Category Archives: Organic Foods

Nov7

Review: The Conscious Box

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Review: The Conscious Box
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The Conscious Box delivers new greener goods and goodies to your doorstep every month for around the price of two tickets to the movies.
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The Conscious Box delivers new greener goods and goodies to your doorstep every month for around the price of two tickets to the movies.
A few months ago I wrote a review of the Blissmo Box, a new service that delivers a box of assorted greener goods to your doorstep for $22/month. The monthly boxes are full of things like fair trade sugar, organic teas and natural energy bars.
 

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Oct11

Natural and organic chocolate Halloween candy

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Natural and organic chocolate Halloween candy
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One of our food blogger's choices for responsibly made treats for your trick-or-treaters this Halloween that won’t break your budget.
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One of our food blogger's choices for responsibly made treats for your trick-or-treaters this Halloween that won’t break your budget.

Either I’m missing something or the natural and organic Halloween chocolate candy choices haven’t changed since I started writing about the choices three years ago. If this list looks similar to my past lists, it’s because it is.

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Aug15

Organic tea for lemongrass lovers

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Organic tea for lemongrass lovers
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Enjoy the sweet flavor of lemongrass -- in an organic, fair trade certified tea.
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Enjoy the sweet, lemony flavor of lemongrass -- in an organic, fair trade certified tea.
Love the sweet, lemony flavor of lemongrass -- but haven't mastered the art of Thai cuisine to cook with it? Taste it in a ready-mixed tea. I discovered Rishi Tea's Orange Blossom Organic Green Tea at Co-opportunity a few weeks ago, and recommend it to all who love lemongrass.
 

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Aug12

Organic chocolate bars at a great price

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Organic chocolate bars at a great price
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Stock up on Endangered Species chocolate — just 49 cents for full-size candy bars.
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Stock up on Endangered Species chocolate — just 49 cents for full-size candy bars.
Mmm. Chocolate.This deal is a little too good not to pass along to all of you. From now until October 21, 2011, Endangered Species is offering their 1.4-oz Organic Smooth Chocolate bar at the really great price of 49 cents. That’s a full size organic candy bar for 49 cents. I can think of many reasons to stock up.

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Aug11

Blissmobox: A monthly box of greener goodness

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Blissmobox: A monthly box of greener goodness
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The Blissmobox is a monthly subscription that delivers a cornucopia of organic and Fair Trade goodies right to your door.
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The Blissmobox is a monthly subscription that delivers a cornucopia of organic and Fair Trade goodies right to your door.
A couple of weeks ago I received a box full of greener goodies in the mail. The people at Blissmo sent me their Blissmobox, a monthly "stuff in a box" club that focuses on eco-friendly products. Members of Blissmobox pay $22 a month to get a box full of things like all-natural energy bars, Fair Trade sugar, and organic teas.
 

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Aug9

4 organic rooibos teas

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4 organic rooibos teas
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MNN's lifestyle blogger put four organic rooibos teas to the taste test.
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MNN's lifestyle blogger put four organic rooibos teas to the taste test.
If you're not drinking rooibos tea yet, you probably will be by summer's end. According to Slate, rooibos tea's the next yuppie trend -- which would make organic rooibos tea the next eco-yuppie trend.
 

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Jul26

Taste the Wei of Chocolate

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Taste the Wei of Chocolate
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MNN's lifestyle blogger taste tests organic vegan chocolates infused with flower essences that are said to lift moods and spirits.
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MNN's lifestyle blogger taste tests organic vegan chocolates infused with flower essences that are said to lift moods and spirits.
Flower power's getting redefined. A pretty green company called Lotus Wei has launched a collection of flower essences — described as "energetic infusions of flowers" that have the power to lift moods and brighten spirits. Can what is basically scentless water in which organic flowers once soaked really change how you feel?

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Jun18

When chocolate met maca

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When chocolate met maca
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MNN's lifestyle blogger loves the sweet and crunchy taste of Chocolate Maca Chunk — a raw, organic, vegan and fair trade chocolate bar handcrafted by Lulu's Chocolate.
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MNN's lifestyle blogger loves the sweet and crunchy taste of Chocolate Maca Chunk — a raw, organic, vegan and fair trade chocolate bar handcrafted by Lulu's Chocolate.
Some love maca for its alleged libido-boosting effects. I just love the stuff because it's sweet and yummy — especially when combined with chocolate. My favorite way to eat maca? Biting into the Chocolate Maca Chunk bar from Lulu's Chocolate.

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Feb16

How does cocoa go from bean to bar?

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How does cocoa go from bean to bar?
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Get an in-depth look at the process of making organic cocoa beans into chocolate bars.
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Get an in-depth look at the process of making organic cocoa beans into chocolate bars.
Have you ever wondered how good chocolate is made? This video from Spices of Life takes us through the process of turning organic cocoa beans into spicy, traditional Mexican stone ground chocolates. The process is different than making creamy, milk chocolates. I particularly like that Taza, the chocolate company featured in the video, pays more than fair trade price for its cocoa beans. 
 

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Feb7

5 sustainable chocolates you can find at the grocery store

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5 sustainable chocolates you can find at the grocery store
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If you didn’t think ahead, shop your store’s candy aisle for these sustainable Valentine’s Day treats.
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If you didn’t think ahead, shop your store’s candy aisle for these sustainable Valentine’s Day treats.
If you find yourself at the last minute without the requisite chocolate for your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day, don’t panic. You can hit the grocery store (or the drugstore) on your way home from work on Feb. 14 and still come home with some sustainable chocolate. Here are five chocolates frequently found in the candy aisle that are sustainably a cut above the average heart box of chocolates.

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