Entrepreneur Profile: Little Duck Organics

A recovery from the worst recession in about seven decades may not seem like the ideal time to start a new food business, but Zak Normandin forged ahead. With a Just Do It kind of attitude, the New Hampshire-based professional and co-founder of design house Redwood Concepts started an organic dried fruits business called Little [...]

Whole Foods Makes Organic Beauty Ultimatum

Whole Foods Market has given the beauty industry an ultimatum by announcing that all personal care products and cosmetics that claim to be “organic” and are sold in Whole Foods stores in the U.S. must be third-party certified by June 1, 2011. The new rule means all products that claim to be organic need to [...]

Enriched Foods: A New-Old Super Grain

The mainstream media has long questioned enriched foods, but the real question is–if there were food products that would eliminate the need for one more supplement or vitamin, would you buy them? Salba Smart and Core Naturals are betting yes. Health trends often warrant skepticism but some discoveries are just rebirths of old trends. Such [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of December 15-21

Whole Foods Donates To Hunger Relief Publicly traded healthy grocery store Whole Foods Market has donated almost $1 million worth of food to Feeding America, a charitable hunger relief organization. Feeding America, which has about 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Whole Foods Market’s donation is nearly [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of December 8-14

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy New Global Fund Ambassador On December 1, World AIDS Day, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy accepted a position as global ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bruni-Sarkozy will draw attention to the needs of women and children infected with or affected by [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News July 7

George Clooney is speaking out about the dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, The Los Angeles Times reports. Tom Hanks is one of at least 600 actors who signed a letter supporting the contract AFTRA recently negotiated. Jack Nicholson is one of more than 60 actors [...]