Natural Living
Save the bees!
We’ll be hearing from Steve Weber, founder of High Plains Honey (shown here with his wife holding bottles of honey), this coming Saturday at Breakfast with Matt (GA-Bradley Fair) about the state of our vanishing bee population and what’s being done to “bring them back home.” Beekeepers have thought for a long time that chemicals…
Read MoreJust 5 little drops every morning?!
Osteoporosis is becoming a huge problem in our aging population. You can see the effects on people who are bent over at the waste and trying to propel themselves forward on walkers. Have you ever noticed a car traveling toward you or behind you, but you can’t see the driver? Chances are the driver has…
Read MoreMe woman, you man…let’s Paleo together.
The Paleo diet—it’s hard to pin down just exactly what it is. Matt, a GreenAcres owner and store manager in our Bradley Fair store, follows the Paleo diet. He eats meat, veggies, seeds and fruit, and eschews cane sugar in all its forms and bread, to my knowledge. Barb Mainz, one of our supplement market…
Read MoreFrom Soap to Coconut Oil—Dr. Bronner’s products carry a message of peace on earth
Our supplement and health and beauty market teams have been in Wichita the last two days listening to educators and product formulators tell their story. Bonnie, a lead supplement team member at our Bradley Fair store, was taken with the story of Emanuel Bronner, a pioneer in the natural cosmetics business, whose love of Fair…
Read MoreFermented flowers, you say?!
What’s in a name, or a logo, or the shape of a product? Apparently, everything. Take a look at Fentimans’ Botanically Brewed Beverages. Getting a little rush at GreenAcres-Bradley Fair, where when we demo the many flavors, customers always seem to buy. What do flowers have to do with brewing? They, along with roots, bark…
Read MoreTriple digit temps call for more than just water
Most of GreenAcres customers are familiar with Orgain’s tasty meal-replacement shakes, the ones with 16 grams of organic protein blended from both fruits and veggies, containing 23 vitamins and minerals. Lynette Frisbie, our Central Grocery Buyer, usually has one a day, and she says they save her from munching snacks and samples that appear daily…
Read MoreHow our produce rolls
Beginning in June, the first harvests of the summer start coming to market from the Southern states—Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas. That’s when the stone fruits, like peaches, plums, avocados and apricots are at their best, and ripe for the picking. At the end of June, GreenAcres begins to usher in California peaches—always well received. But…
Read MoreDress ‘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…
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