Costco Flyer - 09/01-09/30/2021 (Page 25)

continued from page 21 iii grow their crops more effectively not very many international farms have self-irrigation sys- maximize that yield with the rainfall that they have without having to clear more land to grow countries that we source from are on the edge of a rainforest or on the edge of protected areas that we don't allow for deforestation." costco buyers work with crop farmers to establish ongoing quality control with reports that help maintain the highest specifi- also runs two quality control labs tor the products being sold in the inspected for large whole nuts and for a lack of fragments- broken pieces that are nicked by "auditors just pull product directly from the selling floor and test it against our specs to make sure that it meets all the require- ments," beam says developing environmentally waste product for various pur- and wind turbines to improve efficiencies and produce energy "on top of those environmen- way i would say by far is the edu- is a thing that we'll do with liter- can point out ideas that we've seen elsewhere at other farms that they can also do in a location share that kind of knowledge." by purchasing nuts from these local economies while providing nutritious and sustainable nuts under the kirkland signature" private label to its members costco also invests in schools and medical care in these loca- the quality of life for the people in the community if we can improve the local stan- dard of living in these communi- ongoing supply,” beam says ustin knapp costco also looks for ways to encourage sustainability by investing in the communities farmers create irrigation systems and water recycling programs product packaging part of improving costco's private-label products involves the buying team creating better of the snacking nuts at costco were once packaged in round recyclable plastic containers and cashews in a processing facility in africa; a woman from an african farming community nuts for kirkland signature every one? these kirkland signature nuts can be found in warehouses and at costco.ca.-cg amande rumonds bar macadwmia nuts adix de kucadamias erland pistachios pistaches and ments premium quality unsalted mixed nuts item 5288 whole almonds dry roasted almonds pistachios shelled pistachios dry roasted macadamia nuts whole mixed nuts