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Jan 8, 2025 | 
startribune.com | Fred Haberman
Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Whatever you think of the incoming administration — and putting my own opinion aside — it’s clear the food system needs a serious reset. And with nominees Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Rollins set to take over the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, respectively, we can expect nothing less than a crusade for change.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman |Dawn Reiss
Earth Fare’s reputation as a health and wellness supermarket is synonymous with organic, healthy products that are good for the environment. “We do everything the hard way, but it’s the good way,” says Justin Betson, senior director of fresh and strategy at Earth Fare. “We do everything in our power to get the cleanest food on Earth for our customers.”With its infamous Boot List, Earth Fare bans over 200 ingredients in its stores.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman
In a world dominated by convenience and processed indulgences, the pursuit of healthier eating habits for children has become an increasingly crucial endeavor. Parents want to expose young children to a wider variety of foods to help start their journeys as lifelong adventurous eaters.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman |Douglas A. Brown
Painterland Farms, way up in north-central Pennsylvania near the New York border and 15 minutes on a dirt road from the nearest patch of pavement, got its start in 1941 as a dairy farm. Ever since, members of the Painter family—on its fifth generation now—have taken care of cows on the 5,000-acre farm. But recent years have not been kind to the dairy industry, especially in the Northeast.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman |Melaina Juntti
Carbon labeling is appearing on more consumer products, including natural foods, beverages, supplements and body care. While shoppers appreciate brands’ transparency around carbon-reduction efforts, deciphering the various certifications, metrics and language can be arduous. Our Secret Shopper tested how well one natural products retailer explained carbon labeling and how to use it.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman |Dawn Reiss
Before starting her globally inspired protein bar company, Clara Paye, founder and CEO of UNiTE Food, jokes that she knew more about plumbing than the food industry. As an immigrant born in Africa, Paye came from Sudan to the U.S. at the age of 5. Her family ran a plumbing business that fabricated valves and fittings to fix toilets. “I knew nothing about natural products,” she says. Years later, when Paye became a busy mom, she was frustrated by the lack of selection in protein bars.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman
For many, the mushrooms craze is somewhat new, or at least newly embraced. But for world-renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, it’s affirmation of something that, in nearly four decades of impassioned work, he never wavered on: Mushrooms can change the world. Stamets has spent 40 years funneling resources into the study of mycelium.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman |Douglas A. Brown
A new wave of vegan foods and high-end, non-alcoholic drinks make everyone feel welcome at upcoming parties and celebrations. Considering stocking these. As the days grow shorter, the United States now enters the season of entertaining. Picnics are out, and dinner parties are in.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman
Like all packaged goods, dietary supplements rely on packaging and branding to get noticed on the shelf and on the screen. The challenges for supplements, however, can be different with a mix of consumers desiring trustworthiness, science and a pop of novelty in their purchases. Nutrition Business Journal asked branding professionals for their opinions on the state of supplement branding in 2023. Here is some of what they had to say.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
newhope.com | Gianna Rosenbach |Fred Haberman |Cindy Hazen
California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel declared victory Oct. 7 as the bill he sponsored, AB 418 (also known as the California Food Safety Act), was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Four common food additives—brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye No. 3—will be prohibited in the state, effective Jan. 1, 2027.
