Using Essential Oils with Children
By: Erin Stewart, Veriditas Botanicals If you love essential oils and you have children, you’ve probably wondered, “Are my essential oils safe to use around my kids?” Good news – many essential oils can be used safely around children if you follow a few simple guidelines. We’re going to outline a few of them for […]
General Guidelines for Using Essential Oils
By: Erin Stewart, Veriditas Botanicals Use only pure, 100% certified organic essential oils from companies you trust that do batch-specific testing on all of their oils. Use the proper dilution. To dilute an essential oil is to add a little bit of the essential oil to a larger amount of a carrier oil. A carrier oil is […]
TD Willey Farms
By: Betsy Peirce, Produce Manager A few years ago on a trip to California I had the pleasure of driving south through the Salinas Valley, one of the biggest agricultural areas in California. The produce geek in me all but held itself back from hanging out the window. As we whizzed past to our destination […]
What? You Don’t Know About the Co-op Cheese Club?
By: Beth Hoven Rotto, Cheese and Chill Buyer Do you like cheese and surprises and experimenting with new recipes and food ideas? If so, then you might like to be part of the Co-op Cheese Club. Since 2012 we have put together bags of unique, hand-picked cheeses for club members with a different theme each […]
Harmony Neighbors – Harvey Gingerich
By: Kristin Evenrud, Grocery Manager Up in the Canton-Harmony backcountry, there is beautiful, almost idyllic land with streams and groves of trees interspersed with farmland being tended by a group of Amish neighbors. In particular, there is an area of land being cared for by a group known as the Harmony Neighbors. This group of […]