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Wellness News
The international publication for organic and sustainable trade
Organic & Wellness News
The international publication for organic and sustainable trade
E-News Winter 2017
The Cornucopia Institute just released Raising the Bar, Choosing Healthy Snack Bars versus Gimmicky Junk Food a report exposing misleading marketing practices by large food industry firms that market candy-like snack and energy bars as wholesome and nutritious. The repor
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With fears rising globally about the threat from mega-mergers between so-called 'crop science' giants, and more studies showing connections between agricultural chemicals and cancer, a timely release is the second book from Andre Leu, called Poisoning Our Children: The Pa
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Multinational chocolate companies and traders attended the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in November 2017 where the World Cocoa Foundation said top cocoa-producing countries Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and leading chocolate and cocoa companies, announced f
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Major US natural and organic products company Hain Celestial Inc's acquisition of British maple syrup and natural sweeteners maker Clarks UK in early December may not stop rumours that Hain Celestial is a takeover target for Swiss food and beverage giant Nestle. Hain Cele
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French grocery supermarket/hypermarket retailer Groupe Casino has signed a deal to use British online retailer Ocado’s e-commerce platform by developing the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) in France. Also, Amazon signaled it would end AmazonFresh grocery delivery service
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Faced with its weakest nine-month sales in many years, Nestle SA has made its biggest investment in health and nutrition since 2006 after making a deal to buy Canadian dietary supplements and vitamin maker Atrium Innovations for $2.3 billion in a bid for growth beyond sta
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An introduction to organic plant and animal breeding, organic product diversity, new food and cosmetic trends, and insight into “the next generation of the organic industry” are some of the highlights at the 2018 edition of the World’s Leading Trade Fair
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Marco Coppola and Brad Michnik of Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership at Biofach 2017, STEP did a trade mission to Mexico in 2017Both the United States and Canada are now working towards organic equivalency with Mexico, with the United States and Mexico forming a
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IFOAM – Organics International announced that a new World Board for 2017-2020 was elected at the General Assembly in India. Peggy Miars (USA) will lead the organisation as IFOAM's new president, supported by Jennifer Chang (South Korea) and Frank Eyhorn (Switzerland
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The 38th annual Natural Products Expo West & Engredea, the world's most significant b2b event in the organic and natural products sector is practically sold out even though it has expanded its exhibition area for 2018. The fast-paced event organized by New Hope Netwo
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The 29th edition of BIOFACH, “the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food” is introducing a new exhibit called “Organic from the Start”, which will focus on breeding plants and animals following organic principles and guidelines. The dis
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