Articles by Cliff

The Organic Trade Association and the World of Organics

Cliff

August 15, 2014

Article By Laura Batcha, Executive Director and CEO of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) for the GreenMoney Journal.  As more and more world attention focuses on threats from global warming and its impact on agriculture, organic production practices and principles are providing hope to an environmentally challenged planet. Studies continue to mount showing that organic farms are able to support

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Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World: The Three-Prong Movement That’s Stopping the Beast in Its Tracks

Cliff

August 8, 2014

by John Roulac, founder of Nutiva The issue of how we grow and process our food, while it’s always been important, is now a hot topic both at the kitchen table and on Wall Street. From the recent scandal about a chemical used in yoga mats being found in Subway bread to the rising awareness of GMOs and demands to label their presence in foods, the public is fast awakening to the need for safe, whole, natural

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Why Impact Investors Must Come To Terms With the Biological Bottom Line

Cliff

August 5, 2014

Why Impact Investors Must Come To Terms With the Biological Bottom Line By Paul R. Ehrlich and M. C. Tobias, co-authors of "Hope on Earth" When Nicholas Stern released the 'Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change' (October 30, 2006) for the British government, it was already clear that global warming, weather anomalies and the consequences of unheeded business-as-usual greenhouse gas emission

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