Celebrate The Journey, Not The Schedule

As much as I have tried to “wing it” these past few months, my adventures have also involved a good deal of research, which requires a bit of planning.  Organization and to-do lists are my thing, so that part of my travels has been a breeze.  But because I am so oriented towards planning, I have had to teach myself some patience while learning to jump into new cities without a solid itinerary.  Doing so has also really prepared me and helped me through the hiccups I’ve experienced along the way;  my car breaking down in Denver, a few flats on my bike in Sedona, accommodations falling through in San Fran and Colorado, an injury from a mountain biking accident, my car and belongings beings stolen.  By removing the expectation of everything going according to plan, all of those things were much easier to deal with.  Sure, I still made plans and had lists of things I wanted to do and see.  But when there was a bump in the road, I could roll with it and welcome in new unexpected experiences as a result.

Because I had to deal with the mess of my stolen car, I lost the time I set aside to research in San Francisco.  I was excited to see what this city had to offer in terms of sustainability and social impact.   And San Fran is home to SO MANY B-Corps. I had plans to visit headquarters, see various companies, and just soak in as much as I could.  Unfortunately, very little of that actually happened.  After the dust had settled around the car theft, I was able to at least look at the long list of B-Corps in the Bay area.  Not surprisingly, my eyes went straight to familiar companies, though I had no prior knowledge that they were certified.  Sure enough, these companies provide services and products which I have been using since I left Jersey!  To name a couple that you might recognize… Couchsurfing and Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products.

Couchsurfing is a social network for global hospitality, with over 100,000 cities around the globe populated with its members.  Couchsurfers like myself can do a number of things after they complete a profile.  I can host travelers coming through my city,  meet fellow travelers for a night out, find travel companions to share adventures and gas expenses with, or find a couch to sleep on for a night or a few while I am traveling.  Though the idea of trusting a stranger to give me a place to sleep was initially very scary, I quickly got over my fear after my first “surf”.  It was also comforting knowing that my hosts had been verified by the website and had dozens of positive reviews.  So while the idea may take some getting used to, there are plenty of ways to make sure you are staying with safe, friendly people.  Dennis and Amie, my first hosts, not only gave me a place to sleep in Telluride, but they also spent hours showing me around town, introducing me to new friends, and cooking me meals.  Within hours of my arrival, Dennis took me to Town Park to participate in a volleyball game and gave me an endless list of suggestions for the rest of my stay.  Amie, his girlfriend, is the woman who took me on that insane bike ride through the mountains and introduced me to Kim from EcoAction Partners.  My Couchsurfing visits in Denver, Boulder and the Bay Area were equally as amazing.  So not only did this social network provide me with free accommodations, but it was also the catalyst to many amazing experiences and new friendships.  Though I can see now that the experience is just as rewarding for hosts as it is for travelers, it still amazes me that complete strangers open their homes to each other out of pure kindness and generosity.  I fully believe that this organization is making a huge difference in the way we see the world and connect to other people in it; changing the world through travel and elevating travel through connections.

While Couchsurfing provided me with a place to sleep, Guayaki Yerba Mate kept me awake during my 13 hour drives between cities.  This 100% organic, fair-trade certified drink made from the rainforest holly tree in South America, has the strength of coffee(without the jitters) and the health benefits of tea.  Without my loud music and yerba mate, I don’t know how I would have made it this far in my car.  Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products makes a number of beverages from loose teas to carbonated drinks.   It is 50% employee owned, pays a living wage to its growers, 100% of their transportation fleet uses alternative fuels, and they use sustainable harvesting to maintain the rainforest and biodiversity.  Furthermore, for every person that drinks 2 servings of yerba mate a day, approximately 1 acre of rainforest is saved each year.  For all of you coffee drinkers out there, pick up a yerba tomorrow!  See how you like it : ).    So despite the time that was taken away from my research, it turns out I have been utilizing Bay Area B-Corps all along.

