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| Issue 21 — November 2006 I hope all of you enjoyed your recent holiday festivities. The winter months are a great time for reflection on what is important in our life. And to perhaps consider what no longer serves us as we enter the new year and the anticipated new growth of spring. With Nutiva's sales growth at over 125% from 2005 to 2006, we are taking the time to "sharpen the garden tools" in preparation for the new year. We are thankful to our customers for this surge in sales, which has been great yet challenging for a small firm to handle. One of the way's Nutiva give's thanks is our 1% of sales for Sustainable Ag program. Nutiva is proud to sponsor two seminal organic conferences: Bioneers and The Ecological Farming Association's annual Eco-Farm conference. Check out this short Twenty years ago I attended several Eco-Farm events which provided a strong foundation for my organic farming knowledge. When people wonder why I seem so radical when it comes to maintaining the purity of organics, I just tell folks I spent too much time around the the original organic farming pioneers to do anything less! Have a great winter. In health, John W. Roulac P. S.: As always, I’m hoping you’ll keep helping to spread the word about Nutiva to your friends and family members by clicking on Forward to a Friend. Thanks!
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Nutiva HempShake™ Wins Two Awards
Nutiva's Amazon Açai HempShake™ was voted best new supplement by natural food retailers at the fall 2006 Natural Product Expo in Baltimore, Maryland. Nutiva founder and CEO John W. Roulac commented, "This award is particularly gratifying after the many challenges Nutiva has faced in pioneering hemp foods since 1999." Nutiva’s Berry HempShake™ Wins UK Food Award at 2006 Harrogate Natural Trade Show. A panel of judges from London’s Health Food Institute gave Nutiva’s HempShake™ Berry Pomegranate an award as one of the best new food products at the 2006 Natural Trade Show held in Harrogate, U.K. Please note we're offering a special deal of $13.99 at Nutva.com.
Heather and Jen are Nutiva fans and gave us a nice "Bite" in a recent piece on Coconut, Flax and Hemp oils.
George Washington’s whiskey distillery rebuilt; first president also grew hemp at Mount Vernon American Chronicle George Washington was in the news recently. No, he’s not back to lead our country militarily, politically and morally, though we could use him now. It was the official dedication of an accurate replica of Washington’s whiskey distillery at Mount Vernon that made news. After a five-year archeological effort, and using the 1797 plans for the distillery, Washington’s whiskey-making operation was rebuilt on the exact location of the original, using the same kind of equipment and technology that the father of our country used. In addition to making whiskey and farming different crops on his Mount Vernon acreage, Washington also grew hemp (cannabis), like many people of his time. Hemp was considered an important crop and widely used as a source for paper, cloth, rope, ship sails and for many other uses. "Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere," wrote Washington in 1794. His whiskey distillery and hemp acreage might remind us that Washington was a down-to-Earth human being, as well as a warrior, statesman and American patriot. Click here to learn more about this. The Ecological Farming Association (EFA)
Nutiva founder John W Roulac first learned about organic farming at the EFA events and is thankful for the fine education he obtained which now serves him well as the CEO of a small yet fast growing organic food brand. To learn more about the Ecological Farming Association, visit http://www.eco-farm.org If you want to be sure to keep receiving Nutiva's periodic newsletter, please add inquiries@nutiva.com to your address book or whitelist. |
Nutiva's Amazon Açai HempShake™ Wins US Food Award
at 2006 Natural Product Expo
Check out this 3 minute 
Nutiva donates 1 percent of its sales to groups supporting
sustainable agriculture. These groups' activities range from community
gardens through GMO labeling to the banning of toxic pesticides or of
mutated gene fragments. To date, Nutiva has donated more than fifty
thousand dollars to these efforts.
This month we're delighted to honor the Ecological Farming
Association (EFA). This non-profit educational organization
promotes ecologically sound and economically viable agriculture. EFA
can be traced back to 1981, when a group of California farmers sought
alternatives to fossil fuel and chemically intensive farming methods.
What began as a single gathering of a few farmers has grown into a
series of education programs spanning over two decades.
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