Green Earth Organics Vancouver is thrilled to be moving to its new and improved home on the web:
https://greenearthorganics.ca/
Our wonderful new website has many new features that we hope you will have fun discovering.
We have sent an email to all members active on July 21st, 2008, with your new login information. If you did not receive an email, we may not have had a valid email address for you, or you may have been on hold on that date. To retrieve your new information, just call us at 604-708-2345 or email us at info@greenearthorganics.com.
In the meantime, our automated hotline is always available at 604-708-5969 so you can hear your bin contents and leave us a voicemail with your substitutions. Or you can phone us during office house at 604-708-2345, and we will be pleased to read you the bin contents and get you the login information you need.
There may be some minor quirks during the transition from one website to the other. Please do not hesitate to call or email us anytime if you are experiencing problems or if you have any questions.
Thank you for being a member of Green Earth Organics!
Yours in organic living,
The Green Earth Organics team:
Daniel (owner)
Melissa and Jonathan (office)
David (warehouse)
Steve and Ron (deliveries)
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.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
The time is finally here!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
INGREDIENTS
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
2 tsp cumin
2 Tbsp curry powder
1 pound of carrots, peeled and sliced
1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
3 1/2 cups vegetable broth
DIRECTIONS
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven and saute onion until softened. Stir in cumin and curry powder and cook for 1 minute. Add carrots, sweet potatoes, and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
When cool, transfer vegetables to a blender and blend until smooth, working in batches. Return to Dutch oven to reheat.
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
2 tsp cumin
2 Tbsp curry powder
1 pound of carrots, peeled and sliced
1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
3 1/2 cups vegetable broth
DIRECTIONS
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven and saute onion until softened. Stir in cumin and curry powder and cook for 1 minute. Add carrots, sweet potatoes, and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
When cool, transfer vegetables to a blender and blend until smooth, working in batches. Return to Dutch oven to reheat.
Green Earth Organics Turns 10!
There are many celebration worthy milestones in business, including a decade of successful operation. Dan Henry couldn't be happier to see the business he started reach the double-digits.
From the humblest of beginnings back in 1998, Dan and business partner William O'Dowd started Green Earth Organics out of the basement of their home. Their first week of operation included a client list of 7 customers, most of whom were friends and family.
As is natural with great business ideas however, word spread fast and within a very short time GEO upgraded into its first warehouse on Triumph Street in East Vancouver. Ten years later, GEO still proudly calls that same warehouse home.
In the past ten years, Green Earth Organics has experienced continual growth, including the expansion to a Toronto location, the inclusion of Abbotsford, Mission, Langley and Fort Langley in the delivery routes and the upcoming launch of the new GEO website.
The future also looks very bright for the Green Earth family and its customers. The new website will create an unparalleled level of convenience and personal choice. There are also rumours of an upcoming delivery route along the sea-to-sky highway including Lions Bay, Squamish and even Whistler! Have your friends living in those cities keep their eyes peeled for our delivery vans.
At the end of the day, we here at Green Earth Organics couldn't be happier to see the company reach the ten-year milestone. We are also glad to have so many customers to enjoy it with. We hope you have also enjoyed your time with us and look forward to seeing GEO continued growth in the name of organic living!
From the humblest of beginnings back in 1998, Dan and business partner William O'Dowd started Green Earth Organics out of the basement of their home. Their first week of operation included a client list of 7 customers, most of whom were friends and family.
As is natural with great business ideas however, word spread fast and within a very short time GEO upgraded into its first warehouse on Triumph Street in East Vancouver. Ten years later, GEO still proudly calls that same warehouse home.
In the past ten years, Green Earth Organics has experienced continual growth, including the expansion to a Toronto location, the inclusion of Abbotsford, Mission, Langley and Fort Langley in the delivery routes and the upcoming launch of the new GEO website.
The future also looks very bright for the Green Earth family and its customers. The new website will create an unparalleled level of convenience and personal choice. There are also rumours of an upcoming delivery route along the sea-to-sky highway including Lions Bay, Squamish and even Whistler! Have your friends living in those cities keep their eyes peeled for our delivery vans.
