On a warm summer day at Rodale Institute, the wind brushed past my face and the bumps of the tractor cheerfully jolted my legs as I learned about the regenerative agriculture movement. I met researchers, consultants, farmers of the future, and media representatives—all trying to make the world a better...
Long before it was called sustainable agriculture, the Bascom family farmed its sugarbushes sustainably. It’s been seven generations now, and the Bascom family is still farming those same forests, as they did in 1928. During that time, we’ve seen a lot of variables in maple production, or sugarmaking. As with...
Kidney stones —formed from minerals and salts—can be painful and costly to treat. Despite decades of research, treatment options are often invasive and evidence reveals a high rate of reoccurrence. Recently, the intestinal microbiome has become a focus for novel therapies using probiotics to lessen kidney stone formation. Kidney stones,...
Where’s the innovation in the grocery industry? The idea of Vori began as a note of inspiration from the parents of our founder, who spent their careers—all 40+ years of them—in the grocery and consumer product industry. Shockingly, very little technological advancement has happened within this industry (especially ones that...
“You mean to tell me that the way we have been doing it the last 60-plus years has been wrong?” That conversation with my father still echoes in my mind today. He and my grandfather had been very successful, raised close to 40 crops before I came home from college,...
As the world slowly gets back to normal, so do our food shelves. ECRM hosted a Frozen Foods; Store Brand; and Deli, Dairy and Bakery program for companies within those categories to meet and present new and innovative products to buyers across all retail channels. "We were thrilled with the turnout...
Sales of household cleaning and paper products have exploded over the last year. ECRM Connect’s General Merchandising programs are doing a major push to anniversary those sales for next year, allowing for brands to achieve the same results, if not better. The program helps brands push their products out through...
The most successful companies are those that understand and embrace consumer and societal changes, and don’t simply cling to a soon-to-be-defunct status quo. Rising concern about the treatment of farm animals is changing how meat and eggs are being produced and sold, with significant implications for the marketplace and for...
COVID-19 has dominated our lives for the past year, yet there is an incredibly important topic that has not received widespread attention: the role of a healthy immune function within the context of this pandemic. [caption id="attachment_82227" align="alignright" width="193"] Simplifying the COVID Puzzle: How Two Essential Vitamins Fortify the Immune...
A recent report released on February 4, 2021, by the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Committee on Oversight and Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, revealed shocking levels of heavy metals in baby food ingredients. This report was sparked by testing initiated by Healthy Babies Bright Future in August of...
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