Many organic food buyers would prefer to have another organic food seller nearby than another conventional store. As more people buy organic foods, the mainstream grocery are increasingly offering organic products, produced without pesticides, hormones, and artificial chemicals. The price of the shares of Whole Foods has dropped substantially during the past year due to the cost of opening new stores and to competition, hardly a picture of monopoly power. People shop for groceries based on...

The initiative was a month-long study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the National Urban League for the Center for Applied Behavioral and Evaluation Research (CABER), Academy for Educational Development (AED), which seeks to improve the environmental infrastructure for African-American children who are at risk for obesity. The initiative was a month-long study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the National Urban League for the Center for...

We are already paying thrice for Washington s love affair with corn-based fuel, in the form of higher taxes, higher gasoline prices and higher food prices. for a couple of weeks? To check up on food processors in a country that sends over $6 billion worth of food to the U. Yet, because of the prodigious amounts of energy and fertilizer used in its cultivation, corn-based ethanol provides little or no reduction in CO2 over the gasoline it displaces. The purpose of this campaign at this time...

This was revealed last night by the INTO, which said that a common sight in Irish primary schools was young children arriving in school in the mornings eating junk food. The aim was to highlight the importance to children's learning of a proper diet and the possible side effects of a poor diet such as lack of concentration and hyper-activity. Many such codes suggested types of food that were suitable for children in school and tried to ensure that other types are not "on the menu" The...

In fact, even though the China label may not be affixed to something you purchase, it could contain ingredients that originated in that country. But it's our food supply we really should be more concerned about. A story by The Associated Press last week examining food handling issues in China and other Asian countries noted that Chinese growers routinely use pesticides like DDT that have been banned for decades in this country and processors often use formaldehyde - which can cause kidney...

The review, published in the journal Nutrition Bulletin and authored by the BNF's Claire Williamson, could re-ignite the debate between conventional and organic fruit that has raged with claim and counter-claim from both sides. Vending Market Watch presents late breaking news about the automatic merchandising industry. Enter the characters you see in the image: Science does not support the view that organic food is more nutritious than conventionally grown food, says a new review from the...

How the mass market for 'local' produce sidelined a leading organic farmer and the Prince of Wales Felicity Lawrence Tuesday June 26, 2007 The Guardian They were unfortunate suppliers to sack: Prince Charles's Highgrove farm and the head of the leading organic food and farming charity, but Sainsbury's did it anyway, and without notice. How the mass market for 'local' produce sidelined a leading organic farmer and the Prince of Wales Felicity Lawrence Tuesday June 26, 2007 The Guardian They...

The move and reorganization will allow the company to have more processing and freezing capacity, and its owners hope to diversify its product line to be able to process food year-round, instead of being so dependent on seasonal shrimp cycles. June 24, 2007 - 11:21PM HARLINGEN A Rio Grande Valley shrimp processor and another cold storage and food packing company are merging, a move expected to add 100 jobs to the local economy and, the companies hope, allow a more diversified product line....

If the pros don't eat sugar-loaded junk food after a game, why do we feed it to our kids? The sugar rush comes at a time of unprecedented childhood obesity, an epidemic that is leaving some kids with adult-onset diabetes, high blood pressure and emotional scarring. Nutritionist Julie Metos, head of the master's program in nutrition at the University of Utah, says that some parts of the country are ahead of others - at times when she has brought up the sport-snack topic at conferences, many...