Rose Pet Foods on the move?
Seeing a new avenue to show her love for dogs, cats and other pets, Suzanne Rose has opened a new mobile business in Casper. In early February, Rose started her operation, called Rose Pet Foods. She worked at a local pet food store for more than a year.

Holistic whole foods find home in Hamburg
In recent years, the trend toward searching for and eating organic foods is grabbing the attention of more and more consumers, especially with research building the argument for how counterproductive unnaturally produced and processed chow-time ingredients can be to establishing good health.

Whole Foods CEO to give talk at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND -- John Mackey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Whole Foods Market, will present a lecture at 10:40 a.m. Friday at the University of Notre Dame.

United Natural Foods Fleet to Adopt Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
PROVIDENCE, RI - A total of 65 GenDrive fuel cell-powered lift trucks will be mobilized at United Natural Foods' Sarasota distribution facility, with a targeted completion date in June.

Whole Foods CEO to speak next week at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND -- John Mackey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Whole Foods Market, will present a lecture at 10:40 a.m. March 26 at the University of Notre Dame.

Local Farm Provides All-Natural Dairy
Most shoppers these days are always looking at nutritional labels. For many, it's the first thing they do when they pick up a product. In the dairy aisle, those labels are full of ingredients they may not even recognize. While specialty grocery stores carry all natural dairy items, most do not.

Supplying demand
WENATCHEE ? Raising backyard chickens is en vogue across the country: Those in the know have been raising chickens for years to the benefit of friends and neighbors. The hobby has turned into a commercial business for some. Derl Watkins of Lazy B Farms near Leavenworth has about 100 laying hens and has raised chickens for about 15 years as a hobby, he said. He supplies two natural foods stores ...

The Problems with 'Natural' Products -- and How to Fix Them
The Natural Products Expo West concluded last weekend in Anaheim, Calif., and once again many businesses were able to celebrate what they learned a long time ago: That they can make a fortune by marketing almost anything as "natural."

Cloves are 'best' natural antioxidant, Spanish study finds
Using spices eaten in the Mediterranean diet as natural antioxidants is a good way forward for the food industry, given the beneficial health effects of these products. This has been shown by researchers in Spain who have put the clove in first place.

Gardeners growing in numbers
Thumbs go green as people search for savings, healthier foods. Taylor s Greenhouse employees, from left, Karen Hocker, Louella Santos, Steve Thompson and Kurt Taylor transplant Wave Petunias in one of their Menallen Township greenhouses.

3-20 Business: in brief
AKiN?s ?Checks Out? hunger in Oklahoma Oklahoma City customers of AKiN?s Natural Foods Market helped fill empty bellies while filling their shopping carts during AKiN?s annual ?Check Out Hunger? holiday campaign in November and December. Today, AKiN?s presented the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma with a check for $4,000, the amount raised through in-store promotions. The donation will provide ...

Going green
A stronger focus on eating healthy is leading more and more gardeners to use organic and all-natural products in vegetable gardens.

Chipotle succeeds with 'food with integrity'
Steve Ells just wanted to sell tacos and burritos, not become the fast-food industry?s pitchman for naturally grown foods. But what started out as a simple quest to improve the pork carnitas sold at his Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants has turned the chain?s founder and co-chief executive officer into a relentless advocate of naturally raised meats and fresh produce grown in an environmentally ...

Schultz speaks to Cedarville Lions
We all know something about dairy foods because we like to eat them. How they get to our table is not well known and has changed greatly over the years. Since many people do not live on a farm, Lorilee Schultz brought her story to the Cedarville Lions Club on March 16, 2010. Schultz is a dairy farmer and one of the people behind the dairy foods many consumers enjoy.

Whole Foods Products Recalled Over Suspected Pepper (Update1)
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Spice-based products from Whole Foods Market Inc. were voluntarily recalled by the grocery chain?s supplier because the goods may contain pepper contaminated with salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

Whole Foods Products Recalled Over Suspected Pepper, FDA Says
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Spice-based products from Whole Foods Market Inc. were voluntarily recalled by the grocery chain?s supplier because the goods may contain pepper contaminated with salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today.

Realtors help petition for Whole Foods store
Submitted by Nadine Maeser on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 4:56pm. READ MORE: It's a high end grocery store that specializes in organic and natural foods, and there's a push to bring a Whole Foods store to Wilmington.

New organic foods store opens near Avondale
Nestled amidst the myriad one-story cinder-block mushroom farms of southern Chester County is a little-known purveyor of organic, nutrition-rich, and locally produced dairy products.

EarthTalk: 'Healthy snacks' and 'natural flavors'
Dear EarthTalk: I see a lot of ?healthy snacks? being marketed for kids that list ?natural flavors? but don?t identify them. Should I use these products?

The Commerce File
I talked to a 20-plus year member of the Ukiah Natural Foods Coop last week who is upset that the Coop board is considering eliminating the 5 cent per bag discount members get when they shop at the store and bring their own shopping bags.