Our Purpose is to protect and restore the environment.
Here’s what you’ve helped us accomplish:
Our Partnerships
we donated to environmental, educational, and social justice groups that align with Our Purpose. Our partners are experts in the challenges we face and are committed to protecting our planet!
Top Groups We Partnered With:
5% Donation Day
On April 6th, MOM’s donated 5% of our storewide sales to groups dedicated to protecting our local watersheds. Partners tabled to share information with our customers, and commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act!
Groups that received 5% of our sales:
5% Donation Day
On April 6th, MOM’s donated 5% of our storewide sales to groups dedicated to protecting our local watersheds. Partners tabled to share information with our customers, and commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act!
Groups that received 5% of our sales:
We Diverted Over:
worth of food waste to local food banks
TOP FOOD DONATION RECIPIENTS:
- Celestial Manna
- Baltimore Gift Economy
- Compassion Center
- Manna House Inc.
- Arlington Food Assistance Center
- Nourish Now
- Saints Philip and James Catholic Parish
- Fiorenza’s Food for Friends
- Campus Kitchen DC (National U)
- Food Not Bombs
We Advocated for:
Community Supported Agriculture
We partnered with eight small and local organic farms and farmers.
Local organic farmers are doing important work to protect and restore the environment and we want to support them. Not all local farms are large enough to sell their produce at MOM’s, so instead, we offer their CSA shares for pickup at MOM’s stores.
Community Supported Agriculture
We partnered with eight small and local organic farms and farmers.
Local organic farmers are doing important work to protect and restore the environment and we want to support them. Not all local farms are large enough to sell their produce at MOM’s, so instead, we offer their CSA shares for pickup at MOM’s stores.
MOM’s takes the 3 R’s- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- very seriously! That’s why we have a bulk section so you can bring your own container to reduce plastic waste, encourage bag reuse, and have an extensive recycle center.
MOM’s Recycle Center
See how much waste you helped us divert from the landfill!
Tons of Batteries
Tons of shoes
Tons of Commingled Recycling
Tons of denim
units of Cell phones and Tablets
Oyster Shells
Tons of Holiday Lights
Reusable Bags
To reduce waste, we encourage our customers to bring their own bags to shop!
total disposable bags that MOM’s
customers helped us avoid!
MOM’s has been powered by 100% renewable energy since 2005!
And that’s not all we do! We have rooftop solar at MOM’s College Park, Waldorf, White Marsh, and Abington along with a solar canopy at our EV charging stations at MOM’s College Park. Our 1.5-megawatt solar farm in Kingsville, MD generated 2,009 MWh this year, helping to power our stores and offset our energy usage.
Additionally, you can find FREE Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at most of our locations.
Saving Gas & Fighting Climate Change
MOM’s Team Members inflated over 660 tires in the winter, helping to avoid GHG emissions and making your drive more safe and efficient during our annual We Care About Air campaign!
100% organic produce
Since 1987, we have supplied our communities with 100% organic produce. Organic farming has a long list of benefits for the environment, such as reducing the use of pesticides, the pollution of soil and waterways, soil erosion, and energy use.
Equal Exchange Avocados:
MOM’s customers purchased 516,048 organic Equal Exchange avocados- resulting in $650,436 paid to 75 small-scale farmer co-ops in Michoacán, Mexico, and an additional $12,084 paid into funds for:
- Assistance with farmer-member medical bills
- Collaborative reforestation projects
- Solar panel installation on local childcare facilities
Equal Exchange Bananas:
- Healthcare for farmers and workers
- Leadership development within the co-op structure
- Production of organic fertilizer and banana packing infrastructure
Equal Exchange Bananas:
In 2022, MOM’s customers purchased 3,390,960 organic Equal Exchange bananas- resulting in $554,672.95 paid to 873 small-scale co-op farmers and an additional $42,387 paid into funds for:
- Healthcare for farmers and workers
- Leadership development within the co-op structure
- Production of organic fertilizer and banana packing infrastructure
Banned ingredient list
We’ve banned over 250 ingredients from our stores, including bleaching agents, synthetic food preservatives, and parabens, which are not only harmful to our health, but also to the health of waterways, soil, and wildlife. Check out our banned ingredient list to learn more!
Sustainable Seafood
Did you know that MOM’s is the only grocery store in the US that offers 100% sustainable seafood? We follow the recommendations of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program and only offer their Green Best-Choice, Yellow Good Alternative, or Eco-Certified seafood.
