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Dress ‘em up or down, we’ve got your greens covered!
Some prefer to make their own salad dressings; others rely on the tried and true organic bottled dressings to make their tossed salads extra yummy. Whichever way you roll, you might try our Grateful Harvest Organic Dressings in six flavors: Ranch, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Bleu Cheese, Sun Dried Tomato, Classic Caesar and Raspberry Vinaigrette. Our favorite…
Read MoreMaple Hill Creamery: the grass-to-yogurt connection
We don’t know if you’ve had a chance to sample Maple Hill Creamery yogurt when we’ve demoed it in store, but it’s worth a try the next time you see Ron offering tastes to customers. Aside from its creamy consistency, and not-too-sweet taste, it’s the science behind grass-fed outcomes as opposed to grain or corn-fed…
Read MoreA visit with Lucky Star Farm’s Tonia Rupe
Tonia and Randy Rupe of Lucky Star Farms have spent years developing and caring for family-owned ranch land in Greenwood County, KS. Lucky Star sets the benchmark for humanely-treated animals and perfectly marbled meat. GreenAcres Market offers Lucky Star’s fine beef and pork to its customers in all four of its stores in Kansas. After…
Read MoreAsk the expert!
The expert in this case in Market Team member, Danna, who has worked at GreenAcres for nine years, stocks bulk, orders plants and flowers, works checkout among myriad other jobs, and she just knows what products customers ask for. Since we’re concentrating on multi vitamins today, we went looking for our know-it-all. So which ones…
Read MoreChanges coming to Food Labeling
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration announced new Nutritional Facts on labels for all packaged foods. Because of growing health concerns specifically as they relate to diet and chronic disease, the FDA wants new food labels to better inform the public on calories, serving size and added sugars. Manufacturers must now declare the actual…
Read MoreTaking the plunge with the Suja 1-Day Renewal Plan
Diet? Not I said the fly, but “renew for one day,” I can do that! That’s why I like Suja’s organic 1-day renewal program. It looks easy enough and since I work in a health food store, all I’ll have to do is buy three Suja drinks for $10 and grab my mini-meals from the…
Read MoreStretching our way to good health
Dr. Andrew Weil, an American physician, author, spokesperson, and broadly-described “guru” for his beliefs in integrative medicine and holistic health, is a big exercise fan, who cautions us to listen to our bodies and segue into exercises which fit our needs as we age. For years, Dr. Weil was a runner, than as maturity set…
Read MoreIt took 50 years, but dad finally got his due!
Wikipedia tells us Father’s Day was founded by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd in 1910 after she heard a sermon in church on Mother’s Day and got inspired. Sonora wanted to honor her dad who was a Civil War vet and a single father who raised six children. But the holiday didn’t catch on…
Read MoreGuest blogger, Karen Masterson Koch tells us how to: Feel Good Again in Just Days!
By Karen Masterson Koch What do a world class tennis player, actor, teacher, policeman and child next door all have in common? The answer is: a food sensitivity to Gluten! Understanding gluten and the factors influencing Celiac Disease (CD) will give you the keys to unlock the mystery behind much of the early aging and…
Read MoreShake and bake with it, and they will come!
And so they have. Our GreenAcres Market customers have bought Organic Valley milk, cheese and eggs for the past 22 years because they know they taste great and they’re free of pesticides, fungicides, preservatives and added hormones. But not everyone knows we also bake and cook in our store kitchens with Organic Valley milk, cream,…
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