INGREDIENTS
10 radishes, cleaned, tops removed, and sliced very thin
1 tsp chile powder
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp paprika
DIRECTIONS
Steam in microwave for 5 minutes, or in a steam basket on the stove for about ten minutes. Put in bowl with spices and mix well.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, flip the chips, and bake for another 10 minutes.
Green Earth Organics Inc. is a home and office certified organic grocery and natural product delivery service. We have a wide selection of 100% Certified Organic fruit, vegetables, and other grocery products. We also carry a growing list of environmentally friendly products that make it easier for our customers to tread lighter on our planet. This blog offers exiting information on organic food and healthy eating habits.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Green Beans in Garlic Sauce
INGREDIENTS
1 lb green beans, whole
2 Tbsp butter
1 tsp minced garlic
Sea salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Over medium heat, boil the green beans in a 10-inch skillet, until they are just tender.
Drain the beans and return to the skillet.
Add the remaining ingredients and cook for an additional 2 or 3 minutes.
Used as a side dish, this recipe makes about 4 servings.
1 lb green beans, whole
2 Tbsp butter
1 tsp minced garlic
Sea salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Over medium heat, boil the green beans in a 10-inch skillet, until they are just tender.
Drain the beans and return to the skillet.
Add the remaining ingredients and cook for an additional 2 or 3 minutes.
Used as a side dish, this recipe makes about 4 servings.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Get involved by donating books!
The Reading Tree is an international non-profit organization whose mission is simple: To spread the joy of reading by collecting donated books and distributing them to children who have few or none.
The Reading Tree distributes the donated books to local early learning and elementary school age children through social service agencies in the community such as the Children's Miracle Network, B.C. Cancer Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs and other literacy programs.
For the month of June, we would love your help with our book drive. All types of books are suitable for donation - new, used, hardcover and paperback. Simply leave them in your empty bin so we can pick them up and have them donated for you.
The books are out there. Thousands upon thousands end up in landfills each year. You can help us use these books to change the lives of kids in your community - and around the world.
The Reading Tree distributes the donated books to local early learning and elementary school age children through social service agencies in the community such as the Children's Miracle Network, B.C. Cancer Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs and other literacy programs.
For the month of June, we would love your help with our book drive. All types of books are suitable for donation - new, used, hardcover and paperback. Simply leave them in your empty bin so we can pick them up and have them donated for you.
The books are out there. Thousands upon thousands end up in landfills each year. You can help us use these books to change the lives of kids in your community - and around the world.
Frankenfoods: Not a Joke After All - Join Us in Taking Action
Genetically modified foods are making news again, and not in a good way. Rather, they are making headlines that truly earn their nickname of “Frankenfoods”.
Here at Green Earth Organics we never, ever sell foods with GMO (genetically modifed organism) ingredients. Food that is 100% certified organic, by law in Canada, cannot contain GMOs. In addition, we are active in organizations that provide important opposition to the GMO-dense agenda of international agribusiness giants.
Attack of the Killer Genes
New scientific evidence proves that the same genes that “modify” their plant or animal hosts can “modify” the DNA of the animals that consume them—including humans. Here is some of the latest news that we only wish was science fiction. This article, which we have condensed for your convenience, can be read in its entirety on http://www.responsibletechnology.org/.
GM corn and cotton are engineered so that they produce their own built-in pesticide in every cell. This pesticide, called Bt, is produced from the soil bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis. Bt has been used safely by organic farmers and others as Bt bacteria spray for natural insect control. Genetic engineers insert Bt genes into corn and cotton, so the plants do the killing.
However, the Bt-toxin produced in GM plants is thousands of times more concentrated than natural Bt spray. Designed to be more toxic, it has properties of an allergen. It also cannot be washed off, unlike the spray.
Studies also confirm that even the less toxic natural bacterial spray can be harmful. When used to kill gypsy moths in the Pacific Northwest, about 500 people reported allergy or flu-like symptoms. Some had to be admitted to the emergency room.
