Natural Living
Keep CALM and carry on!
It’s a popular poster in pop culture, but the real Calm—Natural Vitality Calm—is an anti-stress drink that has amazing properties, not the least of which is to rock you to sleep like a baby. Karen, one of our supplement team members, at GreenAcres-Bradley Fair, takes a teaspoon of Calm granules in a ½ cup of…
Read MoreThe Curcumin/Turmeric Connection: Giving pain and inflammation the one-two punch
Our customers at GreenAcres Market have heard a lot about Curcumin and its pain-arresting properties. Curcumin can stop joint pain and headache pain, often instantly, but it can do so much more. Terry Lemerond, a supplement founder, formulator and blogger who writes a health column called Terry Naturally, is a big believer in his Curcumin-based…
Read MoreBoswellia—the original Magi gift that keeps on giving
The winds are up, the trees are budding, the grasses are turning green. You know what that means: allergy season is here. We can tell at GreenAcres when sinus season descends. People flock to our stores with migraines, sniffles, watery eyes, even upset digestive systems. There must be a correlation between the sniffles and tummy.…
Read MoreIt’s Easter. Go ahead and “ham” it up!
Here is some Easter Ham advice from an expert–Cliff Behrmann of Behrmann’s Meat and Processing, Albers, IL–as seen in the April 13 edition of the Wichita Eagle. ▪ Splurge if you can. When it’s time to buy a ham, the first thing most shoppers look for is a good price. It might be tempting save…
Read MoreFew things scream GreenAcres like our hot case, deli and bakery food
Where else can you find made-from-scratch organic ingredients delivered fresh out of the ground from local vendors or flash frozen at processing and trucked right to our stores the very day you come to lunch or dinner? We’re guessing “nowhere!” GreenAcres Market made a commitment 23 years ago to deliver only the best, most nutritious,…
Read More“Feed A Soul” – Natierra and the Haitian connection
Customers at GreenAcres Market are developing a love affair with Natierra’s Himalania Pink Salt, and why shouldn’t they? The salt comes from deep within the Himalayan Plateau, contains more minerals than regular salt and is 100% natural, unrefined and not marginalized by pollution and toxic chemicals. When added to food, pink salt does not increase…
Read MoreGrapeseed oil vs. wrinkles??
The GreenAcres Health and Beauty (HABA) gals know a thing or two about grapeseed oil and its use in natural cosmetics. Grapeseed oil was once a well-kept secret of conventional skincare products, but with the popularity of essential oils and natural cosmetics, the use of this “wonder oil” came immediately to the fore. Grapeseed oil…
Read MoreHealth and Beauty products aren’t just for the vain
The new, all natural, organic and gluten free products coming onto the market are not all centered in the food sections of health stores. One of the fastest growing areas of the natural products’ market lies in women’s and men’s facial and body “pampering, prettying and healing.” And those products worth their salt are beginning…
Read MoreKeeping our vendors close
GreenAcres Market is located in three Midwestern states and now we can take advantage of local products in five cities and surrounding towns. We tend to like it that way. We get to know the farmers and growers, the manufacturers and the producers. We can barrel down the highways in between Kansas City and Wichita…
Read MoreHere’s TEA you!
We know that water is the most consumed beverage in the world. Can’t live long without it. But tea? Can tea be that popular? Surely the Brits have the market cornered on that lovely beverage sometimes sweetened with sugar, more often infused with lemon or milk. When I lived in Europe in the ‘60s and…
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