At the end of the day, we here at Green Earth Organics couldn't be happier to see the company reach the ten-year milestone. We are also glad to have so many customers to enjoy it with. We hope you have also enjoyed your time with us and look forward to seeing GEO continued growth in the name of organic living!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
About Blueberries
Blueberry History
Blueberries, also known as bilberries, whortleberries and hurtleberries, are named for their velvety, deep-blue color, of course. These luscious berries are one of the few fruits native to North America.Native Americans used the berries, leaves, and roots for medicinal purposes. The fruit was used as a fabric dye and combined with meat into a nutritious dried jerky.
The shrub is of the genus Vaccinium, from the Latin vacca for cow since cows love them, a fact first noted by Captain James Cook in the late 1700s.
Blueberries are often confused with huckleberries, which are of the Gaylussacia genus.
Blueberries used to be picked by hand until the invention of the blueberry rake by Abijah Tabbutt of Maine in 1822, so it's no wonder that Maine's state berry is the blueberry.
The most popular variety of blueberry is Vaccinium corymbosum, known as the "highbush" blueberry. The wild "lowbush" varieties are a favorite of those who like to pick their own in the wilds.
Blueberry and Health
Blueberries were prominent in Russian folk medicine, used as a preventative measure and cure for flux and other abdominal problems.Native Americans used blueberry leaves in medicinal teas thought to be good for the blood and blueberry juice was used to treat coughs.
The blueberry is still prized for its antioxidant health benefits and as a laxative, as well as other folk remedies.
During World War II, British Royal Air Force pilots consumed bilberries (a blueberry relative), which purportedly improved their night vision. Later studies show a sound basis for this practice because blueberries are high in bioflavonoids which are used by the rods in the eye for night vision.
Blueberries rank as the number one fruit provider of antioxidants. They are also high in iron.
Strawberry Spinach Salad
INGREDIENTS
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
6-oz bunch of cut spinach
16-oz strawberries, quartered
4-oz crumbled blue cheese or goat feta
1/2 cup sliced toasted almonds or pecans
Red wine vinaigrette
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Toss together red onion and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle with red wine vinaigrette; sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 6 servings.
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
6-oz bunch of cut spinach
16-oz strawberries, quartered
4-oz crumbled blue cheese or goat feta
1/2 cup sliced toasted almonds or pecans
Red wine vinaigrette
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Toss together red onion and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle with red wine vinaigrette; sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 6 servings.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Vegan Rhubarb Strawberry Pie
INGREDIENTS
1 double pie shell
4 cups fresh rhubarb, sliced into 3/4-inch pieces
1 cup agave
6 tablespoons arrowroot
2 cups thickly sliced fresh strawberries
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons unbleached white flour
DIRECTIONS
Fit bottom crust into a 10-inch pie plate. Refrigerate the dough and rolled-out crust.
Put sliced rhubarb into a colander with a bowl underneath. Pour agave over rhubarb and allow to drain 1 hour. In a saucepan, mix arrowroot with half of the drained agave. Heat until thickened over low heat, then add the rest of the agave.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix rhubarb and strawberries together in bowl. Add agave mixture along with cinnamon and flour. Gently toss to mix. Pour into prepared pie shell. Roll out top crust and place on top. Join crusts, fluting edges. Slash top so steam can escape.
Bake one hour in preheated oven. Allow to cool, then refrigerate a few hours to set (if you can stand to wait that long).
Serves 8 to 10.
1 double pie shell
4 cups fresh rhubarb, sliced into 3/4-inch pieces
1 cup agave
6 tablespoons arrowroot
2 cups thickly sliced fresh strawberries
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons unbleached white flour
DIRECTIONS
Fit bottom crust into a 10-inch pie plate. Refrigerate the dough and rolled-out crust.
Put sliced rhubarb into a colander with a bowl underneath. Pour agave over rhubarb and allow to drain 1 hour. In a saucepan, mix arrowroot with half of the drained agave. Heat until thickened over low heat, then add the rest of the agave.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix rhubarb and strawberries together in bowl. Add agave mixture along with cinnamon and flour. Gently toss to mix. Pour into prepared pie shell. Roll out top crust and place on top. Join crusts, fluting edges. Slash top so steam can escape.
Bake one hour in preheated oven. Allow to cool, then refrigerate a few hours to set (if you can stand to wait that long).
Serves 8 to 10.
Minister defends crackdown on safety of natural health products
GLORIA GALLOWAY
May 13, 2008
OTTAWA -- Health Minister Tony Clement is taking on the manufacturers of natural health products who object to his government's attempts to subject them to the same type of oversight proposed for pharmaceuticals, food and consumer products.
