Insights and Stories of Richa Naidu

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez

Nestle plays down RFK Jr’s anti-packaged food rhetoric

Nov. 19, 2024 at 9:44 am CST

Nestle on Tuesday sought to play down any differences with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been critical of packaged foods, saying it shared the next U.S. health agency chief's desire to improve agricultural practices and nutrition.

U.S. fertilizer imports helping fund Russian war effort, CF Industries says

May. 3, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

By Richa Naidu Rod Nickel

Pet food shortages leave owners on the hunt for kibble

Jul. 29, 2021 at 9:56 am CDT

By Richa Naidu Tom Polansek

Starbucks to add more plant-based food in latest green push

Jan. 21, 2020 at 6:32 pm CST

By Hilary Russ Richa Naidu

Major grocers roll out plant-based burgers, undercut Beyond Meat

Jan. 8, 2020 at 5:21 pm CST

By Richa Naidu

Impossible Whoppers contaminated by meat, suit claims

Nov. 18, 2019 at 8:15 pm CST

Reuters — Burger King was sued on Monday by a vegan customer who accused the fast-food chain of contaminating its meatless “Impossible” Whoppers by cooking them on the same grills as its traditional meat burgers. In a proposed class action, Phillip Williams said he bought an Impossible Whopper, a plant-based […]

By jonathan-stempel Richa Naidu

Spice maker seeks path to make vanilla milkshakes cheaper

Jun. 3, 2019 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago/Antananarivo, Madagascar | Reuters — A kilo of vanilla beans costs more than a kilo of silver. Cultivated painstakingly over years from an orchid plant, vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world, after saffron. In less than five years, the wholesale price has risen nearly 500 per […]

By Richa Naidu

U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle

May. 21, 2019 at 6:14 pm CDT

Gilroy, California | Reuters — Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the trade war with China and have cheered President Donald Trump’s latest economic attack accordingly. Sales of California-grown garlic are now increasing after decades of losing ground to cheaper Chinese imports. Sales are poised […]

By Lucy Nicholson Richa Naidu