Indeed, farm workers in India handling Bt cotton are now reporting these same symptoms that are related to BT cotton farming. According to GM food safety experts, and Monsanto’s own research, changes in the immune status of GM animals are "a consistent feature of all the studies."
GM soy and corn are potent allergens -- each contain new proteins with allergenic properties, leading some scientists to theorize that the US epidemic of food allergies and asthma is a casualty of genetic manipulation.
Large Numbers of GM Animals are Dying
In India, animals graze on cotton plants after harvest. But when shepherds let sheep graze on Bt cotton plants, thousands died. Investigators said preliminary evidence "strongly suggests that the sheep mortality was due to a toxin. . . . most probably Bt-toxin." In a small follow-up feeding study by the Deccan Development Society, all sheep fed Bt cotton plants died within 30 days; those that grazed on natural cotton plants remained healthy.
In a small village in Andhra Pradesh, buffalo grazed on cotton plants for eight years without incident. On January 3rd, 2008, the buffalo grazed on Bt cotton plants for the first time. All 13 were sick the next day; all died within 3 days.
Bt corn was also implicated in the deaths of cows in Germany, and horses, water buffaloes, and chickens in The Philippines.
In lab studies, twice the number of chickens fed Liberty Link corn died; 7 of 20 rats fed a GM tomato developed bleeding stomachs; another 7 of 40 died within two weeks. Monsanto's own study showed evidence of poisoning in major organs of rats fed Bt corn.
And the Really Bad News: GMOs Remain Inside of Us
The only published human feeding study revealed what may be the most dangerous problem from GM foods. The gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of bacteria living inside our intestines and continues to function.26 This means that a corn chip produced from Bt corn might transform our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide factories, possibly for the rest of our lives.
Warnings by Government Scientists Ignored and Denied
Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had warned about all these problems even in the early 1990s. According to documents released from a lawsuit, the scientific consensus at the agency was that GM foods were inherently dangerous, and might create hard-to-detect allergies, poisons, gene transfer to gut bacteria, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged their superiors to require rigorous long-term tests. But the White House had ordered the agency to promote biotechnology and the FDA responded by recruiting Michael Taylor, Monsanto's former attorney, to head up the formation of GMO policy.
That “See No Evil” Policy is Still in Effect Today.
Famed Canadian geneticist David Suzuki has said, "The experiments simply haven't been done and we now have become the guinea pigs." He adds, "Anyone that says, ‘Oh, we know that this is perfectly safe,' I say is either unbelievably stupid or deliberately lying."
If other GM foods are contributing to the rise of autism, obesity, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease, allergies, reproductive problems, or any other common health problem now plaguing Americans, we may never know. In fact, since animals fed GMOs had such a wide variety of problems, susceptible people may react to GM food with multiple symptoms. It is therefore telling that in the first nine years after the large scale introduction of GM crops in 1996, the incidence of people with three or more chronic diseases nearly doubled, from 7% to 13%.
Of course, since Canada and the US are linked in so many ways, this is potentially bad news for Canadians as well.
Take Action to Avoid GM Foods
There are some things we can do in our everyday lives. People can stay away from anything with soy or corn derivatives, cottonseed and canola oil, and sugar from GM sugar beets--unless it says organic or "non-GMO." There is a pocket Non-GMO Shopping Guide, co-produced by the Institute for Responsible Technology and the Center for Food Safety, which is available as a download, as well as in natural food stores and in many doctors' offices. It can be downloaded at their website: http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Non-GMOShopping/Shopping
By insisting on non-GMO brands, as you do by being a conscientious supporter of organic foods and Green Earth Organics, we in North American may be able to force the food industry to respond as they did in Europe, by removing all GM ingredients.
Here at Green Earth Organics we never, ever sell foods with GMO (genetically modifed organism) ingredients. Food that is 100% certified organic, by law in Canada, cannot contain GMOs. In addition, we are active in organizations that provide important opposition to the GMO-dense agenda of international agribusiness giants.
