Woodland, CA
West Coast agricultural access, sourcing coordination, and gluten-free ingredient expertise.
Verified gluten-free ingredient programs for sustainability goals.
Western Foods connects clean-label gluten-free ingredients, regenerative sourcing, third-party verification, and dedicated gluten-free milling and extrusion into one program your procurement, sustainability, quality, and brand teams can act on.
The buyer challenge
Sustainability claims are no longer enough.
Buyers need documented programs.
Major CPGs are converging on the same four requirements when they evaluate ingredient suppliers. Western Foods is built to deliver against all four together, not in pieces.
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Scope 3 and 2030 progress
Verified, supplier-attributable emissions reductions that roll up to corporate climate commitments, not generic averages.
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Regenerative agriculture proof
Farm-level proof of practice adoption, water stewardship, and soil-health outcomes, not just supplier surveys.
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Gluten-free ingredient functionality
Ingredients that perform in real formulas, including flours, blends, and inclusions, without compromising sensory or label.
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Chain of custody & claim support
Documentation, methodology, and partner attestations that hold up to procurement, quality, and marketing review.
Our role
Western Foods is the program operator that connects each step.
Most CPGs do not need another supplier. They need someone who can run the program, from farm relationship to delivered documentation. One operator. Six linked responsibilities.
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Farm relationships
Direct, named grower partnerships.
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Practice protocol
Water, nitrogen, sulfur, irrigation.
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Verification
Third-party data and attestation.
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Identity-preserved sourcing
Lot traceable to enrolled acres.
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Gluten-free milling and extrusion
SQF, dedicated GF platform.
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Customer documentation
Procurement, sustainability, QA, brand ready.
Ingredient platform
Sustainability proof attached to ingredients your teams already use.
Sustainability storylines start with the ingredients formulas already depend on. Western Foods covers the gluten-free ingredient platform end-to-end.
Customer need
Western Foods fit
Package-ready milled rice
Long grain, medium grain, brown rice, organic, and regenerative options
Gluten-free bakery & mixes
White and brown rice flour, blends, custom GF flours
Snack and cereal systems
Rice and pulse inclusions, extruded particulates
Plant-based nutrition
Chickpea, lentil, pulse flours; stabilized rice bran
Premium clean-label
Ancient grains: quinoa, amaranth, sorghum, millet, teff
Milling & finishing services
Rice milling, flour milling, blending, extrusion, packaging
Partner ecosystem
Each partner has a defined role.
Western Foods coordinates the program.
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Western Foods
Program operator
Coordinates farm relationships, verification, milling, and documentation end-to-end.
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Regenerative Farms
Named grower partnerships
Field practices, no-till, cover crops, water stewardship across enrolled acres.
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Verifiers
Verification framework
Regenified, Indigo, and AgriCapture provide third-party frameworks, attestation, and reporting support.
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Regenerative Organic Alliance
Regenerative organic standard
Standards-based pathway for organic, soil health, animal welfare, and social fairness alignment.
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Graphyte
Durable carbon removal
Rice hull byproduct routed to permanent sequestration at Project Loblolly.
Regenerative farm proof
Regenified-verified field indicators from regenerative farm partners.
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92.9%Living root coverage across enrolled acres
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0Tillage passes reported in verified field indicators
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-38.2%Nutrient application rate reduction year over year
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-44.0%Pesticide application rate reduction year over year
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0.7-5.1%Soil organic matter reported range
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312-3,556Total microbial biomass, ng C/g soil reported range
Source: Regenified-Verified Impact Statement, regenerative farm partner (2025).
Outcomes that matter
Measurable results compared to the supply-shed baseline.
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226Mgallons
Less irrigation water than supply-shed baseline across enrolled acres.
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675metric tCO₂e
Less emissions than supply-shed baseline on enrolled acres.
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33%emissions reduction
In total emissions, excluding land CO₂ emissions and removals.
How measured: monitoring-modeling approach with verified grower data, site-specific weather and soils, peer-reviewed literature, farm records, remote sensing, and farmer attestation. Comparison baseline: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture supply-shed data. Source: Indigo 2024 End of Season Report.
Water methodology
Why water shows up as both a sustainability and a supply-resilience metric.
Irrigation water intensity
gallons of irrigation water per kg rough rice
226M fewer gallons of irrigation water than the supply-shed baseline across 944 enrolled acres.
