Looking for Denville or Rockaway Host!

The Co-op is looking for a host for weekly Co-op pick-ups from their garage, within a mile of route 46 in Denville or Rockaway. It would need to be accessible to a number of members, like my garage is without disturbing the residents. There is minimal weekly managing. We pay you in weekly produce. If you are interested, please call me and we can discuss the details.

Cooking with sea vegetables - Food Preparations Class
April 15th, 12:00 pm
Many people think the idea of using vegetables from the sea is something strange and new. But in China, Japan and the Pacific, many varieties have part of the staple diet for thousands of years. High in minerals and protein and low in calories, sea vegetables have always been valued for their rejuvinating and purifying properties. Join us to learn about the different varieties of sea vegetables and how they can be combined with other whole foods to form the basis of a balanced diet.
Phyllis is a certified Holistic Health Counselor with over 20 years practicing in the field of nutrition. She is a coach, educator, and chef skilled in multiple food disciplines.
For more info: www.mountainlakesorganic.com/Calendar.html

Montclair Environmental Movie Night: A Chemical Reaction
April 15th, 6:30 pm
For more info: www.mountainlakesorganic.com/Calendar.html

New Madison Branch

For all who live in the proximity of Madison – this is the first week for our new Madison Branch of the Co-op. Daria’s space is on Chapel Street, two blocks from Main Street, and she is a lovely woman. Please contact me if you are interested in picking up your produce from her garage.
FruitLady@MountainLakesOrganic.com

Seed Exchange 
Its time to start your garden (indoors)! Bring your extra seeds and take some that are here!

Green Patriot and OCA Expose 1,4 Dioxane in Household Products
March 12, at a press conference held adjacent to the Natural Products Expo West, the Green Patriot Working Group (GPWG), led by environmental health consumer advocate David Steinman, and the Organic Consumers Association announced that Procter and Gamble (P&G) and the Green Patriot have reached an agreement in principle that P&G will reformulate its top-selling Herbal Essences brand to reduce levels of the carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-dioxane. The press conference also announced new 1,4-dioxane test results for twenty laundry detergents, of which notably some of the most popular mainstream brands - including Dial, Church & Dwight Co. and Procter & Gamble - had the highest levels overall.
www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/PG-press-release-03-10.pdf

New Madison Branch - Next Week!

For all who live in the proximity of Madison – We are opening the Madison Branch of the Co-op next week, March 23rd. Daria's space is convenient to downtown Madison – two blocks from Main Street, and she is a lovely woman. Please contact me if you are interested in picking up your produce from her garage.

Seed Exchange 
starting this week. Its time to start your garden (indoors)! Bring your extra seeds and take some that are here!

Detox Workshop 
March 18th, 12:00 pm
Join us as Phyllis, a certified Holistic Health Counselor with over 20 years practicing in the field of nutrition, will teach us about the basic ways you can detox your body and enjoy all the benefits it can bring to your life. Each class is $25 individually, or a four class package is $75.
Learn more: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html

Green Builders
Montclair Environmental Movie Night – Free
March 18th, 6:30 pm
NJN’s one-hour high definition special Green Builders profiles a cast of green building pioneers who have taken the leap into making their part of the “built environment” a more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly place.
Montclair Public Library, 50 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ
Learn more: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html

Events next week!

Detox Workshop
March 18th, 12:00 pm
Living in the modern world, our bodies can get to feeling pretty heavy inside. Between the sugars, refined flours, caffeine, alcohol, dairy, chemical food additives, pesticides, and environmental pollutants we encounter, our cells are exposed to myriad toxins and inflammation triggers.This month we will learn about the benefits of "cleaning house", your internal house that is. Join us as Phyllis, a certified Holistic Health Counselor with over 20 years practicing in the field of nutrition, will teach us about the basic ways you can detox your body and enjoy all the benefits it can bring to your life. Each class is $25 individually, or a four class package is $75.
Learn more: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html

Also on March 18th, 6:30 pm,
Montclair Environmental Movie Night – Green Builders
NJN’s one-hour high definition special Green Builders profiles a cast of green building pioneers who have taken the leap into making their part of the “built environment” a more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly place. From The Willow School to PNC Bank to the first solar-hydrogen home, people talk about why green, the challenges, and how they fared.
Montclair Public Library, 50 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ
Learn more: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html

Enjoy!     Marnie

Branching Out

Branching out

We now have a listing on Local Harvest and have gotten MANY inqueries. I’m considering opening branches in Montville and Madison. If there is anyone out there who would know the best way to go about this, please contact me.

March Calendar
2 Big Week
9 Basic Week
16 Big Week
18 Detox Workshop - Food Prep Class
18 Montclair Movie: The Disappearing Male
23 Basic Week
30 Big Week
Learn more: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html

Bayer Pesticide Banned ­– Threat to Honeybees 
A U.S. District Judge from Manhattan has banned the sale of spirotetramat, a pesticide produced by Bayer CropScience that is toxic and is killing off the nation's honeybee population.
READ MORE: www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20278.cfm


Enjoy!     Marnie

Heart Health!

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

Happy Valentine's Day!

There are US grown berries again! We’ve really missed them. Don’t forget - no bags next week. Enjoy your vacation!

February Calendar
9 Basic Week
16 No Bag this Week - School Vacation
18 Montclair Movies: The Disappearing Male and Big River
23 Basic Week
25 Heart Health - Food Prep Class

Learn more: www.MountainLakesOrganic.com/Calendar.html

Break the Chains of Toxic Pesticides and Child Slavery on Valentine's Day
Now is the time of year when more than 20 million Americans are buying sweets and flowers for their loved ones on Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, these tokens of love aren't as sweet or pure as they may appear. Over 40 percent of the world's conventional chocolate (i.e. non-organic and non-Fair Trade) comes from Africa's Ivory Coast, where the International Labor Organization and US State Department have reported widespread instances of child slavery. Meanwhile, commercial flowers, most of which are produced in countries such as Colombia, are the most toxic and heavily sprayed agricultural crops on Earth. Supplying the global market, poorly paid workers in Third World countries put in up to 18 hour work days for poverty wages during peak flower buying times such as Valentine's Day. But don't let the bad news squelch your Valentine's plans. Show your love by choosing Fair Trade and organic flowers and chocolate for your Valentine's Day gifts.

Action exposing toxic pesticides and child slavery in the flower and cacao industries: www.organicconsumers.org/valentines/index.cfm

Enjoy!     Marnie