Attack of the Killer Genes
New scientific evidence proves that the same genes that “modify” their plant or animal hosts can “modify” the DNA of the animals that consume them—including humans. Here is some of the latest news that we only wish was science fiction. This article, which we have condensed for your convenience, can be read in its entirety on http://www.responsibletechnology.org/.
GM corn and cotton are engineered so that they produce their own built-in pesticide in every cell. This pesticide, called Bt, is produced from the soil bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis. Bt has been used safely by organic farmers and others as Bt bacteria spray for natural insect control. Genetic engineers insert Bt genes into corn and cotton, so the plants do the killing.
However, the Bt-toxin produced in GM plants is thousands of times more concentrated than natural Bt spray. Designed to be more toxic, it has properties of an allergen. It also cannot be washed off, unlike the spray.
Studies also confirm that even the less toxic natural bacterial spray can be harmful. When used to kill gypsy moths in the Pacific Northwest, about 500 people reported allergy or flu-like symptoms. Some had to be admitted to the emergency room.
Indeed, farm workers in India handling Bt cotton are now reporting these same symptoms that are related to BT cotton farming. According to GM food safety experts, and Monsanto’s own research, changes in the immune status of GM animals are "a consistent feature of all the studies."
GM soy and corn are potent allergens -- each contain new proteins with allergenic properties, leading some scientists to theorize that the US epidemic of food allergies and asthma is a casualty of genetic manipulation.
Large Numbers of GM Animals are Dying
In India, animals graze on cotton plants after harvest. But when shepherds let sheep graze on Bt cotton plants, thousands died. Investigators said preliminary evidence "strongly suggests that the sheep mortality was due to a toxin. . . . most probably Bt-toxin." In a small follow-up feeding study by the Deccan Development Society, all sheep fed Bt cotton plants died within 30 days; those that grazed on natural cotton plants remained healthy.
In a small village in Andhra Pradesh, buffalo grazed on cotton plants for eight years without incident. On January 3rd, 2008, the buffalo grazed on Bt cotton plants for the first time. All 13 were sick the next day; all died within 3 days.
Bt corn was also implicated in the deaths of cows in Germany, and horses, water buffaloes, and chickens in The Philippines.
In lab studies, twice the number of chickens fed Liberty Link corn died; 7 of 20 rats fed a GM tomato developed bleeding stomachs; another 7 of 40 died within two weeks. Monsanto's own study showed evidence of poisoning in major organs of rats fed Bt corn.
And the Really Bad News: GMOs Remain Inside of Us
The only published human feeding study revealed what may be the most dangerous problem from GM foods. The gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of bacteria living inside our intestines and continues to function.26 This means that a corn chip produced from Bt corn might transform our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide factories, possibly for the rest of our lives.
Warnings by Government Scientists Ignored and Denied
Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had warned about all these problems even in the early 1990s. According to documents released from a lawsuit, the scientific consensus at the agency was that GM foods were inherently dangerous, and might create hard-to-detect allergies, poisons, gene transfer to gut bacteria, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged their superiors to require rigorous long-term tests. But the White House had ordered the agency to promote biotechnology and the FDA responded by recruiting Michael Taylor, Monsanto's former attorney, to head up the formation of GMO policy.
That “See No Evil” Policy is Still in Effect Today.
Famed Canadian geneticist David Suzuki has said, "The experiments simply haven't been done and we now have become the guinea pigs." He adds, "Anyone that says, ‘Oh, we know that this is perfectly safe,' I say is either unbelievably stupid or deliberately lying."
If other GM foods are contributing to the rise of autism, obesity, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease, allergies, reproductive problems, or any other common health problem now plaguing Americans, we may never know. In fact, since animals fed GMOs had such a wide variety of problems, susceptible people may react to GM food with multiple symptoms. It is therefore telling that in the first nine years after the large scale introduction of GM crops in 1996, the incidence of people with three or more chronic diseases nearly doubled, from 7% to 13%.
Of course, since Canada and the US are linked in so many ways, this is potentially bad news for Canadians as well.
