Our teams around the world kept the fun going by: helping with the fruit and vegetable harvest at a farm in Israel dedicated to helping youths transition from rehab; spending time sharing flowers, crafts, snacks and music with residents of a Swiss elderly home; and planting a marigold garden in the US.

Because we never rest in our work to find innovative ways to sustainably reduce our impact on the earth across all our operations, we wanted to showcase our work to tread lightly on the planet in a new way to celebrate Heart + Soil Day this year. At an installation in Santa Barbara, we created a wall filled with hundreds of marigolds with a packet of marigold seeds in the shape of a footprint and handed them out to passersby. As we gave them out, the footprint gradually disappeared to reveal an image of our tomato farm as a visual reminder of how gardening and plant-based nutrition can help reduce our carbon footprint.

To mark the fifth year of the event, the company has teamed up with Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Drew Young.

Taking Lycored’s commitment to nature and togetherness as an inspiration, he composed and recorded ‘You Can’t Grow A Forest Without Seeds’ during lockdown.

Lycored invited its industry contacts to sing the new song as part of a ‘crash chorus’ on Zoom. You can now watch the Chorus here.

we celebrated Heart + Soil Day by partnering with the French Freerun Family for an exciting day of running and gardening. The well-known parkour group led our Paris team in a training run through Centr’halles Park and along the Seine, exploring and appreciating the environment around them as they went. During their trek, they stopped to plant tiny pothole gardens all around Paris, bringing a healing touch of color and love to communities throughout the city. Check out a few of our favorite photos from Heart + Soil Day in Paris, and watch the video to see our team in action.