Meet the natural products industry Inc. 2000 class of 2014

Inc. magazine recently released its annual Inc. 5000, the business publication's list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

Every year the list inspires as it offers a glimpse at American trends and innovations. Natural and organic businesses know well one trend the magazine highlights this year: Going green. The fast-casual restaurant chain Protein Bar is among the sustainable businesses it featured. Healthy fast food seems to pop up several times on the Inc. 5000.

Business that serve health, after all, continue to grow at amazing rates. And doing so holistically, naturally and organically offers great returns as you'll see with these natural product indsutry businesses that ranked in the top 2,000 on the Inc. 5000.