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 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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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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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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Bareburger, which sells organic burgers alongside the GMO Impossible Burger, is now facing a class action lawsuit for deceptive marketing.
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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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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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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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The Oakland-based organic food company Revolution Foods has closed on a $10 million round of financing led by Nuveen Investments.
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In another blow to Bayer/Monsanto, a California court ruled that the company’s weedkiller caused cancer, only 8 months after another jury issued a $289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case.
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Diana Food North America, part of Germany’s Symrise Group, has introduced a line of organic, sustainably sourced colors for foods and beverages, including a blue made from spirulina and a pink/reddish color sourced from red beet.
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SPINS and HowGood have partnered with the goal of offering their mutual clients greater insight on sustainability, transparency, and health and wellness — from source to consumption.
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In celebration of Beauty Week 2019, Whole Foods Market’s global beauty buyers and experts have unveiled their inaugural list of top beauty and wellness trends for the year.
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In a high-profile NYT advertisement, Clif Bar challenges Kind Bar to do the right thing and go organic.
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In a historic milestone, Once Upon a Farm has become the first refrigerated brand of organic baby food approved for Women, Infant, Children Program (WIC)-eligible families in West Virginia and Florida.
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