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...
Chicago, IL—The Empower Project has launched, with the goal of amplifying the voices of Black-owned businesses, according to a press release. "Our goal is to capitalize on the strengths of our strategic partners and to jointly invest in a brand that we believe has the highest probability of success and...
Los Angeles, CA—A new industry group is looking to promote representation of black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) space, according to a press release. Ibraheem Basir, Founder and CEO of A Dozen Cousins, has created Project Potluck as an organization to help BIPOC thrive...
Companies are pulling ads from Facebook in protest of what they say are the site’s failures to stop the spread of hate, according to CNN. A civil rights coalition including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the NAACP launched the #StopHateforProfit campaign last week and called on major corporations to pause...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our industry fosters wellness. It’s what many of us feel called to do, and we’ve made it our life’s work. Helping our customers feel more energized, more resilient in times of stress, less prone to health concerns...we strive to do all of that, of course, but it’s so much more.
The natural products industry prides itself on many things—our fight for healthy food, for access to supplements, for a cleaner environment, for cleaner water. We want a future free of toxic chemicals and pollutants. We want to be able to buy food, supplements, and other products that were made without...
