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Organic Valley® Stringles® Named a Winner in Good Housekeeping's 2024 Best Snack Awards

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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LA FARGE, Wis., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Valley – America's largest organic farmer-owned cooperative – announced today that its Stringles® mozzarella string cheese was named a winner in the "Protein-Packed Favorites" category in Good Housekeeping's 2024 Best Snack Awards.

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  • LA FARGE, Wis., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Valley – America's largest organic farmer-owned cooperative – announced today that its Stringles® mozzarella string cheese was named a winner in the "Protein-Packed Favorites" category in Good Housekeeping's 2024 Best Snack Awards.
  • Organic Valley Stringles mozzarella string cheese are second to none as a delicious and protein-packed dairy snack for on-the-go enjoyment!
  • Crafted with high-quality, organic ingredients, Stringles are loved for their creamy, stringy texture and premium flavor profile, making them an ideal snack for children and adults.
  • For Good Housekeeping's Best Snack Awards, Good Housekeeping's in-house registered dietitian and team of food and nutrition experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute's Nutrition Lab rigorously analyzed ingredient lists, nutrition fact labels, packaging claims and flavor profiles of hundreds of snacks to find the best of the best.

Time To Go Cocoa! Seven Sundays Sunflower Cereal Hits Costco Shelves Nationwide

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Sundays, the cereal brand thinking outside the box to restore people and planet health, is officially on shelves nationwide at Costco stores. Seven Sundays' Real Cocoa Sunflower Cereal is available in a 16-ounce bag to serve groups, families, and cereal enthusiasts alike.

Key Points: 
  • BLOOMINGTON, Minn., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Sundays, the cereal brand thinking outside the box to restore people and planet health, is officially on shelves nationwide at Costco stores.
  • Seven Sundays' Real Cocoa Sunflower Cereal is available in a 16-ounce bag to serve groups, families, and cereal enthusiasts alike.
  • Real Cocoa Sunflower Cereal, one of the brand's best-selling products, is now bigger and better at Costco with a wallet-friendly price of $9.99.
  • Seven Sundays Real Cocoa Sunflower Cereal is rolling out in Costco nationwide throughout the month of April and will be sold for $9.99 per bag.

Flex Launches Breakthrough Product Line to Fight Period Odor Naturally

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flex, the leader in sustainable period care, today launched naturally odor-fighting Bamboo Pads and Liners. Backed by a multi-million dollar investment from MLB star Justin Verlander and his wife supermodel Kate Upton, Flex's products are available for purchase.

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  • With Fresh Multi-Million Dollar Investment from MLB Star Justin Verlander and supermodel Kate Upton, Flex Launches Naturally Odor-Fighting Bamboo Pads & Liners
    LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flex, the leader in sustainable period care, today launched naturally odor-fighting Bamboo Pads and Liners .
  • Flex Launches Breakthrough Product Line to Fight Period Odor Naturally.
  • Odor is a top concern during menstruation, but most period products claiming to reduce odor merely mask it by adding herbs, deodorants, and fragrances.
  • After using Flex discs for 8 years, which are designed to prevent odor, I was shocked when I re-entered the pad market; I couldn't find pads that naturally fought odor.

ORGANIC VALLEY RECOGNIZED AS 2024 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR USA AWARD WINNER

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Friday, February 9, 2024
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LA FARGE, Wis., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Valley, America's largest organic farmer-owned dairy cooperative, has been recognized as a winner of the 2024 Product of the Year USA Awards. Determined through a national study of 40,000 American shoppers in partnership with Kantar, a global leader in consumer research, Product of the Year is the largest consumer-voted awards program centered around product innovation. Organic Valley Reduced Fat Eggnog is awarded the highly acclaimed honor of the best product within the Specialty Dairy Beverage.  

Key Points: 
  • LA FARGE, Wis., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Valley , America's largest organic farmer-owned dairy cooperative, has been recognized as a winner of the 2024 Product of the Year USA Awards .
  • Organic Valley Reduced Fat Eggnog is awarded the highly acclaimed honor of the best product within the Specialty Dairy Beverage.
  • "It is an honor to be endorsed by Product of the Year as a 2024 winner," said Daryl Spors, Organic Valley Vice President of Product Development.
  • Consumers can feel good knowing that when they choose Organic Valley – including the Reduced Fat Eggnog – they are purchasing organic milk from small organic family farms and helping protect where your food comes from .

