The USDA organic juice bar chain and franchise operator will now be owned by BRIX Holdings, a Dallas-based restaurant portfolio company.
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The USDA organic juice bar chain and franchise operator will now be owned by BRIX Holdings, a Dallas-based restaurant portfolio company.
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The bill sets an important precedent for other states who are considering something similar.
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Getting farmers to switch to organic farming is hard. Could giving up pesticides while still being able to use synthetic fertilizers help them to make the transition?
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Danone has acquired Functional Formularies, a whole food, shelf-stable, organic feeding tube formula company, from Swander Pace Capital.
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In case you were unsure as to Whole Foods Market’s official stance on GMOs, now you know.
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Five months after Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market merged, the new company appears headed to bankruptcy and all its stores in Illinois, Texas, and the D.C. area are closing.
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The new SOE rule has gone into effect, but there is still plenty of confusion and uncertaintly.
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Nearly identical bills introduced in Iowa, Missouri and Idaho this year — with wording supplied by Bayer — would protect pesticide companies from claims they failed to warn that their product causes cancer, if their labels otherwise complied with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations.
The report, Bull in the Climate Shop, co-authored by Friends of the Earth and Profundo, examines U.S. bank financing of meat, dairy and feed corporations, and the sizable climate impact of that financing.
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Consumers and brands should expect major price increases and supply disruptions over the coming months.
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The Irish ingredients company said the acquisition will enhance its organic and natural flavor capabilities in the U.S.
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Water utilities took issue with the rule, saying treatment systems are expensive to install and that customers will end up paying more for water.
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“The way the EPA assesses pesticide risk doesn’t reflect cutting-edge science and can’t account for all the ways the chemicals might affect people’s health, especially given that people are often exposed to multiple pesticides at a time,” said Consumer Reports senior scientist Michael Hansen, PhD.
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Bayer made a horrible acquisition in buying Monsanto and all of its problems, and now wants sympathy from the American public with its new outreach campaign.
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In a letter to President Lic. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the 70 groups involved in organic production in Mexico make their thoughts known clearly.
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A recent study has been making the rounds on the internet lately blaming organic farms for an increase in nearby pesticide use — without explaining the nuance and not looking at the harm created by spraying toxic chemicals.
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Organic imports are growing much faster than what we are sending to other countries.
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A growing body of research links nitrate and pesticides to some types of cancer.
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This GMO hemp variety is designed to have higher levels of the cannabinoid CBG.
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Farm protests are changing not only Europe’s food system but also its politics.
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SEMCAP Food & Nutrition has invested $68 million of secondary capital to buy out early angel investors and take a significant minority stake in the organic plant protein brand.
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While the country claims that it is doing this because an alternative has not been found yet, the real reason could be undue pressure from the U.S., who is fighting mightily against the ban.
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As the agrichemical giant lays groundwork to fend off Roundup litigation, its use of a playbook for building influence in farm state legislatures has the dangerous potential to benefit pesticide companies nationwide.
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After having filed a legal complaint against CCOF, OrganicEye is now targeting a second organic certifier for improprieties, alleging that Oregon Tilth has received contributions, conference sponsorships and other payments over and above certification fees from operations that it oversees.
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