Alter Eco Americas

Alter Eco co-founders, Tristan Lecomte in France, Mathieu Senard and Edouard Rollet in the United States and Ilse Keijzer in Australia were trained in business but remain activists at heart. Before starting Alter Eco over a decade ago, they had experienced first-hand both profit-driven multinationals and on-the-ground NGOs. Seeing the challenges of existing humanitarian aid efforts, they became pioneers in social entrepreneurialism, wielding their business acumen to fight for social and economic justice. Alter Eco is based on the premise that food is fundamental to life and whole, healthy, delicious food can make life better for people all over the world. By working directly with the small-scale farmers who grow our quinoa, rice, sugar and chocolate, helping them institute Fair Trade and Organic practices and assisting them in improving both quality of food and quality of life, were creating a system that benefits everyone involved. That extends to the flora, fauna and fields as well: we work with our co-op partners to preserve heirloom grains, replenish and reforest the land. And as a GHG Protocol 3 Carbon Zero business, we offset more carbon than we emit. But the achievement were most proud of is the family weve created. Together with our farmers, employees, investors and customers, were taking an adventure through food, and creating a vision of the future thats fair, prosperous, healthy and mouth-watering. Though we cant all break bread at the same table, we like to think that every time we crack open a bag or bar of Alter Eco here in the states, were sharing a lively meal. With Gustavo in Bolivia, Sompoi in Thailand, Grover in Ecuador and you.