Portland, OR-based Portland Roasting Coffee Company has officially launched a brand licensing program, with the two Portland Roasting Café locations in the Oregon Convention Center. The company was also named “Roaster of the Year” by coffee industry trade journal Roast Magazine. Organic rice and rice products producer Lundberg Family...
Savannah, GA—The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), the policy recommendation body for the National Organic Program (NOP), decided on several organic food issues at its most recent meeting, including sulfites in wine, outdoor access for poultry and, controversially, DHA algal oil and ARA fungal oil as organic additives. The move...
Harvests of maize, rice and wheat, the three leading grain crops in the world, last year came in at levels below those of 2008, marking an overall dip in production. While both maize and rice set record production highs, the dramatic drop-off in wheat production left the total for all...
Black Beans and Spicy Refried Black Beans, two products from Eden Foods, Clinton, MI, were cited in Men’s Health magazine’s “The 125 Best Foods for Men,” in its November 2011 issue. The black beans were named best “Canned Bean,” and the refried beans were tops in the “Best Refried Bean”...
East Lansing, MI—Heart disease and diabetes risk can be reduced in teens by sticking to a diet rich in fiber, new research shows. While consuming certain vegetables and whole grains was correlated with avoiding these conditions, the study also found, perhaps surprisingly, saturated fat or cholesterol intake was not linked...
A recently released study highlights the accessibility of organic food in the Southeastern portion of the United States, where investigations found price points lower, on average, at farmers’ markets than in chain stores. SCALE, Inc.’s Is Local Food Affordable for Ordinary Folks? report noted that organic was 16% less expensive...
Sacramento, CA-based Blue Diamond Growers will move ahead with the purchase of 88 acres of farm land at North Washington and Fulkerth Road in Turlock, CA, after its board of directors approved the plan. The move comes as part of the company’s 15-year capacity expansion plan, which includes future...
Washington, D.C.—Activities for the second annual Non-GMO month, a multi-faceted advocacy campaign directed against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in food, went off without a hitch this October, and drew more attention to the growing movement. Highlights included the well-attended Right2Know March from New York City to here, and the...
The PET (plastic) bottle lines of Bethesda, MD-based Honest Tea have a new look following a redesign of its label. Its Honest Tea and Honest Ade beverages now feature labels with a white background and vibrant images of ingredients like tea leaves and large, cut-open fruit. The AGree initiative,...
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the oft-maligned and omnipresent sweetening agent, may be in for a major change if corn refiners get their way. The ingredient itself, frequently cited for its overconsumption and the target of many recent consumer health initiatives, won’t undergo a transformation, but the way it’s referred...
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