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Trump administration scraps organic food regulations
The Trump administration has stuck a fork in new regulations requiring that “certified organic” cows and chickens have enough room to spread their wings and hooves. The Obama-era rules required...
Walmart is now selling pricey organic avocado toast
Walmart is serving up organic fast food. The big box store, where you can get everything from McDonald’s to Patti Labelle’s famous pies while you shop for cheap office supplies...
There's no actual veggies in 'Veggie Straws': suit
Two snack-loving men have sued Hain Celestial Group after discovering there are no actual vegetables in the company’s popular Garden Veggie Straws. The snack food, which claims to have 30...
Organic milk is utter hogwash
Next time you’re in the grocery store trying to decide whether to splurge on organic milk or stick with milk from conventionally raised cows, consider that the two products may...
New Yorkers will try anything to look prettier
Beauty-obsessed New Yorkers are clamoring for the latest organic beauty fixes, trying everything from “collagen cupcakes” to plump-up skin, nails and hair, to attending “Chakra dinners” stacked with beauty drinks...
Organic food isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Sorry green-market-loving hipsters, but it turns out eating organic isn’t always that great for the planet, and may only have a marginal effect on your health. A new study published...
Big Food's hottest trend? Crusading against Big Food
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gathered for a free music festival, a crowd waits to see one of the headline attractions — an exhibit about fast-food ingredients. On display: Beakers of...
Mogul sees organic farm as first step to reviving lost towns
Entrepreneur Michael Bruno, who made a name for himself as the founder of antique auction site 1stdibs.com, has opened a Hudson Valley farm stand, Blue Barn Organic, that sold out...
Hain Celestial can blame their stock flop on themselves
The king of the supermarket health food aisle is under attack — again. And this time the company’s wounds are somewhat self-inflicted. Hain Celestial Group, which for 23 years has...
Stock star Hain Celestial falls on accounting probe
Wall Street chewed up and spit out the natural and organic food company Hain Celestial Group on Tuesday after an announcement that it would delay releasing its fourth-quarter and fiscal-year...
Everything we love to eat is a scam
Among the many things New Yorkers pride ourselves on is food: making it, selling it and consuming only the best, from single-slice pizza to four-star sushi. We have fish markets,...
Danone swallows WhiteWave in $10B bid to go organic
France’s Danone said on Thursday it would double the size of its US business by buying organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods in a deal worth $12.5 billion, including some $2.1...