Washington, D.C. - The Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill that works to increase funding for the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI), was introduced recently by Senators Susan Collins, R-ME, and Bob Casey, D-PA. This bill, which acts as a Senate companion bill to the...
Las Vegas, NV - Despite reports that the future of food shopping is online, a surprisingly large number of consumers prefer to shop at their local independent supermarket. According to findings from the third annual National Grocery Shoppers Survey, conducted by Nielsen on behalf of the National Grocers Association (NGA),...
Basel, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceutical and biotech firm Lonza is partnering with U.S.-based Prolog Ventures to create a venture capital fund focusing on consumer health and wellness products, according to a company press release. The Prolog Lonza Consumer Fund will focus on products, technologies and innovative business models related to...
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...
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