MUIR Energy was built upon the principle that simpler is better and that Mother Nature provides exactly what we need. Our Founder, Ian McNally, has always lived simply and by the ethos to not cause harm to others, especially the planet; his adventure food should be no exception- from this, MUIR Energy was born! From the very beginning our ingredient selection was of highest priority. Ian worked tirelessly to perfect our recipes, as well as partnering with vendors and farmers who paid fair wages, and had transparent farming and sourcing practices. The vetting process was tedious and continues to be monitored as we grow; we are very proud to showcase our vendor relationships in the Transparency section of our website. As a small business we pride ourselves on being fluid and able to enact necessary change, and we recognize that minor changes are not to be overlooked. To date we have evaluated every corner of our operations and made changes in the areas of packaging, shipping protocol, waste diversion, employee transportation, and intentional partnerships. One notable offense that we wanted to address were the 5-gallon buckets that our nut and seed butters were shipped in. Once we used up the nut or seed butter, the 5-gallon bucket had no further use to us. After re-purposing as many of these buckets as we could internally, we shifted our focus to finding them a new home as to not just throw them away. After many calls throughout our network we brainstormed the idea that these buckets could be useful when composting. Our original thought was to distribute these buckets to our customers for personal composting use, however the demand was not as high as we had thought! After a few Google searches we had stumbled upon a local San Diego non-profit called Food2Soil who organize community composting efforts. After making contact with Sarah from Food2Soil, she was thrilled to hear about our excess in 5-gallon buckets as they were in dire need of these exact buckets! Ever since our connection in 2020, MUIR has donated all of our used 5-gallon buckets to Food2Soil to repurpose, diverting dozens of buckets away from landfills and encouraging composting in the Greater San Diego area. It is the unconventional idea, the out-there way of thinking that pushes us to innovate and progress day to day. We are inspired by Mother Earth, our customers and our partners, and strive to serve all with integrity and respect.