Food and Health
Your Co-op is proud to serve the
community by providing a full-service selection of
natural and organically
grown foods, locally produced items, green goods,
products for sustainable living, and dietary
alternatives that contribute to better
health.
All the products we carry in our store must meet
four out of five criteria:
- no harmful preservatives
- no artificial flavors
- no artificial colors
- no refined sugars
- quality at the lowest possible price
The four-out-of-five criteria is also called the “Ben and Jerry’s Clause”, which allows us to make choices that meet the demands of our customers as well as upholding our standards of product integrity.
In 2008 the Co-op made the decision to stop carrying the few products on our shelves which contained High Fructose Corn Syrup. We believe this decision supports our product buying guidelines.
For more info, visit these links:
Consumer Guides - Instructions for preparing rice, grains, beans, as well as, basic information about sweeteners, food allergies, and more. Twelve downloadable .pdf's to choose from.
Gluten Free Shopping List - Updated quarterly, this printable .pdf organizes wheat-free and gluten-free products in our store by aisle.
Non-GMO Project - Your Co-op supports the project to label all foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms and to keep GMO's out of our food supply. A complicated issue, we encourage you to visit one of these websites for more information: http://www.nongmoproject.org/, http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com, http://www.non-gmoreport.com, http://www.seedsofdeception.com.
The Organic Coalition - Organically grown food is better for our health and the environment. The Organic Coalition works to protect the future and integrity of organically grown food by focusing its efforts on federal organic agricultural policies.
Center for Food Safety - CFS challenges harmful food production technologies and promotes sustainable alternatives. Learn more about GMO's, food irridation, animal cloning, aquaculture, growth hormones, organics, and other food technologies.
Phthalates - Visit The Natural News for a broad list of articles about the dangers of phthalates.
- no harmful preservatives
- no artificial flavors
- no artificial colors
- no refined sugars
- quality at the lowest possible price
The four-out-of-five criteria is also called the “Ben and Jerry’s Clause”, which allows us to make choices that meet the demands of our customers as well as upholding our standards of product integrity.
In 2008 the Co-op made the decision to stop carrying the few products on our shelves which contained High Fructose Corn Syrup. We believe this decision supports our product buying guidelines.
For more info, visit these links:
Consumer Guides - Instructions for preparing rice, grains, beans, as well as, basic information about sweeteners, food allergies, and more. Twelve downloadable .pdf's to choose from.
Gluten Free Shopping List - Updated quarterly, this printable .pdf organizes wheat-free and gluten-free products in our store by aisle.
Non-GMO Project - Your Co-op supports the project to label all foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms and to keep GMO's out of our food supply. A complicated issue, we encourage you to visit one of these websites for more information: http://www.nongmoproject.org/, http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com, http://www.non-gmoreport.com, http://www.seedsofdeception.com.
The Organic Coalition - Organically grown food is better for our health and the environment. The Organic Coalition works to protect the future and integrity of organically grown food by focusing its efforts on federal organic agricultural policies.
Center for Food Safety - CFS challenges harmful food production technologies and promotes sustainable alternatives. Learn more about GMO's, food irridation, animal cloning, aquaculture, growth hormones, organics, and other food technologies.
Phthalates - Visit The Natural News for a broad list of articles about the dangers of phthalates.
