Brazil’s budding organics market is part of a larger Latin American trend.
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Brazil’s budding organics market is part of a larger Latin American trend.
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Farmworker justice organizations are pushing hard for organic agriculture because they know how hazardous toxic chemicals are to the health of farmers.
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GrubMarket, which has now raised a total of $89M, could potentially file for an IPO later this year.
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Genexa, the cleaner and healthier alternative to over-the-counter medications, is creating a niche for itself in the organic movement.
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In what has been described as “frightening” by Bio Suisse, a new study has discovered pesticide residues on most organic farms in the Swiss midlands.
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2018 saw a decrease in M&A food deals by 11%, with the largest percentage of deals taking place in the manufacturing segment.
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As a result of the Center for Food Safety’s lawsuit against the EPA’s approval of dozens of neonic pesticides, these bee-killing pesticides will be off the market next year.
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Experts are growing increasingly concerned about what this chemical is doing to the soil’s microbiome and how glyphosate poses a real threat to long-term food security.
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The Real Organic Project has uncovered that some “organic” hydroponic operations are being built on land that has been doused with herbicides, including glyphosate — something that the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) is allowing.
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Patagonia and Cascadian Farm are both using kernza in new products, a crop that is particularly effective at storing carbon and whose roots reach more than 10 feet underground.
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China’s long process to approve genetically-modified crops has brought up many trade issues for the U.S.
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SunOpta, a publicly-traded global company focused on organic, non-gmo and specialty foods, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the shares of Sanmark B.V., a business focused on organic oils for the food, pharmacy, and cosmetic industries.
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Launched by Nutiva founder John Roulac, RE Botanicals has closed on a $2M round of financing led by BIGR Ventures, with participation from a diverse group of natural and organic industry veterans.
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Whole Foods has announced that it has cut prices on more than 500 items at locations nationwide, with some savings of up to 20%.
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Walgreens to join rival drugstore chain CVS in selling CBD-containing topicals, including creams and salves.
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Dubbed Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, this new concept in Chelsea aims to get people in and out faster than the full-service grocery store next door.
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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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