Citing serious antitrust concerns that would increase market concentration, reduce competition and harm family-scale organic dairy farmers, OrganicEye has formally requested that the FTC investigate the proposed acquisition.
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Citing serious antitrust concerns that would increase market concentration, reduce competition and harm family-scale organic dairy farmers, OrganicEye has formally requested that the FTC investigate the proposed acquisition.
Read ArticleOm Mushrooms, a San Diego-based functional organic mushroom company, has secured a $6.5 million line of credit from JPalmer Collective to support its next stage of growth.
Read ArticleAG Paxton said federal law requires organic produce be rinsed after it’s sprayed with chlorine and suggested the current practice may be against the law.
Read ArticleAfter buying Vitacost.com for $280M in 2014, the grocer has now unloaded it, with the goal of making its operations leaner and more store focused.
Read ArticleThe insecticide was approved for use on golf courses, lawns and a host of food crops, including apples, oranges, lettuce, spinach and tomatoes.
Read ArticleThe Bali-based pioneer of organic palm sugar products has secured a significant investment from Mirova.
Read ArticleWhile the NOSB is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual substances or narrower use cases such as fruit stickers or collection bags.
Read ArticleJuggernaut Capital Partners has sold the organic snacking brand to USK Capital, the family office of Uday Kotak.
Read ArticleCongress had authorized these payments last year, but the money has not been delivered. Without this reimbursement, many small organic farms cannot afford to remain certified.
Read ArticleOver the past three years, Good Culture sales have increased nearly four times, while helping reignite a cottage cheese category that grew nearly 60% over the same period.
Read ArticleThe Trump administration just unveiled new dietary guidelines for Americans that call for “prioritizing high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains” while avoiding highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates.
Read ArticleThe EPA, again, fails to follow its own cancer assessment guidelines and ignores health risks from cyclobutrifluram.
Read ArticleAlso, a total ban of online junk food advertising has come into force as the government attempts to tackle the childhood obesity crisis.
Read ArticleWhile demand for organic food continues to grow, any decline in organic farms is not a good sign.
Read ArticleHowever, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from Maine, expects to see continued efforts to get industry friendly language inserted into legislation, including into the new Farm Bill.
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State legislators must get this policy reversed.
Read ArticleCould this be a sign of things to come at other supermarkets?
Read ArticleThe Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association said it expects to lose more than $1 million in grant funding from the USDA, which has resulted in staff cutbacks. Very concerning.
Read ArticleThe flavored water brand is now nearly two-thirds of the way to a $15M round, adding new board members from Trousdale Ventures, Ramp and Critical Mass Group.
Read ArticleU.S. regulators are dismissing new research by international cancer experts that warns of links between cancer and the widely used pesticide atrazine, deriding the team of cancer scientists and echoing atrazine maker Syngenta in its criticism.
Read ArticleThe acquisition gives Laird a much deeper presence in organic.
Read ArticleNextFoods Inc., parent company to Cheribundi and GoodBelly, announced the close of its $10 million Series 3 funding round led by ECP Growth.
Read ArticleSelling genetically-modified purple tomato seeds to home gardeners could raise the risk of contamination of organic vegetable varieties and hamper farmers’ ability to save their own seed, says a group of advocates.
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