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How LOHAS can you go? Sales of organic processed food soar

by Bonnie P. @ Sunday, June 8th, 2008.

Brandweek reports that despite the down economy, Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) consumers are happy to open their wallets for higher-priced organic cereal, jelly, pasta, produce, soup, and ready-to-serve prepared food.

Monsanto acquires Ethicurean in surprise takeover

by Guest @ Saturday, January 26th, 2008.

Special to The Ethicurean, by Barry Foy
Reactions ranged from bewilderment to outrage at Ethicurean.com today, following news that the food watchdog had fallen victim to a hostile takeover by chemical/genetics giant Monsanto Corp.
Monsanto’s announcement was upbeat: “We are pleased to welcome Ethicurean.com into the Monsanto family (The Stuff of Life: We Own It…for the Children®). […]

Bigger and badder: Prof. Phil Howard on consolidation in the organic industry

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, December 18th, 2007.

Q&A with Phil Howard, assistant professor of community, agriculture, recreation and resource studies at Michigan State University, about the impact of consolidation in the organic industry, the concentration ratio principle of economics, the Whole Foods-Wild Oats merger, and more.

Digest - News: A grande gesture from Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts bids bye to trans fats

by Ethicurean @ Monday, August 27th, 2007.

A round-up of the most important news & commentary regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.

Digest - Slightly moldy: Eat-local-backlash scrutinized, buffalo roaming again

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 23rd, 2007.

A roundup of current news and commentary about everything from Farm Bill updates to backyard chickens, transgenic foods, E. coli recalls, and sustainable fish.

Announcing the netroots ad campaign for Real Food

by Bonnie P. @ Saturday, July 14th, 2007.

Are you up for some true grassroots marketing? Let’s claim Real Food for reality-based food communities everywhere.

Truthiness and real food: Hellman’s, get your paws off our framing

by Bonnie P. @ Sunday, July 8th, 2007.

Real food: Is it creamy, colloidal beige stuff made in a giant factory that’s shelf-stable for months at room temperature? Hellman’s hopes you’ll think so.

What the Australian supermarket takeover means

by Jillian @ Saturday, July 7th, 2007.

Wesfarmers has made a takeover bid for the Coles Group, which includes Australia’s second most successful supermarket chain, after Woolworths. This week the National Association of Retail Grocers in Australia, which represents independent grocery groups such as IGA and Foodworks, released a report showing Coles and Woolworths controlled 79% of the market. By comparison, it […]

Digest: Whole Foods in hot water, apple moths eating everything in sight, Tyson goes drug-free (sorta)

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, June 19th, 2007.

A roundup of all the SOLE-food-related news articles, features, op-eds, and blog posts we think you’ll find tasty.

Label Watch: Annie’s Homegrown and the “it’s-too-hard-to-find-organic-ingredients” defense

by Bonnie P. @ Wednesday, June 13th, 2007.

On Monday the New York Times reported, as plenty have elsewhere, that the USDA is close to approving a list of non-organically certified ingredients that can be used in certified organic food.

Digest: Tomato pickers get raise, Norman Borlaug to the rescue, Wal-Mart retreats

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, April 12th, 2007.

There’s a golf course worth of links coming at ya. Fore!
Pennies add up: McDonald’s has reached agreement with a Florida farmworkers organization to pay 1 cent more per pound for the tomatoes it buys from state farms. Think that’s nothing? It’s a 75 percent pay raise for the laborers. Time for Burger King to pony […]

Digest: Smithfield series, market pressure, more bad PR for Menu Foods

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, April 11th, 2007.

Hogging the issues: Yay for independent media! The Independent Weekly of Research Triangle, NC, had a great cover feature package on Smithfield last week that we missed. The “Big Pig” series examined Smithfield’s anti-union labor practices, worker safety, waste management, potential monopoly status, political […]

In a whopper of a move, Burger King has it slightly more our way

by Bonnie P. @ Wednesday, March 28th, 2007.

Burger King announced today it will be moving to cage-free eggs and pork from cage-free sows. It is also going to make an effort to buy from poultry suppliers that use gas, known as “controlled atmospheric stunning,” instead of electric shocks for slaughtering chickens. The New York Times article doesn’t go into it, but the […]

Digest: Poisoned pet food, E. coli CSI fails, Puck the trend

by Ethicurean @ Friday, March 23rd, 2007.

Possible pet food culprit: Rat poison has been found in the tainted pet food that killed several animals and sparked a nationwide recall. Frankly, we’re surprised they were bothering to poison the rats, instead of grinding them up into pet food. USA Today Whoops, breaking news has it that the rodenticide — which is […]

Digest: Puck goes Ethicurean, watery news, organic ag shortage

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, March 22nd, 2007.

Bravo to Wolfgang Puck!: The L.A. restauranteur is taking foie gras, battery eggs, and meat from caged animals off the menu at all of his 14 fine-dining restaurants, 82 casual cafes, and his packaged food business. He’ll also only sell seafood from certified sustainable fisheries, and will incorporate even more organic and local produce. San […]

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