|
Issue 16 — August 2005 Greetings! I have just returned from a great trip to Canada visiting Nutiva's hemp fields in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Now we just need a few more weeks of warm dry weather to bring in a bumper seed crop. (See my photo in a field in Alberta.) Overall, Canada will harvest about 20,000 acres of hemp in 2005—up from less than 10,000 in 2004. My estimate is that Canadians will plant 80,000 acres of hemp in 2008, with Nutiva utilizing about 15% of the seed crop. The power is in your hands to drive the demand for hemp foods, so please pass the word along to your friends and family. With HUGE market demand, we will overcome the silly bureaucrats who prevent American farmers from growing this eco-friendly, non-drug crop. On the coconut front, we now are back in stock with organic coconut oil—after months of surging demand which we were unable to meet. On warm summer days in the sun, you'll enjoy rubbing our delicious coconut oil on your skin and hair as a soothing moisturizer and conditioner. Let's remember to walk away from the computer occasionally in the waning days of summer. Mother Nature awaits you, offering her bounty of sunny weather and delicious fresh organic fruits and vegetables. In health, John W. Roulac P. S.: As always, I’m hoping you’ll help spread the word about Nutiva to friends and family members by clicking on Forward to a Friend. Thanks!
|
Nutiva
is now accepting
|
|
We are excited to announce Nutiva's internet shopping cart is now online and accepting orders. We offer free shipping, case discounts, and 10% off on orders over $150. Our wholesale site will go live mid-September. Nutiva is proud to announce we have hired Aaron Essenfeld as our newest Sales Associate to cover the Southwest. Aaron has been in the natural products industry for 14 years, most recently serving as a broker for brands such as Eco Bella. Nutiva was featured in the Bay Area Common Ground magazine in an article titled "The Hempire Strikes Back." Hemp Almond Pesto Ingredients: 1/2 cup shelled
hempseeds Directions: • Crush
seeds, almonds, basil, hemp oil, and olive oil to a paste with a pestle
in a mortar. Source: Ralf Hiener: Hanf: Das Kochbuch (Hemp: The Cookbook). Hadecke Verlag, Germany, 1998 The Cornucopia Institute
This month we're delighted to honor the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization dedicated to economic justice for the family-scale farming community. Through research, advocacy, and economic development they empower farmers both politically and through marketplace initiatives. The Organic Integrity Project acts as a corporate watchdog to assure the credibility of organic farming methods and the food it produces. This includes resisting regulatory rollbacks and the weakening of organic standards which help maintain consumer confidence in the organic food label. To learn more about the Cornucopia Institute, visit http://www.cornucopia.org/ Hanna McEuen It is my pleasure to review one the hottest music CD releases of 2005. Jaime Hanna and Jonathan McEuen are first cousins and sons of identical twin sisters, Rae and Kae. Spending so much time together growing up and always living near each other lent itself to strengthening the bond between the duo. Produced in Nashville, Hanna McEuen offers their own unique style of country rock, harmonizing with a blend that is unmistakably linked to acts like the Everly Brothers.
Music Row magazine says, "Hands down, the best debut of the year" for the duo's first album. A few weeks ago they even played on the Tonight show with Jay Leno. Several songs from this first album are now playing on country stations including Ocean, a slow ballad with great lyrics: "I think
I will go down to the ocean... Jonathon McEuen hails from my hometown, and I have been lucky to see him play live at local clubs, parties and, recently, at their Dreamworks CD release party. Check this CD out at http://www.hannamceuen.com • Architect
making a house of hemp • What's
So Scary About Rice? • Gene
Splitting
|
Nutiva
donates one percent of its sales to groups supporting sustainable agriculture.
The efforts of these groups, taken as a whole, may range from community
gardens or GMO labeling to the banning of toxic pesticides or of mutated
gene fragments. To date, Nutiva has donated more than $35,000 to these
efforts.
|
|