Winter 2012
Pacari: World’s best chocolate
Tue, 15/01/13 - 22:07
By Warren Beaumont
Carla Barboto and Santiago Peralta, co-founders Pacari Chocolate, overall winner among the best brands at Intl. World’s Chocolate Awards 2012Maker of single-origin dark organic chocolate Pacari Chocolate of Ecuador was recognized as the world’s best maker of h
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Healthy Spices Juice Up Kitchen Creativity
Sun, 13/01/13 - 23:52
By Cat Kolonko
For people searching for creative ways to save money in a lumbering economy, the household kitchen may supplant the restaurant as hangout central. It is a trend fed by an expanding appetite for celebrity chefs, television shows and blogs dedicated to cooking with healthy,
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Updates from the world's top retailers
Sun, 13/01/13 - 23:41
By Warren Beaumont
EUROPE
Switzerland’s Migros Zurich takes over German supermarket Tegut
Starting in January, Migros Zurich, one of the Swiss market leader's co-operatives, will acquire the supermarket business of German group tegut. This chain introduced organic food almost 30 yea
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Cranberry: Shimmering super fruit
Sun, 13/01/13 - 22:37
By Adriana Michael
It’s one of the most magnificent scenes in nature: a sea of red set against clear, pristine water, reflecting the blue sky and the deep red tones of fall. At closer observation, the little red beads ebb and flow atop the water, reflecting sunlight, like floating rub
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OPINION - Organic: Food Justice for the 99%
Sun, 13/01/13 - 22:22
By O.W.N News Network
By Charlotte Vallaeys, Director Farm and Food Policy, The Cornucopia Institute. Text edited to fit space.
As Americans become increasingly aware of the story behind conventional foods—the ecologically destructive monoculture fields, the petrochemical fertilizers, t
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GMO-free product sales on the rise
Tue, 13/11/12 - 22:48
By O.W.N News Network
GMOs are abuzz. Retail participation in the third annual Non-GMO Month reached an all-time high this October. And even though California’s Prop 37 did not pass the law for GMO labeling, it continues to score headlines. Around 6 million people or 48.5% voted YES, whi
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Honey-sweet smell of success in Romania
Mon, 12/11/12 - 16:09
By Karin Zeitvogel
To your health, an Ihre Gesundheit, a su salud -- or as you might hear at this year’s BioFach World Organic Trade Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, “În cinstea dumitale.” That’s Romanian, and after years of an uphill climb for the new EU member sta
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Teen starts business to save the bees
Fri, 09/11/12 - 15:58
By O.W.N News Network
As the words “organic” and “all natural” invade the savage world of modern business, it appears to take the eyes of a child to demonstrate true dedication to firm values and an environmental cause that extends beyond profit, fame and fortune.
Henr
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Lifestyle Organic enters Canada
Mon, 05/11/12 - 03:06
Lifestyles Organics, a brand of Austrian firm MARAP, is now available in Canada via MAV Foods Inc. a food management solutions firm based in Ontario. The line of nutritious ready-to-prepare meals that has won awards in the UK as best organic convenience food products incl
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Quinoa & chia super foods lead new product development
Mon, 05/11/12 - 00:46
By Warren Beaumont
Superfoods and ancient grains such as quinoa, chia, kamut, farro, spelt, millet, amaranth and freekeh, which are high in fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals and in many cases are also gluten-free, high in omega-3s and antioxidants are proving to be popular ingredients u
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Runa tea opens door for guayusa
Sun, 04/11/12 - 02:46
By Christopher Doscher
With consumption of ready-to drink teas growing 15 times since 2000 and sales estimated at $3.30 billion by the Tea Association of the U.S., New York-based Runa LLC is betting that more consumers will look to specialty tea beverages that offer a sustained, caffeinated boo
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