The SEKEM Group, founded in 1977, is a producer, processor and marketer of organic and biodynamic groceries, dried foods, textiles and natural pharmaceuticals in Egypt, the Arab region and the international market. SEKEM consists of multiple individual firms organized as a holding company, together with the group's NGO-branch, including the Society for Cultural Development in Egypt and the Egyptian BioDynamic Association. Complying with SEKEM's business model that economic profit should directly feed social engagement, the NGOs develops and manages scientific, cultural and social activities with the aim of human development. The SEKEM Development Foundation operates a school, a vocational training centre and a medical clinic among others. SEKEM introduced biodynamic farming to the Arab region and continues to promote it through the Egyptian Biodynamic Society (EBDA) and the Centre for Organic Agriculture in Egypt (COAE). Over 800 farms in Egypt, Sudan and Uganda are associated with SEKEM, and ecologically farm over 6.500 acres of land. SEKEM employs more than 2.000 people. The Group is a national market leader for herbal teas. Its headquarters are located in Cairo, Egypt.