At last month’s Organic Grower Summit in Monterey, CA, Nielsen Vice President Brian Lechner said that organic represents 14% of all sales in the produce department and is outpacing conventional produce growth by a factor of five to seven times.
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Wanting to give shoppers the ability to search online for items by dietary preference or to find product ingredient lists and nutritional information, Whole Foods has launched a digital product catalog at products.wholefoodsmarket.com.
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An excellent read about the industry today and how some farmers are fighting for the soul of organic food.
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The unintended side effects of animal gene editing confirm the fallacy that scientists know how gene editing works “all the time, under all conditions.”
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Organic snack brand Hippeas just closed on an additional $8M of financing, which was led by existing investor CAVU Venture Partners.
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Peet’s Coffee has increased its ownership in organic beverage brand Revive Kombucha, with Sean J. Lovett and Rebekah Lovett, co-founders, maintaining their equity and leadership positions at the company.
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Wild Poppy, which sells organic soda and juice, has been purchased by the publicly-traded Life on Earth, Inc.
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A Missouri man admitted selling $142 million worth of corn, soybeans and wheat of fraudulently labeled organic grains over a 7½-year period.
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Amazon wants to put more customers within the range of its two-hour Prime Now delivery service, including suburban areas and in regions where Whole Foods does not currently have a presence.
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Please read this story. It is critical that people understand the impact of the USDA turning a blind-eye to organic factory farms.
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Despite the fact that Amazon leads online grocery sales, its supermarket competitors that offer e-commerce options are experiencing much bigger average ticket sizes and seeing more frequent trips to their stores.
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Leaders of a handful of food & beverage companies talk about what they are most worried about as we enter a new year.
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The USDA placed the interests of ag-biotech companies well ahead of those of the American consumer. It is nothing short of a disgrace.
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Within two years, 85% of all new CPG products have been removed from the shelves. Here’s an expert’s take on what to do.
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Seeking a return to an agrarian lifestyle, young farmers face very serious financial challenges and are pushing hard for meaningful policy changes.
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Very cool! Fairafric, which sources and produces its organic chocolate from Africa, has purchased equity for its farmers, making them co-owners in the business.
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Electrolyte-infused beverage brand Roar Organic has closed on $5.6 million in funding led by NYC-based AccelFoods.
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Becoming only the second country in the world to go 100% organic, the parliament in Kyrgyzstan has ordered that all of its agriculture revert to organic by 2029.
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Controversy remains about the legality of DHA algal oil, which is used Horizon’s organic milk. This is an ingredient that The Cornucopia Institute has been fighting against for many years.
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A ridiculous study making the rounds on the internet this week is promoting the idea that organic farming is worse for the environment than non-organic farming. The Organic Center responds.
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With industrial hemp set to be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, CBD will not immediately be legal in foods, beverages and supplements.
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Whole Foods, which ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar, said it has removed all of the coated paper products in question and has begun looking for new biodegradable packaging.
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A grocery store in Toronto allows anyone to help themselves to organic produce and other food, and the cost is whatever shoppers decide.
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Amazon appears to still be bullish on Whole Foods’ 365 smaller-store format, and “check-out free technology” may soon be implemented.
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