply network of over 100 growers in California and Arizona.

  • Central Standard Craft Distillery Grown Climate Smart

    Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen & Craft Distillery

    Located in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, the Crafthouse & Kitchen is an experience like none other. Enjoy culinary creations from the scratch kitchen or just stop by for a few award winning cocktails created with Central Standard spirits.

  • Corteva Agriscience™

    Corteva Agriscience™ is a publicly traded, global pure-play agriculture company that provides farmers around the world with the most complete portfolio in the industry – including a balanced and diverse mix of seed, crop protection and digital solutions focused on maximizing productivity to enhance yield and profitability.

  • Cultivate Taste Tea Salon Grown Climate Smart

    Cultivate Taste Tea Salon

    Specialize in using high quality ingredients for tea blends that utilize high end loose leaf’s that do not contain candy, sugar, or flavorings that are mainly organic and fair trade. Cultivate Taste Tea Salon also uses eco-friendly and biodegradable packaging, so consumers can feel safe that that by purchasing they are not hurting the environment.

  • Ingredion Incorporated

    Fortune 500 global ingredient solutions company that makes sweeteners, starches, and unique ingredients from plant sources such as corn, tapioca, rice, sago, and potato. Works with 60 industry sectors across more than 40 countries.

  • International Containerized Markets

    Multiple industry leading containerized logistics companies specializing in the transportation and management of shipping containers that manage the movement of shipping containers from one location to another, often across international borders

  • Grown Climate Smart and Kennay Farms Distilling

    Kennay Farms Distilling

    Kennay Farms Distilling is operated by a 6th generation farming family who diversified and are now specializing in growing their own grains to create handcrafted spirits and beer with a unique sustainable approach.

  • Michael Fields Agricultural Institute

    Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization addressing the challenges of soil fertility, water quality, climate resilience, racial equity, food security, and farm success through research, policy, and education.

  • Marquis Energy

    A leader in bio energy carbon capture & storage (BECCS) and producer of low-carbon bio-based products. Largest dry-mill ethanol facility in the U.S. with a production capacity of 1 million gallons of fuel grade ethanol per day.

  • Perlick Distillery Grown Climate Smart

    Perlick Distillery

    Perlick Distillery is a family-owned business that produces fine spirits, Yeoman Vodka, distilled from grains grown from onsite from their sixth generation, family farm. The distillery includes a tasting room offering a cocktail, martini menu, and retail sales through Bill’s Distribution to Liquor stores, bars, and restaurants.

  • Pioneer Pet

    Produces Smart Cat litter, a product made from 100% grasses grown in the United States. Smart Cat All Natural Litter is chemical free, clay free, fragrance free, biodegradable and renewable.

  • Practical Farmers of Iowa

    Practical Farmers of Iowa is a non-profit farmer organization supporting agricultural producers in Iowa, and around the central United States. PFI's mission is to advance profitable, ecologically sound, and community-enhancing approaches to agriculture through farmer-led investigation and information sharing.

  • The DeLong Company Co., Inc.

    A 110 year old, family-owned business that provides innovative, value-based solutions in agriculture and logistics. One of the Midwest's largest suppliers of food grade corn and soybeans and the largest exporter of containerized agricultural products.

  • Valentine Distilling Grown Climate Smart

    Valentine Distilling Co.

    Valentine Distilling is one of the largest craft distilleries in the U.S. With a 10-year climate sustainability initiative that was unveiled in 2019 Valentine Distilling aims to play a positive role on the environmental and resource changes happening today – in Michigan and around the world.

  • Wahoo Distillery

    Located in Wahoo, Nebraska, Wahoo Distillery offers premium, grain to glass craft whiskey that pays homage to the past and draws inspiration from the future of whiskey distilling using only locally sourced ingredients.

  • Western New York Energy

    Western New York Energy, LLC is a locally owned company founded in 2004 with the objective of developing the full potential of Western New York's renewable energy resources.

  • Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

    A governmental agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin responsible for regulating agriculture, trade, and commercial activity in the state.