B With Us: Grounds For Change

Did you know that UncommonGoods is a founding B Corp? B Corps are businesses certified by the nonprofit B Lab, which means they meet high standards in key areas of environment, workers, customers, community, and governance. B with Us is an ongoing series of posts that feature fellow B Corp members. This month, we're featuring Grounds for Change. 

Grounds for Change became a B Corp in order to “join with a larger community of businesses aligned to demonstrate that you can be successful while taking the well-being of workers and the environment into account.”

Grounds for Change is a family owned and operated coffee roasting business located in the Pacific Northwest. They roast their organic coffee in small batches to ensure the freshest beans possible, and have proven to hold high standards for the environment and society as a whole. All of their coffee is Fair Trade Certified by IMO and their Organic Certification meets the stringent Organic Processor Standards enforced by the United States Federal Government and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. The vast majority of the coffee they sell is also Shade Grown Coffee, which ensures a healthy habitat for migratory birds. A number of community-based programs in coffee-growing countries directly benefit from the purchase of their coffee. For example, farmers in Peru and Mexico receive a higher price per pound for their coffee (above and beyond the going rate for certified coffee) to help support local domestic violence intervention programs and small business loans for women.