U.S. Right to Know has found that Monsanto has budgeted up to $17 million — in one year alone — to discredit international cancer scientists who warn people about the health risks of glyphosate, the super-toxic herbicide.
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U.S. Right to Know has found that Monsanto has budgeted up to $17 million — in one year alone — to discredit international cancer scientists who warn people about the health risks of glyphosate, the super-toxic herbicide.
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Self-help guru Tony Robbins has backed Nunbelievable, a mission-based, direct-to-consumer organic baked goods company that aims to help end hunger in the United States.
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A very sobering look at how a few chefs in Florida view organic food at restaurants.
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A jury has awarded Edwin Hardeman $80 million in damages, whose lawyers argued that the glyphosate-based herbicide caused his cancer after more than two decades of Roundup usage on his property.
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Kentucky, now the fourth largest hemp producer in the nation, and its small farmers are building a cooperative and transitioning more land from generations of tobacco farming toward organic hemp.
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Nearly half of all Millennials are making purchases of frozen foods, with non-GMO and organic claims seeing strong growth.
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Despite the rulings that glyphosate causes cancer, many farmers are sticking with the toxic pesticide — for now.
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With eight different meal options priced from $15.99 to $19.99, Amazon Meal Kits are now available at select Whole Foods locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
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Private property owners in Portland, Maine can now only use organic treatments for gardens and lawns.
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You know it is a tectonic shift in the world when 7-11 is testing out organic turmeric slurpees, thanks to Tractor Beverage Company.
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In an interview with senior vice president of merchandising and product development Jeremiah McElwee, it was also revealed that Thrive Market is seeing real growth in collagen and CBD.
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The pharmacy chain says the products include topicals such as creams, sprays, roll-ons, lotions and salves, but it is not selling any CBD-infused supplements or food.
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Over the past two years, dicamba has been widely sprayed on Monsanto’s GMO soybeans and cotton, causing damage unprecedented in the history of modern agriculture.
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Bareburger, which sells organic burgers alongside the GMO Impossible Burger, is now facing a class action lawsuit for deceptive marketing.
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Driven by the allowance of hydroponics and factory farms in industry, the backers of The Real Organic Project aim to reclaim the movement that has been co-opted from them.
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CNBC compared buying organic items at all four markets, and Aldi came in as the least expensive.
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In an unprecedented action, The Cornucopia Institute has come out with a scorecard of all organic certifiers, a handful of whom have allowed ‘organic factory farms’ and organic hydroponic operators to proliferate.
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A German newspaper is reporting that organic imports into the EU from China, Turkey and India are the ones most tainted with pesticides.
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WeWork is launching WeWork Food Labs, a food-centric coworking space and innovation lab that will also contribute $1 million in equity investments to a handful of startups.
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Tom Spier’s Boulder Food Group has closed on a $100M second fund to invest in socially conscious food, beverage and supplement brands.
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The Environmental Working Group has released its annual Dirty Dozen list, and right on cue, the pro-pesticide group the Alliance for Food & Farming is outraged.
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Perchlorate, a byproduct of bleach and packaging, is found in both organic and conventional foods — and is having a real negative impact on children’s health.
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Starbucks is investing $100 million in a newly created fund — to be managed by Tesla investor Valor Equity Partners — to promote companies developing new technologies and products for the food and retail industries.
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