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Premium quality discount certified organic health foods, seasonings and snacks
Fair Trade Food Items
The items found here in Global Exchange are fair trade, natural and/or organic. They are also unique, reasonably priced and of high quality. You'll find variety from anciently sourced Pakistani olive oils and organic nuts to Tibetan marinades and hot sauces, and organic hand-rolled couscous!
The NATURAL STORE has many terrific organic and natural food choices from pasta dinners to nutritious snack foods to lollipops! YourGREENBluePLanet has found lots of great options here to help with healthy eating.
Truly gourmet organic health foods and seasonings--
like Himalayan salt, and raw chocolate truffles!
Wholesome organic food for healthier and more vital cells,
a more mineral-rich soil
and a less damaged environment
100% pure dried cherries and cherry concentrate
in capsules or liquid
for easing joint and tendon discomfort
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Find healthy living at wholesale discount prices with EdibleNature. Natural organic health and beauty products and certified organic health foods fill your life with honest-to-goodness premium quality normally at the lowest prices found anywhere. Truly healthy natural and organic products for food and snacks, home goods, pet care and clothing.
Traditional farming sends polluting pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers into our ground and contaminating the growing soil and our waters. EdibleNature promotes sustainable, organic farming methods by its sales of certified organic food products, from seasonings to coffee and teas and kosher foods.
Dried Red & Green Peppers
Kosher Foods
Natural and Organic SNACKS!!
Single Food Items and Gift Baskets
The items found here in Global Exchange are fair trade, natural and/or organic. They are also unique, reasonably priced and of high quality. You'll find variety from anciently sourced Pakistani olive oils and organic nuts to Tibetan marinades and hot sauces, and organic hand-rolled couscous!
To learn more about what being considered fair trade means, please check here.
To learn more about the Fair Trade Federation, please check here.
Snack Items
Office Party Gift Basket
The NATURAL STORE contains many organic food choices, healthiest for greenest people and planet. The chemicals and hormones used in traditional agriculture do not remain localized to the plants (or animals) they were intended for. They migrate uncontrollably to contaminate vast areas of our land far from the site of 'original damage' through our waterways and wetlands, contaminating them along the way.
Although the term 'natural' has no real designation or significance, it does indicate that no chemicals or anything else not naturally occurring have been added. This does give assurance of healthier and greener food choices.
Completed in 2007 funded by the European Union, the largest study ever of organic food, contrary to a previous policy held by the U.K. Food Standards Agency, found that up to 40% more antioxidants and other phytonutrients are found in organic produce, and organic milk contained a surprising 60% more, than their traditional equivalents. These differences come mainly from the soil quality that organic farming methods bring about. The Organic Center, in Boulder, CO, which advocates organic food and wine, reported in March 2008 that organic food is usually 25% more beneficial. More detailed info can be found here: http://www.organic-center.org/science.nutri.php
Solay offers some truly gourmet health foods, from Himalayan salts and organic gourmet seasonings to low acid fair trade organic coffees and teas, and organic raw chocolates. Products such as sea salt caramels and the raw chocolate truffles are made by hand in small batches by caring crafters who specialize in what they do, using only the finest high quality nutrient rich ingredients. There is also a line of highly functional and well made earth friendly kitchen accessories.
The salt offered by Solay Wellness comes from an area in the foothills of the Himalayas and is exceptionally rich in trace minerals, much more so than any other salt on Earth. You can feel good in that using this nutritious salt your body will actually benefit.
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Organic Food Like
Raw Organic Chocolate Truffles
There is a strong belief at Sunfood in the ethics of organic farming. Like all things in life, organic farming and organic food aren't perfect, but compared to genetically modified crops and chemical agriculture, they're definitely off in a better direction. Yes, there are some foods that, health-risk wise it doesn't matter a great deal whether we go organic or commercial/traditional, but even then the damage to our environment (and growing soil) from chemical agriculture is a consideration we need to keep at the forefront. Ultimately there is only a detrimental effect from this type of farming. Once we get past the expediency of feeding a lot of people less expensively (only in the short run), we are left with a very damaging way to provide very mediocre nutrition at a cost far more considerable than mere expedience and out-of-pocket at-the-grocerystore expense.
A famous study done by Rutgers showed that organic food was superior in 10 major minerals to conventionally grown food, and it all starts with mineral-rich soil. When we eat mineral-rich food, the minerals make it from the soil into our bodies. When we eat conventionally grown food, all the nasty chemicals for preservation, fast growth and market-hardiness make it into our bodies as well. Sunfood provides some of the very best foods for wholesome nutrition produced by super earth-friendly farming methods.
With organic food, the cells throughout our bodies become healthier and more vital.
YGBP can personally vouch for the unbelievable and surprising effects of cherry juice concentrate. After years of taking acetaminophen and ibuprofen for some somewhat debilitating joint and tendon discomfort, a couple weeks of taking cherry juice concentrate had it all but GONE. True! A daily treat of two tablespoons mixed with another juice (pomegranate is a good mix) or just water is all it took and keeps it barely noticed. Cherries are also a respectable source of potassium, magnesium and Vitamin C. For more nutrition info, check this: http://nutrition.about.com/od/fruitsandvegetables/p/cherries.htm
100% PURE
No Additives
No Preservatives
Cost of organic food, which can be anywhere from 10% to 40% more than conventional food, is a consideration for folks on tighter budgets. Reasons for this price difference are 1) the fact that many organic and 'natural' foods need to be processed and milled separately, and 2) they are generated in smaller amounts. Also, the prices of eggs and dairy are affected by animal considerations like breed and feed metamorphic ratio, and the quantity of animals per given amount of land.
