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Natural Grocers Holds Rodale Institute Fundraiser for Organic Month
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) is celebrating Organic Month (September) 2025 with sales on organic products, community education and fundraising efforts with Rodale Institute. Customers can learn about the organic food movement while trying new organic recipes, 100 percent organic produce and other organic offerings throughout the store. Rodale Institute is a non-profit ...
Natural Grocers Honors Earth Day With Special Promotions
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) is celebrating Earth Day with special savings, giveaways, promotions and educational resources. Each year the company showcases environmentally conscious products and hosts a special fundraiser throughout the month of April to bring awareness to the importance of a healthy planet. The month-long Earth Day celebration culminates with three ...
Natural Grocers Releases 2024 Sustainability Report
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) released its 2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting the values and practices that drive America’s largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retail chain. The 2024 report celebrates how Natural Grocers continues to prioritize affordable, high-quality and environmentally conscious products while sharing stories of vendors, farmers and partnerships that reflect the ...
Natural Grocers Promotes Newest Film in Meet Your Farmer Series
Natural Grocers (Lakewood, CO) announced the fourth short film in its Meet Your Farmer series titled A Family Leggacy in stores and online. A Family Leggacy focuses on one of the farmers and his family who produce Natural Grocers’ Brand Regeneratively Grown Organic Eggs. “Witness what it looks like when hens are allowed to roam ...
Kenneth Lee & Caryl Levine, Co-founders of Lotus Foods, Inc.
Kenneth Lee, co-founder and former co-CEO of Lotus Foods, has more than 25 years of experience creating supply chains with and for small holder rice farmers in developing countries. He has placed an emphasis on organic, fair trade and regenerative practices to mitigate climate change, preserve rice biodiversity and promote farmer prosperity. Lee co-led the ...
PLANT Act Introduced Into Congress
On July 28, U.S. Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) introduced the Peas, Legumes and Nuts Today (PLANT) Act, which would help ensure that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs support farmers and companies producing plant-based foods. “The PLANT Act will help us win the future of food,” said McGovern. “Plant-based foods are already creating new opportunities for farmers across ...
Co-Founders of Ancient Nutrition Achieve Regenerative Organic Certified Status on Their Farms
Ancient Nutrition has announced the achievement of Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) for the farming operations owned by their founders, Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe in Tennessee and Missouri. With this certification, Ancient Nutrition, through the company’s R.A.N.C.H Project, will direct the strategy and operations on the first ever ROC farms in their respective states. ...
True Grace and Rodale Institute Partner to Advance Research on Regenerative Organic Agriculture
True Grace has announced a new program in partnership with Rodale Institute to support scientific research on how regenerative organic agriculture impacts nutrient density in crops and contributes to climate mitigation through sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in the soil. Known as the Vegetable Systems Trial, this study is the first to examine side-by-side how soil health and farm management practices impact the health of humans and the planet, according to True Grace. In addition to the new research, the partnership also provides funding to ...
USDA Secretary Previews Path Forward for Organic at OTA’s Annual Meeting
Previewing his path forward for organic and pledging to elevate the significance and importance of organic agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off the Annual Membership Meeting of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) on June 16. Speaking live at the virtual meeting to over 250 members of the trade ...
Sprouts Farmers Market Releases 2020 ESG Report
Sprouts Farmers Market has published its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the grocer’s commitment to growing its coast-to-coast business sustainably and responsibly, the company stated. Sprouts’ ESG initiatives overlap with and complement the company’s long-term growth strategies, including creating an advantaged fresh supply chain. To accomplish this, Sprouts is working to position all ...
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