New Hope Network misses gathering with the natural & organic products community, and we are sad to announce that we will need to wait until 2021 for us all to be together in person again due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 crisis on events and travel.

Turkey Hill LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of branded ice cream and refrigerated drinks, announced that it has acquired an ice cream and novelty production facility in Searcy, Arkansas from Yarnell Ice Cream, LLC, a subsidiary of Schulze & Burch Biscuit Company. 

Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc. announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with S-FDF LLC, owned by entrepreneurs Ira Goldfarb and Claudia Goldfarb, to acquire the assets related to S-FDF LLC’s freeze drier technology and freeze dried fruits and vegetables for human consumption.

The dietary fiber, originally launched in the Asia Pacific region, is recognized by Monash University as a Low FODMAP Certified product in the US and enables food manufacturers to develop high-fiber bakery and snack products that help support digestive wellness. 

EggLife Foods, Inc., a Chicago-based food brand that uses cage-free eggs, not flour, to reimagine carbohydrate-heavy foods, announced that Andrea Schwenk has joined as the company’s vice president of marketing.

The transaction, which includes a 240,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Danville, Va., is expected to close within the next 30 days, subject to customary US regulatory review. Terms and conditions of the deal are not being disclosed.

Plant-based food brand Wholly Veggie, continues to further its mission of creating a more sustainable food future by increasing consumer access to its line of ready to use vegetable-based products.

While Sabra sources chickpeas from family-owned farms in the Pacific Northwest, the vast majority of sesame seeds have grown in the US have not met Sabra’s ‘gold standard’ for use in tahini until now.

Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based technology company, announced that its high oleic low linolenic (HOLL) soybean has been deemed a non-regulated article under the “Am I Regulated?” process by Biotechnology Regulatory Services of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Berry Global Group, Inc. announced its collaboration with longtime customer, Mondelēz International to supply packaging containing recycled plastic for Philadelphia cream cheese.