Nature’s Way to Purchase Enzymatic Therapy from North Castle Partners
Utah based Nature’s Way, a subsidiary of German natural therapeutics producer Schwabe Pharmaceuticals agreed to purchase Enzymatic Therapy from the company’s controlling shareholder North Castle Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081015/ny39256.html?.v=1
New York Times Jane Brody Asks about Vitamin B12 Supplementation
My mother loved Jane Brody but still took plenty of vitamins during her long life. We don’t feel the same way about her. Let us know what you think. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/health/14brod.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=science&adxnnlx=1224100852-XG2nXVp0fJup5XpTOxE36A
The Urban Cheapskate: Goes to the Brooklyn Farmer’s Market
Come September and it’s the height of the season at the Saturday Farmers’ Market at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza. The place is absolutely aswarm with yuppies, all returned from wherever it is they go for the summer anyways. Indeed, quite the bumper crop. And there was some produce for sale, too. Your Urban Cheapskate recently […]
TerraCycle Transforms Middle Age Cynic into Youthful Idealist
One of the humbling things about straddling the line between the Baby Boomers and Generation X isn’t getting older. After all as far as we’ve understood that’s the only option unless you have a real hankering to become worm food. No the humbling part is coming to realize that so many of those things your […]
Whole Foods UK Division Loses 10 Million Pounds
Whole Foods sees £10m loss in first year http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investing-and-markets/article.html?in_article_id=449053&in_page_id=3&position=moretopstories
ABC News On Supplements
More mainstream media coverage on supplements. We’ll zip our lip because NBN has gotten tired of talking too much. Okay maybe we’re just really busy today. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5304089&page=1
Hain Irwin Simon Rings NASDAQ Bell
Hain Celestial Food’s Irwin Simon rang the bell at the NASDAQ floor June 18th. While we don’t think the high-stress traders were given any organic snacks they probably could use them. The few traders we know eat nothing but junk. Kudos to the crew at Hain.
Sustainable Seafood Ratings From Greenpeace
You might say that life in this modern world gets a bit more complicated by the day. Free-range isn’t all that free, and some organic might be about as corporate as Kellogg’s Snap, Crackle and Pop. The current conundrum — determining which seafood is best to buy, gets a little clearer with some help from […]
LOHAS Wal-Mart and Whole Foods
Interesting piece on the sustainable motivations that link Whole Foods and Wal-Mart. We think everyone knows who is more sincere about changing the planet but its not bad if Sam Walton’s folks want to save money and look good too. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/20/unlikely-pair-talk-green-whole-foods-wal-mart/
Rachel’s Yogurt Expands Dean Food’s Reach
We hate to admit it. When first saw the smart packaging and interesting flavors of Rachel’s Yogurt we wondered “Wow, who’s making this?” What enterprising start up had the nerve to enter the costly and competitive yogurt market and with such a large number of flavors as well? In fact, when we looked at the […]
