Organic and GMOs – conflict or co-existence?
Are there are limits to what plant breeding can (or should) achieve? Or, as some proponents of genetic engineering in agriculture believe, are we limited only by our imaginations and…
Roundtable: “We’re so proud of everything the health food sector is doing”
Panellists in the first of a new series of Natural Products Virtual Roundtable discussions told Natural products Global editor Jim Manson of their pride in “everything the health food trade…
Plastic’s back: Industry uses pandemic fears to mount attack on zero-waste movement
Public fear around the COVID-19 pandemic is helping the the plastics industry mount an attack against the zero-waste movement, US campaigners and commentators are warning.
FTC sues herbals brand over COVID-19 and cancer claims
US Government regulators have sued a marketer of herbal extracts for allegedly claiming one of his products is effective at treating, preventing or reducing the risk of COVID-19.
Online grocery sales set for ‘phenomenal’ 33% hike in 2020
Online grocery sales in the UK are set to rise by 33% in 2020 as the COVID-19 crisis produces dramatic – and possibly lasting – changes in shopping habits.
Comment: Bringing it all back home – local lessons from the lockdown
Much has been said and written about the lessons we might learn from the long weeks spent in coronavirus lockdown. And in our own world – natural and organic –…
Australia’s ‘natural sanitiser’ lemon myrtle in high demand
Australia’s largest producer of lemon myrtle has retooled its entire North Queensland farm to meet the growing demand for hand sanitiser and cleaning products.
Business not as usual: Britain’s natural products trade in the lockdown
The lockdown has dramatically changed the retail landscape and placed Britain's natural products retailers on the front line of a national effort to keep the country nourished, healthy and protected…
Organic foods ‘getting coronavirus boost’
The coronavirus pandemic is leading to a surge in demand for organic and sustainable foods, reports Ecovia Intelligence.
We need your shelf space! – Sweden’s specialist food firms’ plea to supermarkets
Over 50 specialist Swedish food firms – many of them organic – have written to the bosses of the country’s biggest supermarket chains urging them to free up self space…