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Free-from powers into 2017

The free-from food sector grew by 18.9% in 2016 to be worth…

Jim Manson

Make organic a ‘laboratory’ for healthy food production

The EU should increase investment in organic agriculture and use it as…

Jim Manson

Antibac soaps and cleaners thwart vital antibiotics, research shows

An antibacterial agent widely used in hand soaps could be helping microbes…

Jim Manson

Make-up, sunscreen and household cleaners escape microbead ban

Household cleaning products and certain categories of personal care products will escape…

Jim Manson

What’s hot in beauty for 2017

As is usual for December, a host of predictions have been forthcoming…

Jane Wolfe

EU organic regulation review is at “a dead end”

The Review of the EU Organic Regulation has reached a “dead end”…

Jim Manson

Brown Cow Organics gets a call from No. 10

Somerset SME Brown Cow Organics – organic food producer and Guernsey herd…

Jim Manson

Key concerns debated at European Sustainable Cosmetics Summit

A number of the key sustainability issues facing the cosmetics industry have…

Jane Wolfe

Better Food appoints new MD

Bristol-based retailer Better Food has appointed Russell Bloomfield as its new managing…

Jane Wolfe

End-of-term excitement at this year’s H&B Showcase event

Holland & Barrett’s annual Showcase event had a distinctly end-of-term feel this…

Jim Manson

Supplements’ vital ‘bridging’ role in tackling chronic diseases

Vitamin and mineral supplementation can play a key role in tackling micronutrient…

Jim Manson

Eteaket opens Edinburgh retail store

Loose-leaf tea company eteaket has opened a retail shop in Edinburgh, as…

Jane Wolfe

Essential Trading warns Fairtrade Foundation it is losing relevance

Natural products wholesaler Essential Trading has warned the Fairtrade Foundation that its…

Jim Manson

‘Natural’ tops food attribute rankings

Nearly half of consumers (47%) cite ‘all-natural’ as their most desired food…

Jim Manson

Soil Association apologizes for animal “abuse” tweet

The Soil Association has apologized for a posting a “controversial” tweet that…

Jim Manson

Better Food revamps online presence

Bristol-based Better Food has overhauled its website to bring it in line…

Jane Wolfe

‘Nourish (not feed) the world’ should be global health refrain

The phrase ‘feed the world’ denotes an unchallengeable imperative, doesn’t it? But…

Jim Manson

Nordics and Asia top UK organic export wish list

The Nordic region is considered by UK organic producers and brands as…

Jim Manson

Recognition, visibility, collaboration – the trinity of virtues driving organic growth in Scandinavia

A trinity of virtues – recognition, visibility and collaboration – is helping…

Jim Manson

US authorities say homeopathic remedies “must state they do not work”

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that over-the-counter homeopathic medicines on…

Jim Manson