Tag: bulk foods

We were so excited to see another grocery retailer taking the steps to require their suppliers to label their products as to their GMO content.   As the evidence mounts that GMO’s are a health concern we applaud efforts to limit our exposure to these ‘foods’.   For more on this visit the New Leaf Community Markets website at http://www.newleaf.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&sid_store_news=300&storeID=J3QSSEQX5CS92J2000AKHMCCQJA05T39

You heard correctly!  April 21st is National Chocolate Covered Cashew Day.  Good thing SunRidge Farms has you covered.  You’ll want to visit your favorite retailer that is carrying our bulk products and look for item 022608 to find delicious Dark Chocolate Covered Cashews. 

Make this the year you buy bulk foods.  Let’s take care of the environment and save money by reducing packaging.

National Bulk Foods Week is October 13-19, 2013.  Here’s a little more information on how to shop for bulk foods – http://www.yumsugar.com/How-Shop-Food-Bulk-29458772

We don’t need to say much here as it’s well presented in this editorial – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toni-nagy/what-every-parent-should-_b_3008452.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular,organic-food

NFC, a leading certifier of Kosher foods, has instituted a NO GMO Policy.  “While according to the strict letter of Kosher food law, a GMO food ingredient is not prohibited, it certainly is not natural,” says Rabbi Reuven Flamer, Founder and Director of NFC.  For more on this, here’s the link to the NFC website – http://nfccertification.info/nfc-apple-kosher/nfc-announces-no-gmo-kosher-policy/

A story we’ll be following very closely is this from naturalnews.com.  http://www.naturalnews.com/039864_GMO_corn_nutrients_minerals.html

This is a story we all need to follow for our health.

Unhealthy and highly processed junk food.  It’s everywhere since it seems so innocuous and simple.  However, the truth is that these snacks are quite ominous and not so simple.  We understand this and it’s one of the driving motivations for our creativity in coming up with new snacks that are healthier and lightly processed, if at all.   Part of the problem in the proliferation of these snacks that are undermining the health of consumer who is purchasing them is the lack of knowledge or awareness to these concerns.  That’s about to change!

The following article adapted from “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us,” which will be published by Random House this month.   This excerpt should be enough to make sure that this book is on your reading list for this year.   Here’s the link from the NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

The Farmers Assurance Provision, slipped into a recent spending bill essentially strips the courts of the ability to challenge Monsanto’s GMO seeds or crops even if the courts become aware of health issues related to those items.  Read more on the story here – http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/food-oversight-curbs-spending-bill-outrage-article-1.1298967

The fight to label GM foods isn’t over and it looks like the grocery retailers might force the issue.   The Hiller’s grocery chain in Detroit is labeling all of the foods in their stores to help consumers know if it is Non-GMO or not.  We like this approach and wanted to share this story.  http://www.abc-7.com/story/21572988/grocery-chain-labeling-non-gmo-foods#.UT4ndBmGE7A

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Natural Products EXPO West in Anaheim, March 8-10. Come by our booth #2789 and sample some of our newest items and get all the information you need on our bulk displays, packaged products, and HealthyGO snacks. For information on the show and a location map to our booth, please follow this link, http://www.expowest.com/ew13/public/Booth.aspx?IndexInList=6&FromPage=ExhibitorList.aspx&ParentBoothID=&ListByBooth=true&BoothID=1125010&AEID=433,438