A few days after my mom arrived in San Francisco, we continued my trip as planned(for the most part).  Given the fact that I didn’t have much to my name anymore, we went to Target to temporarily replenish my suitcase.  And though biking at this point was no longer possible, we still did most of what I set out to do in terms of adventuring and research.  Big Sur was next.  We left at dawn and drove down the beautiful coastal highway to our campsite.  The coast leading into Big Sur is unbelievable.  Cliff sides of multi-color stone layers draped in rainbows of flowers, grand bridges leading you over hidden caves and long stretches of crystal clear turquoise waters. Though difficult to control the impulse to stop at every scenic overlook, we wasted no time that day.  We drove straight to Jade Cove where hikers can walk down a steep path to this beautiful carved out section of the beach.  Immediately after descending, your eyes are welcomed with jade cliffs lining the water.  We spent the afternoon here climbing, hiking, relaxing and collecting jade to bring home.  A few years ago my mom came to this exact spot, found stones to bring home with her, and made gifts of them for me, my brother and my sister.   I have had that heart-shaped jade necklace around my neck everyday since I left home, and now I got to see where it came from.  After this magical place, we ate cliffside at Nepenthe and headed back to the campsite.  Even the campsite was breathtaking, on the side of a river and amongst the redwoods.  I couldn’t think of a better first night on the coast, relaxing by a campfire and taking in all the smells and sounds of the forest.  Early the next morning we started the day at Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn for the most outrageous breakfast yet.  After finishing a feast and a short-stack of blueberry whole wheat pancakes larger that my steering wheel, I’m surprised we weren’t rolled out of the establishment.  But somehow we got up, and trekked onto the trails behind the restaurant.  This was very similar to my hiking experience in Telluride, except these trees were HUGE and red.   You could literally fit a group of people inside one of the hollowed trunks. Throughout our stay in Big Sur we continued to see these unbelievable expressions of nature.  Here are some of my favorite shots from that week…

It was difficult to say goodbye to Big Sur, but I knew there were more beautiful places waiting for me ahead.  Portland being the first of them.  We arrived late, settled in and set out early the next morning for a funky neighborhood in the southeast.  Our first stop was New Seasons Market to stock up on some snacks for the road.  It also happens to be the first and only grocery store to achieve B-Corp status, ever!  Second to fresh paved roads, awesome grocery stores are like my playground.  Clearly I was a happy camper.  As soon as I stepped through those glass doors, my eyes lit up.  Think Whole Foods but better!  This locally owned company provides products ranging from groceries to books.  Everything that is sourced locally is labeled as such, so that customers can choose to support local too.  As I walked past all of the fresh food on the perimeter of the store, I noticed little pamphlets describing the family farms that they work with and pictures of regional vendors that are hung all over the walls.  They are all about community and the environment here.  New Seasons has also been verified as a Zero Waste Company, as 92% of their waste is directed away from landfills.  Pretty incredible for a grocery store!  Their footprint is small but their hearts are huge.  In further efforts to care for customers, New Seasons provides free wellness and nutritional services and 10% of profits are poured back into the community through donations to charitable organizations.  Being that we couldn’t spend such a gorgeous day indoors(though I could have spent hours more exploring the aisles), we forced ourselves to leave.  Yummy snacks in hand, we checked out and moved on to those funky southeast neighborhoods.

For the record, Portland takes the cake as my favorite city on this trip.  It is definitely somewhere I plan to visit again.  Neighborhoods are picturesque and have such a comfortable feel to them.  You are surrounded by bike lanes, farm-to-table restaurants, tea bars, unusual shops, food truck parks, and lots of trees.  I love that nature is just a reach away.  It took us 5 minutes to get from busy downtown to Forest Park, where we packed a picnic and spent some time hiking.   In addition to being surrounded by greenery, Portland is also rated as one of the most sustainable cities in the United States.  It is home to the nations highest percentage of bike commuters with 315 miles of developed bike paths.  It was also the first city to implement car sharing and has strategically timed traffic signals to reduce annual gas consumption(1.75 million gallons, more than 15,000 tons of C02 emissions).  We were constantly seeing and hearing about the most recent sustainability efforts throughout the city.  The number of projects is endless and very impressive.

