Victory Dance Foods: Proud 1% for the Planet Member, Reforestation Partner with One Tree Planted, and Compost Partner with Urban Canopy.
Committed to Reforestation, Sustainability, and a Greener Future
In 2020, we proudly became a member of 1% for the Planet, committing to donate 1% of our sales to certified non-profit partners making a meaningful environmental impact. Through this membership, we discovered One Tree Planted, a Vermont-based non-profit dedicated to fighting climate change through global reforestation. After learning about the vital role trees and forests play in preserving the environment, we knew we had to partner with them to support their incredible efforts.
EAT GRANOLA.
PLANT TREES.
At Victory Dance Foods, we're committed to being part of the climate change solution. Since 2020, we’ve pledged 1% of our Sales Revenue to plant trees in North America through One Tree Planted, and every bag of Garden Granola®, Granuesli®, and Muesli you purchase helps make that happen.
One Tree Planted
One Tree Planted is a Vermont-based environmental non-profit focused on making it easy for anyone to contribute to reforestation efforts. They partner with reforestation experts around the world to plant trees where they’re needed most. For every dollar donated, one tree is planted, and their commitment to transparency ensures that individuals, businesses, and foundations can see the direct impact of their contributions. The results? In 2023 alone, One Tree Planted added 51.9 million trees, spanning 160,038 hectares(395,462.5104 acres) across 394 projects in 72 countries and through these projects, 242,458 farming families were supported, 5,336 women were involved, and 6,939 jobs were created.
Why are Trees Important to the Environment?
Planting trees is a simple and effective way to make a positive impact on the planet. Trees clean the air we breathe and filter the water we drink and provide habitat to over 80% of the worlds terrestrial biodiversity. Forests provide jobs to over 1.6 Billion people, absorb harmful carbon from the atmosphere and are key ingredients in 25% of medicines. And they make us feel good too. That’s why we’re proud to be partnering with One Tree Planted.
Growing Forests Together: Victory Dance Foods and One Tree Planted
We donated 1% of our Revenue to Reforestation projects in California with One Tree Planted to aid wildfire reforestation.
2023 Giving — Wildfire Reforestation Projects in California
In 2023, we dedicated our giving efforts to reforestation projects in California, donating 1% of our top-line revenue to our partner, One Tree Planted. While the planting projects are still underway, we look forward to sharing the full impact of our contributions once the final numbers are available.
We donated 1% of our Revenue to Reforestation projects in Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota with One Tree Planted.
2022 Giving — Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota
In 2022, we focused our giving efforts on Reforestation projects in Appalachia, donating 1% of top line revenue to our partner One Tree Planted. We are delighted to share that thanks to our support and other donors, a total of 750,000 trees were planted to restore 329 hectares of land in Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota.
Trees were planted to improve climate change resilience, restore and protect critical bald eagle nesting site, benefit indigenous communities and more.
Site Facts we Love:
The Chippewa National Forest supports one of the highest breeding densities of American bald eagles in the United States.
Located in the heart of Northern Minnesota, the Chippewa National Forest is home to more lakes and wetlands than any other National Forest.
We donated 1% of our 2021 Revenue to Reforestation projects in Northern California with One Tree Planted.
2021 Giving — Wildfire Restoration in Northern California
2020's devastating fire season consumed close to 3 million acres, resulting in hundreds of millions of trees that must be restored. Thanks to your support, together with other donors, we helped plant 70,000 native tree species to 114 hectares of land, across various locations in Northern California, as part of One Tree Planted’s California Sweathouse Reforestation Project.
Site Facts We Love:
Water gives the forest of Northern California their identity. Some areas average up to 200 inches of rain annually and the northern forest’s 1500 miles of permanent streams supply about nine percent of California’s total runoff.
As the trees we helped plant grow, they will increase forest coverage with a survival rate of 90% anticipated based on previous plantings by One Tree Planted in surrounding areas.
We donated 1% of our 2020 revenue to a reforestation and biodiversity projects in Appalachia.
2020 Giving — Appalachia
In 2020, our first year partnering with One Tree Planted we donated to Appalachia and together, with other donors, helped plant over 344, 167 trees to restore 333 hectares of land in communities across Warren County Pennsylvania as part of One Tree Planted’s Multiple “Legacy” Minesview project which concluded in 2022.
Site Facts We Love:
The areas reforested in this project were reclaimed after the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)
As the trees planted grow they will help supplement biodiversity and bringing ecosystem.
Composting and Waste Reduction
Since the start of our Composting program in August of 2020 we have composted and diverted 19,698 lbs of organic food waste from landfills, which is equivalent to 14,182.56 lbs Carbon of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced. Read more about our composting program