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What motivates your choices at the grocery store? Is it price? Quality? Name brand recognition? We are bombarded with information as we walk down the aisles of any store in search of our next meal and it can be challenging to distinguish a marketing claim from actual information about the products we are eating. Third-party certifications offer one solution for consumers looking to learn more about what they are buying at the grocery store.
Local Yolk eggs with Animal Welfare Approved certification are sold throughout Nevada County.
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Third-party certification occurs when an independent organization reviews the manufacturing and production process of a certain product to determine its compliance with a specific set of standards. Many of these certifications, like Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified, are readily available at most grocery stores. There is a growing number of third-party certified products
Fair Trade USA launches dairy certification program Fair Trade USA and Chobani, LLC have launched a certification program for US dairy farms and cooperatives to provide financial premiums to dairy farmers and workers, which aim to protect and empower them while raising sustainability standards.
The announcement is an outgrowth of Fair Trade USA’s partnership with Chobani. The fair-trade certification program is available to milk producers throughout the US.
Fair Trade Certification is intended to provide farm owners and cooperatives with an opportunity to differentiate, increase engagement with consumers, and receive a financial premium for their investments. Certification also provides support for farm workers in an industry that can face challenges in workforce availability, working hours, and farm safety.
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Buying new clothes is something we all have to do, but the impact on the planet is huge and some major companies are stepping up to try and change that fact. Thomas Barwick/Getty Images
After Earth Day comes and goes each year, it can be easy to forget about the state of this fragile planet we live on. But there s a hard truth we need to accept since we all wear clothing and are part of the problem: The apparel industry is one of the most profound polluters on Earth. Each year, on average, 10 million tons (9 million metric tons) of textile waste crowds our overflowing landfills, which comes out to around 70 pounds (32 kilograms) of textiles per person. What most brands don t tell you is that a high percentage of this material (around 95 percent) can be reused or recycled.