Washington, D.C. - Under a proposal in the president’s newly released budget for 2018, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), or the program formerly known as Food Stamps, would significantly affect recipients receiving more than $90 a month in benefits. They would be given half their benefits in the form...
The last of the original founding members of Life Line Foods, Shirley A. Burks, passed on Feb. 10. Gary and Shirley Burks founded Life Line Foods, LLC in 1969. Gary’s vision and ideas would not have come to fruition without the dedicated support and hard work of his wife Shirley.
San Francisco, CA - Instacart is not taking news of Amazon’s free two-hour delivery service sitting down. The online grocery delivery service just raised $200 million in fresh funding, and boosted its valuation by nearly a billion dollars, CFO Ravi Gupta announced this week, according to Reuters. This means the...
Now there’s a way to listen and learn about developments in the natural products industry while you’re on the go. We’re pleased to introduce our new podcast, The Natural View. Every month (or more frequently if the spirit moves us) we’ll be talking about the big stories influencing the industry,...
Cincinnati, OH - More than 50 emerging natural food brands participated in Kroger's second Natural Foods Innovation Summit last week, an increase of ten from its inaugural summit in October. Part of the reason for this could be the supermarket's new online portal for suppliers, launched in September. The supermarket,...
Vevey, Switzerland — Nestle has bought a majority stake in Terrafertil, a company selling natural and organic plant-based foods, the company announced on Friday. Price was not disclosed. Terrafertil is an Ecuadorian company, founded in 2005, which has expanded through South America and Britain and into the U.S. It grows...
New York, NY — Kyowa Hakko USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., has obtained Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) self-affirmation on Setria Glutathione. This well-studied form of glutathione, which plays an essential role in protein synthesis, is a tri-peptide manufactured through a unique, patented process that...
Amazon is now offering its Prime members in four cities free, two-hour delivery from Whole Foods stores. And customers could get rewards for their participation as well. This week, Stephenie Landry, vice president of Prime Now, Amazon Fresh and Amazon Restaurants, announced that customers of the $99-a-year Amazon Prime delivery...
Beloit, WI - A natural immune health ingredient available in food, beverages and supplements may help protect against intestinal barrier function in adults when faced with stress. A newly published pre-clinical study with human donors led by researchers at the University of Örebro in Sweden and published in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases,...
Monterey, CA – Consumers bought nearly $5 billion worth of organic fresh produce items in 2017, according to data released by the Organic Produce Network (OPN) and Nielsen. That’s an 8% increase from the previous year. The data, taken from retail stores across the U.S., showed that fresh vegetables topped sales...
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