Our Practices
If you want a healthy body and a healthy planet, you have to do more than mean well. You have to do good things. At every step, from baking to packaging to delivery, we do what we can to be as sustainable as possible. Here’s a brief list of some of the things we do.Clean Air
We all need to eat, and we all need to breathe. The quality of the air we breathe is not negotiable—it has to be clean. Not just today, but for generations to come.
Fuel Efficiency
Each year, 10% of our transport trucks are updated with more fuel-efficient equipment. This gives our trucks an additional two miles per gallon. Each truck also is equipped with an automatic idle shut off after 12 minutes, saving an additional 5% in fuel efficiency.
Oxidizer
We’ve installed an oxidizer on the roof of our Portland, Oregon bakery. This oxidizer works by pushing exhaust through 600-degree ceramic tiles that vaporize ethanol into water and carbon dioxide. This process reduces 33% of overall emissions, and an estimated 95% of all ethanol emissions.
Propane Fleet
We have 27 route trucks that run on propane. Propane is a much cleaner and environmentally friendly fuel than gasoline or diesel. It is considered a “clean fuel” by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is particularly recommended by the EPA for fleet vehicles.