Now I have to tell you about my favorite stop in Portland… B-Corp sushi!  Let me preface this with the fact that I love food.  Any and all kinds of food; Indian, Mexican, Italian, Greek, Asian, anything.  So much so that I created a restaurant database of Philadelphia a few years ago, for my personal use(obviously before I discovered OpenTable.com).  My best friend and I spend loads of time trying new restaurants and frequenting our favorites.  But I find myself torn between the decision to buy fresh, sustainably sourced food to cook at home, and going out to eat somewhere that likely pays minimal attention to their impact.  The restaurant industry is one of the most wasteful in the world and sustainable restaurants are few and far between.  Unfortunately, many restaurants choose to stray from sustainability because they believe it will effect the success of their business. The result of this thinking ends in the unethical treatment of animals, depleting of natural resources, food and energy waste, stressful work environments, etc.  The list is long and sad, yet it is something most of us do not think about when we pick up that menu.  What if we could indulge in the culinary creations of these establishments AND do some good in the process?  Bamboo Sushi in Portland, Oregon asked this question from a business perspective and created the first certified, sustainable sushi restaurant in the world.  This B-Corp instantly had my heart and drew me to its tables during my last evening in Portland.  When we were handed our menus, the first thing I saw on the cover was a list of their sustainable partners; The Marine Stewardship Council, Salmon Nation, Blue Ocean Institute, Monterey Bay Aquarium, KidSafe Seafood, and the Green Restaurant Association.  Even before the first glance at the food on the menu, you know you are making a wise choice dining with Bamboo Sushi.  And if that list was not enough to catch your attention, sustainability is written all over the menu, literally.  For every page of delicious food, there is a page dedicated to describing each partner and the relation it has to the restaurant.  Page 5, my favorite, greets you with a huge ‘Certified B Corporation’ label, with a nice explanation of what that means.  Though it was my research that lead me to the restaurant that night, I walked out with more information than I walked in with.

Bamboo walks the talk with 100% power purchased from renewable energy resources, biodegradable to-go containers, composting and recycling programs, and reusable, sustainably harvested chopsticks.  Furthermore, all of their food is ethically and responsibly sourced.  Fish, while a healthy choice and great source of protein, is not necessarily the most sustainable meal.  Commercial boats, over-fishing, and bycatch have destroyed our ocean’s ecosystems.  If we continue to source seafood this way, there will be no fish left in the ocean.  Bamboo on the other hand does things differently and is working towards making an even bigger change outside of their business’ operations.  They know where their seafood comes from, who is catching it, how it is caught, and how it gets to their kitchens.  It is incredible how aware they are of their impact, what they are doing about it, and how effortlessly they convey this to their customers.  Much like the ChocolaTree in Sedona, Bamboo Sushi is transparent about what they do, how they do it and why. They are more than thrilled to educate everyone on their mission and vision.  The staff in particular are well versed and excited about all of the good things that Bamboo does.  Unlike most restaurants, the employees at Bamboo interact more like a family and stand strongly behind the product they sell.  Collaboration, education and support are at the core of this family and they clearly thrive because of it.  The minute our waitress heard about my trip and the research I have been doing, she sent out the Director of Operations, Brandon Hill, who happened to be in the restaurant that night.  He was incredibly friendly and made us feel even more glad to have chosen Bamboo that night; more than willing to answer all of my questions, share all about Bamboo culture and offer suggestions of things to do in Portland.  At this point, my night had gone from great to spectacular!  I was in my element, surrounded by great people, eating phenomenal food in a beautiful city, and proud to be driving change through my dinner purchase.  It was the perfect end to my stay in Portland.

I am thankful for the smooth road in Oregon, but ready and excited for anymore bumps in the road.  Tall mountains and wide skies await me.  Bring it on Wyoming!

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” -Martin Buber

I Left My Things in San Francisco

     Last year, if you were to ask anyone where I spent the majority of my time, they would likely tell you, “her car”.  I spent a great deal of time commuting to and from school, work, North Jersey, South Jersey, and Philadelphia.  I also happen to enjoy driving, so weekend trips were pretty frequent especially during football season(Go Steelers!).  So it is no surprise that after graduation, the first thing I decide to do is spend even more time with my car, driving across the country.  These past few months have given the phrase, “live out of your car” a new and very literal meaning for me.  Though sometimes not ideal, I have really had a blast living out of my car… until last week.

