This January was a big food month for me thanks to my attendance at the Winter Fancy Food Show and the Sustainable Foods Summit in San Francisco. While many attend these shows to find the newest trends in food, we go to these trade shows to see how design can benefit the industry. Here's what we found.  Read

Is Sell, Baby, Sell becoming the new Drill, Baby, Drill? Are the most forward thinking companies trying to sell more by selling less? In an age where every company is 'green' and has the challenge of showing that they care, it seems that the ultimate show of compassion is helping consumers regulate their own consumption. Read

Every now and then a company tosses tradition to the side, goes back to the drawing board, and comes up with a truly unique and much more appropriate solution to the problem. When they launched their new molded pulp and recycled plastic laundry detergent bottle at last year's Expo West, Seventh Generation was just that company. Read

So you picked up that tasty new flavor of yogurt you've been dying to try, but before tossing it into the cart you flip it over to make sure it's recyclable – because you're a responsible consumer. Yup. It has that familiar chasing arrows icon with a #5 (whatever that means), so all is good right? Well … not necessarily. Read

The last thing anyone wants to do is pull their product off the shelves due to a labeling issue, but that's exactly what would happen if you got caught in the market with a non-compliant label design. To make sure this never happens to you, follow these easy guidelines and make sure you always get your label approved, in writing, by your organic certifier prior to printing. Read