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Natural Grocers Releases 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report

The ESG report offer's a look at the company's current practices and investments made in the previous year.

March 6, 2023

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has released its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report for the 2022 fiscal year.

2023: It’s the Amazon Jungle Out There

February 13, 2023

Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association

Those of you who follow the Organic & Natural Health Association know that we are often referred to as a boutique organization. To me that means we are designed to be elite and unique, representing only the best of the supply chain, and engaging all its stakeholders, including independent retailers...

2023 ACI Advertising Claims Substantiation Forum to Address ESG Claims, Class Action, Data Privacy & More

January 4, 2023

Maggie Jaqua

Legal developments impacting advertising claims substantiation, correcting unsubstantiated claims, working with influencers...these topics and more will be addressed at the American Conference Institute (ACI)’s 6th Annual Forum on Advertising Claims Substantiation, taking place February 9–10, 2023. The event will be live-streamed as well as in person at New York City...

Does the GMO Labeling Win Signal the End of Obfuscation?

September 19, 2022

Alan Lewis

The recent federal court ruling on the legality of the 2018 GMO labeling laws confirmed the obvious: a checkerboard square that shoppers can’t read is not an adequate GMO disclosure. That was the small but significant win for Natural Grocers and other plaintiffs resulting from the lawsuit filed by the...

Vital Farms Publishes First Sustainability Report

March 18, 2022

Julia Peterman

Austin, TX—Vital Farms has published its inaugural Sustainability Report, an overview of the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) progress with respect to each of its stakeholders, including farmers and suppliers, crew members, customers and consumers, communities and the environment, and stockholders. Opening the report, President and CEO Russell Diez-Canseco...