UAE’s retailers expand organic shelf space by 60%
Retail space given over to organic food and drink in the UAE has grown 60% in the last four years according to new research from Mintel, creating a major opportunity…
Whey-hay! Singapore researchers develop first tofu wine
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created what they believe to be the world’s first tofu wine, using discarded tofu whey.
As US opioid crisis deepens some states turn to alt-med
As America’s opioid crisis deepens – overdoses kill more people than car crashes and shootings combined – some US states are looking to alternative medicine to provide safe alternatives to…
Happy to be here: Finnish eco chain opens Stockholm concept store
Finland's largest eco-chain Ruohonjuuri (grassroots) has opened a concept store in Stockholm, Sweden under the name Happy Food Store.
Mind the gap: Health goals and realities can be two different things, survey finds
New research from Mintel reveals that more than half (55 percent) of Americans say they lived a healthier lifestyle in 2017 compared to the year prior, and 45 percent say…
Organic leaders join London's GO! Organic Festival line-up
Headline sponsors and big-name brands are getting behind the Go! Organic Festival, a major new organic consumer event taking place in London this summer.
Organic leaders join London’s GO! Organic Festival line-up
Headline sponsors and big-name brands are getting behind the Go! Organic Festival, a major new organic consumer event taking place in London this summer.
Homeopathic patient charity take NHS to court over ‘predetermined’ CAM funding ban
The British Homeopathic Association (BHA) is taking the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to court over a recent decision to ban public funding of homeopathy and other alternative medicines.
Vegans warned about ‘unwittingly supporting animal exploitation’
UK-based Ethical Consumer has warned vegans that they could be “unwittingly supporting animal exploitation” as the companies behind many of the Britain’s leading vegan brands also have a heavy involvement in…
US supermarket giants ramp up organic private-label offers
US supermarket giants Albertsons and Kroger are raising the stakes in organic food retail by ramping up their private label offers in 2018.