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Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Vital Farms Expands Ethical Network, Balancing Growth with Market Calm
Vital Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL) is one of the . The company has reached more than 500 family farms, and the analysts are reaffirming their Buy rating on the stock. A flock of pasture-raised chickens outdoors in their natural habitat. Headquartered in Texas, Vital Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL) is a Certified B Corporation supplying pasture‑raised eggs, butter, and liquid eggs across U.S. supermarkets and foodservice channels. The company leverages an integrated model from production to packaging. This involves partnering with family farms for ethically sourced products. In July 2025, the company announced achieving a significant milestone in its farming network. Vital Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL) has relied on family farms for ethically sourced eggs and egg products. This year, the company has reached over 500 family farms, surpassing the 2023 record of 300 family farms. Achieving the milestone signals the company's strong commitment towards attracting and retaining family farmers across the Pasture Belt, to satisfy the growing demand for eggs. Following the announcement, on July 17, 2025, Lake Street reiterated its Buy rating on the stock while maintaining a price target of $50.00, signaling its confidence in the company. Vital Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL) combines a relatively low beta of 0.94 with a strong projected EPS growth of 20.02% over five years, suggesting a balance between risk and upside potential. While we acknowledge the potential of VITL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 10 Metal Stocks with Insider Buying in 2025 and 10 Energy Stocks with Insider Buying in 2025 Disclosure. None. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Vital Farms Achieves Major Farm Network Expansion Milestone, Surpasses 500 Family Farms
AUSTIN, Texas, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL), a Certified B Corporation that offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide, today announced a major milestone within its farm network, now surpassing 500 family farms versus 300 at the end of 2023. To meet the strong demand for its eggs, Vital Farms has continued to raise the standards in attracting and retaining family farmers across the Pasture Belt™ to produce the leading U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs by retail dollar sales. This includes fair pay for farmers, as well as retention and construction incentives to help offset rising construction costs. 'I could not be more excited to celebrate this incredible milestone of surpassing 500 family farms, and we're going to continue working hard to attract, retain and expand our relationships with farmers across the Pasture Belt,' said Pete Pappas, Vital Farms' Chief Sales Officer and President, Eggs. 'Our network of family farms has always been central to our business. I want to recognize the tremendous amount of work, dedication and care that our farmers put into their flocks every day to put ethical food on tables across the country.' Vital Farms continues to make key investments in its resilient supply chain. Earlier this year, Vital Farms announced the installation of new production equipment at Egg Central Station (ECS), its award-winning egg washing and packing facility in Springfield, Missouri, which will come online in Q4 2025 and will allow for a capacity increase at ECS of an estimated 30%. Vital Farms has also announced plans for a second world-class egg washing and packing facility in Seymour, Indiana which is expected to become fully operational in early 2027 and is designed to generate more than $350 million in additional revenue capacity for the brand. Vital Farms is actively recruiting farmers who are committed to our high animal welfare standards to join our flock. To learn more about farming with Vital Farms, visit ABOUT VITAL FARMS: Vital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL), a Certified B Corporation, offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. Started on a single farm in Austin, Texas, in 2007, Vital Farms is now a national consumer brand that works with over 500 family farms and is the leading U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs by retail dollar sales. Vital Farms' ethics are exemplified by its focus on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition, as a Delaware public benefit corporation, Vital Farms prioritizes the long-term benefits of each of its stakeholders, including farmers and suppliers, customers and consumers, communities and the environment, and crew members and stockholders. Vital Farms' products, including shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs, are sold in approximately 26,000 stores nationwide. Vital Farms pasture-raised eggs can also be found on menus at hundreds of foodservice operators across the country. For more information, visit CONTACT: Media: Rob Discher Investors: John Mills in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
National Post
09-07-2025
- Business
- National Post
Mad Coffee Unveils a Groundbreaking Approach to Premium Iced Coffee
