Makers of natural, organic and functional food and beverage products have an opportunity in the year ahead to help consumers adopt healthier habits, said Carlotta Mast, senior vice president and market leader at New Hope Network.
“2020 was a challenging year, but natural and organic brands face a bright future,” Ms. Mast said. “We are positioned where a growing number of consumers are headed.” New rules on organic farming and production in the EU are set to come into effect at the beginning of 2022. In the first in a series of articles examining the update, legal experts Katia Merten-Lentz, partner at international law firm Keller and Heckman, and Caroline Commandeur, Associate at the same firm, weigh what these new measures will mean for the future of organic food. The Giant Company has partnered with the Rodale Institute, a nonprofit focused on advancing organic farming, as part of efforts to promote more sustainable agriculture and retailing as well as reduce food insecurity. Certified organic production is increasing in the United States. Part of that trend is coming from landowners that want to use their asset to support certified organic and regenerative organic agriculture. Some landowners live on the farms they rent and want to see lush cover crops growing in the field. Others live halfway across the country but understand the environmental impacts that conventional farming can have on the environment and human health, and they do not want to be a part of it any longer. Organic fruits and vegetables now take up ample real estate in grocery store produce sections. Many shoppers may wonder if they’re better off choosing organic versus traditional products, and research suggests they are.
The Giant Company steps up support of organic farming
The Giant Company has partnered with the Rodale Institute, a nonprofit focused on advancing organic farming, as part of efforts to promote more sustainable agriculture and retailing as well as reduce food insecurity.
https://www.supermarketnews.com/sustainability/giant-company-steps-support-organic-farming
The future of organic farming in Europe: How the new Regulation tightens the rules
New rules on organic farming and production in the EU are set to come into effect at the beginning of 2022. In the first in a series of articles examining the update, legal experts Katia Merten-Lentz, partner at international law firm Keller and Heckman, and Caroline Commandeur, Associate at the same firm, weigh what these new measures will mean for the future of organic food.
Opinion: Landowners Are Driving Organic Production
Certified organic production is increasing in the United States. Part of that trend is coming from landowners that want to use their asset to support certified organic and regenerative organic agriculture. Some landowners live on the farms they rent and want to see lush cover crops growing in the field. Others live halfway across the country but understand the environmental impacts that conventional farming can have on the environment and human health, and they do not want to be a part of it any longer.
Benefits abound in organic foods
Modern grocery stores are unlike the ones many of today’s adults encountered when they were children. Grocery stores are not only bigger today than they were years ago, but they’re also stocked with items that weren’t available until relatively recently. Organic fruits and vegetables now take up ample real estate in grocery store produce sections. Many shoppers may wonder if they’re better off choosing organic versus traditional products, and research suggests they are.
https://www.covnews.com/living/health/healthy-living-benefits-abound-organic-foods/
A ‘bright future’ for natural and organic industry
Makers of natural, organic and functional food and beverage products have an opportunity in the year ahead to help consumers adopt healthier habits, said Carlotta Mast, senior vice president and market leader at New Hope Network.
“2020 was a challenging year, but natural and organic brands face a bright future,” Ms. Mast said. “We are positioned where a growing number of consumers are headed.”
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/18073-a-bright-future-for-natural-and-organic-industry
