source: wikipedia - generated by NASA in 2001 (left) and 2002 (right).

 'The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.'

 ~Chief Seattle

Sustainability encompasses a broad set of social, environmental and economic meanings, but can be boiled down to the concept that we should behave in a way that does not exhaust and ultimately destroy the resources upon which we depend. Common sense, right? Wrong. Even organic food today may require the expenditures of vast amounts of fossil fuel energy just to deliver it to your local health food store. What may be good for the human body, may not be good for the planetary body, and that is where sustainability comes in. At For Goodness Sake we acknowledge that we can all do better to improve upon the cycles of nourishment that generate the products that fill our shelves, and provide value to you. 

We are focused on buying products that honor the following principles: 

• Fairly traded products
• Locally produced, whenever possible. 
• Biodynamically produced, whenever possible.
• Seasonal foods, e.g. produce, whenever possible. 
• Products that protect the diversity of the biosphere