The five-week tour visited more than 90 locations and introduced approximately 17,500 health-conscious consumers to new organic, natural and healthy products.

GrandyOats of Brownfield, Maine, donated its granola products to the American Hiking Society's "Hike the Hill" Trails Advocacy Week conference in Washington, D.C., in February.

Kettle Foods, a Salem, Ore.,-based natural potato chip manufacturer, plans to build a 70,000 square foot manufacturing space in Beloit, Wis. The plant, which is the company's second, will create at least 100 jobs and is projected to have an economic impact of $18 million.

Indianapolis-based Endangered Species Chocolate will give 5 percent of its profits to Chimp Haven Inc. and 5 percent to the National Wildlife Federation. ESC also has given a special donation to two Nigerian farming villages that supply the company with cacao.

Toronto-based Ruth's Hemp Foods expanded distribution through Rainbow Natural Foods, a division of United Natural Foods. RHF now has access to more than 1,200 natural food retailers in the central United States.

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