A look at why some organic food brands and other companies are hiding their sustainability initiatives from consumers.
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A look at why some organic food brands and other companies are hiding their sustainability initiatives from consumers.
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Germany will ban the use of the cancer-causing weedkiller glyphosate by the end of 2023 and will limit its use before then.
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With rural America badly hurting and 70% of farmers making less than a quarter of their income from farming, two leading presidential candidates have put the idea of supply management back on the table.
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Since 2009, the People’s Garden at the USDA in Washington, D.C. has highlighted organic agriculture. But no longer.
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In just-released emails, a Monsanto executive expressed his desire to “beat the sh*t” out of Moms Across America, a grassroots advocacy group concerned about cancer links to Monsanto’s flagship weedkiller, Roundup.
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Nestlé has made a significant bet on the organic baby snack market by investing approximately $40M in a Portuguese production facility.
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As concerns grow about glyphosate contaminating our food supply, Thrive Market has become the first national retailer to support the Glyphosate Residue Free certification.
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The word ‘organic’ appears on 23% percent of foodservice menus, nearly two and half times what was seen a decade ago.
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The likely culprit? The loosening of pesticide restrictions, including the nearly 300 new products that have been fast-tracked for approval since the beginning of the year.
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In a new study that looked at the food consumption habits of Millennials, they prioritize cost (48%), nutrient density (46%), no artificial additives (40%), organic food (39%) and plant-based (37%).
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Unlike the current method of detecting fraud, which focuses on pesticide residue, the new method focuses on the isotope signature.
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said this past week that loopholes in federal organic regulations are hurting small organic dairies, and he vowed to close them.
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Alleging abuse and a lack of oversight, Cornucopia has filed a legal complaint against both Natural Prairie Dairy and its USDA organic certifier.
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As corporate boards have been slow to reflect the composition of America’s consumers, some natural products industry leaders are pushing for more diversification.
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Whole Foods prices are down roughly 2.5% on average from last year, according to a note published yesterday by Morgan Stanley.
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PURIS has raised $75M from Cargill, one of the world’s biggest players in GMOs, to expand its organic pea production capacity.
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Gallup is reporting that 81% of Americans say they never order groceries online, while 11% say they do so at least once a month.
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Vermont Village and its product portfolio of organic apple cider vinegars and applesauce have been purchased by Stonewall Kitchen.
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20 French mayors have banned glyphosate from their municipalities and are now facing legal action from the federal government.
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Canadian farmers are saying that regenerative farming techniques are replenishing the soil and bringing back the bees.
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Organic bedding company, which is doing nine figures in revenue, just raised $100M from private equity firm L Catterton.
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Proving the point yet again that gene editing is far from perfect, the FDA found antibiotic-resistant, non-bovine DNA in gene-edited cattle.
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Bell & Evans, which sells $200M of organic chicken, will soon offer contracts that pay farmers a premium for grain produced during the three-year transition to organic, and then pay organic prices for seven years after the farm is certified.
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After a judge sentenced Randy Constant, 60, to ten years in prison for committing organic food fraud, he took his own life.
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