Field Notes

By Lyn Tally, Atlantic Packaging & A New Earth Project This May, I traveled to Washington, DC for the fourth consecutive year to participate in The Conservation Alliance's annual fly-in. Alongside fellow member brands from across the outdoor industry, we spent several days meeting with lawmakers to discuss public lands,...

by Lyn Tally, Sustainability Educator @ A New Earth Project & Atlantic Packaging @ The Ecology Center, San Juan Capistrano, CA Have you ever experienced something and wished everyone you knew could have been there too? That was this evening. Attending any event, I always wonder who will attend and...

How Surfin' Spoon Is Keeping Treats Cold and Coastlines Clean Some businesses don't just sell a product, they sell a feeling. For Surfin' Spoon, that feeling lives somewhere between salt air, soft serve, and the particular joy of a great day at the beach. Founded in 2012 by Jesse and...

Four years ago, we had a hunch that the way we package things could say something about the way we see the world. That hunch helped launched A New Earth Project on Earth Day 2022 and has carried us to riverbanks and film premieres, into pottery studios and boardrooms, onto...

For Palmetto Fresh Meats, quality starts long before the cut, and long before the box shows up at your door. As a family‑run business based in Aynor, South Carolina, Palmetto Fresh Meats has nearly 40 years of experience raising and processing premium beef, rooted in four generations of farming and...

For years, A New Earth Project has gathered at The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano during the week of Coast Summit, for the farm, for the food, and for the kind of conversations that happen when people who care about the same things gather together in the same place....