     Upon arriving in San Fran, I linked up with my friends Shaun and Izzy who had just finished moving their life to the Bay Area from New Jersey.  I spent my first  three evenings in the Berkley/Walnut Creek/Oakland area with them.  We even took a day trip to Stenton Beach.  When it came time for me to make my way into San Fran, Shaun dropped me off at a hostel in Union Square.  Since I wouldn’t be using my car to get around and given the high rate of car theft in any city, I decided to leave my car at Shaun and Izzy’s house(located in a safe, suburban neighborhood).  The days that followed were wonderful.  San Francisco is a beautiful city.  I had seafood in Fisherman’s Wharf, walked down crooked Lombard St, took a run down to the Bay Bridge, relaxed in Alamo Square, strolled through Haight, ate at Mission Chinese, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, visited Sausalito, and watched the fireworks at Pier 39. The weather was perfect, transportation was easy, clearly there was a lot to see and do, and I could not have asked for a better roommate.  Jackie, my beautiful new Aussie friend, shared a bunk with me at the hostel and we spent some time exploring the city together.   The best part about this trip has truly been the amazing people I have met along the way, some of which will stay life-long friends.   

     After a wonderful night celebrating July 4th at the pier, I woke up, said goodbye to Jackie as her journey continued east, and ran to a cycling class near the water.  As my endorphins were running high during spinning, I got a phone call from Shaun… the car was gone.  My heart stopped, the tears started rolling and I had no idea what to do.  The only thing I could think of at the time is that my life was in that car; my mountain and road bikes, nearly every bit of clothing and jewelry I owned, a mini library of at least 20 amazing books, all of my hiking, biking and yoga supplies, the gifts I had bought for people along the way, all of my electronics, and some things I hold dear to my heart for when I got home sick.  Basically, it was everything I would have packed if I was moving, with the exception of furniture.  I had no idea where this trip would take me or how long I would be away from home, so I came prepared for ANYTHING.  Apparently this was one thing I could not be prepared for.   I took every possible precaution so that this would not happen, yet it still did.  When I went to the hostel, the only things I packed were enough clothes to last me a few days, travel size toiletries, my purse, my iPad, my notebook and my phone.  And now, that is all I am left with.  Oh, and my car.  Shortly after filing a police report, it was recovered with no significant damage to the vehicle, but it was empty.   

      It took a few hours, but after I put some food in my stomach and had some time to process the situation, things didn’t seem so bad anymore.  I’m alive right? I have my life, I have my family, I have my friends.  And to top it off, I’ve had an EPIC summer traveling.  So what did these people really take from me?  Nothing that matters enough.  Given the choice, I would rather have a mom who hops on the first plane to San Francisco, than a car full of things.  She heard what happened around 10:30am, and by 9:30pm she was on the west coast.  Without a second thought, and without me even asking, dad put her on the first plane out of New Jersey.   As if that wasn’t enough, I had an overwhelming amount of people offering their support and anything else I could possibly need.  If being surrounded with this much love and support isn’t wealth, then I have no idea what is.  All the money and things in the world could not compare to my family and friends.   

     Between the books I have read, people I’ve met, experiences I’ve had, and lessons I’ve learned on this adventure, the one theme that seems to hover around all of it is gratitude.    Everything happens with a purpose, so maybe this was just meant to open my eyes a little wider to gratitude.  So in the spirit of that, I hope whoever took my belongings found some joy in it and is now living more contently.  Climb a mountain with that hiking gear! Enjoy some silence and read a book from my library.  Give my clothes to people who have none!  And PLEASE, give that beautiful carbon fiber bike to someone who will kill it up those San Francisco hills.  As for me, I am going to spend the next two weeks adventuring home, with mom : ).   Big Sur, Portland and Grand Tetons, here we come!

Boulder, Brew, Benefit…

Though I was born and raised in New Jersey, I have referred to myself as a Philadelphian for the past few years.  Don’t get me wrong, I love New Jersey and it will always be my home state.  But as soon as mom drove off after moving me into my first apartment, Philadelphia quickly became my place of belonging, my home.  Given the choice and the means to do so, I would move back into the city in a heartbeat.  In fact, I plan to do so when I return to the east coast.  There are many reasons why I love Philadelphia and why I am proud to call it home… the food, the community, the parks, the accessibility, the “brotherly love”, the culture, the art, the sports.  I know it very well at this point and I am quick to judge other cities because I am so partial to Philly.  But while I have spent the past few months researching the sustainable and social impact practices of other parts of the country,  I don’t have enough information about my own city to use it as another point of comparison.  I find myself saying things like, “I wonder if Philly does this too”.  For someone with so much Philly pride, I feel ashamed of the need to ask these questions.   Furthermore, while I continue to learn so much about the B-Corps on the west coast, I am clueless about the B-Corp community in Philadelphia.  What’s funny is that B-Lab(the non-profit that certifies B-Corps) is headquartered just outside of the city.  Needless to say, I have a lot to learn when I get back home, and I could not be more excited for it!

