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Saturday, 1 September 2012

Whole Foods Tenleytown

Responding to requests from neighbors, Safeway created an excellent mixed-use proposal to redevelop its Tenleytown store that will reinvigorate its stretch of Wisconsin Avenue. They deserve kudos from residents, not the litany of complaints the project team got at a recent ANC meeting.In 2009, Safeway announced plans to expand this aging store. Ward3Vision, a group of residents who support more walkable and sustainable urban places, joined others in the community in urging Safeway to approach the expansion more creatively and sustainably than its original proposal.Douglas Development wants to rebuild Tenleytown's long-vacant Babe's Billiards into a mixed-use development with 60 residential units and ground floor retail space. Perhaps most significantly, Douglas wants to build no parking at all on the site.

Whole Foods Tenleytown

Organic Valley Jobs

What happens when you put a group of young Organic Valley farmers (and a few employees) together on a bus and send them through Montana and down the West Coast on a three-week tour? Lifelong friendships are formed, the young farmers become adept messengers for our coop, and eaters from Bozeman to Stanford get to engage with the people who will be producing our country's food in the decades to come.Wright explains in the article that Organic Valley is a farmer-owned cooperative of 1,652 organic family farms and is strongly interested in the health and sustainability of small-scale family farms and rural communities. She claims that Organic Valley believes that commitment to renewable energy will help the economy grow, decrease dependence on fossil fuels, and create a healthier environment for future generations.Wisconsin's Clean Energy Jobs Act includes an Enhanced Renewable Portfolio Standard, which will allow Wisconsin residents to receive 25% of their electricity from renewable energy by the year 2025, with at least 10% of it coming from renewable energy sources locally within the state. The bill also includes provisions which encourage small-scale renewable energy generation that would support Wisconsin families considering new energy projects such as manure digesters, small wind turbines and solar projects.

Organic Valley Jobs

Organic Wear

I am always on the lookout for great natural, non-toxic mascara – and damn, is there a lot of hype for a little drugstore product called Physicians Formula Organic Wear mascara.

A panel of green beauty experts rated this product ‘Best Natural Mascara’ along with a $22.50 product from Couleur – but the Physicians Formula stuff costs just $10. After taking a gander at the ingredients, learning that the Organic Wear line is the first ECOCERT® makeup line in the U.S., and reading tons of positively glowing reviews online, I figured I’d give it a shot.The finest Italian powder with buildable color to naturally enhance and accentuate cheeks.

* Two shades blend together for the most natural blushing glow.* A 100% natural origin blush, formulated with 16% certified organic ingredients, including jojoba seed oil and corn starch to moisturize and mattify the skin.* Includes mirror and natural goat hair brush.

* Available in 6 shades. Combines the performance and coverage of a foundation with the blendability and natural finish of a loose powder.* Innovative sifter lid in the jar allows for mess-free application.* Natural kabuki brush and mirror included.* A 100% natural origin loose powder, formulated with 10.6% certified organic ingredients, including safflower seed oil and jojoba seed oil to moisturize and corn starch to mattify the skin.* Available in 6 shadesLately I’ve been in the mood to try a new foundation, and I’m currently trying to integrate more “green” beauty products into my routine, so I was happy to spot Physicians Formula’s new Organic Wear Liquid Foundation on the shelf at Duane Reade. This “100% Natural Origin” product contains no parabens or other synthetic preservatives, no synthetic color or fragrance, and no genetically modified organisms. It boasts physical sun protection with titanium dioxide, and it’s sold with minimal packaging.Like any girl born with naturally pale, sparse lashes, I rely on mascara to keep me from looking like a creepy Children of the Corn extra. And since I’m not a big fan of putting carcinogens and other toxins adjacent to my eyeballs,

Organic Wear

Optimally Organic

Optimally Organic, Inc. is a family held and funded corporation dedicated to producing the highest quality Organic Health Products on the world market. They aim to do this at competitive prices and at the performance levels their customers require. Optimally Organic has some of the most unique products imported worldwide such as: Fulvic Ionic Minerals, Red Pine Needle Oil, Hawaiian Noni, Virgin Coconut Oil, and many more.

