Green Cleaning Deal: Ecover Acquires Method
San Francisco based Method was purchased by Belgium based EU leading green cleaning products manufacturer Ecover on Tuesday. The combined company will be the largest green cleaning company in the world. Method transformed the Plain Jane green cleaning category with its trendy packaging and product colors, appealing to everyone from Martha Stewart fans, climate change deniers […]
A Brief History of Corporate Science; You Know Agent Orange and DDT Are Safe, Nicotine and Cancer are unrelated
Brilliant video in support of California’s Proposition 37 (which calls for the labeling of GMO products) the reminding us how science is about as pliable as Silly Putty especially when profits are involved. And in case you don’t already know organic food does not contain GMO ingredients.
Organic Study Claims Reasons to Buy Organic are Unclear
While a review of current studies on the benefits of organic food by researchers at Stanford University and published in the Annals of Internal medicine offers a few nods of the cap to organic, primarily less pesticides, they even question the value of this benefit. Really? As noted in CNN the report states that “no studies have […]
Green Energy News-NYC and Garbanzo Bean Growers Announce Plan to Fuel Taxis on New FalafelFuel
In a press conference at New York’s City Hall, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Taxi & Limousine Commissioner Matthew W. Daus and Norharvest Bean Growers Association Norbert Johannson unveiled a plan to fuel all taxicabs and car service vehicles in the city on a new bio-fuel made from garbanzo beans.“For too long chick peas have been unfairly […]
John Wayne Airport to Be Renamed After Soap Pioneer Dr. Bronner
In a surprise move, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to rename the John Wayne Airport after spiritualist and soap maker, Dr. Emmanuel Bronner. Citing the soap maker’s longstanding commitment to the tingle factor, as well as his uncannily irresistible and indecipherable philosophical musings, the Board unveiled a statue of the 3rd generation […]
Annie’s IPO Followed by Bernie’s Wedding
Wedding bells were ringing in an undisclosed Northern California location as famed product icons Bernie the Rabbit and Hello Kitty wed. Bernie, the famous spokes model for Annie’s Homegrown, and Kitty famed product icon for San Rio are honeymooning at an undisclosed location. Famed muppet Miss Piggy was reportedly making drunken threats before the couple […]
Lawsuits Over ‘Natural’ Claims More about Predatory Lawyers Than Consumer Clarity
If you haven’t been following the details about the many lawsuits against a slew of food giants ranging from General Mills to ConAgra and Pepsico you might be mistakenly excited over a new era requiring honesty in food labeling. Yet most of these have less to do with consumer rights and more to do with […]
New York Times Marc Bittman on Investor Interest in Organic Farms
Interesting New York Times blog post from Mark Bittman on hard nosed investor interest on organic farming.
Whole Foods Walter Robb in BusinessWeek
Interesting interview or puff piece to pump up investor relations. You decide and let us know. Of course maybe the two are one and the same.