The war in Ukraine has forced farmers in Uganda to utilize an unlikely resource.
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The war in Ukraine has forced farmers in Uganda to utilize an unlikely resource.
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Center for Food Safety’s Bill Freese gives his take on what this all means.
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A scan of the QR code allows access to a range of information about the product lifecycle, including its origin, date of harvest, any analysis results, obtained certificates and the path it has traveled.
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Kate Farms, a producer of organic, plant-based nutritional formulas, raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Novo Holdings.
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In a round led by HumanCo and Manna Tree, True Food Kitchen will use the proceeds to open a fast-casual brand, something that its customers have been asking for, said CEO Christine Barone.
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Some of the lead recipients include: $55M to the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture to help small and underserved farmers; $35M to Wolfe’s Neck Farm to catalyze transition incentives; $25M to the Organic Valley Carbon Insetting Program to help build a multi-stakeholder path to produce and market climate-smart commodities; $25M to Rodale Institute to quantify the reduction of GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration; and $20M to Maple Hill Creamery to grow the supply and market for climate-smart, grass-fed organic dairy.
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“This should be a warning to the industrial food sector that avoiding clear on-packaging labeling by using QR codes alone will not pass legal scrutiny,” said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety.
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Next up is USDA approval and commercialization in 2023. A very troubling development.
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Online grocery company Misfits Market to acquire Imperfect Foods in an all-stock deal.
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Workers at MOM’s Organic Market voted 58-5 to join Teamsters Local 570, in hopes of better pay, a clear pay structure and more job security.
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Coyuchi, the first organic luxury home goods brand for sustainable living, has filed to go public through a Regulation A+ offering.
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With sponsors such as Syngenta and Nestle, the Regenerative Agriculture & Food Systems Summit faced real backlash.
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One should expect similar numbers in the U.S., yet group after group is trying to feed us propaganda that this is the only way to feed the world.
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According to the Organic Produce Network and Category Partners, inflation gave a lift to organic fresh produce dollar sales but pinched unit volume in the second quarter of 2022.
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“The effect on the farms that had their contract canceled was traumatic and devastating, not only to them but to the regional community,” said Ed Maltby, executive director of the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance.
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One of the numerous changes is the introduction of palm-scanning devices, which allow for checkout-free shopping.
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Led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the funding from this Series A round will be used to continue its national expansion and to double the number of retailers that carry its products.
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Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard, the head of Europe’s largest food retailer, said consumers now have penny-pinching approach to shopping and are swapping out organic for conventional.
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Dollar sales of refrigerated meat alternatives are declining in double-digits, while frozen products are growing in the high single digits, according to IRI data crunched by 210 Analytics.
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According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, the number of non-certified organic farms actively transitioning to organic production dropped by nearly 71% since 2008. Through the comprehensive support provided by this initiative, the USDA hopes to reverse this trend.
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The e-commerce platform is on a mission to “bring real, good, authentic, organic ingredients from Italy to the United States.”
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In a worst-case scenario, McKinsey is predicting a food deficit representing a year’s worth of nutritional intake for up to 250m people – or 3% of the global population.
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Vividly, a software solution that helps trade performance management, closed on a financing led by Vertex Ventures US.
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The LA-based private equity firm, which owns large stakes in MaryRuth Organics and Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs, has closed on its sophomore fund.
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