Santa Barbara, CA—KOS is on a mission: The company will donate one meal per unit purchased to the nearest foodbank, according to a press release, through a partnership with Feeding America. KOS has pledged to provide at least 1.5 million meals over the next 12 months, with the ultimate goal...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has announced a new panel for The Big Natural (TBN), featuring experts in the CBD field, according to a press release. “How to Prepare for a Regulatory Pathway” will feature: Grace Bandong, Scientific Strategy Leader for Eurofins Scientific, who has spent over 25 years...
The Navajo-Hopi Observer reported in August that in the 27,000 square mile Navajo reservation—a space bigger than West Virginia—there is a total of 13 grocery stores. For some living on the reservation, trips to buy food and other necessities can take hours, and as the pandemic raged, many would make...
East Windsor, NJ—Sabinsa is now offering glyphosate test results to customers, according to a press release, using a proprietary method for testing glyphosate developed by Sami-Sabinsa. Glyphosate, sold under the name RoundUp, has been used as a pesticide in the U.S. since 1974. It is also used to dry crops...
Wayzata, MN—Cargill has announced the company’s investment in Seventure Partners’ Health for Life Capital II fund. A press release states that this investment is the company’s latest effort to harness its “deep expertise and knowledge” in digestive and immune health. “We’re thrilled to invest with Seventure Partners, given their deep...
Elwood, IN—Red Gold, a fourth-generation family-owned producer of tomato products, has announced a new wave of open positions following the installation of a multi-million-dollar high-speed can labeling line at its primary canning facility in Orestes, Indiana. Tim Ingle, Senior Vice President at Red Gold, said in the press release, “In...
Finland—Glyphosate may affect human gut microbiota, according to a new study from the University of Turku in Finland. Researchers at the university have developed a new bioinformatics tool to predict if a microbe, such as a human gut bacterium, is sensitive to glyphosate, according to a press release on the...
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have announced legislation aimed at addressing and correcting history discrimination within the USDA in federal farm assistance and lending. A press release on the topic explains that this discrimination has caused Black farmers to lose millions of...
Paris, France—Danone is reorganizing in order to put local first, according to a press release. A statement from Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Faber explains that Danone faces a paradox: On one hand, Danone’s healthy and sustainable brands are “more relevant in today’s world,” but on the other hand, the company...
Two in three consumers are concerned that they are not getting enough vitamin D, according to a survey from Lycored. Lycored surveyed 500 physically active consumers in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, according to a press release, and found that 66% of consumers are concerned that spending more time...
