2023
Our Impact
We want to do as much as possible
to help create a healthier planet…
all by 2025.
Making a difference.
Our mission is to have as much as a positive impact on sustainability and community as we can each year. We’ve got big goals for 2025 and this report shows our progress.
Where we made impact in 2023
![volunteering](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/volunteering.png)
20,122
Volunteer hours (that’s 2.5 years!)
![Love Local!](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/local-love.png)
159
Local suppliers represented on our shelves
![local farms](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/local-farmers.png)
36
farms participated in pre-season planning
![Food Donated](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/food-donation.png)
28,000lbs
Food donated to hunger relief
![Reducing waste](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/waste-reduction.png)
258
tons of food waste diverted from landfill
![refrigeration](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/refrigeration.png)
30%
Reduction in hydro-fluorocarbon refrigerants
![Solar Power](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Artboard-19.png)
6,397
Chargepoint EV charging sessions
![Net Zero Carbon Emissions](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/netzzero-carbon.png)
17%
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
![water conservation](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/water-conservation.png)
28%
Reduction in water (saving 1 million gallons)
![recycle](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recycle.png)
2
Tons of customer plastic film recycled
![Solar energy](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/solar.png)
51%
Energy produced by our solar in Grass Valley
![apples](https://briarpatch.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/apple.png)
134,418lbs
Apples sold, raising $13,441.80 for community gardens