Town Fair(s)
TransFair USA™, the leading third-party certifier of fair trade products in the United States, announced in March that it has received a $50,000 grant from Green Mountain Coffee®, and a three-year commitment of $925,000 from the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation. The Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation was established and is led separately from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) by GMCR Founder and Chairman Bob Stiller. This funding will galvanize TransFair USA’s effort to grow the fair trade movement and establish hundreds of Fair Trade Towns across the US by 2013. “The Fair Trade Towns program was in effect but did not really take off until... more...
TransFair USA™, the leading third-party certifier of fair trade products in the United States, announced in March that it has received a $50,000 grant from Green Mountain Coffee®, and a three-year commitment of $925,000 from the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation. The Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation was established and is led separately from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) by GMCR Founder and Chairman Bob Stiller. This funding will galvanize TransFair USA’s effort to grow the fair trade movement and establish hundreds of Fair Trade Towns across the US by 2013. “The Fair Trade Towns program was in effect but did not really take off until... more...
Learning the Labels
Meat, poultry and egg shoppers will see a variety of label claims on products. Here are brief explanations of some of the claims they may likely encounter: more...
Meat, poultry and egg shoppers will see a variety of label claims on products. Here are brief explanations of some of the claims they may likely encounter: more...
Straus Family Creamery Partners With
Correia Family Dairy
Straus Family Creamery recently welcomed the Correia Family Organic Dairy into its small group of local family-owned farms who produce organic milk. more...
Correia Family Dairy
Straus Family Creamery recently welcomed the Correia Family Organic Dairy into its small group of local family-owned farms who produce organic milk. more...
Korean Market For US Organic Products to Remain
Open Through 2012
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) lauded a decision by the Korean Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) to extend its current organic labeling regulations for imports until December 31, 2012, thus allowing continued access by US organic companies to export organic food products to Korea. more...
Open Through 2012
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) lauded a decision by the Korean Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) to extend its current organic labeling regulations for imports until December 31, 2012, thus allowing continued access by US organic companies to export organic food products to Korea. more...
“JUST” Organic for Babies
Plum Organics (Emeryville, CA) has introduced a new line of baby food that has become the premium organic brand in the nation for little ones. The JUST line of baby foods includes six single-fruit varieties of USDA Organic baby food made from 100 percent fruits with no added sugar, juice, colors or flavors. The current JUST varieties are apples, peaches, bananas, pears, prunes and mangos.
For more information, call (510)-225-4018 or visit www.plum-organics.com.