Fairtrade brand Divine Chocolate has merged its UK and US operations.
The farmer-owned chocolate company has combined the two businesses and with it, Kuapa Kokoo, the farmers’ co-operative in Ghana that voted to set up a chocolate company back in 1997, will own 44 per cent of the merged company.
A brand new trade event has been created for independent health stores, taking place on 25th October.
Target Publishing, the publisher of Organic & Natural Business, is working in collaboration with the National Association of Health Stores (NAHS) on a brand new trade event in Manchester.
A leading certification body is calling on the newly elected Conservative Government to ensure it carries out its promises to the food and farming sectors.
Following the result of the General Election, Organic Farmers & Growers Chief Executive, Roger Kerr (pictured), has urged David Cameron’s Government to fulfil pledges it made.