Our Mission
Our mission: a healthy soil for all generations to come.
In three powerful words: #SaveTheSoil. But why on earth would we want to save the soil?


Our mission: a healthy soil for all generations to come.
In three powerful words: #SaveTheSoil. But why on earth would we want to save the soil?
1.
Soil is the second largest buffer for carbon after the oceans. In fact, did you know that the soil stores three times the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, and twice the amount contained in all plants and trees?! CRAZY.
However, damaged soil releases CO2 back into the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
2.
Did you know that about one football field of fertile farmland disappears every five seconds due to soil erosion?
As much as 40% of the world’s fertile soil is already depleted. If we continue like that, we’ll lose the rest within 60 years. Say what?!
3.
Sustainable agricultural practices can be applied in different forms of agriculture, such as conventional, organic and regenerative farming methods!
Some examples of such methods:
Soils cultivated through sustainable agricultural practices contain more organic matter. This means they store more carbon, which is crucial for slowing down climate change.
4.
Farm Brothers supports sustainable farming practices in three ways:
Unfortunately, merely baking delicious cookies won’t get us very far. We therefore work together with the soil foundation BD Grondbeheer from the Netherlands.
We donate part of our turnover to them and they use it to purchase impoverished agricultural land and lease that land to nature-inclusive farmers. Without profit, of course!
This is how we support sustainable farming practices. The result? A healthy soil that produces healthy crops, allowing farmers to offer us the very best ingredients for our cookies.
Then discover some interesting articles here
Why soil is important to life on Earth
FAO warns 90% of Earth’s topsoil a risk by 2050
UN says up to 40% of world’s land now degraded | Environment | The Guardian