Good for the Planet is Good for Business

To keep freshness and flavor in, Heinz tomato fields are within an average of four hours from harvest to unloading. This also keeps our carbon footprint low, and our quality high.

95% of our Heinz tomatoes are perfectly ripe when they leave the field. What’s left from harvesting, like vines and leaves are composted back into the soil for added nutrients.

Even after we’ve strained the thick, juicy tomato pulp, the leftover skins and seeds are upcycled into pet food or used to feed livestock on local farms.

We’ve created agricultural development projects that teach tomato conservation and conservation farming to farms worldwide, including Brazil, Egypt, and Spain.

Overhead watering systems were not getting enough nutrients to the soil to feed our tomatoes. By starving them a little, they sent their roots further into the soil as they dug for water. Consequently, making stronger, higher yielding tomatoes.

Decades of over-tilling have left Spain’s normally rich soil, hard and impenetrable. But by intermittently planting different crops to break down and improve the topsoil, we’ve helped increase soil health and doubled tomato yields in just eight years.

After harvest, soil was tired and lacking in nutrients. So instead of planting more tomatoes, we alternated with other crops, like grasses to feed and build back the soil’s nutrients. Boosting tomato harvests and protecting soil in the future.