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E-News Winter 2017

Raising the snack bar
Tue, 12/12/17 - 16:05
By O.W.N News Network

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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Pesticide residues found in 77 percent of all foods in the US
Thu, 07/12/17 - 09:00

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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Major cocoa suppliers pledge action on deforestation
Wed, 06/12/17 - 09:10
By O.W.N News Network

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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Under pressure for brand sale, Hain acquires UK sweeteners
Tue, 05/12/17 - 18:00

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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Casino signs Ocado e-commerce deal while Amazon Fresh stops deliveries
Tue, 05/12/17 - 17:10
By O.W.N News Network

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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Nestle buys Canadian Atrium for $2.3 billion
Tue, 05/12/17 - 17:00
By O.W.N News Network

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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Organic diversity, plant breeding, more expo halls for BIOFACH 2018
Tue, 05/12/17 - 11:00
By O.W.N News Network

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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Canada and the US look to organic equivalency with Mexico
Mon, 04/12/17 - 10:00
By O.W.N News Network

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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New World Board at IFOAM – Organics International
Thu, 30/11/17 - 10:00
By O.W.N News Network

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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Expo West 2018 expanding and hosting Climate Change Day
Wed, 29/11/17 - 09:20
By Clara Paz

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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