With many organic farmers in California nearing retirement, a new crop of younger farmers is taking their place. The transition, however, doesn’t always take place within the family.
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With many organic farmers in California nearing retirement, a new crop of younger farmers is taking their place. The transition, however, doesn’t always take place within the family.
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Retailers in the UK are reporting sales growth of organic food of up to 16%, the highest in more than a decade.
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Organic, HPP baby food company Once Upon a Farm has just closed a $3.1 million round of financing. This market segment is really going to take off.
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The world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, just announced that Hain Celestial will now have its own concession stand, selling organic, natural and gluten-free products.
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Despite stories of how the next American farm bust is upon us, the U.S. is unable to meet demand for organic and Non-GMO grains. I wonder if Washington, D.C. is paying any attention to this.
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Target has just launched an accelerator program called Target Takeoff and is seeking food and wellness companies that have raised less than $3 million. Applications are due by February 28th.
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Aldi is spending $1.6 billion to go after Whole Foods and Sprouts. The chain also saw 54% growth in its organic private-label brand, SimplyNature.
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With the demand for organic continuing to explode, more and more farmers are switching to organic.
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Has the EPA been unfairly protecting Monsanto and hiding the truth about the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate? New court filings contain some bombshell information.
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Organic food companies often use a variety of third-party, animal-welfare certifications on their packaging. But what do they really mean? Stephanie Strom of The New York Times tells us.
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Implementation of organic animal welfare standards has been pushed back two months to May 19th. This is leading to some speculation that they may be amended or canceled altogether.
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Whole Foods just announced declining same-store sales for the 6th straight quarter and the closing of 9 locations.
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The Max Planck Institute tackles the seldom discussed subject of whether GMO mosquitos can ruin the integrity of organic products.
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The Center for Food Safety is launching a very important initiative – a peer-to-peer online network for sharing seeds. With 10 corporations controlling 73% of the world’s seed supply, it is imperative that we have independent options such as this one.
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Sikkim, the state in India that has pledged to go 100% organic, appears to be running into challenges. Yet, when you look at the article/media outlet reporting this, it says that it is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s most powerful GMO propaganda machine.
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Putting environmental regulations completely in the hands of individual states is one of the worst and scariest ideas you can imagine. Yet, this is exactly what four Republicans would like to do.
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John Bobbe, executive director for the Organic Farmers Agency for Relationship Marketing, is warning people against fraudulent organic crops from countries such as Ukraine and Turkey. This is a dirty secret in organic that does not get nearly enough attention as it should.
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In Canada, PC Organics has recalled several of its SKUs due to concern that they might be contaminated with Clostridium Botulinum.
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I am so happy to see that airports are finally playing catch-up with our country’s exploding interest in health and wellness.
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At the new Whole Foods in New York City, the company has introduced a produce butcher to help cut down on your meal-prep time. Apparently, Eataly has had produce butchers for years already. Who knew?
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Iroquois Valley Farms, the first real estate investment trust (REIT) to invest in farms converting to organic, is meeting a real need for both farmers and the investment community. Very cool story.
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In Venezuela, scientists have created an organic product which can clean up farms that have been contaminated by toxic pesticides. If it is, in fact, viable, this is something that should be used to convert conventional farms to organic.
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With Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan and other food advocates calling GMO-labeling “parochial”, The Ecologist’s Jonathan Latham takes them to task. And rightly so.
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An excellent piece about how farmers in America’s heartland discuss, or don’t discuss, climate change. The key seems to be finding common ground.
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