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.
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.
White Wave Division of Dean Foods to File IPO
Dean Foods the world’s largest dairy and owners of Horizon Organic Dairy and Silk, makers of Silk soy milk, creamers and yogurt. No doubt the IPO success of the tiny Annie’s Homegrown brand must have left the Dean Foods folks stewing in their organic creamer. More details at Business Week on the IPO for White […]
CNN on Organic Valley Farmer
While not the most informative piece, this iReport on Hamburg Hills Farm in Wisconsin (created by a viewer, not the network) makes NBN grateful for his city-slicker slacker ways. The farm is part of Organic Valley, the nation’s leading organic milk brand is a farmer cooperative.
Is Peet’s Coffee A Billion Dollar Baby?
While some believe Peet’s is a sweet billion dollar deal for the German JAB Holdings, NBN has some doubts. Yet the price for Peet’s might get even higher. Bloomberg News reported that some investors think Starbucks is considering making a rival bid to keep the Northern Californian based coffee company from making the struggling coffee giant’s headaches even […]
Vitamin Angels in Peru
In case you’re not familiar with the work fo Vitamin Angels, you should be and here at NBN we rarely use the word should. The organization provides supplements to underserved populations around the world making a huge difference in a wide range of easily preventable illnesses. Check out their blog and get inspired