Kutztown, PA—Rodale Institute has announced the recipients of the 11th Annual Organic Pioneer Awards, an annual recognition of leaders who are changing the landscape of regenerative organic agriculture for the better. Congratulations to the 2021 Organic Pioneer Award recipients: Jay Feldman, Beyond Pesticides Founder and Executive Director; Denise O’Brien, farmer and activist; and Don...
Patricia Hodge, Intern with the Rodale Institute Veterans Farmer Program, Veteran and former police officer, talks with WholeFoods’ Rachel Appleton about how farming has changed her life and how she plans to give back to her South Philly community.
London—VERJ released results of its Comparative Linguistics Analysis (CLA) depicting the differences between Veganism and Plant-Based eating. The research, exploring consumer psychology underpinning shifts towards alternative eating, suggests two keys of success are capitalizing on sustainable vegan and plant-based snacks and exploring the vegan identity. “Our report has allowed us...
Jamie Hickey, a Philadelphia-based NASM, FMS certified trainer, ISSA certified nutritionist and founder of Truism Fitness, is a big fan of shopping locally. In August of 2017, Jamie discovered the Penn Herb Company when he moved to the City of Brotherly Love. Penn Herb Company has held an important role...
Natural product industry communicators and marketers joined together in June for WellComms, a 2-day virtual event that covered wellness trends, workplace challenges, and ways to work smarter. While the content was designed for communications professionals, the lessons learned are applicable to the entire natural products industry—no matter where you link in...
In 1961, wife and husband duo Lill and Herman Chapman opened Sunrise Health Foods in Lansing, a southern Chicago suburb. Today, Sunrise celebrates 60 years with five stores in the Chicago region. The inception of Sunrise can be traced back to Lill’s health awakening in the 1950s. She was tired...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Niche? No way. The appeal of plant-based just keeps growing. Research from Sprouts Farmers Market determined that nearly half of Americans consume more plant-based than meat-based meals, with 54% of respondents ages 24 to 39 identifying as flexitarians, and 63% of respondents saying they’d be willing to swap meat for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2020, trends like #quarantinebaking converged with people aiming to clean up their diets to protect their overall health. This pushed the “free from” market growth even further into the spotlight during a year affected by COVID. In a category that caters to 32 million people in the U.S. alone...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Petrochemicals in personal lubricants? Not so sexy. Parabens and synthetic glycerin? No thanks. Odds are most of your customers looking for cleaner foods, supplements, and beauty products will also want to take a pass on chemical-laden intimacy products. Here, a look at what’s trending in the category, including ingredients...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The best way to prevent the spread of infections such as COVID-19 and decrease the risk of getting sick is by washing hands with soap and water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—but life doesn’t always happen by a sink. Hand sanitizer to the rescue. It’s...
