Russia is contemplating moving forward on producing genetically-modified children, and Vladimir Putin’s daughter is thought to be heavily involved in the decision-making process.
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Russia is contemplating moving forward on producing genetically-modified children, and Vladimir Putin’s daughter is thought to be heavily involved in the decision-making process.
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With a large export market to China drying up because of the trade war, prunes are being marketed to American consumers for their bone, muscle and heart benefits.
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According to Gordon Haskett Research Advisors, price cuts have come primarily in two categories — produce and dairy — while other items have largely stayed the same or, in the case of bread and snacks, even increased.
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This is ominous. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the USDA, FDA and EPA to ease rules for approving genetically modified crops and other agricultural biotechnology.
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Perdue Farms is hoping to end the disconnect in the American beef industry, a result of misleading ‘grass-fed’ and ‘product of USA’ labels.
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The indiscriminate use of fungicides in agriculture and food production may be placing millions of people at risk.
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A recent lawsuit against Hormel Foods showed that ‘natural’ meats can be from animals who receive antibiotics, something that makes no sense but is in line with USDA rules.
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Brazil’s budding organics market is part of a larger Latin American trend.
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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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Monsanto is already facing a slew of lawsuits for causing cancer, but now it is being sued for impacting healthy gut bacteria.
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In conjunction with Microsoft, Kroger is now testing out “digital shelves” which can keep track of products and help speed shoppers through the aisles. These could be rolled out to all of its 2,780 supermarkets.
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Whole Foods, which ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar, said it has removed all of the coated paper products in question and has begun looking for new biodegradable packaging.
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Kraft has acquired the organic and natural paleo brand Primal Kitchen, which is expected to generate $50M in sales this year.
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According to data from Nielsen, sales of organic pork declined by 2.4% over the last year, bucking the trend of strong demand for organic chicken and beef.
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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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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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A prominent academic journal said Monsanto did not fully disclose its involvement in a published research paper that found the herbicide to be non-toxic, thereby bolstering the argument that the company ghost-wrote safety reviews.
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Perdue’s acquisitions of organic and humanely-raised chicken and beef companies have proven to be a smart strategic moves.
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Monoprix, a high-margin retailer, has partnered with Amazon and is aiming to become the Whole Foods of France.
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As one of the fastest-growing companies in the plant-based category, Hodo founder Minh Tsai is taking his organic tofu products to Americans nationwide.
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Even though glyphosate is currently grabbing all of the headlines, dicamba – the super-toxic chemical sold by Monsanto and BASF – is causing a tremendous amount of problems.
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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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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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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and his agency are pulling back rules that the organic industry wants. As a result, this could erode consumer confidence in the organic seal.
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