New Hope Natural Media is pleased to introduce this year's 61 NEXTY nominees in the food and beverage category, listed here in alphabetical order.

Every year at Natural Products Expo West, New Hope's editors and trend researchers partner with the Sterling-Rice Group to find the products and brands they predict will shape the future of the natural products industry. The best of the best receive NEXTY nominations, which recognize the companies that represent not only the most innovative edge of the natural products industry, but also its deeply held social and environmental values. Here's our list of all 105 NEXTY nominees for 2014.

Take a look and then vote for your favorite brands on our NEXTY polling page.

In June, our team of researchers will announce the Editor’s Choice winners in the food and beverage, supplements, and natural living categories. But, our opinions only mean so much; we also want to recognize the brands you think deserve a NEXTY Award! So head over to our NEXTY voting page and cast your vote for those companies you think are doing the most to shape a healthy future for natural products. Voting is now open and closes May 26. Access the NEXTY voting page here.

The Editor’s Choice and Popular Vote winners will be profiled in our 2015 NEXT Forecast report, which publishes in June. We will also have an awards ceremony for the NEXTY winners at Natural Products Expo East, Sept. 18-20 in Baltimore.

The NEXT Forecast report is a joint venture between New Hope and Boulder, Colo.-based Sterling-Rice Group. Check out nextforecast.com to learn more about this premier insider’s guide to where the natural products market is now—and where it's headed.

The NEXTY Awards and NEXT Forecast are part of New Hope's NEXT suite of products, which were created to support and accelerate innovation within the natural products industry. Learn more at nextknows.com.