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The U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, up a robust 11 percent from the previous year’s level, according to the Organic Trade Association. The industry saw its largest annual dollar gain ever in 2015, adding $4.2 billion in sales, up from the $3.9 billion in new sales recorded in 2014. Non-food organic products accounted for $3.6 billion, up 13 percent. Nearly 5 percent of all food sold in the U.S. is organic…
Nestlé joined lawmakers, food company representatives, food bank officials, environmental advocates and academics last week in support of a joint effort in the Senate and House of Representatives to standardize date labels on foods stocked on grocery store shelves. The goal of the proposed legislation is to reduce food waste through streamlining product date labels…
Chris Bailey of Vermont Smoke & Cure will join Vermont’s specialty food producers as the featured luncheon speaker at the June 9 annual educational forum & meeting at the Mountain Top Inn, Chittendon, Vermont. The offering of educational sessions and workshops for its annual meeting includes: “From Burlington to Boca—Growing Sales & Distribution”; “Trends to Watch in “Good Food”; supplier and distributor relations; sources for raising capital; tools to manage online business marketing; trends in specialty foods; and GMO labeling.
