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More Green to Chew On


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• Did you know that hard-plastic bottles of water actually leach toxins and require 1.5 million barrels of oil to make each year. Instead try buying larger jugs of water and fill a thermos made of lined aluminum, stainless steel or glass.

• If every American recycled one-tenth of their newspapers, we'd save 25,000.000 trees a year.

• A single quart of motor oil disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2,000.000 gallons of fresh water.

• For every $10 spent buying things, 10% goes to packaging that gets thrown away.

• Plant a tree. http://www.arborday.org/



Reasons to Buy Organic


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Protect Future Generations
Children receive four times the exposure than an adult to at least eight widely used cancer-causing pesticides in food. The food choice you make now will impact your child's health in the future.

Support a True Economy
Although organic foods might seem more expensive than conventional foods, conventional food prices do not reflect hidden cost borne by taxpayers. Other hidden costs include pesticide regulation and testing, hazardous waste disposal, clean up and environmental damage.

To Taste Better Flavor



Helping our Planet • One Person at a Time


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Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. ~ Ivern Ball

Every year, we make a vow to re-invent ourselves through silent resolutions. It's a noble gesture and some of us work very hard to turn those promises into a habit.

It's been said that you only have to do something for 21 days to make it stick.



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