San Francisco, CA—Salesforce and the Curry Family’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation have launched an initiative to help support farmers and food insecure families impacted by the pandemic, according to a press release from Full Harvest. "Food insecurity is one of the many devastating inequities magnified by COVID-19," said Ebony Beckwith,...
Los Angeles, CA--Chef and Wellness Entrepreneur Charles Chen is up to it again, innovating and spreading the word about natural products with Zzeal. Chen made a name for himself in the industry after a physical and spiritual transformation of losing 100 pounds. What started as experimenting in the kitchen and...
The supplements industry is defending probiotics on multiple fronts, against new guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and a segment on the show 60 Minutes. The new guidelines from AGA were formed by a guideline panel and technical review panel, wherein the members were selected by the AGA Governing...
Virtual—“COVID is not going to stop our attempt to spread truthful science and information,” said Raqiyyah Pippins, Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, as she opened the session "Examining New Trends in Claims Substantiation: A Study of Innovative Claims, Ever Increasing Use of Influencers to Promote Products, and...
A Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), a plant-based program that nourishes the body while keeping it in a fasting mode to deliver differential effects on all normal and cancer cells, may help make chemotherapy work more effectively against cancer, and could potentially help shield healthy cells from damage during chemotherapy. That's...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) reported that, during an NPA webinar on June 23, state regulators "sounded off" on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its inaction on cannabidiol (CBD) products. As WholeFoods previously reported, prior to the webinar, NPA had invited FDA to elaborate on the “substantial progress”...
Spring, TX—The Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) is hosting the 2nd annual National Coconut Day on Friday, June 26, with a #gococonutty theme featuring online education, a recipe contest and coconut recipe demo. To cap off the day, there will be a virtual social and trivia hour. CCA outlined...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers were spending more on restaurant dining every year, with less of their paychecks going to home-cooked meals. COVID-19 has stopped, or perhaps just paused, that trend, findings from FMI- The Food industry Association (FMI) U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2020 report suggest. The report, prepared...
Virtual—“In January 2019, for the first time in a decade, weight management was replaced by anxiety and stress as the top condition Americans were treating or preventing,” Shelley Balanko, Ph.D., SVP of Business Development at The Hartman Group, told attendees on the second day of Taking Control of the Immunity...
Virtual—Taking Control of the Immunity & Wellness Market, a virtual event that took place June 11 and 12, was packed full of information, from beginning to end.* Attendees were given a look at immunity from all angles—food, supplements, gut health, and more, not to mention how to make the most...
