ORGANIC (Ltd) - NewsOrganic newsline from organic.com.auEastern European Countries Jumping on Organic Wagon- February 25, 2007 Last year, the US and the EU's western countries accounted for 96 percent of world sales of organic products. Eastern European countries, however, are increasingly discovering the benefits of organics.http://organic.com.au/news/2007.02.25/ Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Marketplace Announce Merger- February 21, 2007 Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI) and Wild Oats Markets (OATS) have today announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Whole Foods Market will acquire Wild Oats Markets outstanding common stock in a cash tender offer of $18.50 per share, or approximately $565 million based on fully diluted shares.http://organic.com.au/news/2007.02.21/ USDA in Legal Trouble over Industrial Scale Dairies- February 20, 2007 The Cornucopia Institute informed the USDA of their intention to file suit accusing the agency of ignoring the organic regulations, and the intent of Congress, by their failure to enforce the law.http://organic.com.au/news/2007.02.20/ |