Grocery shopping has become a major outing during quarantine, which is why it’s crucial to visit a store that you know is going to stock everything you need in just one stop. Whole Foods, a cult-favorite for many, not only has aisles upon aisles of health conscious and good-for-you foods, but they also have a wide variety of beauty products, many of which have all-natural labels. If your looking to revamp your vanity with products that are noteworthy for a reason, look no further than our favorite health food store.

OMAHA, Neb. — Keeping clean is nothing new for Pacha soap company in Hastings, Nebraska. The small business recently rolled out a helpful new product and they are giving soap to organizations in need for each bar of soap they sell on line. They recently gave 5,000 bars of soap to organizations serving the vulnerable.

LEXINGTON — An ethanol plant helping child care providers seems like an unlikely partnership, but the COVID-19 pandemic has fostered numerous instances of community support, such as this.

Thanks to volunteers and community support, the local Meals on Wheels program offered by Senior Action Inc. has been able to continue offering hot meals to seniors in the city despite troubles presented by the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

HASTINGS — Mary Lanning Healthcare announced that several community businesses and residents are helping to support its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the Hastings area sees increasing clinical activity related to the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, Mary Lanning Healthcare is thanking community residents, organizations and businesses for their generosity to those on the front lines fighting the outbreak.

Giving back has always been at the heart of Pacha Soap, a Hastings-based bath products manufacturing company founded by Andrew ’12 and Abi ’13 Vrbas in 2013. Each bar of artfully-crafted soap they sell, with funky names like Dirty Hippie and Feel the Beet, supports clean water initiatives, small businesses and hygiene education in developing countries around the world.

Today, we look at five companies that are innovating in the "Sourcing Responsibly" trend within the Inventive Business Models macro force. Working to mitigate the extractive tendencies of our food system, many brands are operating with greater sourcing intention, lending new ways of conducting business and innovating business models and relationships to source their materials responsibly.

Governor Pete Ricketts said at his daily press conference that when things calm down, the restrictions put in place will be phased out overtime. They will do it in stages to make sure there is no bounce back with the virus.

The Food and Drug Administration has relaxed regulations on the types of alcohol that can be used to make hand sanitizers during the shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, expanding the market to potentially millions of gallons made by ethanol producers.

Pacha Soap Co., a Nebraska-based soap company, has begun producing hand sanitizer for hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions across the country.

Pacha Soap of Hastings is working to help solve the shortage of hand sanitizer brought about by the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19. Pacha founder Andrew Vrbas said Thursday afternoon Mary Lanning Healthcare contacted Pacha to see if the company would make hand sanitizer.

We love a good DIY, but for real, you all, this is not the time for trying to save a buck on cleaning products. Earlier this week a New Jersey convenience store clerk tried to turn a quick buck by diluting industrial-strength foaming disinfectant into hand wash bottles, sold it, and four kids ended up with chemical burns. Burning kids while trying to cash in on a global viral pandemic? Not cool, convenience store clerk!

The US Food and Drug Administration roadblock has frustrated the health care and ethanol industries, which have called for relaxed regulations to deal with the public health care emergency.

As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventing ethanol producers from providing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be transformed into the germ-killing mixture.

With a volunteer force of Bristol Station residents, Pacha Soap has started toward its goal of filling 18,000, 12-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer as part of the company’s “We Got This” initiative. Pacha is giving hand sanitizer to organizations on the front line fighting the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Pacha received assistance from local businesses such as Thomsen Oil, Kelly’s Supply, Sapp Brothers, J&M Steel and Krueger Contracting to make the hand sanitizer operation a reality.

As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventing ethanol producers from providing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be transformed into the germ-killing mixture.

As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventing ethanol producers from providing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be transformed into the germ-killing mixture.

Pacha Soap of Hastings is working to help solve the shortage of hand sanitizer brought about by the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19. Pacha founder Andrew Vrbas said Thursday afternoon Mary Lanning Healthcare contacted Pacha to see if the company would make hand sanitizer.

You’ve heard of beauty sleep (and have tried more than a few tricks to achieve it). But the one product to help you achieve that well-rested glow may actually be in your pantry. According to a new trend report from Whole Foods, “sleep supporters” (think warm milk-like nighttime drinks, sleep-enhancing supplements and “sleep soaps”) are the next big thing for beauty in 2019.

What's better than unwinding with a warm bath? Unwinding with a warm bath spiked with this salt block, made with Brazilian purple clay, lavender essential oil, and chamomile flowers. The scent isn't the only thing that will make you rest easy: Each purchase from the brand helps fund clean-water initiatives and small-scale soap shops in developing countries.