We now have confirmation of two terrific book events, with many more to follow. See the events page for a complete list. NEW YORK: Wednesday, February 26, 6pm – GustOrganics, 519 Sixth Avenue @14th Street 25th Anniversary of the Alar Alarm and the Panic for Organic a celebration of the organic foods industry On February 26, […]
Here’s my latest commentary/book excerpt, run by Natural Foods Merchandiser and newhope360.com. It takes us back to 1984, Orwellian and otherwise, and looks at how far the natural foods industry has come in just 30 years. ow.ly/sLoFi
This past week, a Fedex packaged arrived with two copies of my book. So 17 months after conceiving of the project, 11 months after beginning to write it, and 8 months after finishing the manuscript, the baby is born. It officially gets released on February 18, but you can pre-order it now from Amazon using […]
Natural Foods Merchandiser was nice enough to do a little interview with me about the state of the industry. Here’s a link to it on newhope360.com: http://newhope360.com/managing-your-retail-business/independent-retailers-competitive-advantage. The article is posted below. The independent retailer’s competitive advantage Dec. 27, 2013 Christine Kapperman | Natural Foods Merchandiser In his new book Natural Prophets (Rodale, 2014), coming out […]
Kirkus was the first publication to review the book. This is running in their January 15 print issue, and went live online today: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joe-dobrow/natural-prophets/
The debut of Sprouts Farmers Market as a public traded company created a great deal of interest in publicly traded natural and specialty food companies in 20132013 Stock Performance. And while the Sprouts stock (SFM) jumped more than 100% on its first day, that’s mostly because it was priced artificially low and then was probably […]
Fascinating and inevitable: the New York Times reports that several services are now tracking readers’ habits as they use e-books. http://nyti.ms/K1FjQo I wonder how people will read Natural Prophets. It is a connected narrative, but the first three chapters are largely deep background from an era that precedes most of us. Will industry insiders just […]
The book received a nice little mention from Stephanie Strom in the New York Times today: http://nyti.ms/1bMFUvb. That’s a real landmark moment, the first recognition of the book by the mainstream media.
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most bizarre cultural events ever seen in America: Millennium ’73 at the Houston Astrodome. Never heard of it? See my article, adapted from Natural Prophets, that was just published on RodaleNews.com.
Honestly, I still have my doubts about the utility of communicating in 140 characters. But I am on Twitter at @dobrowj, sharing information and resources related to the world of natural foods. No fluff — I promise. You can also see photos, videos (eventually) and other exclusive material from Natural Prophets on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Natural-Prophets/143216662537044. […]