Why CPGs care
Material rice-supply issue. Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer drawdown is a long-term sourcing risk.
Scope 3 attribution. Water-intensity reductions attach to specific supplier programs.
Source: Indigo 2024 End of Season Report; University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture supply-shed baseline.
AgriCapture verification
Field-level carbon, water, and heavy-metal proof your teams can use.
AgriCapture’s 2025 regenerative rice program delivers CCP-labeled, independently verified environmental outcomes from rice supply chains. The platform helps buyers replace generic Scope 3 assumptions with field-level data for emissions, water, carbon intensity, identity preservation, and heavy-metal documentation.
- 105,965 tonnes CO₂e reduced in the 4th issuance
- 30.1B gallons of water saved
- 2,202 fields across five states
- 496% farmer enrollment growth
- 70% max methane reduction per acre
- ~300K gallons saved per verified carbon credit
High-integrity carbon credit pathway
AgriCapture outcomes include CAR Soil Enrichment Protocol verified issuances, CCP-labeled credits, BeZero A-rated project quality, VWBA water stewardship certification, and identity-preserved supply with independent lab verification. The overview also cites up to 65% reduction in grain arsenic with regenerative irrigation versus conventional flooding.
Carbon & rice-hull circularity
Pine Bluff rice hulls → Graphyte → durable carbon removal.
Place-based circularity, not a generic claim. Western Foods supplies rice hull byproduct from its Pine Bluff mill to Project Loblolly for permanent storage and local economic impact, representing approximately 80% of the carbon sequestered by Graphyte.
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Step 1
Pine Bluff rice hulls
Western Foods mill byproduct.
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Step 2
Carbon Casting
Graphyte's process: dry, encase, seal.
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Step 3
Dry-tomb storage
HDPE-lined, ~1,000+ year durability.
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Step 4
Verified carbon removal
Isometric protocol; LCA by Carbon Direct.
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~80%of Graphyte carbon sequestered
Western Foods rice hull supply is a major input to Graphyte’s durable carbon removal platform.
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16,600metric tCO₂e
Permanent carbon sequestered to date across Project Loblolly.
Source: Graphyte × Western Foods Partnership Impact one-pager; Isometric protocol; LCA by Carbon Direct (Aug 2024).
What your teams get
Documentation translated for every customer function.
The point isn't to hand you a pile of farm data. It's to translate the program into documentation each function can act on.
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Procurement
Supplier documentation, ingredient specs, continuity plan, lot-level chain of custody.
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Sustainability
Water and emissions results, methodology summary, partner attestations, source files.
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Quality / Food Safety
SQF, gluten-free controls, heavy-metal testing approach, in-process and finished-product COAs.
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R&D / Formulation
Functionality data, application fit, sample program, blending and formulation support.
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Marketing / Brand
Claim-safe story language, partner facts, talking points reviewed against verified sources.
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Monitoring & Reporting
Methodology summary, baseline comparison, season-over-season reporting cadence.
Choose the program path
From your requirements to delivered ingredient and documentation.
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Spot Pricing
Nearby pricing for teams that need immediate access to available Western Foods gluten-free ingredients and documented sourcing options.
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Turn Key Pricing
Western Foods takes care of the sourcing, milling, verification, documentation, and delivery details so your team can plug into a ready-to-execute program.
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Co-op Pricing
A cooperative pricing structure for customers that want to align ingredient purchasing, program development, and verified sourcing outcomes over time.
Western Foods has
Marketing Incentives
Western Foods can support customer-facing adoption, launch storytelling, and verified sourcing program promotion.
Strategic geography
Sourced, milled, blended, and extruded in America’s agricultural epicenters.
Manufacturing in Woodland, California and Pine Bluff, Arkansas positions Western Foods in two agricultural power centers, giving CPG teams access to farm relationships, dedicated gluten-free capabilities, and regional supply intelligence close to where rice and specialty grains are grown.
Pine Bluff, AR
Rice-belt proximity, milling capacity, and rice-hull circularity connected to Graphyte.
One-page PDF
Share the Western Foods sustainability handout.
A concise buyer-ready overview of sustainable, regenerative, verified sourcing, gluten-free milling, AgriCapture outcomes, Graphyte carbon circularity, and claim-safe program language.
