It’s April 2013 and late last year we celebrated 30 years of business. The staff here at SunRidge Farms did an amazing job of finding photographs and attaching captions and stories on a timeline that covered one of the walls of our building so those of us who hadn’t been part of the entire journey could ‘see’ the beginning and follow that to our current status. It truly tells a wonderful story and emphasized how we truly are a lifestyle company that produces excellent foods. Wouldn’t that make us a food company? Well, there is no doubt that foods play… Read More
New Leaf Community Markets will require GMO labeled products!
We were so excited to see another grocery retailer taking the steps to require their suppliers to label their products as to their GMO content. As the evidence mounts that GMO’s are a health concern we applaud efforts to limit our exposure to these ‘foods’. For more on this visit the New Leaf Community Markets website at [link]
April 21st is National Chocolate Covered Cashew Day
You heard correctly! April 21st is National Chocolate Covered Cashew Day. Good thing SunRidge Farms has you covered. You’ll want to visit your favorite retailer that is carrying our bulk products and look for item 022608 to find delicious Dark Chocolate Covered Cashews. Make this the year you buy bulk foods. Let’s take care of the environment and save money by reducing packaging.
How to Shop for Food in Bulk
National Bulk Foods Week is October 13-19, 2013. Here’s a little more information on how to shop for bulk foods – [link]
What every parent should know about Monsanto!
We don’t need to say much here as it’s well presented in this editorial – [link],organic-food
NFC announces NO GMO Kosher Policy
NFC, a leading certifier of Kosher foods, has instituted a NO GMO Policy. “While according to the strict letter of Kosher food law, a GMO food ingredient is not prohibited, it certainly is not natural,” says Rabbi Reuven Flamer, Founder and Director of NFC. For more on this, here’s the link to the NFC website – [link]
Is GMO corn nutritionally dead?
A story we’ll be following very closely is this from naturalnews.com. [link] This is a story we all need to follow for our health.
The addictiveness of junk food! Check out this excerpt from a new book!
Unhealthy and highly processed junk food. It’s everywhere since it seems so innocuous and simple. However, the truth is that these snacks are quite ominous and not so simple. We understand this and it’s one of the driving motivations for our creativity in coming up with new snacks that are healthier and lightly processed, if at all. Part of the problem in the proliferation of these snacks that are undermining the health of consumer who is purchasing them is the lack of knowledge or awareness to these concerns. That’s about to change! The following article adapted from “Salt Sugar Fat:… Read More