Ready to assist: NPA offers help with production and distribution of medical supplies during COVID-19 crisis
US trade group the Natural Products Association (NPA) has written to Vice President Mike Pence offering to assist with the production and distribution of medical supplies and products during the…
Whole Foods announces store changes to help manage evolving COVID-19 situation
US-based natural foods giant Whole Foods Market this week introduced a series of actions to help it manage the evolving COVID-19 situation.
Keep natural products stores open, NPA urges US Governors
The Natural Products Association (NPA) urging Governors of all 50 US states to deem health food stores selling nutritional supplements “essential businesses”.
Step inside Dosist’s wellness experience, the first self-branded stand-alone cannabis boutique
I did and here’s what happened. Walking down Abbott Kinney Boulevard in Los Angles’ trendy Venice district and nursing jet lag I noticed a store promising sleep and calm. Sleep…
Farmers and non-profits sue Trump’s USDA over organic ‘soil-less’ loophole
A coalition of organic farms and stakeholders, led by the Center for Food Safety (CFS), this week filed a lawsuit challenging the USDA's decision to allow hydroponic operations to be…
Largest US organic dairy brand commits to being ‘carbon positive’ by 2025
Horizon Organic, the largest USDA certified organic dairy brand, is taking “unprecedented action to impact the planet” by committing to being carbon positive by 2025.
ROA rising: Natures’s Path family farm largest to gain Regenerative Organic Certification
Nature’s Path Founder Arran Stephens this week said he was proud to announce that his family’s Legend Organic Farm is the largest organic farm in the world to obtain Regenerative…
Expert calls for research into link between supplements and workplace productivity
Professor of epidemiology at Washington University, Dr Adam Drewnowski, has called for fresh research into the connection between food supplements and productivity in the workplace.
US organic food retailers fold amid intense supermarket competition
A recent fight back from US natural food retailers, after years of market capture by major grocery operators, came too late for two specialist chains.
$52.5bn US organic market ‘settles into strong single-digit growth’
The US organic market has “settled into a period strong single-digit growth” as it increasingly becomes part of the mainstream, the executive director of the Organic Trade Association told an…