Speaking at the Fortune Global Forum in Toronto, Carla Vernon, president of General Mills’ natural and organic operating unit, explained the company’s commitment to regenerative farming.
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Speaking at the Fortune Global Forum in Toronto, Carla Vernon, president of General Mills’ natural and organic operating unit, explained the company’s commitment to regenerative farming.
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Consistent with the brand’s high profile activism and reflecting its fierce determination to protect our environment, Patagonia has officially endorsed political candidates in Montana and Nevada for the U.S. Senate.
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At an Investor Seminar in London, the world’s biggest yogurt maker said that it expects to triple the size of the plant-based business to $5.75 billion by 2025.
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In a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, 70,000 French adults were tracked for an average of 4.5 years and it was found that those who ate the most organic foods were less likely to develop certain kinds of cancer.
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A San Francisco Superior Court judge, who had considered overturning the recent $289M verdict against Monsanto for its RoundUp causing Dewayne Johnson to get cancer, upheld the decision but reduced the financial award to $78M.
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The small Indian state of Sikkim went 100% organic in 2016 and is now showing the rest of the world that an agricultural policy devoid of toxic chemicals is a profitable and prosperous model. Love it!
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With the organic industry plagued by fraudulent grains from abroad, we now have reason to worry about suspect organic grains grown here in the U.S.
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Critics fret that biotech companies will own the building blocks of life. We’ve seen this playbook before.
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Organic berry company Driscoll’s is defending itself against “slave-labor” claims at its operations in Mexico.
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A Defense Department-funded “food security project” could also be used as a biological weapon, something that should frighten us to no end.
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A California judge ruled that Monsanto did not act with “malice or oppression” when California groundskeeper DeWayne Johnson claimed that the constant use of Roundup caused his cancer. As such, a new trial may be coming soon.
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The smart oven by June will now have a special Whole Foods button, allowing owners to select specific Whole Foods products to cook.
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In a study conducted at Clemson University, it was found that packaging with a “distinctive, natural look” enhances product attributes like organic and natural, helping brands stand out on the retail shelf.
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Through its loyalty program and anthropological research, Kroger is tracking food waste and five other key trends at its stores.
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As part of its recently released annual Organic and Non-GMO Acreage Report, Mercaris said that there are nearly 18,000 certified organic farms in the U.S., totaling 6.5M harvested acres.
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Incredibly risky and novel gene-edited foods will be coming to dinner plates soon, but they have escaped important regulation because of a legal loophole.
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Language tucked away in the farm bill could block local governments from making their own rules about pesticides, reversing the bans that have been achieved across the country.
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In a wide-ranging and revealing interview, Caius Rommens, a former director of J.R. Simplot and team leader at Monsanto, reveals the hidden dangers of the GMO potato that he created.
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The Savory Institute’s Land to Market program has debuted its Ecological Outcome Verification seal, with four brands participating in the pilot program.
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Very promising new research is showing that reishi mushrooms could reverse the severe decline in the bee population.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has agreed to hear the Organic Trade Association’s case against the USDA over the agency’s failure to put into effect new organic livestock standards.
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Sourcing legitimate organic corn and soy is one of the real challenges for organic animal operators.
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Encouraged by the success from its pop-up in Los Angeles, Brandless will be opening up a pop-up in NYC’s Meatpacking District from October 24th to November 4th
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The organic HPP baby food powerhouse, co-founded by John Foraker, Jennifer Garner, Cassandra Curtis and Ari Raz, has just closed on a $20M round, led by CAVU Venture Partners.
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