Vermont Creamery, based in Websterville, VT, has been awarded for the second time with a Good Food Award for its flagship goat cheese, Bonne Bouche. From 2,059 entries, Vermont Creamery was one of only 193 winners who passed vigorous vetting to confirm the award’s standards of sound agricultural practices, sourcing...
A new study published in the journal Epidemiology suggests consumers who eat a gluten-free diet may be at risk for an increased exposure to arsenic and mercury, due to rice-flour which is often used as a substitute for wheat in gluten-free foods. Researchers from the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) School of...
Chocolate Freedom Cupcakes recipe by Now Foods Ingredients: Serves 24 2 cups All-Purpose Flour, Gluten-Free ½ cup 1 ½ cups Sugarless Sugar ½ teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup rice milk 1 cup hot water 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, Organic ½ cup Canola Oil, Organic 1 Dairy...
A new study published in Clinical Nutrition suggests adults between the ages of 45-84 with type 2 diabetes may have a lower risk for coronary heart disease-related (CHD) deaths and myocardial infraction (MI) related incidences if they consume fish. The men and women, who researchers analyzed from two population-based cohorts,...
Denver, CO — Ardent Mills has found a new corporate partnership with U.S. nonprofit corporation Partners in Food Solutions. Ardent Mills, a premier flour-milling and ingredient company, will be joining Partners in Food Solutions which connects corporate volunteers with businesses in eight African countries that are still small and growing...
What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores around the country, rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends. If your store is interested in being included in our What’s Selling...
Kaylynn Chiarello-Ebner talks to Darrell Vannoy of PCC Natural Market about the coop and being recognized as WholeFoods Magazine Retailer of the Year. [vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQl3sX-c3uQ"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
Washington, D.C. — The Organic Trade Organization (OTA) has announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that is meant to help guide farmers in transition to certified organic agriculture. The National Certified Transitional Program (NCTP) — using OTA standards — will provide oversight to approved Accredited...
Asheville, NC — With news from the National Center for Health Statistics stating that in 2015 the life expectancy for Americans was in decline for the first time in two decades, Earth Fare has decided to take steps to help Americans get healthier. Earth Fare is announcing a store expansion,...
New York, NY — The Northeast’s leading produce processor and distributor, Baldor Specialty Foods, has used its food waste initiate known as SparCs (scraps spelled backwards) to divert 100 percent of the Fresh Cuts operation organic waste from reaching landfills and has instead developed new ways to utilize organic food...
