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Natural Products Expo East (Baltimore) and FAIR TRADE Labeling: What Does Fair Trade Mean?
We were happy to explore the Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore this past weekend and are excitedly working on posts that feature some of the awesome products we discovered during our tour. We are happy to announce we will soon be carrying lots of new products and some products EXCLUSIVELY sold by us, green. Now, for the main information. We try to source as much fair trade inventory as possible, but do you know exactly what the "fair trade label" means? According to the World Fair Trade Organization, "Fair Trade is a trading partnership... that seeks greater equity in...
Making Better Choices for the Environment
We all know the environment is in crisis. We all must do our part and step up to the plate by making better choices. One way to help is by buying products that are biodegradable and reusable products that replace disposable items. If you are still using disposable plastic bags and plastic cling wrap, that adds up to a lot of waste each month. There are so many different options these days to switch to, such as these Etee Vegan Food Wraps, which are just like cling wrap, but can be used dozens of times, then are biodegradable when they are...
How Does Shopping Cruelty-Free Benefit Both Our Health and the Environment?
Can Eco-Friendly Products Benefit your Home and the Environment?
Healthy Summer Foods: Cole Slaw
Do you like cole slaw? It's a great summer food because it's cool, pretty easy to prepare, and healthy... Or is it? Once we add all those salts and oils and make a soupy cabbage concoction we call cole slaw, have we flooded out most of the health benefits? There are so many varieties of cabbage, and all of them are packed with nutrients such as fiber, vitamin K, vitamin C, folate, manganese, vitamin B6, and other nutrients as well. Of course, it's low in fat and has zero cholesterol. On its own, it's pretty beneficial, right? What if we add mayonnaise to...
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