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On June 12, a powerful new film will hit the theaters, one that exposes the food industry. Today, a handful of corporations control our nation’s food supply.
Participant Media’s social action campaign for FOOD, INC. has several initiatives, among them: promoting the Congressional reauthorization of the Childhood Nutrition Act that will remove junk food and sugary drinks from school cafeterias and replace them with healthier choices; legislation to require chain restaurants to provide nutritional information about their menu offerings; and a downloadable high school curriculum that will help educators teach these important issues in their classrooms.
Learn more about the film and the courageous men and women who, in spite of fear of retaliation and lawsuits from giant corporations, refused to stand by and do nothing.
Read the companion book, Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
Link: Film aims to expose dangers in U.S. food industry
Ah! June is Clean Air Month and the perfect time to look at what you can do to breathe easier and better. Here are a few ideas:
1. Drive less: Cars are a major source of air pollution. By leaving your car at home one day a week, you prevent 55 pounds of air pollution each year from being emitted into our environment.
2. Take public transit whenever possible, carpool, or telecommute and work from home.
3. Refuel in the evening and never top off: Putting gas into your vehicle releases Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) into the air. Throughout the day, these VOCs mix with oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the air, “cook” in the summer heat, and form ground-level ozone. Refueling in the evening decreases the opportunity for VOCs to form into ozone.
4. Avoid consumer spray products: Hair spray alone contributes 12 tons of pollution per day. When selecting consumer products, consider solids, sticks, and gels instead. They are more environmentally friendly consumer choices.
5. Eat less meat: Livestock use a lot of energy — beef cattle need to eat 40 calories of food to produce 1 calorie of protein.
These suggestions come from HelptheAir.org.
Kathy Navis
Greens N Grains Natural Food Store (GNG) in downtown Egg Harbor is undergoing a delightful expansion of their existing store and respective services. Located in the big, purple, classic building in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Highway 42, owner Kathy Navis is adding an additional 1000 sq. ft. by expanding into the adjacent space and enclosing a section of the front porch.
As part of the expansion, GNG’s selection of personal care products for hair care, skin care, toothpastes etc., will be greatly expanded. The gluten-free section will also be expanded, adding to the current selection. The healthy pet food department will triple in size, as well as adding many new options in the organic wine and beer section.
Greens N Grains is Door County’s only full service natural food store, offering a complete line of groceries including bulk nuts and grains, spices, organic coffees and teas, healthy pet foods as well as a full selection of cleaning products which are environmentally friendly. GNG has a broad array of supplements and herbs, protein powders and other nutritional products to help the consumer take control of their own health. The store is very pleased to offer many locally grown and manufactured products including as much local produce as possible. At present they stock local, sustainably grown salad greens, spinach, kale, swiss chard by Cherrydale Farm and local sprouts and wheatgrass juice. They also sell local eggs, beef, chicken and even local yak burgers.
The most exciting part of the expansion is the addition of a vegetarian and raw food deli and juice bar. The deli will offer a wonderful selection of raw foods prepared by our own “un-cook,” Cindy Knigge. The new deli will also feature freshly-pressed veggie juices, fruit smoothies, healthy bakery, a tea bar and organic coffees.
The construction is under way and is being undertaken in the most sustainable way possible. Birmingham Builders of Sturgeon Bay is doing the construction and they are carefully removing doors and windows and reusing them. They are pulling nails and reusing lumber, trim materials, insulation, plumbing fixtures, etc.. The flooring will be reused as much as possible and new flooring will include sustainable grown bamboo provided by Carpet One of Door County.
The staff of Greens N Grains is grateful for the local support and welcomes requests for new products that you would like to see included in the new expansion.
Greens N Grains is currently open daily from 10 am – 5 pm in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at 920.868.9999 or email at info@greens-n-grains.com, the website is Greens-N-Grains.com.
