Nestle is facing a class action lawsuit, which alleges that the company sold GMO-products labeled as “No GMO Ingredients”.
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Nestle is facing a class action lawsuit, which alleges that the company sold GMO-products labeled as “No GMO Ingredients”.
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Across the country, healthy and higher-end convenience stores are emerging.
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Online sales comprise 5.5% of total grocery spending in the U.S., and online grocery shoppers increased their weekly purchases from 28% to 46% of their total grocery spend.
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As a result of poor enforcement and corporate deception, supermarkets in India are flooded with GMOs, with 15% of the products making false claims of being GMO-free.
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As part of its Restock Kroger initiative to expand its digital presence, Kroger Ship customers will be able to select from 4,500 private-label offerings and more than 50,000 groceries and other household items.
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Despite the fact that corn and soybeans grown in the Midwest aren’t really feeding the people and are doing damage to the environment, signs of hope are appearing — in the form of cover crops and crop rotations.
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Brandless, the online company that offers organic and Non-GMO consumer products and foods, has raised $240 million in Series C funding.
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Apeel Sciences, which makes an organic, plant-based skin that extends the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables, has raised $70m from Viking Global Investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures, S2G Ventures and others. Former Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb has also joined the company’s board of directors.
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According to a new study by Nielsen, which was commissioned by the Plant-Based Foods Association, sales of plant-based foods grew 20% over the past year, now totaling $3.3 billion.
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Under Amazon’s ownership, the financial and operating performance of Whole Foods — once deemed to be an important barometer for the overall state of the organic food industry — is no longer disclosed.
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The pesticide industry has wanted to kill ‘endangered species’ protections, and President Trump is fulfilling their wish.
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Of the 128,000 U.S. acres devoted to watermelons, the USDA estimates .01 percent is being farmed organically. Clemson professor Brian Ward is trying to change that.
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For its re-brand of Open Nature, Albertsons invited customers to build their “ideal natural brand,” including the logo and the aesthetics of the package design.
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Jesse LaFlamme, owner of Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs, is taking on the FDA and its assertion that eggs are not healthy.
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A new report from the National Academies of Sciences discusses new technologies that better assess the dangers of chemicals and chemical mixtures. But will it ever get put to use and change policy?
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Cool story about immigrants from Laos who are farming organic vegetables completely by hand!
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Perdue will be converting its Simply Smart chicken line to organic and plans to sell them at about half the price of comparable organic products.
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As a follow-up to our recent feature story on organic CBD, here is an excellent and comprehensive two-part look at sourcing, legality and application of this super-hot ingredient.
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Beginning on July 23rd in Iran, all food that contains GMOs must be labeled.
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Co-Founder Jennifer Garner is turning her old family farm into a site where they’ll grow blueberries, kale and persimmons for her organic baby food company Once Upon a Farm.
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ReThink Water, which sells USDA certified organic flavored water for kids in 11,000 outlets throughout the country, has closed a $6.7M round of financing led by AccelFoods.
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Alliance Consumer Growth, which has invested in brands such as Suja, Tata Harper and Babyganics, has just closed a $350M fund to invest in ‘Rising Star’ brands.
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Carrefour has purchased So.Bio, a regional organic food retailer in France, with the goal of expanding this concept throughout the country.
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At a recent meeting in Ghana, experts and activists from Ethiopia, Kenya, Togo, South Africa and Zimbabwe discussed the importance of diversity of crops, food as part of culture and identity, and sustaining a food system without GMO crops.
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