Optimally Organic also donates 10% of company profits to Christian non-profit organizations focused on helping those most in need. When possible they also give away Fulvic and Humic acid to impoverished peoples.Talking about the “right” bread is always a tricky issue as so many factors need to be taken into account, to properly assess the health quality of a product. In fact, there are many people, to a great degree myself included, who have a hard time seeing bread as an optimally healthy food source. The good news is that today more breads have come into the natural food market that are of very high qualities, and as people become more health conscious they are also greatly reducing their reliance on bread.To date I have found a handful of breads that are if we can say, “the best of the worst”, where they are conscious of using only natural, whole food ingredients, mostly organic, with no additives or refined sugars, oils, etc. In this review I will share with you about one such type that I feel quite comfortable recommending to people who would like to have a bread product in their diet.

Optimally Organic

Organic Food Online

As organic produce moves into the mainstream, supermarkets and other large retailers need to learn about its unique handling and display requirements. Knowing that, Centric helped Albert’s Organics conceptualize and create a complete online certification program for organic produce. At Organic Produce College, produce managers can learn about all aspects of organic produce Since 1994, we’ve been helping companies “from start-ups to Fortune 500″ change their marketing for the better. Without your typical big-agency fees and big-agency attitude. We’re the first to recommend bleeding-edge approaches when they make sense, and the first to tell you, “No, step away from that Twitter dial.” We start at your site, and extend seamlessly to all aspects of your brand. We talk tech. We understand niche. And we know how to reach very specific audiences with rifle-shot messages that get real results.Website Development, Application Development, Search Marketing (SEO/SEM), Online Advertising, Rich Media.

Organic Food Online

Whole Foods Laguna Niguel

We are very happy to find out that the new Whole Foods Market that opened this week in Laguna Niguel is carrying our products! You can find our award winning fiery products on the shelves now, including our Spicy “Caramel” Popcorn in 3 heat levels (they’re vegan btw) and our Gourmet Hot Sauces, even the Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce!It’s a beautiful store – medium in size compared to some of the other Southern California locations, with all the amenities.We are proud to be part of the growth in this region!In-store demo kitchen will offer a series of different cooking classes taught by our executive chef and well-known local chefs. There will also be regular wine and beer tasting events held to highlight different selections that can be found in the store.Seasonal and locally sourced conventional and organic produceFull in-store bakery with a team of dedicated bakers creating freshly made breads from scratch, muffins, scones, cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, and special diet selections like vegan and gluten-free treats.A large bulk and raw foods section featuring heirloom beans, sprouted nuts/grains/flours with a focus on unique ingredients for cooking nutritious meals from scratch.In-store kitchen that features handcrafted pizza, in-house chips and dips, custom-made sandwiches, rolled-to-order sushi, organic salad bar, hot soups, meals-on-the-go and Weekday Deals.Whole Body section with a focus on sports nutrition as well as personal-care items to care for the whole body along with nutritional supplements and vitamins. There will also be six local vendors with baby related products featured in the department.

Whole Foods Laguna Niguel

Whole Foods Flowers

Whole Foods will be marking its flowers with the distance they traveled so customers can make a "green" choice. While there are flowers from Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, there will also be flowers from growers as little as 8 miles from the store.Whole Foods flower arrangers Julie and Rose have gained quite a reputation in Annapolis and they now do the flowers for at least one or two weddings a week. They can work with a budget as small as $300 or one as large as $5,000.Jen Thompson, regional manager for flowers, said flower sales might make up about 3 percent of the grocery store's sales. Except this weekend. Mother's Day will push flower sales to 10 percent of the store's gross.For more flower pictures from Whole Foods in Annapolis, keep reading.Here are the best of the rest of the pictures I took this morning. I was particularly intrigued by One Straw Farm this time because of their gorgeous organic produce. The multi-colored chard, purslane and other greens were spectacular.They won't be at the Sunday market under the viaduct tomorrow, but you can catch them at the new-this-year Wednesday farmers market in the parking lot of the Mount Washington Whole Foods. It's open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.I have to say much as I love shopping at farmers markets, they can sometimes disappoint. ...Eating locally isn't always easy. Last weekend I bought some Bing cherries that were overripe. I tried to like them, but I ended up buying a pound of the wonderful firm, juicy Bings from Whole Foods, which probably came from Australia.

Whole Foods Flowers