Seeds of Change (company)
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Gabriel Howearth Kenny Ausubel |
| Fate | Acquired by Mars, Inc. in 1995 [1] |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Organic food |
| Parent | Mars, Inc. |
| Website | seedsofchange.com |
Seeds of Change is an organic seed and food company headquartered in Chicago. A subsidiary of Mars, Inc. since 1995,[1] until summer 2010 the company was based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and producers of a line of processed organic foods including pasta sauces and salad dressings.
Seeds of Change was founded in 1989 by Gabriel Howearth and Kenny Ausubel, as a seed company specializing in organics .[3] The company devotes 1% of its net sales toward sustainable organic farming initiatives.
The Seeds of Change Research Farm and Gardens was founded in 1989 in Gila, New Mexico[4] by Gabriel Howearth. By 1996, the Research Farm moved north to a site closer to the company's Santa Fe offices. The farm included over a thousand varieties of plants on six acres of land originally cultivated by the Tewa people on a flood plain along the Rio Grande in El Guique, New Mexico. The farm was certified organic by Oregon Tilth.[citation needed]
In August 2010, Mars announced that it would close the farm and move some management to Los Angeles. A final tour of the farm was provided on Saturday, 14 August 2010. A spokesperson for Mars indicated the closure was due to a "strategic shift" and that not all the employees would retain their jobs.[5]
