IOWA CITY, Iowa – In a move designed to stop fraud in organics, the powerful National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) has announced it’s creating the organic industry’s first system-wide, retailer-based organic fraud detection and prevention program.The Iowa-based group is partnering with Hanover Co-op Food Stores, PCC Natural Markets and Unified Grocers on a pilot program. They’ll be exploring the implementation of a fraud protection plan.
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Noelle dEstries
Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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