Vendor Sustainability Shoutouts
Volunteering
In 2022, MOM’s team members volunteered
hours, collaborating with our partners to help clean up rivers and trails, planting new crops with local organic farmers, conducting water tests with riverkeepers, and so much more!
MOM’s Gaithersburg team
The Gaithersburg Team Members teamed up with six local partners or farmers in 2022, volunteering to help plant crops, create meditation gardens, river and trail clean-ups, and so much more! Featured here is the team at KPC Peace Park (Poolesville, MD) clearing trees and weeds in the middle of trails, and constructing stone sculptures at the meditation garden to help promote a practice of patience and balance.
MOM’s Gaithersburg team
The Gaithersburg Team Members teamed up with six local partners or farmers in 2022, volunteering to help plant crops, create meditation gardens, river and trail clean-ups, and so much more! Featured here is the team at KPC Peace Park (Poolesville, MD) clearing trees and weeds in the middle of trails, and constructing stone sculptures at the meditation garden to help promote a practice of patience and balance.
MOM’s Merrifield team
The Merrifield Team Members dedicated their efforts to cleaning and maintaining the trails of Mason Neck State Park, and community clean-ups with invasive plant removals in Northern Virginia. Featured here is the team kayaking down Belmont Bay (Mason Neck State Park) to the first trash pick-up site and celebrating the accomplishment of trying something new and learning how to kayak.
MOM’s Alexandria team
The Alexandria Team Members helped out Potomac Riverkeeper’s water testing each week May-September, in addition to Four Mile Run Kayak Clean-ups! Featured here is the team after completing a Kayak Clean-up with the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation.
MOM’s Alexandria team
The Alexandria Team Members helped out Potomac Riverkeeper’s water testing each week May-September, in addition to Four Mile Run Kayak Clean-ups! Featured here is the team after completing a Kayak Clean-up with the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation.
Environmental Restoration Trainings
Green Benefits
We do benefits a little differently! MOM’s offers a set of environmentally friendly benefits called “Green Benefits”, which include contributions toward the purchase of green services and appliances.
Check out our Green Benefits:
- Electric or hybrid vehicle subsidy
- Discounted All Birds shoes
- Home composters
- Naturepedic Organic Mattress
- Paid volunteering
Akua
- Regenerative ocean farming, helping to remove CO2 from our oceans.
Lotus Foods
- Uses the More Crop per Drop agroecological rice-growing method promoting soil health and root growth.
Great Eastern Sun
- Certified Plastic Neutral by rePurpose Global which repurposes plastics that would have ultimately ended up in the ocean.
Simpli
- Works with producers who use regenerative farming practices while advocating for cultural preservation and ethical sourcing.
Dr. Bronner’s
- Leading brand in developing the Regenerative Organic Certified standard.
Nature’s Path
- First USDA organic cereal in the market, all of their brands use only certified organic ingredients.
Califia
- Members of RE100 Renewable Energy Initiative, Plant-Based Food Association, Science-Based Targets Initiative, and the UN Global Compact.
Alexandre Family Farm
- America’s first certified regenerative dairy.
Tender & True
- In 2014, Tender & True made the first certified USDA organic, humanely-raised, antibiotic-free pet food.
Bonterra
- Is TRUE zero-waste certified by recycling and composting all their winery waste.
Full Circle
- In partnership with the Plastic Bank, Full Circle is plastic neutral- meaning for every ounce of plastic used an ounce of plastic is collected from the environment.
Grandy Organics
- Installed 288 solar panels at their facility in Maine to generate enough electricity to offset over 145,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
Lundberg Family Farms
- Lundberg’s collects, sorts, and recycles just about everything—99.7% to be exact—from packaging to scrap metal to uniforms.
One Mighty Mill
- Partnered with the Springfield, MA school system to supply fresh-milled bagels at a subsidized cost to feed their 30,000+ students each week.
White Oak Pastures
- Practices rotational grazing and data-backed carbon sequestration via regenerative and multi-species pasture-based management.
Farmer Focus Organic Chicken
- Uses Farmer Focus business model to give farmers ownership, incentivize cooperation, and provide farmers with 25-35% more pay than competitors.
True Grace
- Partnered with the ReSea Project, which hires local fishermen in Jakarta, Indonesia to pull plastics from the waters near where they fish.