Rallies were held in Alberta, British Columbia and Toronto last week to protest against Bill C-51, the new federal consumer protection legislation that critics say will restrict access to natural medicines.
But Mr. Clement said in an interview that Canadians have a right to know the natural health products they buy are safe.
The problems created by mislabeling and the inclusion of potentially dangerous chemicals in a small number of the products has created the potential for severe harm, he said.
"I have had to issue warnings as Health Minister for liver damage, increased risk of cardiac arrest, increased risk of stroke. And these things are happening on a frequent basis," he said.
Most of the manufacturers want to make safe products, he said. But "we have to protect Canadians from the 1 per cent that are the bad apples. And if there are some elements of this industry that think they will go unregulated while other aspects of health care are regulated, such as pharmaceutical products, that's just not on."
Since 2004, natural health products have had to be registered with Health Canada. But the industry says that 60 per cent of the products that have been submitted for approval have been rejected.
"The issue with this bill is really around the enforcement, the definitions and the restrictions for natural health products on the marketplace," said Ian Stewart, the director of regulatory affairs for Truehope, an Alberta company that makes natural medicines for depression and stress disorders.
For natural products, Mr. Stewart said, "the requirements to get market authorization will be so onerous, [as will] the restrictions on being able to have these products in the marketplace, that these products are just going to be illegal in the marketplace or will be removed from the marketplace."
But Mr. Clement discounts most of the concerns being expressed by the industry.
For one thing, products that are currently on the market will not be pulled from the shelves, even if they are in the backlog waiting to be approved, unless there is a reported adverse reaction.
The rejection rate for approvals is actually closer to 50 per cent, the minister said, and usually it's just a problem with paperwork being filed incorrectly - something that can quickly be straightened out.
There are rumours that the new legislation would mean that doctors' prescriptions will be required for the natural health products, right down to vitamin C.
"That's ridiculous, that never will happen, that's not found in the bill and never would be," Mr. Clement said.
Products such as vitamin C, whose health effects are well known, will not be subjected to the intense scrutiny that will be directed at those that are chemical compounds akin to a pharmaceutical, he said.
May 13, 2008
OTTAWA -- Health Minister Tony Clement is taking on the manufacturers of natural health products who object to his government's attempts to subject them to the same type of oversight proposed for pharmaceuticals, food and consumer products.
Rallies were held in Alberta, British Columbia and Toronto last week to protest against Bill C-51, the new federal consumer protection legislation that critics say will restrict access to natural medicines.
But Mr. Clement said in an interview that Canadians have a right to know the natural health products they buy are safe.
The problems created by mislabeling and the inclusion of potentially dangerous chemicals in a small number of the products has created the potential for severe harm, he said.
"I have had to issue warnings as Health Minister for liver damage, increased risk of cardiac arrest, increased risk of stroke. And these things are happening on a frequent basis," he said.
Most of the manufacturers want to make safe products, he said. But "we have to protect Canadians from the 1 per cent that are the bad apples. And if there are some elements of this industry that think they will go unregulated while other aspects of health care are regulated, such as pharmaceutical products, that's just not on."
Since 2004, natural health products have had to be registered with Health Canada. But the industry says that 60 per cent of the products that have been submitted for approval have been rejected.
"The issue with this bill is really around the enforcement, the definitions and the restrictions for natural health products on the marketplace," said Ian Stewart, the director of regulatory affairs for Truehope, an Alberta company that makes natural medicines for depression and stress disorders.
For natural products, Mr. Stewart said, "the requirements to get market authorization will be so onerous, [as will] the restrictions on being able to have these products in the marketplace, that these products are just going to be illegal in the marketplace or will be removed from the marketplace."
But Mr. Clement discounts most of the concerns being expressed by the industry.
For one thing, products that are currently on the market will not be pulled from the shelves, even if they are in the backlog waiting to be approved, unless there is a reported adverse reaction.
The rejection rate for approvals is actually closer to 50 per cent, the minister said, and usually it's just a problem with paperwork being filed incorrectly - something that can quickly be straightened out.
There are rumours that the new legislation would mean that doctors' prescriptions will be required for the natural health products, right down to vitamin C.
"That's ridiculous, that never will happen, that's not found in the bill and never would be," Mr. Clement said.
Products such as vitamin C, whose health effects are well known, will not be subjected to the intense scrutiny that will be directed at those that are chemical compounds akin to a pharmaceutical, he said.
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