local Community & Charitable Giving

In 2012 Badger gave $173,604 to charities, non-profits, and other causes we support!

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Employees and Community

We believe that supporting our employees and our community is a responsibility of a sustainable business.

Every day our fabulous cooks prepare a free, home-cooked lunch for all of the Badgers made from 100% organic and mostly local foods.

Badger also supports the community with an annual Earth Day roadside clean-up and by supporting all employees to volunteer at the non-profits of their choice.

Badger employees are paid to volunteer their time for environmental and community projects.

Badger supports organic and Fair Trade agriculture whenever possible in all of our ingredient purchasing practices.

Badger Bill is becoming a major advocate for the health and well-being of honeybees and their beekeepers who have been particularly hard hit by the recent Colony Collapse Disorder. Bill gives lectures on healthy beekeeping and has designed an innovative new beehive that involves a new model of beekeeping. Read more.

Charitable Giving

In line with our company principles, Badger donates 10% of before tax profits or $10,000 (whichever is greater) to non-profit organizations that focus on the health & welfare of children (including environmental education), local organizations serving the local community, and the promotion of peace. Badger also matches a percentage of employee's contributions to charitable causes. Here are some of the non-profits that Badger supports:

Kroka Expeditions

Monadnock Waldorf School

Looking to contact us for a donation? Please email or call Jen Close (charitablegiving@badgerbalm.com or 603-283-5189.) Due to a high volume of interest, it may take us up to 4-6 weeks to respond to your request. To avoid confusion please only submit your request once. Thanks for your help!

When I first started working at Badger I had a dream that I was searching for my new green shoes. The owners, Bill and Katie, were helping me to search. How accurate our dreams often are! Here at Badger we are all constantly searching for "our new green shoes." Every decision is weighed for its environmental impact. First, do no harm. Second, when possible, help to make the earth a healthier place. It's a pleasure to work in an environment where cutting edge thinking about "doing good" is the norm.

Badgers love Earth Day. We celebrate by spending a morning wearing our sturdiest sneakers, green or not, and cleaning the local roadsides as well as our yard here at Badger. It will be a chance to turn the compost, clean out the garden beds, and plant a few flowers before we sit down together to enjoy a 100% organic, mostly local, and fair trade lunch. It's all part of a fashion trend here at the Badger Mines where we are always searching for new green shoes!

-Betsi McGuigan - Badger's Lunch Chef