Pets and people are their best when they have a healthy planet to play on. Canidae is committed to making food that is not only good for pets, but good for the planet.

Sustainable Ingredients

• Canidae Sustain^TM is our first step to introduce a pet food product that brings an affordable yet sustainable product for all featuring both premium recipes made with responsibly sourced proteins and the highest PCR% packaging available in pet food. We invite you to support our initiatives as now you can nurture your pet and the planet with our new line of environmentally conscious dog food.

• Sustainably Sourced Proteins

  Wild-Caught Alaskan Salmon as the 1st Ingredient: Our wild-caught Alaskan salmon is sourced from fisheries that maintain sustainable salmon populations and minimize the impact to their habitats.

   

  Cage-Free Chicken as the 1st Ingredient: Our chickens are raised humanely and stress-free — without cages, protected from the elements, and in an enriched environment with natural light and proper rest.

• Plant-Based Formulas

  Brewer’s Yeast: This plant-based formula releases fewer carbon emissions, compared to meat-based recipes, and includes brewer’s yeast which is upcycled from the brewing industry while providing critical non-animal derived nutrients.

• Regeneratively Farmed Ingredients

  We partner with US farmers that are introducing regenerative agriculture which leverages cutting edge technology in robotics, water usage, weed management, and pesticide usage to reduce the negative impact on our precious farmlands. Where available, and whenever possible, we actively seek and purchase ingredients sourced utilizing regenerative farming practices for our pet food recipes. While we are just getting started, we have set an ambitious goal of sourcing over 80% of all our ingredients from regenerative agriculture within 10 years (by 2030).

Farming Practices and Relationships

• Canidae is committed to supporting US farmers who believe as we do that our top priority is to leave American soil to future generations in a better state than we found it. While only a small group today, we hope to expand their cause by helping to bring regenerative farming techniques that can be both sustainable and economically viable.

• Supporting US Farmers

  By seeking out like-minded farmers directly, we are actively demonstrating how we can support them in introducing regenerative agriculture while securing a sustainable yet economically viable agricultural model.

• Supporting the Soil

  We believe regenerative agriculture is the future of farming, as it aspires to protect the soil, reduce pesticide usage, increase carbon capture, reduce water runoff and improve the nutritional density of the food we grow.

• Supporting Green Tech

  Today’s robotic advances present a unique opportunity for humanity: Re-introduce pre-industrial revolution farming practices that protected our soil and natural resources, while scaling production and yields to modern day levels. We can feed the world and protect our soil. Canidae is actively supporting R&D efforts in these robotic advances and partnering with farmers to implement and learn, bring the future closer to today.

Reducing, Reusing,
Recycling

• In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint, we are changing the ways we make, package and transport our high quality pet food.

• Packaging

  Our new Sustain line is packaged in bags made from 40% post consumer recycled material — the most in the industry. In fact, each of our 18 pound bags re-uses material from 4 plastic bottles.

• Rail Transportation

  Sending our ingredients direct from farmers via rail cuts down on our dependence on truck delivery, thereby reducing our carbon output.

• Made in USA

  Because the majority of the food we make made right in our own plant in Brownwood, TX, we cut down on unneeded transport. Another way in which we reduce our carbon output.

• We know we are just getting started and are excited to keep bringing new ways to actively reduce our footprint.