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Clive Walker, Tisserand’s former marketing director, has launched BLEND Collective, a new range of aromatherapy-led luxury natural skincare products. The range features three fragranced blends...

Organic breakfast specialist Big Oz Organic is set to unveil its new look branding and packaging at Natural & Organic Products Europe. The designs are...

New research from the University of East Anglia suggests that eating grapefruits and oranges can cut the risk of stroke, reports The Daily Mail. The...

A new study from California suggests that diets lacking in omega 3 can speed up mental decline and brain shrinkage, reports The Daily Mail. The...

A special forum at last month’s Biofach exhibition heard how some leading organic and ethical brands have gone their own way on fair trade....

The Organic Trade Board (OTB) has appointed Organix md Anna Rosier as its new chair. She replaces Huw Bowles who has held the post for...

The MHRA has warned consumers not to use unlicensed herbal products containing butterbur (Petasites hybrids). The medicines regulator says that pyrrolizidine alkaloids (Pas), a  naturally occurring...

The first ever International Buyer VIP Programme at Natural & Organic Products Europe promises to bring even more top international buyers to the event...

Organic food pioneer and businessman Alex Smith says the UK Government must now stand up for British organic exports and jobs. Reacting to last week’s...

More shoppers have adapted to the new economic reality and believe the worst is behind them, according to research released last week by IGD...

More shoppers have adapted to the new economic reality and believe the worst is behind them, according to research released last week by IGD...

Organic businesses have welcomed a historic mutual recognition agreement on organic between Europe and the United States. Under the deal organic products certified in Europe...

Organic businesses have welcomed a historic mutual recognition agreement on organic between Europe and the United States. Under the deal organic products certified in Europe...

IADSA says it will press the case for the continued use of “key additives” in food supplements at the Codex Alimentarius. The international supplements industry...

Angry online criticism of Waitrose is building after the upmarket grocer chose to stock broccoli grown from seeds supplied by a Monsanto subsidiary. The 'Bellaverde'...

Angry online criticism of Waitrose is building after the upmarket grocer chose to stock broccoli grown from seeds supplied by a Monsanto subsidiary. The 'Bellaverde'...

The UK health food trade has welcomed a decision by MEPs on the influential ENVI Committee to raise an objection to the European Commission’s...

A new impact assessment of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in England commissioned by the Soil Association has highlighted the benefits  to communities, local economies...

The Soil Association director Helen Browning has told the BBC’s Countryfile programme that organic farming makes “common sense” in a world of diminishing resources. A...

The Soil Association’s trade consultant, Finn Cottle, has warned the organic movement not to be “elitist” about supermarkets, reports Farmers Weekly. Cottle told delegates at...