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The US Botanicals Market: Back on Track as a Range of Health Goals Take Center Stage
The ABC 2024 Herb Market Report shows consumers’ interest in healthy aging, heart health, memory, and nootropics fuels record sales. After a minor post-pandemic sales decline in 2022, retail sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States reached a record $13.23 billion in 2024, according to the nonprofit American Botanical Council’s (ABC) 2024 Herb

Tai Chi for Health, Wellness and Longevity: An Ancient Mind-Body Practice
Have you heard of Tai Chi? Lately, it has been spreading on social media, with Tai Chi walking and promises of many health benefits. While that is true, it doesn’t happen overnight. Nothing is that easy! Translated, Tai Chi is a slow-moving, meditative, mind-body practice that improves relaxation, balance, and inner and outer strength. In

Investing & Healing: How Our Choices Can Help to Mend the World
I grew up in a rural village in Kerala, a state in Southern India. The land was lush and verdant, what we called “God’s own country.” Our community was tight-knit, generous, and supportive. Much about my boyhood seems almost idyllic. But a few of my memories are hard. Our friend Julie lived up the dirt

Capital for a Healthier World: How the Milken Institute is Building the Next Era of Impact Investing
The Capital and Partnership Gaps in Health Capital is available across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors, yet each is constrained when acting alone. What is missing is the financial architecture that lets these pools of capital work together. The Milken Institute’s Financial Innovations Lab® (FIL) convenes experts and stakeholders to address challenges faced by

YourStake Acquires First Affirmative and Relaunches Advisory Firm as Formative, the Home for Modern Values-Based Advisors
The acquisition pairs First Affirmative’s 35+ years of operational and investment infrastructure with YourStake’s leading technology to better support the community of advisors through a comprehensive service platform YourStake, the leading technology platform for values-based financial advisors, today announced the acquisition of First Affirmative, the pioneering RIA of the values-based advisor community. The firm is

Food Security is an Issue of National Security: Innovation is the Key
Food Security is an Issue of National Security Food is nourishing and vital for our survival. As the world contemplates food insecurity issues brought on by climate change, the inefficiency of our food supply system and rising political tensions, investing in a safe and secure food future resonates with all of us, governments and individuals

Following in China’s Footsteps: Climate Transition in EM Asia
Key Takeaways: • Emerging market countries in Asia face a narrow window to build climate-resilient infrastructure before fossil fuel dependence becomes locked in for decades. • China’s renewable energy transition shows how coordinated policy, investment incentives, and grid support can accelerate clean energy adoption without impacting economic growth. • EM Asia’s climate transition will require

The Hidden Value of Nature in Our Economy
Like many of you readers, I believe in the intrinsic value of nature. When I hike through aspen groves above Santa Fe, glowing gold in the fall, or head out into the vastness of the Caldera, I feel the generosity of these places. I experience their restorative power. And at the deepest level, I know