Take Action to Avoid GM Foods
There are some things we can do in our everyday lives. People can stay away from anything with soy or corn derivatives, cottonseed and canola oil, and sugar from GM sugar beets--unless it says organic or "non-GMO." There is a pocket Non-GMO Shopping Guide, co-produced by the Institute for Responsible Technology and the Center for Food Safety, which is available as a download, as well as in natural food stores and in many doctors' offices. It can be downloaded at their website: http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Non-GMOShopping/Shopping
By insisting on non-GMO brands, as you do by being a conscientious supporter of organic foods and Green Earth Organics, we in North American may be able to force the food industry to respond as they did in Europe, by removing all GM ingredients.
The Gathering Place Pure Sea Salt
About The Gathering Place Trading Company
The Gathering Place is rooted in family, community and organic food. The company, owned by Lovena and Ryan Harvey and located on Cortes Island, British Columbia, is committed to organic farming, sustainability, and social responsibility.
Lovena and Ryan Harvey's first "Gathering Place" was a former hippie commune near Whistler, British Columbia. An idyllic location full of old growth trees, the couple farmed organically for five years, selling their fresh produce to local markets, grocery stores, and restaurants in the area. This was the start of their obsession with organic and was the genesis of the Gathering Place Trading Company.
Cortes Island, British Columbia, is the current home of The Gathering Place and Lovena and Ryan's growing family. They live in a small community of seven children and seven adults on 22 acres of gardens, orchard, and forest. They are building an off-grid passive solar home and fuel their business vehicle with biodiesel that they make from used vegetable oil. Their three beautiful children — Kai, Tosh, and Asha — and time spent in nature and with their community help keep them balanced. Honouring their farming roots, gardens abound, as well as chickens and ducks!
The Gathering Place Antarctic Pure Sea Salt
The Gathering Place Trading Company has sourced the purest salt in the world! Originating from the unpolluted waters of the Antarctic, this sea salt is as nature intended it to be — pure ocean brine minus the liquid, with no heat processing, no extraction of minerals, and no refining or processing in any way.
Every three days the pure Antartic sea salt is hand harvested from the pans, with special scoops, to retain its perfect crystal formation. The salt crystals are then hand-sifted and weighed.
Research proves that humans need whole, clean ocean salt. Antarctic Pure Sea Salt contains 82 trace minerals and essential macronutrients that our bodies need for optimum functioning.
Green Earth Organics is thrilled to be offering The Gathering Place’s sea salt in convenient, reusable grinders and in bags of both coarse sea salt and fine sea salt.
ETA: The Gathering Place website
The Gathering Place is rooted in family, community and organic food. The company, owned by Lovena and Ryan Harvey and located on Cortes Island, British Columbia, is committed to organic farming, sustainability, and social responsibility.
Lovena and Ryan Harvey's first "Gathering Place" was a former hippie commune near Whistler, British Columbia. An idyllic location full of old growth trees, the couple farmed organically for five years, selling their fresh produce to local markets, grocery stores, and restaurants in the area. This was the start of their obsession with organic and was the genesis of the Gathering Place Trading Company.
Cortes Island, British Columbia, is the current home of The Gathering Place and Lovena and Ryan's growing family. They live in a small community of seven children and seven adults on 22 acres of gardens, orchard, and forest. They are building an off-grid passive solar home and fuel their business vehicle with biodiesel that they make from used vegetable oil. Their three beautiful children — Kai, Tosh, and Asha — and time spent in nature and with their community help keep them balanced. Honouring their farming roots, gardens abound, as well as chickens and ducks!
The Gathering Place Antarctic Pure Sea Salt
The Gathering Place Trading Company has sourced the purest salt in the world! Originating from the unpolluted waters of the Antarctic, this sea salt is as nature intended it to be — pure ocean brine minus the liquid, with no heat processing, no extraction of minerals, and no refining or processing in any way.
Every three days the pure Antartic sea salt is hand harvested from the pans, with special scoops, to retain its perfect crystal formation. The salt crystals are then hand-sifted and weighed.