Press release - New Genomic Techniques: MEPs back rules to support green transition of farmers

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Food security, Plant, NGT, Legislation, GMO, EPP, Genetically modified organism, NASA Exoplanet Archive, Safety, Intellectual property, Climate, Pesticide, CO2, Perception, Farmer, Commission, Parliament, Agriculture

Currently, all plants obtained by NGTs are subject to the same rules as genetically modified organism (GMOs).

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  • Currently, all plants obtained by NGTs are subject to the same rules as genetically modified organism (GMOs).
  • MEPs agree with the proposal to have two different categories and two sets of rules for NGT plants.
  • MEPs want to keep mandatory labelling of products from both NGT 1 and NGT 2 plants.
  • To ensure transparency, MEPs agree to set up a public online list of all NGT 1 plants.

Urgent Concerns Regarding E.U. Decision on GMO Deregulation

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety (ENVI) is advancing a proposal to deregulate GMO production in Europe. There is significant support for the proposal from some ministers and biotechnology developers. The proposal will be put to a plenary vote on February 6.  

Key Points: 
  • The proposal will be put to a plenary vote on February 6.
  • If the proposal passes, the majority of new GMOs created through powerful technologies like CRISPR could enter the food system untracked, untested, unregulated, and unlabeled.
  • We need to place serious safeguards and regulatory oversight on their use, given their multiple risks and misguided benefit claims.
  • Parliament to delay this vote and do more to protect non-GMO and organic food networks from unwanted new GMOs.

Urgent Concerns Regarding E.U. Decision on GMO Deregulation: Non-GMO Project

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety (ENVI) is advancing a proposal to deregulate GMO production in Europe. There is significant support for the proposal from some ministers and biotechnology developers. The proposal will be put to a plenary vote on February 6.

Key Points: 
  • The proposal will be put to a plenary vote on February 6.
  • We need to place serious safeguards and regulatory oversight on their use, given their multiple risks and misguided benefit claims.
  • The Non-GMO Project is responding to the imminent plenary vote in the E.U.
  • Parliament to delay this vote and do more to protect non-GMO and organic food networks from unwanted new GMOs.

Humboldt Seed Company Debuts First High-Potency Triploid Cannabis Seeds

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Humboldt Seed Company (HSC), the largest licensed cannabis seed seller in California, today announced the release of its OG Kush Triploid and Donutz Triploid cannabis seeds to the U.S. market.

Key Points: 
  • High-THC triploid seed release expands Humboldt Seed Company's catalog of novel, terpene-rich strains.
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Humboldt Seed Company (HSC), the largest licensed cannabis seed seller in California, today announced the release of its OG Kush Triploid and Donutz Triploid cannabis seeds to the U.S. market.
  • "This seed release has been a long time coming," said Benjamin Lind, co-founder and chief science officer of Humboldt Seed Company.
  • "I had a chance to compare the triploid and diploid plants at the Humboldt Seed Company 2023 phenotype hunt.

Article - New plant breeding techniques to boost resilience of food system

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Sunday, February 4, 2024
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The EU wants to increase the sustainability of its food supply and reduce the need for pesticides with new rules on plant breeding techniques.

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  • The EU wants to increase the sustainability of its food supply and reduce the need for pesticides with new rules on plant breeding techniques.
  • Plant breeding is an ancient practice used to create new plant varieties from existing varieties to obtain qualities such as higher yields, enhanced nutrition or better resistance to disease.
  • Nowadays, thanks to advances in biotechnology, new plant varieties can be developed faster and in a more precise manner by editing their genetic structure.
  • New EU rules
    In July 2023, the European Commission proposed a new regulation on plants produced by certain new genomic techniques.

Who Is the Natural Shopper in 2024?

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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The report identifies the natural shopper as someone committed to core attributes, especially organic and non-GMO groceries and produce.

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  • The report identifies the natural shopper as someone committed to core attributes, especially organic and non-GMO groceries and produce.
  • This commitment persists even as younger generations, particularly Gen Z, enter the grocery store with a broader view of what is considered natural.
  • Of the total population in the U.S. and Canada, about 40% are natural shoppers, or about 117 million adults.
  • While Millennial shoppers exhibit a slight shift away from natural products, Gen Z emerges as the "greenest" shopper yet, displaying a more expansive view of natural attributes.