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...Earthworm now works with 30 major suppliers in Europe that provide agricultural products like grains, oil seeds, potatoes and sugar beet to different food brands....
...agroforestry, growing heritage grain crops and milling their own flour....
...In 1983, he founded Aristotle Inc, a technology consultancy that sold voter data to political campaigns....
...Sanderson Farms had “excellent facilities, good labour relations, and strong customer relationships” as well as “sales up 60 per cent over the past eight years through capital investments and underlying organic...
...Norway’s Grieg Seafood has issued bonds worth NKr1bn ($105m) with an unusual condition: that the proceeds do not find their way to Cargill, the US grains trader that has been accused of failing to protect...
...The company has sought to focus on grains, oilseed and food ingredients instead....
...Likewise, Geneva-based Givaudan pursued demand for organic ingredients when it acquired Naturex, a French maker of natural food and personal care components, for $1.6bn....
...Cargill is also an investor in plant-based protein through Puris, a firm that has launched a new pea-based protein that is non-GMO, organic and allergen-friendly....
...Blue Buffalo has taken advantage of a “humanisation of pets” trend by offering such fare as “grain-free chicken” options for Fido....
...It forced a worldwide rethink of the notion that Japan Inc was only committed to organic growth and reset assumptions about the determination and confidence in the boardrooms of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto....
...Amazon announced on Friday that it would pay a 40 per cent premium to acquire the organic and natural food retailer, valuing it at $14bn. That snuffed out Mr Mackey’s best-laid plans for a turnround....
...Walmart has looked to discount its prices, even for organic groceries, to retain market share....
...The company has seen double-digit growth within its natural and organic yoghurt offerings....
...Fruits and vegetables were more than a third of the market, followed by dairy cows fed organic feed grain or forage....
...Alas, organic growth at the latter is negative. Unlike Pepsi they have done nothing to develop a grain-based drink for China. Email the Lex team at lex@ft.com...
...In 1969 I set up the UK’s first natural food store, Ceres Grain Shop, in Notting Hill, west London, with my brother Gregory....
...The emergence of Cofco, China’s state-owned grains trader, on the world stage is not something LDC is losing much sleep over....
...It has also meant that their activism is more easily exportable, more pliable and better able to go with the grain of investment in the countries of Asia and Europe....
...Milling operations fell 14 per cent due to the structure of the wheat futures market....
...Cargill, CHS and ConAgra are awaiting antitrust approval to form a three-way joint-venture in US flour milling. However, many of the bigger potential deals have already been realised....
...It comes amid reports that China was increasingly rejecting imports of genetically modified US corn as it stepped up organic purchases from Ukraine....
...The company said that its sugar division had “enjoyed growth, both organic and also due to the recent acquisition of Imperial Sugar, whose distribution brands performed well”....
...The closest competitor will be Archer Daniels Midland, with 17 per cent of capacity, according to Grain & Milling Annual....
...It is aiming to deepen its relationship with Mapco in the wake of the government rice deal and plans to set up three rice-milling and processing plants capable of handling a total of 300,000 tonnes a year...
...On the one hand, the Matif milling wheat contract has had a good year....
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