Manna Tree Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on health investments, has acquired a majority stake in organic beef producer Verde Farms.
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Manna Tree Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on health investments, has acquired a majority stake in organic beef producer Verde Farms.
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Uproot is expected to allow Califia to reach more consumers by expanding its presence in food service locations.
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Rodale Institute needs to be a must-stop visit for every USDA secretary, and Secretary Vilsack’s time there was a very positive development for our industry.
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Straus Family Creamery has secured an equity investment from Grounded Capital, who will now have two seats on the company’s board of directors.
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The organic honey brand from New Zealand has been purchased by Florenz, a subsidiary of the Christchurch-based investment company Masthead Ltd.
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Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections.
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Lotus Foods, a global pioneer in heirloom, organic and regenerative rice cultivation and a leader in rice-based noodles, announced an investment of $22.5 million from Grounded Capital.
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“Price-conscious consumers are gravitating to brands with clear value propositions — including private-label — as companies offer products that tap into permissible indulgence and functional trends at affordable price points,” offered Ari Goldsmith, VP of marketing and digital media at KeHE.
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Once Upon a Farm had some of the lowest levels of lead that Consumer Reports has ever tested for baby foods, while Lesser Evil and Serenity Kids had concerning amounts of lead.
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Leaders from the food justice nonprofit Food Empowerment Project announced the end of the two-year boycott on Wednesday after Amy’s Kitchen agreed to better working conditions within its facilities, including improved worker safety and better wages and health insurance.
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An unsettling development to say the least. Expect gene-edited greens to hit the market nationwide this fall.
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The organic and natural distributor will partner with the retailer until May 2032.
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Buying the intellectual property of this legacy soda brand, with plans to turn it into a healthy beverage, was a very smart move. Here are my two thoughts on it.
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The organic vodka company has lifetime sales of $22M with nearly 200,000 cases sold.
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The USDA organic juice bar chain and franchise operator will now be owned by BRIX Holdings, a Dallas-based restaurant portfolio company.
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Danone has acquired Functional Formularies, a whole food, shelf-stable, organic feeding tube formula company, from Swander Pace Capital.
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In case you were unsure as to Whole Foods Market’s official stance on GMOs, now you know.
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Five months after Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market merged, the new company appears headed to bankruptcy and all its stores in Illinois, Texas, and the D.C. area are closing.
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Nearly identical bills introduced in Iowa, Missouri and Idaho this year — with wording supplied by Bayer — would protect pesticide companies from claims they failed to warn that their product causes cancer, if their labels otherwise complied with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations.
The report, Bull in the Climate Shop, co-authored by Friends of the Earth and Profundo, examines U.S. bank financing of meat, dairy and feed corporations, and the sizable climate impact of that financing.
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The Irish ingredients company said the acquisition will enhance its organic and natural flavor capabilities in the U.S.
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Bayer made a horrible acquisition in buying Monsanto and all of its problems, and now wants sympathy from the American public with its new outreach campaign.
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SEMCAP Food & Nutrition has invested $68 million of secondary capital to buy out early angel investors and take a significant minority stake in the organic plant protein brand.
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Speciality finance shop Mad Capital has received early commitments from The Rockefeller Foundation and others, and it is already actively deploying capital to farmers.
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