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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 ...
Retailer of the Year 2024: Healthy Living Market
Maintaining the highest standards in retailing for 38 years makes this family-owned business a shining star in Vermont and upstate New York. In 1986, with no knowledge of business, Katy Lesser started a tiny market in South Burlington, VT. The store went from Lesser and one other person on staff to currently more than 300 ...
Amazon’s Renewable Energy Will Power Mississippi Whole Foods Market
Amazon has announced that it is expanding its renewable energy footprint across the southeastern U.S.—and a new wind farm in Mississippi will be used to power the company’s fulfillment centers, as well as a Whole Foods Market location. Mississippi’s first utility-scale wind farm, called the Delta wind project, will be located in Tunica County. The ...
Sprouts Farmer’s Market Expands Presence in Virginia
On May 12, Sprouts Farmer’s Market, based in Phoneix, AZ, opened its second location in Virginia. The new store, which occupies 26,000 square feet of space, is located in Manassas, Prince William County, in the 250,000-square-foot Manaport Plaza. The national retailer signed a lease with Finmarc Management, a real estate investment and management firm which ...
Gaia Herbs Celebrates 35 Year Legacy with Sustainability Certification and Gaia PRO Launch
Gaia Herbs (Brevard, NC) is celebrating its 35th anniversary with continued dedication to its mission of connecting people, plants and planet to create healing through its Made to a Gaia Standard promise. This commitment underscores the company’s focus on responsibly sourced ingredients, seed to bottle, expert formulations and industry leading testing protocols to deliver purity, potency and transparency ...
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. ...
Goodsam Foods & Partner Luker Chocolate Launch Building Networks Program
GoodSam Foods, a healthy snack food brand with a commitment to sustainability and regenerative agriculture, has announced different give-back initiatives including a new venture with partner Colombian chocolate manufacturer Luker Chocolate. The endeavor, “Building Networks,” is a program aimed at bringing together Colombian youth and providing them with educational resources while teaching them how to ...
OTA Offers Recommendations for New Organic Transition Initiative
Following a series of working groups and listening sessions with Organic Trade Association (OTA) members throughout the last year, on June 1, 2022, USDA announced its intention to invest $300 million into a new Organic Transition Initiative program as part of the USDA Food System Transformation Framework. According to USDA, the new Organic Transition Initiative (“the Initiative”) ...
Ancient Nutrition Debuts First Brand Anthem “Believe”
Ancient Nutrition (Tennessee) is on a mission to save the world with superfoods–and they’re sharing that mission with the debut of their first ever brand anthem, titled “Believe,” the company stated. Developed in partnership with renowned global production studio The Mill and director Bowe King, the anthem showcases the brand’s unwavering belief that proper nutrition ...
Ancient Nutrition Launches Research Partnership With Rodale Institute
Ancient Nutrition has announced that it is entering into a scientific research partnership with Rodale Institute, a purpose driven non-profit and a founder of the modern regenerative organic movement. This partnership will advance Ancient Nutrition’s efforts to heal the planet through agricultural transformation. Beginning in 2022, Ancient Nutrition will dedicate one percent of annual revenue ...
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