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Wildfires Devastate Southern California; Businesses Offer Support

As wildfires rage across the area, businesses are doing what they can to assist those in need.

January 10, 2025

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

With wildfires devastating areas of Southern California, businesses are doing what they can to support those in need.

Editor's Letter

Reigniting the Fire in Our Bellies

September 3, 2024

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

The WholeFoods Magazine team will keep updating you on the latest news in the natural products industry, and doing what we can to support you and your business, so you can join the fight.

Natural Products News Briefs: Nutrify, Safety Shot, Stratum, & More

What's new in natural? Catch up on the latest!

August 26, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry.

U.S. Hemp Roundtable Responds to CA Hemp Bill

State legislators were urged to vote against the Assembly Bill

August 20, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Jonathan Miller issues statement regarding the latest developments.

Natural Products Industry News Briefs: Natural Grocers, Sabinsa, & More

What's new in the natural products industry? Catch up on expansions, awards, and other industry happenings.

June 10, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry.

Natural Products Industry News Briefs: SCS, Natural Grocers, Dr. Bronner's & More

What's new in the natural products industry? Catch up on the latest in new partnerships, Proposition 12 certification, and more.

May 17, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Read up on all the latest news in the natural products industry.

California Hemp Farming Approved; Farm Bill Stalls

October 2, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to change state and federal laws to allow commercial hemp farming, celebrates the passage of SB 1409 in California, which legalizes hemp farming in the state. A major victory for the hemp industry, Governor Brown signed Vote...

California Fires Expected to Have Lasting Impact

December 13, 2017

Gianna Bruzzese

California’s Thomas Fire, which started in Ventura County and is now moving through Santa Barbara County, has hit a massive 234,000 acres in size. The fires have destroyed an area larger than New York City and Boston combined, and only 20% has been contained so far. More than $48 million...

Frey Vineyards Hurt as California Burns

October 12, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

It’s been a month for the record books as hurricane-related flooding ravaged Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida, Louisiana and Texas followed rapidly by wildfires laying bare hundreds of thousands of acres in northern California. What it all means for the industry is still being calculated. The human costs...

California Exempts Aquifers from Environmental Protection, Threatening Water Supply

September 12, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

An investigation by ProPublica reveals that the state of California is expanding exceptions to federal environmental laws, called aquifer exemptions, that allow mining, oil and gas companies to dispose of waste directly into water reserves (1). The state, one of 23 that have been issued exemptions, has been experiencing severe...