Thrive Market now has more than a million paying members and generates 1/3rd of its sales from 700+ private label products.
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Thrive Market now has more than a million paying members and generates 1/3rd of its sales from 700+ private label products.
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Some of the top trends include healthspan, sensible indulgences, functional flavors and saying goodbye to burnout.
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The EPA has finally acknowledged that the endocrine-disrupting pesticide atrazine and cancer-causing pesticide glyphosate are each likely to harm more than 1,000 of the nation’s most endangered plants and animals.
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The Series D funding came from S2G Ventures, Loft Growth Partners, Fenwick Brands and Echo Capital, and it will be used to accelerate product innovation and for new distribution growth.
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Utz Brands has purchased the maker of organic tortilla chips, crackers and corn chips for about 10x trailing EBITDA.
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A new $20 million investment from USDA’s new Organic and Transitional Education and Certification Program will assist producers who are certified organic or transitioning to organic.
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Led by former Goldman Sachs banker Aarti Kapoor. VMG Consumer Acquisition is focused on consumer packaged goods, brick-and-mortar, digital and tech-enabled brands across a range of verticals.
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Farmland LP, the largest manager focused on converting conventional farmland to organic in the U.S., announced that its second fund has surpassed $100 million in equity commitments.
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Beginning in 2019, the EPA stopped releasing crucial toxics reports. Even agency staffers have a hard time accessing them.
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Redefining what convenience stores can be and how Foxtrot is now a place for Bumble dates.
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The same company that brought us gene-edited potatoes is now concentrating on gene-edited strawberries. A very troubling development.
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1-800-Flowers.com Inc. has acquired Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics, a processor of seafood, shellfish, organic food and supplements.
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The Specialty Food Association’s Trendspotter Panel picked its top 5 trends for next year, and it predicts a surge in popularity of peppers and pasta.
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CCOF’s OCal standards, certification process and regulations mirror almost exactly those of the USDA’s National Organic Program.
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Established in 1997, Anita’s Organic Mill has become one of Canada’s most respected millers and manufacturers of organic whole grain flours.
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The company, formerly known as Shenandoah Growers, will have a total of 15 soil-based indoor farms, supporting its plans to shift 90% of production to indoor.
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Yesterday, nine organic organizations representing organic farmers and consumers delivered two petitions with 15,234 signatures asking Danone North America, owner of Horizon Organic, not to leave the Northeast.
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The organic Kalamata olives are being studied because of their antioxidant and cardioprotective properties.
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Expect to pay a lot more for organic chicken and organic soy milk going forward.
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A new study has created a concept called a Dietary Risk Index (DRI) and tells us that organic farming lowers dietary risks of exposure to pesticides.
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Smallhold has raised a $25 million Series A to bring its organic mushrooms to the West Coast.
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The EPA announced the creation of two internal scientific advisory panels after whistleblower accounts of internal corruption.
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Functional beverages made with prebiotics and botanicals, buzz-less spirits, yuzu and Reducetarianism are among the food influences expected to rise in popularity in the next year.
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The company’s fraudulent organic labeling scandal in June appears to have been a fatal blow. A tragedy in every sense.
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