Much like Philadelphia has its own flavor, so do the cities in Colorado.  Denver seemed to have a hyper, party scene going on, while Boulder was mellow and artsy.  For that reason, I promptly left Denver after TED and spent the next few weeks in Fort Collins and Boulder.  Fort Collins is a huge college and beer town about 90 minutes north of Denver.  My friend Jake moved out to F.C. a few years ago and I finally decided to take him up on an open invitation to visit.  Within my first few hours in town, he took me up to Horsetooth Reservoir to see the sunset.  This place is stunning, though it wasn’t the sun or the water that first caught my attention.  It was the roads… cyclist heaven!  I proceeded to start each of my mornings riding these gorgeous hills.  That same week we took a spur day trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, which I cannot even begin to describe.  At 12,000 feet elevation you can see miles and miles of snow peaked mountains, lush forests, and high elevation lakes.  The park itself is enormous and full of hiking trails that you could spend a year exploring.  What I loved about Colorado is that no matter where you are, great hiking is never too far away.

Horsetooth at sunset

The bottom of Rocky Mountain National Park

Despite my best efforts to ignore the overwhelming beer community in Fort Collins, my most memorable experience in F.C. was at a brewery.  New Belgium is just one of several breweries in Fort Collins.  People here love their beer!  While I can attest to their great tasting brew, that is not what lead me to NBB(New Belgium Brewery) that day.  NBB is a B-Corp!  The only one in Fort Collins actually.  Because of this, I immediately booked a tour of the brewery.  I was expecting a decent beer tasting and perhaps some information on their sustainability programs.  What I got instead was SO much more.  Up to this point I have been consistently impressed by the initiatives and practices of the B-Corps I have researched on the west coast.  But NBB takes it to a completely different level of amazing… prepare to be amazed!

Let’s first walk through what it’s like to be an employee of NBB.  On your one year  anniversary as an employee you receive two things; a brand spankin’ new NBB bike, and ownership of the company!  NBB is 100% employee owned and they not only encourage alternative transportation, they work with you to make it possible.  Whether it’s the bike you receive on your 1 year anniversary, the charging stations for electric cars, the Prius provided for company errands, the bike parking and showers, or the loaner bikes on-site, NBB makes it 100% possible for everyone to use sustainable transportation.  Employees are also provided with all of the following benefits… flex-time and telecommuting, a trip to Belgium on their 5 year anniversary, a rock climbing wall in the brewery, sand volleyball courts, an indoor slide, use of the on-site community kitchen, discounted gym memberships, weight-loss program discounts, access to smoking cessation plans, yoga twice a week, voting and bereavement leave, a 4 week paid sabbatical on their 10th, 20th and 30th anniversary, acupuncture, and assistance paying for triathlons and bike races with the wellness committee budget.  On top of all of this, employees also receive paid time off for volunteering.  In 2012, 3000 hours of service were donated by NBB employees!

New Belgium is the 3rd largest craft brewer in the United States.  To some, that may mean that they make a lot of beer.  To me, that means they have influence and the power to make a serious difference as a company.  In terms of sustainability, they are true inspirations.  As I walked around the brewery, sipping on La Folie and Paardebloem, I listened to the guide explain NBB’s zero waste and minimum footprint efforts.  They live, breathe, and walk sustainability at this facility… porous asphalt sidewalks, solar power on rooftops for day energy, use of reclaimed materials and beetle-kill pine for all furnishings in the tasting room, treatment on-site for all production waste water, spent grain from the brewing process is sold to local farmers as cattle feed, on-site highly sophisticated recycling center, methane gas by-product is used in the brewery to power a generator during peak hours(accounting for 15% of electricity needs), wind credits used to power the rest of the facility, 90% of hops sourced from the northwest US, all glass and cardboard is from Colorado, and most rooms in the facility are lit with natural light.  WHOA, right?!  It’s overwhelming, and I am sure there is more that can be added to that list.

