Regional Product Demo: Jack’s Harvest Organic Baby Food

by durham, May 27, 2009 | Permalink

Bring baby by on Sunday, May 31st from 11:30A-3:30 pm for a FREE taste and see why Durham parents and babies are buzzing about our new regional product: Jack’s Harvest frozen organic baby food.

Along with a delicious sample of both Jack’s Harvest Tango with Mango and Butternut Squash-ed Apple flavors, you will receive recipe cards and a COUPON for savings on your Jack’s Harvest purchase.

Inspired by their quest to find the healthiest, most nutritious and delicious baby food for their babies, friends Heather Schoenrock and Connie Pope founded Jack’s Harvest. Mom-owned and operated, Jack’s Harvest organic baby food is gently prepared by hand in small batches, pureed to perfection, then quickly frozen to capture nature’s fresh flavor, vibrant color, rich texture and essential nutrients. A dash of organic herb or spice tempts little taste buds and adds extra health benefits. Adorable heart-shaped frozen cubes bring smiles.  Jack’s Harvest baby food is USDA certified 100% organic and contains no preservatives, artificial flavors or colors, salt, sugar or fillers.

Jack’s Harvest frozen organic baby food supports our mission to provide customers the highest quality, least processed, most flavorful and naturally preserved foods. It is a fantastic regional company and we are happy to have their product join our shelves.  (http://www.jacksharvest.com/press-Sept08.html)

Our FREEZER shelves are stocked with Jack’s Harvest Tango with Mango and Butternut Squash-ed Apples so even if you can’t come by on Sunday, you can buy it anytime.

Jack’s Harvest frozen organic baby food is the first step toward a lifetime of healthy, adventuresome eating for your child - because your baby has good taste!

For more information, please visit: http://www.jacksharvest.com.

Jack’s Harvest isn’t just for babies.  View creative recipe ideas for big kids at: http://www.jacksharvest.com/recipes.html

Meet our Newly-Famed Bulk Aisle!

by durham, March 13, 2009 | Permalink

As some of you may have noticed, our bulk aisle at Durham has been getting a lot of attention lately. It’s been pretty exciting around here with all of the national press coming in and filming Rebecca Curry, famed for her blog about how to eat healthy for only a dollar a day. She did some of her shopping here at our store – namely in the bulk aisle.

In thinking about this, it has come to our attention that many people just don’t know a lot about our bulk aisle. How do you use it effectively and what ARE some of those things? Nutritional yeast, huh? So we thought it would be a great idea to put together a little workshop on how to use the bulk aisle effectively and also talk about some of the yummy things that are in it.

On March 26, we will be leading a workshop right here in the store – right in the bulk aisle! We will share tips and strategies on how to best use the bulk bins. We’ll also be sharing some recipes and talk about some of those interesting things that are there. We may even do some cooking right in bulk aisle!

If this sounds interesting to you, please register at the customer service desk (or call 286.2290) to come and join us at 6 pm on March 26. You might be surprised at how much fun bulk shopping can be!

Hydrating for Healthy Aging

by durham, February 2, 2009 | Permalink

On Saturday, we at Whole Foods Market Durham, were pleased to host Dr. Paul Agris from The American Foundation on Aging Research (AFAR) for a workshop on healthy aging. AFAR is the only non-profit organization facilitating research on aging in the United States.

Ten of our regular customers attended the class; ages ranged from mid-twenties to folks in their seventies. All interested in one topic: aging gracefully while increasing their bodies abilities to fight of disease.

Dr. Agris’ presentation was incredibly informative, full of facts and figures and graphs that would boggle the mind; all supported by scientific research.  One slide indicated the amount of money that American’s over the age of 65 are spending each year on prescription medication, far more than any other country!

So I took away a lot of great information from the presentation, but the one piece that sticks out in my mind more than anything else, is that about hydration. Basically, if we would drink more water, our bodies would eliminate harmful “things” from our body, quickly, before they become problematic to our health.

Now I won’t pretend like I retained every bit of information that Dr. Agris presented. But that piece, I took to heart (and to my stainless steel water bottle)! As I take a big drink of water for my health this afternoon, I ask you to think about the amount of water you drink each day. And if you knew that a few more glasses would help move contaminants out of your body more quickly, would you drink it? For your health, and longevity, I hope so!

Dr. Agris is willing to do more presentations like this in the future. If you are interested in attending a presentation by Dr. Agris at Whole Foods Market in Durham, leave me a note in the comments or let us know at the customer service desk next time you’re doing your shopping! We’d love to have him back if the interest is there.