Earthsite Founder, Joey Shepp's twitter handle @SocialVenture was listed in the top 50 most connected tweeters in the world of social enterprise, commissioned by The Guardian Social Enterprise Network.

"Research commissioned by the Guardian Social Enterprise Network from social media consultancy Tweetminster shows us which Twitter players packed the most punches during a three-month period ending earlier this year.

Tweetminster sought to identify the 1000 most active social enterprise Twitter accounts by searching for the tweeters who tweeted most about relevant terms such as #socent and social investment. These 1000 accounts were then analysed, with the "most connected" accounts being the ones with the most followers out of this group of 1000.

Using that methodology, here are the top 50 most connected organisations and individuals on Twitter in social enterprise – the Lady Gagas and Justin Biebers of the socent world."

See the top 50 most connected tweeters in the world of social enterprise here.

@guardiansocent Thanks for including me in the top 50 most connected tweeters in the world of social enterprise! socialenterprise.guardian.co.uk/social-enterpr…

— Joey Shepp (@SocialVenture) May 1, 2013

Natural Products Expo West is the world's largest and premier tradeshow for the natural, organic and healthy products industry. Since 1981, Natural Products Expo West has been the leading independent voice and industry event. In 2012, Natural Products Expo West hosted over 60,000 industry members and over 3,000 exhibits showcasing products in the categories of natural and specialty foods, organic, supplements, health and beauty, natural living and pet products. Nowhere else can you get your products in front of so many buyers within the natural and organic products industry.

This year, Earthsite founder Joey Shepp attended the event to meet with clients and check in on the latest trends in Natural Foods.

Earthsite clients in attendance included:

• Wallaby Yogurt (Just launched non-fat Greek Yogurt!)
• Rumiano Cheese (Organic and Non-GMO Cheese)
• WholeSoy Yogurt (Premium Vegan Yogurt Alternative)
• Emile Noel (Gourmet Seed, Nut and Olive Oils)

Trends for 2013 include:

• Non-GMO (Thanks to Whole Foods for leading where politics failed)
• Grass-Fed (Organic Valley "Grass Mlik")
• Gluten Free (Waiting for products to move beyond just Rice flour, leader is still Udi's, but we expect competition to heat up)
• Coconut Water (So much competition without much differentiation)
• Super Foods (Still elite and expensive)
• Probiotics (Moving beyond yogurt to beverages and snacks)

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We are pleased to announce our latest website design launch, minaolya.com  Our second EcoFashion related website launch this month. (Check out THREAD documentary.)  We are happy to be working with such great EcoFashion pioneers and appreciate their commitment and dedication to sustainability.

Simply Soy Yogurt is dedicated to using high quality, all-natural plant-based ingredients to make a delicious yogurt with live active cultures. They source all their certified organic soybeans from a single US farm.

Simply Soy Yogurt is verified non-GMO, certified Vegan and Kosher Pareve. Their allergen-friendly yogurts are free of dairy, lactose, whey, casein, gluten, peanut, egg, shellfish and treenuts.

Coming soon to a store near you!

An outrageous tax loophole allows out-of-state corporations to pay lower taxes in California, costing California a billion dollars a year. This loophole actually rewards companies for creating jobs outside of California. The California Clean Energy Jobs Act closes this loophole by forcing out-of-state corporations to pay their fair share, bringing in much-needed state revenue that will be invested in clean energy and energy efficiency projects, create good-paying jobs, and help fund our schools. 

Earthsite designed a website for the California Clean Energy Jobs Act and will be managing social media for the campaign.

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