General Mills set to eliminate artificial flavoring and coloring from cereal line
General Mills has announced it will eliminate artificial coloring and flavoring from all of its cereals by 2017. Natural ingredients, such as fruit and vegetable juices, will replace artificial ingredients. …
Raley’s grocery chain will tackle food waste by selling less-than-perfect produce
Allison Aubrey (@AubreyNPRFood) writes for NPR’s The Salt. She’s been working on an absolutely terrific series that is tackling the serious topic of food waste. (We wrote about her first …
“Is The New Whole Foods Label Better Than ‘Organic’?”
Whole Foods has recently established a “Responsibly Grown” program. It provides another set of standards for the produce and flowers that the retailer sells. The system rates both organic and …
The $5 billion battle for the American dinner plate
Meal-kit startups are springing up everywhere (part of a larger movement of “kits” in general, including those catering to outdoor buffs, crafters, etc.). Elizabeth Segran (@LizSegran) writes an incredibly smart …
Baja farmworkers win raises and benefits in landmark deal
A months-long labor dispute ended as Mexican farm workers accepted a deal with Baja growers. Farm workers had pressed for a wage equal to about $13 a day; currently, the …
Interview with Doug Rauch: Creating health care, disguised as a grocery store
This week’s launch of a new grocery store concept, The Daily Table, has drawn a great deal of media attention. As it should. A retail model utilizing wasted food? The …
A wage hike for Baja farmworkers may come unraveled
A tentative deal that ended a farmworker strike in Baja, Mexico may be unraveling. Last month, in an effort to end a crippling labor action that had slowed produce exports …
A new study by two Washington State University professors shows that organic agriculture can be “much more profitable than conventional as long as price premiums on the crops are high …
Reuters: Mozambique agriculture plan could displace 100,000 farmers
The government of Mozambique is considering a plan to lease 240,000 hectares (a hectare is about 2.47 acres) of farmland to investors to grow crops for export, according to leaked …
A machine that turns grocery waste into liquid fertilizer?
Approximately 40% of food in the United States – about $165 billion each year – is wasted. Much of that food ends up in landfills. In addition to being an …