Dr. Bronner’s Backs Grassroots Alliance Hurricane Relief Efforts in Florida

Grassroots Alliance, a national non-profit organization committed to supporting communities in crisis has launched a disaster relief effort in Immokalee, FL to provide food, water, and other basic services to disadvantaged communities most impacted by Hurricane Irma. The group, which has started a disaster relief kitchen called the Grassroots Alliance Cafe with the goal of providing free meals,  has partnered with Dr. Bronner's and leading natural food brands and other companies to provide food donations, as well as financial and material support to run their relief efforts.
 
Other  companies supporting the relief effort include Amy’s Kitchen, Clif Bar, Organic Valley, Patagonia, Pacific Domes, Stonyfield, and other brands.
 
“Dr. Bronner’s is proud to support this important effort by the Grassroots Alliance,” says David Bronner, CEO of top-selling natural soap brand, Dr. Bronner’s. “We have upgraded a 48’ kitchen trailer, procured equipment, and are financing key staff on the ground to set up and manage the operation while coordinating with local community organizers and volunteers. In times of crisis, it’s awesome to see our partners in this effort step up and put progressive values into action. And they are also donating to relief efforts in Houston and Mexico, as is Dr. Bronner’s. This effort truly embodies the “All-One” spirit and message of my granddad’s vision.”
 
“The Immokalee community is glad to have the Grassroots Alliance Cafe and volunteers come to support our hardworking community of farmworkers in the wake of Hurricane Irma,” said Santiago Perez, member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. “The outpouring of solidarity that we have felt here in the past couple of weeks shows that Immokalee and the farmworkers who harvest this country’s crops are not alone and not forgotten.  The delicious food and direct assistance is greatly appreciated and we look forward to building deep and lasting ties between our communities.” 
 
“Grassroots Alliance’s vision in working with partners like Burners Without Borders and Dr. Bronner's is to leverage assets and volunteers in the Burning Man community and natural products industry, to deploy a quick and turnkey response in the form of a disaster relief kitchen, not just for this but for future disasters and moments of crisis,” said Matt Atwood, co-founder of the Grassroots Alliance. “This is our first major effort and we will be learning and building from here in order to better serve communities in need.”