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The New Year Marks Debut of Earth Fare’s Monthly Webinar Series
This January, as millions of people around the globe recommit to their health goals, retailer Earth Fare will said it would recommit to its promise to help its shoppers lead healthier lives. The natural and organic grocery store with locations around the Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic will debut a free monthly webinar series aimed at ...
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. ...
Earth Fare Takes a Stand Against Food Insecurity
Nearly 40 million Americans suffer from food insecurity, defined as unable to acquire or uncertain of having enough food to fuel an active, healthy lifestyle, and the record-breaking rise in inflation only exacerbates the problem. To combat this issue, and as part of Earth Fare’s (Asheville, NC) commitment to provide clean, healthy food for everyone, ...
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”) ...
The Organic Center’s Jessica Shade Heads to USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
After nine years of leading The Organic Center (TOC) as Director of Science Programs, Jessica Shade, Ph.D., has accepted a position with the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) as national program leader. At NIFA, Shade’s experience will be put to great use in supporting innovative programs that advance agriculture-related sciences. “We could ...
Bio-K+’s Extra Cognition with Cereboost Voted U.S. Probiotic Product of the Year
Bio-K+’s Extra Cognition Drinkable Probiotic, has been named Product of the Year in the U.S. Probiotics Category for 2022. Product of the Year is the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, determined by 40,000 American shoppers through a national survey conducted by Kantar, a global leader in consumer research. Bio-K+’s winner product, which launched in ...
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 ...
In Memoriam: James S. Turner, 81, Esq., Chairman & President, Citizens for Health
James S. Turner, Esq., Chairman and President of Citizens for Health (CFH), passed away suddenly at his Washington, D.C. home on January 25th; he was 81. One of Ralph Nader’s original “Nader’s Raiders,” Turner co-wrote the 1970 book, The Chemical Feast: Ralph Nader’s Study Group Report on the Food and Drug Administration. Time Magazine commented at ...
Green Spoon Sales Appoints Hass Hassan to Board of Directors
Green Spoon Sales, a national natural food and beverage sales agency specializing in disruptive, innovative CPG brands, has announced the appointment of natural foods industry pioneer Hass Hassan to its board of directors. With more than 40 years of experience in the natural foods industry, Hassan will join the board immediately and will take a ...
Dr. Pierre Kory to Lead Off Organic & Natural Health Association’s 7th Annual Conference
Organic & Natural Health Association will hold its annual conference Jan. 25-27 at DiamondHead Beach Resort in Fort Myers, FL. The conference will open with optional networking events on Jan. 24, including 18 holes of golf, followed by dinner and a “Bogeys, Beers & Bourbon” tasting sponsored by Mercola and AIDP. The conference theme this year is “Resolution, Resourcefulness, Resilience: An Action ...
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