In Green America’s chocolate scorecard, all organic brands received “A” scores while major candy corporations were called out for their very questionable practices.
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In Green America’s chocolate scorecard, all organic brands received “A” scores while major candy corporations were called out for their very questionable practices.
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The GMO cotton plant developed by Texas A&M University scientists uses the very, very worrisome RNAi silencing technology.
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As widely predicted, the plaintiff’s bar has turned its attention to the burgeoning CBD category with a series of lawsuits alleging that products contain “significantly lower levels of CBD than advertised.”
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In studies funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it was found that chickens raised without antibiotics may have fewer types of antibiotic-resistant salmonella than animals raised at factory farms.
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As part of its plan to reduce its carbon footprint by 80% before the end of 2020, Spain-based LucecoFruits is launching its 2019-20 organic citrus campaign with the use of fully compostable and biodegradable packaging.
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In its Hemp CBD Scorecard, Center for Food Safety is pushing for organics, testing and transparency, but not everyone is happy with the process or methodology.
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Miami Beach-based Truly Organic Inc. will pay $1.76 million for consumer refunds to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint over deceptive advertising claims.
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Funded by Goliaths of the agribusiness, food and pharmaceutical industries, the International Life Sciences Institute has been quietly infiltrating government health and nutrition bodies around the world for decades.
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According to a report from Brick Meets Click, online grocery sales now account for 6.3% of total grocery-related spending by households in the U.S.
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To help fight fraud, the Organic Trade Association announced the development of three online training courses to bolster its Organic Fraud Prevention Solutions program.
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Not surprisingly, the new 3-tier food certification from Moms Across America includes testing glyphosate and heavy metals, among things.
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According to a new Whole Foods Market survey, 80% of Millennials value quality when it comes to food shopping, and nearly 70% are willing to spend more money on high-quality foods.
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According to a report from Rabobank, organic apples, strawberries and bell peppers are among items seeing downward pressure on price, while cantaloupe, table grapes and oranges are holding their premiums better.
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According to the Annual Acreage Report released by Mercaris, farmers will harvest 3.1 million acres of U.S. land certified for organic field crop production, an increase of 7 percent over 2018.
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Poor organic branding and a lack of policing are two of the major challenges facing the organic industry in the APAC region today.
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Led by organic chocolate company Alter Eco, this new Amazon Alliance has committed to protecting 3 million Amazonian trees.
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OFARM’s former executive director John Bobbe and Cornucopia’s Anne Ross have joined forces to again impress upon the USDA’s National Organic Program that the import crisis is ongoing and that the agency has not done enough to stop it.
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With the cottage cheese industry experiencing a resurgence in popularity, Cornucopia rates more than 100 cottage cheese products from 24 brands.
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As they leave their hives, the bees get coated with a beneficial fungus that they spread to plants, which has proven to protect fruit from mold.
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A look at why some organic food brands and other companies are hiding their sustainability initiatives from consumers.
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The word ‘organic’ appears on 23% percent of foodservice menus, nearly two and half times what was seen a decade ago.
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In a new study that looked at the food consumption habits of Millennials, they prioritize cost (48%), nutrient density (46%), no artificial additives (40%), organic food (39%) and plant-based (37%).
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Unlike the current method of detecting fraud, which focuses on pesticide residue, the new method focuses on the isotope signature.
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