Not only does NBB spread the “good” through their employees and their facilities, they also have quite a few other tricks up their sleeve that make it hard to resist giving them business.  One being that 5.9% of their profits go to charity.  They are also in the process of building an east coast facility in Ashville, NC to minimize on transportation costs.  The new facility is being built on a brownfield site rather than on potential agricultural land and eliminating natural habitat.  In addition, NBB is working with local Ashville partners to install bike and pedestrian infrastructures; financing more sidewalks and bike lanes from the center of town to their new location.   New Belgium also hosts a number of events each year.  My favorite is the Tour de Fat, a free costumed bike parade, held in about a dozen cities nationwide.  All gross revenues from the event are donated to local cycling non-profits to support each community that the parade rolls through.  And in support of cycling awareness and bike advocacy, Tour de Fat has a “Trade Your Car For A Bike Challenge”.  Those who choose to partake in the challenge, hand over their keys and pledge to be car-free for 1 year.  I was very surprised to hear how many people actually take the pledge!  Finally, NBB really advocates for responsible drinking.  This business was built on a desire to create quality, tasty, craft beer.  Contrary to many other beer companies who mass produce and sell cheap beer for “quantity” drinking.   In promoting quality over quantity, NBB sponsors beer dinners to foster an appreciation for it and educate drinkers, their tasting room limits tasters to 4 small pours(education above consumption), the company cancels any and all events that are too focused on drinking, and the beer is priced at point to avoid “bulk” buying for heavy drinking.  Though I am not much of a drinker, I think it’s clear that my choice would be New Belgium.

From Fort Collins I made my way to Boulder for a few days.  If i had to give a “flavor” to this city, it would be healthy and active.  The minute I arrived in town it was easy to see why this was named the most “fit” city in the United States.  Everyone is in shape and walks around with a smile.  It is so true that healthy people are happy people.  If you are a health fanatic like myself, you probably know how difficult it can be to scope out healthy and ethically sourced food options.  Well, in Boulder I didn’t even have to “google it”.  Farm to table restaurants, organic eateries and juice bars are everywhere!  The healthy/happy attitude and lifestyle are infectious here, I could hardly contain the urge to skip down Pearl Street and belt out a big “woohoo!”.   On one of my days here I spent some time with my new friend Julian(who I coincidentally met on top of Bell Rock in Sedona), letting out that positive energy on some light hiking trails.   I did not get to do as much hiking as I would have liked in Boulder, no thanks to a bum knee from a mountain biking accident a few days prior.  Regardless, we spent time on the gorgeous creek that runs along the side of town and sipping on Bhakti Chai(a B-Corp based in Boulder!).  Speaking of B-Corps, there are quite a few in the Boulder area.. Vendante Corp, a reflective apparel company; Cellular Recycle, keeping e-waste from landfills through fundraising programs and responsible disposal options; ThinkImpact Corporation, a global social enterprise leveraging local resources and community collaboration; Best Organic’s, organic and sustainable gift baskets.

There are dozens of them in Boulder and scattered around Colorado.  It was here that I really got to see the power of these corporations.  Many of these companies have a wide range of competitors, but the B-Certification distinguishes them from the others.  For example, Bhakti Chai is served prepackaged in markets and in cafes as a hot or iced drink.  In most cases, you will also see 3rd Street Chai as an option on the shelf or on the cafe menu.  How do you choose? They cost the same, both use fair-trade and organic ingredients and are equally tasty.   I chose Bhakti and convinced a few other people to also.  Why?  Bhakti is a B-Corp.  I later researched more about Bhakti and found out that they pay a living wage, have zero-waste manufacturing, give preference to local suppliers and banks, give employees paid time off for volunteering, have social and environmental criteria for suppliers, and 10% of their profits go to charity.  That is DEFINITELY a company I want to give preference to.  Clearly this is not all written on the label of my prepackaged chai, and the barista serving it is certainly not going to blurt this information over the counter.  But because I know what B-Corp means, I can make a decision that I know will support a company making a positive impact on the world.

As I continue in my adventures, I will keep making these decisions and stay educated on what companies are certified.  Let me leave you with this challenge… go to the B-Corporation website, look up some companies in your area, look for the B-Corp label, and give yourself informed options.  Here, I’ll give you a head start for your next trip to the grocery store… Numi Tea is a B-Corp and Method Products are too! San Francisco is next, and from what I have researched so far, it looks like B-Corp central!   Bring on the benefit! : )