Article content Genecis Bioindustries debuts a sleek, new consumer brand that is redefining the instant coffee experience Article content TORONTO — Pioneering biotech company, Genecis Bioindustries, announces today the launch of its newest consumer brand, Mad Coffee, delivering a bold, first-of-its-kind take on iced coffee. Mad Coffee offers a convenient and premium alternative for modern coffee lovers, creating barista-quality coffee that dissolves completely in water or milk in only three seconds. Article content Mad Coffee's sleek approach to cold brew melds the innovation of its groundbreaking LyoExtract™ technology with artisanal coffee, packaged in individual compostable MadCups—with no machines, filters, or additional equipment required. Made from 100% Arabica Coffee and sourced directly from family farms all around the world, including Colombia, Ethiopia, and Yunnan, Mad Coffee currently offers four signature blends: Classic Cold Brew, Americano, Vanilla Caramel, and Single Origin Espresso. Article content Each MadCup can be simply poured and stirred into eight ounces of a cold or hot liquid of the drinker's choice (water or milk), dissolving effortlessly without clumping or a bitter aftertaste. Designed for convenience and portability, Mad Coffee requires no preparation or refrigeration and is ideal for busy professionals, travelers, parents, or wellness-conscious individuals seeking great coffee and efficiency in their everyday lives—without any compromise on quality or taste. Article content 'With Mad Coffee, we're able to blend the core needs of our customers—those seeking bold flavor and aroma, convenience, and affordability—with advancements in technology in the coffee space,' shared Luna Yu, CEO & Founder of Mad Coffee. 'Building on the success of Mad Tea, Mad Coffee reflects our continued commitment to elevating moments in our daily routines, making it easier than ever to enjoy premium, café-quality coffee on the go.' Article content Unlike traditional cold brew methods that require hours of steeping or bulky brewing equipment, Mad Coffee delivers a perfectly-brewed iced coffee experience in a matter of seconds. Behind this is Mad Coffee's proprietary LyoExtract™ technology, which allows freshly-brewed coffee to be immediately flash-frozen at -45°C to create dissolvable crystals–all while maintaining its integrity and optimal flavor profile. This original extraction process ensures that the flash-frozen coffee, carefully sublimated over a 30-hour time period, retains its fresh flavor and robust aroma through a shelf-stable, crystalized concentrate. Article content The Mad Coffee formulations were developed by the Genecis Bioindustries team in collaboration with André Eiermann and Dr. Alina Alexeenko. Based in Switzerland, Eiermann is a world-renowned coffee innovator, author, and the 2017 Swiss Barista Champion, whose skill set and passion for the art of coffee making provided each individual Mad Coffee blend with its distinct and complex flavor profiles. As an advisor on the breakthrough technology behind LyoExtract™, Dr. Alexeenko is a leading voice in medical-grade lyophilization, or the process of freeze-drying, and a longtime NASA partner in the field. Article content 'Instant coffee has come a long way — from a quick caffeine fix to a new generation of barista-style beverages you can prepare in seconds,' said Eiermann. 'I loved seeing how Mad Coffee approached this shift with small batch roasting, community lot sourcing, and fun cold brew options like their Vanilla & Caramel, which brings one of America's favorite flavor profiles to life in an instant.' Article content As cafe culture continues to grow globally, approximately 500 million single-use beverage cups are used annually and an estimated 10 million metric tons of plastic waste and microplastics pollute the oceans each year. The team behind Mad Coffee, Genecis Bioindustries, is at the forefront of creating sustainable, innovative products to address these challenges, having launched its first brand of compostable tea pods, Mad Tea, to wide success last year. Article content Genecis remains a leader in the research and development of biodegradable plastics by creating an advanced solution to turn engineered bacteria and organic biomass into PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoates) bioplastics. Natural and non-toxic to both humans and wildlife, Genecis' PHA-based bioplastic material can also be industrially composted and produces less microplastics than conventional plastic waste. Article content Shoppers can purchase Mad Coffee on currently offered in packs of 12 MadCups. Beginning in mid-July, packs of Mad Coffee's Classic Cold Brew and Americano Iced Coffee packs will be sold in packs of 8 MadCups for $14.99 at over 400 stores operated by Sprouts Farmers Market —marking the first time it will be available nationwide in brick-and-mortar retail outlets. Article content Follow Mad Coffee ( @drinkmadcoffee) on social media for more information. Article content About Mad Coffee Article content Mad Coffee is a premium coffee brand that is revolutionizing the coffee experience with the world's first LyoExtracted™ iced coffee. A convenient and mess-free alternative to traditional instant coffee, Mad Coffee's 100% compostable cups deliver flash-frozen, barista-quality coffee in seconds. Mad Coffee is a division of Genecis Bioindustries, a global leader in sustainable materials innovations, transforming organic waste into PHA bioplastics. Article content More information: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn About Genecis Bioindustries Inc. Founded in 2017, Genecis Bioindustries is a Canadian biotechnology company with a mission to reduce the harmful effects of organic waste and plastic pollution on the planet's climate crisis through one circular economy solution: bioplastic made from food waste. Genecis' biological processes convert food waste and carbon sources destined for landfill into valuable materials. Backed by investors including Amazon, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator, Genecis partners with major brands to utilize eco-friendly PHA plastics in packaging, food services, agriculture, textiles and many other areas to reduce the 18 billion pounds of plastic polluting oceans every year. Article content Article content
Daily Mail
04-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Labour's war on farmers isn't just causing suicide and despair... it's threatening Britain's national security at a time of grave peril: JAMIE BLACKETT
The day before Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget last October, 78-year-old South Yorkshire farmer John Charlesworth killed himself. He knew that the Government was going to mount a punitive tax raid on family-owned farms and wanted to make sure that his son and daughter would have the means to keep the farm and look after his dementia-stricken wife.
