Still feeling the sting of Expo West being canceled, many natural and organic brands have no choice but to emphasize direct-to-consumer strategies.
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Still feeling the sting of Expo West being canceled, many natural and organic brands have no choice but to emphasize direct-to-consumer strategies.
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Some retailers have temporarily increased wages or offered bonuses, but Whole Foods, Instacart and Amazon workers have planned walkouts this week to demand safer working conditions.
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A few key trends are the microbiome, neurocosmetics and personalization.
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According to the Soil Association, sales of organic eggs grew by more than 12% last year.
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The people who put food on our table don’t get to work from home.
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The plan would green-light growing GMOs on dozens of refuges throughout the Southeast.
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Ignoring science to side with Monsanto/Bayer, the EPA has repeatedly failed to assess glyphosate’s impacts on public health and endangered species.
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Pennsylvania’s Vitality Grants aim to make the state Number 1 in organics.
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A visual look at which countries have it the worst, as experts call for a worldwide phaseout of this toxic herbicide.
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USDA-regulated food products will be able to carry the “healthy” label claim if their fat profile contains predominantly mono and polyunsaturated fats or a serving has at least 10% of the government-set daily value of potassium or vitamin D.
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The EWG report also found that 99% of non-organic raisins are tainted with at least two chemicals.
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Center for Food Safety’s lawsuit asserts that the FDA used the wrong legal standard when it reviewed and approved GE-heme to be used in raw Impossible Burgers sold in grocery stores.
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The yearly count of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico shows a decrease of 53% from last year’s count and is well below the threshold at which government scientists predict the migration could collapse.
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According to Statistics Canada, retail sales of organic food in Canada have increased 57% over the past five years and now top $5 billion.
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Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found.
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Zume Pizza co-founder Julia Collins has raised a seed round for Planet FWD, which will be a regenerative food platform and snack brand.
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A very positive development — The USDA now has 180 days to reconsider its justification in withdrawing the Organic Animal Welfare Standards.
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Showing incredible leadership and compassion, as usual, Patagonia has temporarily shut down its business and will announce its next steps on March 27th.
Read ArticleEverlane, a fashion retailer that is committed to eco-conscious and sustainable practices, will be using all organic cotton in its products by 2023.
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UK’s Planet Organic has completed its acquisition of As Nature Intended, which now makes it the largest organic grocer in the country.
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Hydroponics is a complete violation of Section 6513 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, and this growing method cannot be allowed in organic.
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Even though women drive 70-80% of all consumer purchasing, very few companies include women on their boards – a mismatch that hurts brands’ ability to connect effectively with their core consumer.
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A partnership between FoodMaven and Ardent Mills is helping wheat farmers transition to organic.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) recently introduced the Agriculture Resilience Act, which sets a vision of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. agriculture by the year 2040.
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