Airly Foods has created a snack crafted to be delicious, affordable, convenient, and wholesome while also helping tackle climate change.
“We’re empowering the shopper to vote with their dollars without sacrificing taste or price,” said Airly Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Jennifer McKnight.
Airly crackers are the first ever climate-friendly snack designed to remove greenhouse gases from the air. Airly shares its carbon footprint on each box of crackers, removing between 18g – 21g of CO2 from the air – a small act with the potential to build to a big impact. With the purchase of Airly crackers, consumers are helping to remove greenhouse gases from the air and expressing their support for a profound change in our food system.
“Airly aligns well with Walmart’s climate ambitions, including our promotion of regenerative agricultural practices within our supply chain to keep carbon locked up in soil. By sourcing ingredients from farms designed to remove greenhouse gases and offering its snacks at an accessible price point, Airly is spearheading an innovative new product category: climate-conscious snacks,” said Melody Richard, Senior Vice President, Pantry, Walmart U.S.
“The way Airly grows oats and wheat for its crackers results in the net of farm activities removing carbon dioxide, the most prevalent greenhouse gas, from the air,” said Dr. Mark Izzo, Airly Co-founder and CEO. “If solutions like Airly can gain traction, you will see a rapidly accelerating shift of the food system toward carbon drawdown…not just emitting less.”
To develop the product, Airly partnered with Indigo Ag, which was recently named among the top five most innovative companies by CNBC and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Keith Paustian, to directly connect world-leading scientists with farmers to pioneer carbon farming practices that sequester CO2 into the soil to improve soil resiliency and increase biodiversity. Indigo Ag provides the technology that enables Airly to monitor, measure, report, and validate the amount of greenhouse gases sequestered in the soil through sustainable farming practices.
