(Natural News) The practice of organic farming is becoming increasingly popular. This industry may very well be the rope that pulls the rural regions of the U.S. out of an economic quagmire, an article in Civil Eats stated. Organic agriculture is currently worth $47 billion and shows no sign of petering out any time soon. […]

(Natural News) If it seems like you’ve been hearing more about traumatic brain injury in the news lately, it’s because this type of injury is on the rise, and experts believe this is because the popular weed killer Roundup is causing brains to be less resilient than they used to be. Every year in the […]

(Natural News) Organic farming has gained steady ground in the U.S. farm sector over the recent years due to the growing demand for healthy food products by consumers. While conventional farming is still the more prevalent type of agriculture – yielding significantly more produce than its organic counterpart – one study suggests that organic farming may present more […]

(Natural News) Consumers appeared to be more willing to spend additional dollars on organic food products, and value organic purity in making purchasing decisions, according to a study published in the Journal of Agrobiotechnology Management & Economics. A team of researchers at the Iowa State University enrolled 129 adults aged 18 to 65 years old as part of the […]

(Natural News) While most of us are proud of our country’s pioneer roots and awed by the strength and resilience of the early homesteaders, few of us would choose to live the way they did. Providing for themselves and their families meant that the frontier men and women worked hard every day from sunup to […]

(Natural News) Now that Amazon has taken over Whole Foods, there are lots of questions about how things will change at the chain’s many food stores. Their first move was to slash the prices on many grocery store staples, adding to the growing chorus of concern that competitors will be left in their dust. Meanwhile, […]

(Natural News) As the entire world falls apart around us by the day, it seems, it’s worth remembering that we’ve done something amazing together over the past 10 years or so: We’ve achieved remarkable success in revolutionizing the food industry toward “clean food.” Just think about all the victories we’ve helped achieve together (along with […]

(Natural News) Sales of organic meat and fresh produce have boomed in recent years, from $3 billion in 1997 to over $10 billion in 2003, and skyrocketing to over $43 billion in 2015. In her new book, Discriminating Tastes, author Margot Finn alleges that the reason for this has less to do with consumers becoming […]

(Natural News) When the very first Whole Foods store was launched in Austin, Texas, in 1980, there were fewer than half a dozen natural food stores in the whole of the U.S., and the concept was an immediate success. Over the years, however, more and more supermarkets have recognized the growing demand for organic produce […]