Down to EARTH: Win a Week in Costa Rica
April 22 2014 - 3:56PM
Business Wire
Whole Foods Market® to send two winners to
the tropics to see how EARTH University bananas are improving
lives
In honor of Earth Month, Whole Foods Market is giving away
two trips for two to the tropical campus of EARTH University, a
nonprofit university in Costa Rica that also grows bananas for
Whole Foods Market.
Today through April 30, shoppers can visit
wholefoodsmarket.com/triptoearth to enter for a chance to win an
eight-day trip through and around Costa Rica’s lush rainforests and
majestic Arenal Volcano. Winners and their guests will also explore
the university’s on-campus banana fields, meet students who are
studying to become agricultural leaders and learn how EARTH
University bananas are helping to fund their education.
“Bananas are the most popular fruit in the U.S.,” said John
Walker, global produce coordinator for Whole Foods Market. “And
when shoppers choose EARTH University bananas at Whole Foods
Market, they’re helping to fund student scholarships and support
research in organic and sustainable agriculture. We’re excited to
give our shoppers a chance to see how just one simple choice in the
produce aisle can make a real and lasting difference for
communities around the world.”
EARTH University recruits students from low-income, rural areas
in more than 30 countries, seeking out individuals who are
committed to returning to and improving their home communities
post-graduation. Thanks to donors and income generators like sales
of EARTH bananas, the university provides full scholarships to
approximately 60 percent of its students, and significant financial
aid or educational subsidies to the majority of students.
EARTH bananas are also backed by Whole Foods Market’s Whole
Trade Guarantee® program, which means that the product ensures
better wages and working conditions for farm workers and
environmentally-friendly growing practices. Additionally Whole
Foods Market donates a percentage of each retail sale to Whole
Planet Foundation to fund poverty relief in Costa Rica and 58 other
countries.
For entry details and additional information about Whole Foods
Market’s partnership with EARTH University, visit:
wholefoodsmarket.com/triptoearth.
Whole Foods MarketLiz Burkhart,
512-542-0682Liz.Burkhart@wholefoods.com
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