All Good
All Good gives Kiwis more ethical & sustainable alternatives. Their bananas and mangos are good for the land, growers and consumers.
About
All Good brings you food that’s good for the land, good for the growers, and good for you. They believe Fairtrade and organic shouldn’t be exceptions, they should be the rule.
All Good’s founders, Chris, Matt, and Simon, launched All Good by importing New Zealand’s first Fairtrade and organic bananas back in 2010.
Their challenge was convincing people that paying a dollar more for an ethical bunch of bananas was a better deal for them, the banana growers, and the planet.
“It’s our belief that we can’t ignore the consequences of growing the food we enjoy, even though it may happen in places far from home.”
The All Good team says we should treat the people who grow our food as if they lived right next door.
Now, thanks to the millions of All Good Bananas purchased by Kiwi families, over 150 small banana farming families in El Guabo, Ecuador are being paid fairly.
Plus, All Good has been able to contribute more than $1.4 million back to the El Guabo Association of Small Banana Farmers, which benefits their community’s health, education and sustainability efforts.
The world eats more than 100 billion bananas every year. Most of these bananas come from industrial-scale banana plantations where the massive demand for fruit at very low prices forces growers to push the soil beyond its natural ability.
They grow banana plants at unsustainable yields by using chemical fertilisers and aerial spraying pesticides, herbicides and fungicides to control pests. Overspray adversely affects the surrounding rainforest and communities.
All of All Good’s bananas come with a Fairtrade banana certification. This ensures their farmers have a healthy working environment and a commitment to sustainability and horticultural practice that replenishes the land rather than depleting it.
The farmers in El Guabo use organic fertiliser and sustainable inputs to protect the health of their plants, soil, water and the people living on and around their farms. All Good bananas are free of the chemical cocktail used in conventional banana production, which is better for the environment, the growers and the people who eat them!
“Like the organic Fairtrade farmers we work with, we’re a small business trying to make a big difference.”
