USDA To Start Spot Testing Organic Products, Media Makes Hay Over It
Given the current failure of proper government oversight into a wide range of businesses –banking, finance, mortgage lending and meat processing to name just a few, the fact that USDA announcement that it would begin more rigorous spot checks on organic products was greeted by some in the media as evidence that the organic is meaningless left […]
Reader’s Digest Must Be On Crack—Suggests Benefits of Vitamins Folk Tale
Given all the vitamins NBN has taken since the 1980’s if the Reader’s Digest story is accurate, I must have died a hundred deaths by now. Read the links below. Or just ignore the folks who must be on somebody’s payroll. Or maybe just supremely stupid. http://drugstorenews.com/story.aspx?id=133561&menuid=793 http://www.naturalproductsmarketplace.com/articles/2010/03/crn-counters-readers-digests-vitamin-myths.aspx http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100255816 http://nutritionbusinessjournal.com/alternative-medicine/news/11-18-study-deals-a-second-blow-vitamin-e-c/
Ingelhoffer Launches Organic Mustards
Back in the mid-90’s NBN ended ten years of working in natural foods retail to hit the road. No nothing romantic, we’re not talking Kerouac, here. He became a traveling salesman. Yes NBN was looking for love in the form of sales commissions all over the San Francisco Bay area working for what was then […]
Honey Pack Up the Car We’re Going Off the Grid
Ever since NBN saw John Cassavete and Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazurksy’s contemporary film version of THE TEMPEST we’ve dreamt about moving away from it all. The funny thing is this was long before NBN had even reached the not so ripe age of thirty. So you might imagine the dream still lives but frankly its […]
Nature’s Path Granola Bars Make Old School New Again
Every once in a while NBN needs to hold back on a story and read it a few days later because it’s so god damn gushy that any newcomer to the site might wonder if my cousin owns the company or I’m trying to bed the brand manager. Along with Amy’s Kitchen, Clif Bar and […]
SolarDay 2010 — Celebrate, Create the Future
While news stories continue to report China’s growing leadership in the development of solar power and other forms of clean energy, NBN was glad to learn of a powerful coalition of solar advocated growing here at home. SolarDay launched last year is a national and global effort seeking to raise awareness of the benefits of solar energy, encourage […]
Petitioning the King, Organic Rules and Good Old Uncle Sam
As the growth of organic foods has created larger and larger corporate interest in the market, the traditional dance between the regulators, the regulated has gained increased scrutiny from various watchdog groups. Of course the dynamic driving these efforts is as old as time. The search for favoritism from rulers goes back to the days […]
New Hope Greens Up Expo West and Celebrates 30 Years
New Hope Media’s Natural Products Expo West the nation’s largest show for natural and organic products celebrates it’s 30th year next week. In addition Expo West has implemented new protocols that will not only lessen the load on Orange County, California’s waste disposal system but also on attendees shoulders, too. New Hope has the Buyer’s Guide with […]
Diamond Foods To Purchase Kettle Chips for $615 Million
Diamond Foods makers of Diamond and Emerald brand nuts and Pop Secret microwave popcorn will purchase Kettle Chips from the British Lion Capital Group for $615 million. Lion purchased Kettle in 2006 for $270 million. Shares of Diamond fell 10% on Friday after news of the deal. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, analysts worry […]
Mackey, Health Care, Fat Loss Incentives and The Cranky Critics
Well we’re beginning to think that if John Mackey were to save a baby from a burning house more than a few would complain he forgot to get the little tyke’s teddy bear, proving he’s a villain to the core. Criticism over Whole Foods recent announcement that it was offering incentives to employees through a […]
