Heart Health - Food Preparations Class
Thursday February 25th – 12:00 to 2:00 pm
February is National heart Health Month so join us as we explore the role that whole foods play in the health of your heart. It's no secret that eating healthy foods does more than leave you feeling satiated and well nourished. It also can reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Incoporporate heart healthy foods into your life and learn how to prepare a delicious whole food based meal that your heart will love and so will your taste buds.
Info & Sign up: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html
Historic litigation shines a light on toxic ingredients
Do household cleaners contain ingredients linked to asthma, nerve damage and other health effects? While investigating a potential legal strategy, Earthjustice attorney Keri Powell found buried in the pages of a book of New York State statutes a long-forgotten law authorizing the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to require household cleaning product manufacturers to disclose their chemical ingredients and information about the health risks they pose. Such laws are practically nonexistent in the United States, and the New York law has been altogether overlooked. Until now.
In response, a number of firms disclosed their ingredients, but four companies—Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Church and Dwight, and Reckitt-Bensicker—stonewalled, and thus found themselves a few weeks ago across from Powell and her colleagues in a Manhattan courtroom as defendants. They made it clear that their lips are sealed until authorities pry them open. As a Health Campaigner wryly remarked last week, Mr. Clean went to court and pled the fifth. This case could have national ramifications.
Learn More: http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/blog/2010-february/getting-dirt-household-cleaners
Enjoy! Marnie
We get bags of produce on an even & odd week system. Members pick up their baskets any time after 3 pm on Tuesdays. There is no work requirement in this Co-op! Actual quantities of items will vary according to availability, price and case size. The dairy and meats come from Pennisylvania and New York State. This co-op has been in existance for over 30 years, changing with the times and the needs of the members.
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