Called KeHE elevate, the program brings emerging brands a high-touch platform for building up their market presence and increasing national distribution.
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Called KeHE elevate, the program brings emerging brands a high-touch platform for building up their market presence and increasing national distribution.
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Reports are surfacing any settlement may be in the $8 billion to $12 billion range.
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The Consumer Brands Association (formerly known as the Grocery Manufacturers Association) has launched an advisory board to provide “thought leadership and strategic oversight for the industry as it moves forward in seeking appropriate regulation of CBD.”
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Kroger predicts global tastes, nostalgic flavors and functional foods will influence the way we eat in the year ahead.
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A new and very risky narrative is emerging that gene-edited food will be required for indoor vertical farms.
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The EU has decided to ban thiacloprid, but this chemical remains fully legal in the U.S.
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Beverages are outpacing food, snacks are gaining serious traction, and plant-based is mainstreaming were just a few of the key trends from the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco.
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A fungus called Pestalotiopsis has wiped out up to 1/3rd of some organic strawberry farms in Florida.
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An analysis of recent warning letters underscores the notion that FDA is focused its enforcement efforts on CBD and is not targeting hemp extracts per se.
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Global food activist Vandana Shiva exposes the true risks and dangers of GMOs, and many scientists are not happy about this.
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The nutrition-packed beans are a hit in Europe but not well known in the U.S.
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The swamp remains very full — a former lobbyist for the herbicide industry helped Dow as it sought approval of its seeds in China.
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The Intercept investigates how the pesticide industry attempts to influence academics, regulators and beekeepers, all as a way to divert their attention away from the potential harm of these chemicals.
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According to a report from the Organic Produce Network, the top 10 categories drive 61% of dollars and 69% of volume.
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The maker of natural and organic plant-based milks has closed a $225M Series D round, which was led by the Qatar Investment Authority.
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A just-released joint USDA/FDA/EPA website about GMO regulations does not clear up the confusion about GMO-labeling or gene-edited foods.
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Put into effect on January 1st, pesticide-free zones in France have angered winegrowers while civil society still considers them insufficient.
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The USDA’s National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard — which somewhat labels GMO foods — began on January 1st.
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A final rule published by the USDA now requires the use of certified organic flavors in certified organic products when they are commercially available.
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While the USDA might characterize its new rule to combat fraud as “game-changing,” others would classify it as “long overdue.”
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A profile of Randy Constant, an organic farmer who masterminded one of the biggest and longest-running frauds in the history of American agriculture.
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With Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Pete Buttigieg having missed last month’s presidential forum in Iowa, the two candidates just sent in their positions on organic and regenerative agriculture.
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Though not an organic brand, Quorn is introducing something that will sure to be followed by companies in our industry — carbon labels.
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Purity Organic has acquired Dunn’s River Brands, an Austin, Texas-based management company that owns iced tea brands Sweet Leaf and Tradewinds.
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