Enjoy Today. Contribute to Tomorrow - No Sacrifice Needed.
Whether you are cooking at home, or professionally - if you seek double satisfaction - from those enjoying the taste of what you've made, and that a contribution to an improved tomorrow is being made on your behalf - you are at the right place.
Caring chefs - no matter the size of their kitchen - realise great food and flavours need a good environment at their source. In New Zealand, we are fortunate to have both a great environment for producing food - and our own unique flavours.
People enjoy eating something delicious now - but supporting the environment for the future can feel like a sacrifice needs to be made. Forest Gourmet enables both - great taste now, and doing something practical for the environment for tomorrow - with no sacrifice needed.
Given the link between good food relying on a good environment - how can the everyday desire to eat something delicious make a positive impact with no additional effort required? That was one of our questions before the first product was even decided.
The Idea Behind Forest Gourmet
Reducing our impact on the environment is one thing - good though it is. But considering we are all on one planet - what about the damage already done?
Where is the right balance between being considerate of our environmental impact, and enjoying life?
So how about asking a different question: What practical steps can we take to create a net positive for our planet, in order that our children can also enjoy it?
It's from asking this question that Forest Gourmet was born. And one answer became "we need to plant more trees".
Not just as a 'carbon neutral' exercise. But to really aim to plant more trees, grow more forest areas. To recognise that while protesting against deforestation has its place, if we have any care for what type of planet our children will live in then there is a need to address the deforestation that has already occurred.
10% of Forest Gourmet profits go to help plant more trees.
Everyone likes great food. And great food needs a great environment to be sourced from. So what better way than to combine two good things - good food, good environment.
You get ingredients to help create delicious food you can enjoy.
And at the same time with - with no effort required - you are aiding the planting of more trees to help create a better environment. Both contribute to better life.
Our Beliefs For Now And The Future:
- Good food relies on a good environment.
- Good food helps us enjoy life.
- Good nature is important for good life.
- Our children's and grandchildren's futures depend on us - now - considering their environment.
First donated to in 2016.
Started donating to in 2020.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
Anonymous
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Rene Dubois
