How do we leave our green stamp on Southern California?

Sometimes the simplest shift can make the most significant difference. In our endeavor to bring the best produce to our customers, we remain steadfast in creating sustainable relationships with local farmers, charitable organizations, and recycling programs to reduce energy and waste.

YEARLY FARMS:

– JJ LONE DAUGHTER RANCH – VALDIVIA FARMS – WEISER FARMS – COLEMAN FARMS – TAMAI FARMS – JF ORGANICS – BERNARD RANCH – RUTIZ FARMS – THE GARDEN OF… – 2 PEAS IN A POD – REGIER FARMS – MURRAY FARMS – PUDWILL FARMS – WINDROSE FARMS – FAIR HILLS FARM – COKE FARMS – BABE FARMS

SEASONAL FARMS:

– FROG HOLLOW FARMS – MUNAK RANCH – WONG FARMS – PEACOCK FARMS – SCOTT FARMS – TENERELLI ORCHARDS

At West Central, “community” is not just a word, it’s an ethos. We are passionately committed to supporting the CHP 11-99 Foundation, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and Little Sisters of the Poor in an effort to champion their current and future endeavors.

West Central also promotes recycling and composting programs by frequenting and buying from farmer’s markets on a weekly basis, and working directly with a multitude of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Inland Empire farms themselves. These programs donate to local charitable organizations. The company also provides the city and/or local non-profit programs unused #2 produce and grocery items.

West Central has a comprehensive recycling program. The company reuses and recycles produce boxes to ensure less waste, and we are moving to an expanded paperless system with all of our customers. Additionally, energy-efficient lighting throughout the company’s warehouses correlates to energy reduction.

Our involvement in sustainable food practices includes, but is not limited to, donating unused products to food banks and maintaining contacts through sustainable and organic affiliations. We receive a huge volume of cardboard boxes through the handling of produce from the farms, markets, and suppliers; with our total product offering, we turn over 1-2 truckloads each week to a local processor who creates post-consumer paperboard.