Boskovich Fresh Food Group’s subsidiary Fresh Prep, LLC has launched a new Fair Earth Farms retail line to the industry. The new line of six organic salad kits and salad blends are packaged in plant-based, fully compostable bags, printed using water-based inks that will break down into organic soil.
The Oxnard, Calif.-based company said the fully compostable packaging is patent pending.
“Consumers have been asking for a more sustainable solution to the plastic crisis facing our planet and we’ve heard them loud and clear,” said Deep Silver, senior marketing director at Fresh Prep, LLC and Boskovich Family Farms, in a release. “We invite our customers to assist us in building a more sustainable future with Fair Earth Farms’ disruptive, first-of-its-kind fully compostable packaging. Consumers can now not only feel good about what they are putting in their bodies, but how they’re helping the planet as well.”
The USDA-Certified Organic Fair Earth Farms line offers two salad kit flavors and four salad greens blends. The two flavor-forward salad kits are Superfood Crunch and Honey Coconut Cashew. Each brightly colored package lists the kit ingredients and the fully compostable promise.
For example, Superfood Crunch features a hearty blend of organic baby kale, baby spinach and baby chard; fresh cauliflower rice; carrots; red cabbage; and toppings including crispy quinoa, cranberries and antioxidant-rich walnuts. Superfood Crunch comes with a lemon poppyseed dressing.
The four triple-washed and ready-to-eat greens varieties include Baby Spinach, Baby Arugula, Spring Mix and Power Greens, providing healthy bases to any salad or vitamin-rich ingredients that are easy to incorporate into a favorite recipe, said the release.
Boskovich Fresh Food Group is a dedicated family of growers from California with over 100 years of experience. The company said it is known for its multi-generational knowledge and commitment to sustainable farming practices, its food safety excellence, and its consistent product quality across conventional and organic items.
Fair Earth Farms is the next chapter for the company focused on fresh produce coupled with a renewed commitment to sustainable innovation within the category, said the company.
In addition to being USDA-Certified Organic, Fair Earth Farms is a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition that believes in the power of industry to make packaging more sustainable and is certified through the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), the global standard for composting, which ensures the compostability of the packaging has been properly tested and that consumers can dispose of the packaging in their compost bin without worry, the release explained.
To help customers further when it comes to composting, Fair Earth Farms will have a How2Compost label, a standardized on-package label that clearly communicates composting instructions to the public.
