Fall 2015
Veganz: at full steam
Wed, 02/09/15 - 11:40
By Annemarie Kruse
Veganism continues to be one of the major influences in the European organic industry. In Germany especially, vegan food is trending very strongly. In the country’s capital veganism has already become part of the mainstream. No other city in Germany has so many vega
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Barbados hosts first Green Summit
Tue, 01/09/15 - 10:17
By Adriana Michael
Barbados will host its first Green Summit on September 3rd at the Foursquare Rum Distillery and Heritage Park. The event is an attempt to connect the green business community with the government and agencies involved in sustainable projects on the island.
The tiny paradi
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New CODEX standard for quinoa proposed
Sun, 30/08/15 - 10:09
By O.W.N News Network
Work on a new globally accepted standard is set to commence for the versatile Andean grain quinoa, which is known for its high nutritional content, after the US and Bolivia gained the go ahead to develop a new international standard, which is expected to take four years
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Going local is the new Global
Fri, 28/08/15 - 09:58
By Cíntia Taylor
The Internet has given us access to the world. It has brought us in touch with those across the globe, it has told us about places far away, it has shown us new experiences. But now it is facilitating our return to going local.
The communication is somehow different, b
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Baobab – superfood with a social conscience
Thu, 27/08/15 - 11:20
By Annemarie Kruse
One of the latest superfoods to hit the organic food industry is baobab. The baobab tree (its generic name is Adansonia, after the French botanist Michel Adanson) is often called “monkey bread tree” since monkeys are said to consume its fruit.
Another name fo
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The bumpy way towards sustainable packaging
Thu, 27/08/15 - 09:51
By Cíntia Taylor
As supermarket shelves become fuller with a larger offering of foods and beverages, the importance of the right packaging increases as well. They must stand out from the competition while conveying a number of messages: the content, the product’s image, its principl
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EWG identifies 12 cancer causing chemicals
Wed, 26/08/15 - 11:23
By Warren Beaumont
US non-profit, human health and environment advocacy group the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its EWG’s Dirty Dozen; Cancer prevention Edition, its latest consumer guide that highlights 12 of the worst chemicals that are known to disrupt cancer-rel
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Could Chufa Be the New Quinoa?
Tue, 25/08/15 - 11:43
By Ditte Lustrup
Though chufa, also named tiger nut, is still a fairly new superfood on the health-food scene, Nordic Chufa hopes that it will become just as popular and well known as quinoa.
Maria José Perez and Liz Christiansen founded Nordic Chufa in 2013 with the mission of b
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Chia World
Tue, 25/08/15 - 10:22
By O.W.N News Network
Introducing a new feature with all news related to chia, the tiny slavia hispanica white and black seed. If you are a chia producer, processor or trader and would like to contribute to CHIA WORLD please contact wbeaumont@organicwellnessnews.com
Organic & Wellness N
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Happy Tree: The coconut water from the north
Sat, 15/08/15 - 11:32
By Adriana Michael
Naturally flavored bottled waters continue to be the craze with consumers who are consistently looking for the next best thing promoting health and well-being.
The bottled water industry is a $13 billion business where everyone on the Who’s Who list of beverage p
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