Whole Foods Shares Climb as Burkle?s Yucaipa Discloses 7% Stake
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Whole Foods Market Inc. , the largest U.S. natural-foods grocer, posted its biggest gain in Nasdaq trading since going public 17 years ago after Ron Burkle ?s Yucaipa Cos. disclosed a 7 percent stake in the company.

Ronald Burkle's stake in Whole Foods Market reaches 7%
The L.A. investor, who said last week that he had purchased 8.3% of Barnes & Noble shares, says the retailer of natural and organic groceries is undervalued. Whole Foods stock rises on the news. It looks like Los Angeles billionaire Ronald Burkle is on a shopping spree.

Ron Burkle Goes Shopping at Whole Foods
Ron Burkle, the mogul who made his fortune buying and selling supermarket chains, has acquired a 7 percent stake in Whole Foods Market , generating lots of speculation about what his intentions are.

Burkle Buys 7% of Whole Foods Shares
Billionaire investor Ronald Burkle yesterday bought 7 percent of Whole Foods Market's shares over the past two months through his Yucaipa Cos. investment firm, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

January 2009 Editor's Choice
Tanka Bars From Native American Natural Foods I believe Tanka Bars are destined to become the next great energy bar/snack food. Tanka Bars are based on a traditional Native American snack called wasna, a Lakota word (pemmican to non-Lakota peoples) that refers basically to anything ground up.

Whole Foods Shares Up on Yucaipa Investment
Stock in Whole Foods Market was up more than 22% Thursday after funds associated with Ron Burkle?s Yucaipa Cos. revealed they had acquired 7% of the retailer on the open market.

Food Fight Preview, Click For A List of Available Foods
This smorgasbord of food is a sampling of what's to come. "We have ham slices, we have fully cooked chicken, produce... we have green peppers, we have a variety of snacks and we have all-natural cheeses," says Lisa Hamaker, of The Kitchen.

Invasive Plants Threaten Wildlife Across Kentucky
Non-native plants are growing wild in Kentucky and are threatening not only the natural environment, but also the timber industry.

Movie review: 'Beautiful Truth' about cancer
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) The Beautiful Truth: Documentary. Written and directed by Steve Kroschel. (Not rated. 93 minutes. At the Roxie.) One of 2008's most notable documentaries, "The Beautiful Truth" is about an all-natural treatment for cancer - a subject...

Kettle Foods introduces new Sweet Onion Potato Chips flavor
US-based Kettle Foods has added a new flavor to its potato chip line up called Kettle Brand Sweet Onion Potato Chips.

Shopping for Affordable Organic Foods Has Never Been Easier
Comments ( No comments posted. ) (ARA) - Providing a family with nutritious, well-balanced meals is hard enough for busy consumers, but in today's changing economy, affordability is also a factor.

'Guiding Stars' Rolling Out First School Nutritional Navigation System
In the same month that Ahold USA chains Stop & Shop and Giant Food, LLC launched their "Healthy Ideas" on-shelf symbol to designate better-for-you foods for the benefit of shoppers, Hannaford Supermarkets' "Guiding Stars" nutritional navigation system, which has been implemented in over 1,400 Delhaize America-owned grocery stores, will introduce what it says is the first-ever school nutritional ...

Tyson Foods Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay Fine for OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death
Tyson Foods Inc. pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Arkansas and agreed to pay the maximum fine for willfully violating worker safety regulations that led to a worker?s death in its River Valley Animal Foods (RVAF) plant in Texarkana, Ark., the Justice Department announced.

Natural Breast Enlargement ? Does It Work & Is It Safe?
The female breasts possess estrogen receptor sites, which stimulate mammogenesis, or the development of the mammary glands. These receptor sites are like magnets attracting estrogen.

Cluck and bare it
St. Cloud's Gold'n Plump Poultry is joining the trend of all-natural foods that can be traced to their source with its new Just BARE chicken, which aims to address shoppers' concerns about buying, handling and eating chicken.

Humans outliving their eyeballs
AUSTRALIAN scientists are looking for ways to slow the natural deterioration of human vision, as people are now living beyond the shelf-life of their eyeballs.

Despite winter downtime, farm owner says lots going on
Chris Sermons, grower and manager for Bio Way Farm, pulls a winter pea plant from a ?cover crop? of oats Thursday at the organic farm, just outside of Ware Shoals. For Sermons, running an organic farm and operating with rising interest in local foods is a year-round job.

Tyson Foods CEO Bond resigns
Tyson Foods said yesterday that Dick Bond, its president and chief executive since 2006, will step down immediately and be replaced by a former chairman and CEO as the world's largest meat processor continues to weather a downturn in the industry.

Some foods can cause migraines
Q: I have suffered with migraines for years, but it seems like they are becoming more frequent and some are more severe than others. I have read that foods can be a cause, but I can never find a list of what is in a food product that may trigger a migraine. All of us migraine suffers thank you for your help.

Tyson Foods to Pay $500,000, Serve Year Probation in Worker Death
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale pleads guilty in U.S. District Court in Arkansas and agrees to pay $500,000, the maximum fine, for willfully violating worker safety regulations that led to a worker's death.