Fox News
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Key Trump voting bloc has concerns with MAHA report, as Trump officials give assurances
Despite assurances from Trump administration officials that farmers will not be impacted by its attempts to reduce environmental chemical exposure from foods, agricultural leaders have been expressing concern that the move will explode costs for farmers and more than double the cost of food. The administration's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, made up of many of President Donald Trump's political appointees and closest policy advisors, released an assessment strategizing how they will tackle childhood chronic diseases, such as obesity and mental health challenges. Part of the report's focus is on children's chemical exposure from our foods, which the report says is linked to developmental issues and chronic diseases. Amid the report's release, farm groups have expressed concern over the MAHA agenda's focus on pesticides. They have said that if the administration starts clamping down on widely used pesticides, crop yields would decline, input costs would surge and food costs would more than double. "Farmers are already facing a host of challenges—uncertainty about their access to critical crop protection products shouldn't be added to the list," said Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Executive Director of the Modern Ag Alliance. "Crop protection tools are not only safe, they are essential to food security, affordability, and the survival of family farms all across this country. Losing access to these critical inputs would be a devastating setback to American agriculture." Officials from the MAHA Commission sought to reassure farmers at an event releasing their assessment on childhood chronic diseases on Thursday. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that "at the center" of the MAHA agenda is "making American agriculture great again." "We love our farmers, and we want to pay respect to our farmers. And we always will," President Trump added at the Thursday event from the White House. "We won the farmers by a lot in the election, and every election, all three elections – and we won by a lot. I will never forget that. And they are foremost in our thought." But some farmers are still expressing concern. "The Make America Healthy Again Report is filled with fear-based rather than science-based information about pesticides. We are deeply troubled that claims of this magnitude are being made without any scientific basis or regard for a long history of EPA expert evaluations of these products," the National Corn Grower's Alliance (NCGA) said. "We call on the administration to respect the existing body of science on pesticides and, moving forward, to include America's farmers in discussion as this process evolves." According to a statement put out by the Modern Ag Alliance, pesticides are "rigorously tested" by the federal government, noting that in the case of glyphosate – mentioned multiple times in the MAHA report – it is one of the most thoroughly studied pesticides of its kind. They said that if the MAHA report drives future policy decisions it would hurt farmers and more than double the cost of food. "Without glyphosate—the most widely used weed-fighting tool by U.S. farmers—crop yields would decline, input costs would surge by 150%, and food inflation would more than double," the group said. "When Sri Lanka prohibited the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers in 2021, crop yields fell by over 50%, forcing the government to import massive amounts of food just to meet basic needs. We should be focused on moving American agriculture—and the country—forward." Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been a vocal opponent against the dangerous health impacts of under-regulated pesticides even before he was the MAHA Commission's leader, said last week in a Senate hearing that "we cannot take any step that will put a single farmer in this country out of business." "There's a million farmers who rely on glyphosate," he said. "100% of corn in this country relies on glyphosate. We are not going to do anything to jeopardize that business model." The MAHA report reiterates the economic importance of protecting farmers, but it also lists glyphosate in an infographic of "Chemical Classes and Common Exposure Pathways" and says research studies have shown it can cause a range of health effects. It also lists atrazine and other chemicals as dangerous to childhood health. MAHA Commission officials have said that part of the administration's focus will be a return to the gold standard of science, but the NCGA said the focus on certain widely-used pesticides, such as atrazine and glyphosate, goes against "decades of extensive research and testing." "If the administration's goal is to bring more efficiency to government, then why is the secretary of Health and Human Services duplicating efforts by raising questions about pesticides that have been answered repeatedly through research and reviews by federal regulatory bodies?" the group questioned. Jennifer Galardi, a senior policy analyst focused on health and wellness issues at the Heritage Foundation, took a more balanced view of the MAHA commission's strategy towards pesticides like glyphosate, noting that it appeared to thread the needle between supporting farmers and trying to ensure America's food supply is safe and free of chemicals that could impact child health. "The MAHA Commission Report seems to carefully examine competing issues in a very complex agricultural debate: the potential that crop protection tools as they're referred to in the report may cause adverse health outcomes and the desire to protect the economic interests of farmers and the country," Galardi said. "However, everyone should agree that the companies that manufacture products such as glyphosate and GMO's shouldn't have undue influence over the research upon which sound policy is based. The American public should demand transparency around these decisions." Galardi posited that, due to the tension around the issue of pesticides, the MAHA Commission may decide to go after "low-hanging fruit," such as improving children's diets and lack of physical activity, which, she said, are big drivers of obesity and metabolic dysfunction. In response to this article, a USDA spokesperson sent the following statement from Secretary Rollins: "We must do more to improve the health outcomes of our kids and families, and President Trump knows agriculture is at the heart of the solution. America's farmers and ranchers dedicate their lives to the noble cause of feeding their country and the world, and in doing so have created the safest and most abundant and affordable food supply in the world. We are working to make sure our kids and families are consuming the healthiest food we produce. I look forward to continuing to work with Secretary Kennedy and other members of the MAHA Commission to improve our nation's health." White House spokesman Kush Desai, in a separate statement, echoed Rollins' sentiment about the importance of agriculture and farmers when it comes to executing the MAHA mission. He also reiterated that the MAHA movement is grounded in "Gold Standard of Science." "The guiding principle of President Trump's movement to Make America Healthy Again is the Gold Standard of Science, and everyone from America's farmers to everyday parents are critical for the success of this movement," Desai said. "The MAHA Commission's report is a historic step by our government to, for the first time, comprehensively review the latest evidence and research of what we know – and what we don't know – is driving the health crisis afflicting America's children."