Research proves that humans need whole, clean ocean salt. Antarctic Pure Sea Salt contains 82 trace minerals and essential macronutrients that our bodies need for optimum functioning.
Green Earth Organics is thrilled to be offering The Gathering Place’s sea salt in convenient, reusable grinders and in bags of both coarse sea salt and fine sea salt.
ETA: The Gathering Place website
Fennel and Orange Salad
INGREDIENTS
Dressing:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
sea salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp dry basil
3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salad:
1 head lettuce, washed, dried, and ripped into pieces
1 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced
1 orange, peeled and segmented
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup slivered almonds (optional)
1/2 cup dried cranberries (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Whisk together the sugar, white wine vinegar, salt, pepper, basil, and olive oil in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves; set aside. Toss the lettce, sliced fennel, orange, onion, almonds, and cranberries in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to serve.
Dressing:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
sea salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp dry basil
3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salad:
1 head lettuce, washed, dried, and ripped into pieces
1 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced
1 orange, peeled and segmented
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup slivered almonds (optional)
1/2 cup dried cranberries (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Whisk together the sugar, white wine vinegar, salt, pepper, basil, and olive oil in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves; set aside. Toss the lettce, sliced fennel, orange, onion, almonds, and cranberries in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to serve.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Happy Birthday Green Earth Organics!
Green Earth Organics Vancouver turns 11 on Monday, June 1st!
To celebrate, we've got ways for our members to save some money!
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Birthday Discount #1: Refer a friend
During the month of June, if a friend signs up with us and gives your name as how they heard about us, you will receive $11 off your next bin, and your friend will get $11 off their first bin.
Rules: To get the discounts, your friend must sign up before June 30th and must give us your name when they sign up. You will receive your discount on your first bin after your friend's first bin. Cannot be combined with any other offer.
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Birthday Discount #2: Wish us a happy birthday
If you have a blog or a Twitter account, wish us a happy birthday to receive 11% off your next additional item order*!
Rules: To receive the discount, wish Green Earth Organics a happy birthday before June 30th and make sure we see it. If you are on Twitter, we will see it if you address it to @greenearthorg. Anywhere else, send us a link to info@greenearthorganics.com or comment on this post. Discount applies to all additional items except for produce and Avalon dairy products. Cannot be combined with other offers; if an item is standing order or on sale, 11% discount will be applied to the regular price.
*Excluding produce and Avalon dairy.
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Thank you to all our members who have helped us make to eleven years old! Whether you've received hundreds of bins from us or are on your first, we appreciate your business. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance!
Yours in Organic Living,
Dan (owner); Melissa and Michelle (office); Brett and Mel (warehouse); Steve, Rick, and Brent (deliveries)
To celebrate, we've got ways for our members to save some money!
***
Birthday Discount #1: Refer a friend
During the month of June, if a friend signs up with us and gives your name as how they heard about us, you will receive $11 off your next bin, and your friend will get $11 off their first bin.
Rules: To get the discounts, your friend must sign up before June 30th and must give us your name when they sign up. You will receive your discount on your first bin after your friend's first bin. Cannot be combined with any other offer.
***
Birthday Discount #2: Wish us a happy birthday
If you have a blog or a Twitter account, wish us a happy birthday to receive 11% off your next additional item order*!
Rules: To receive the discount, wish Green Earth Organics a happy birthday before June 30th and make sure we see it. If you are on Twitter, we will see it if you address it to @greenearthorg. Anywhere else, send us a link to info@greenearthorganics.com or comment on this post. Discount applies to all additional items except for produce and Avalon dairy products. Cannot be combined with other offers; if an item is standing order or on sale, 11% discount will be applied to the regular price.
*Excluding produce and Avalon dairy.
***
Thank you to all our members who have helped us make to eleven years old! Whether you've received hundreds of bins from us or are on your first, we appreciate your business. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance!
Yours in Organic Living,
Dan (owner); Melissa and Michelle (office); Brett and Mel (warehouse); Steve, Rick, and Brent (deliveries)
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