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Easter Seals UCP Roanoke Valley Juice and Jazz
Join Easter Seals UCP Roanoke Valley
for an evening of live jazz music, unique wine tastings and delicious hors d'oeuvres! This event is sponsored in part by Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op.
Thursday - September 23, 2010 5:30pm The Red Room, Blue 5 Restaurant, 312 Second Street Roanoke, VA |
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Tickets are $30:
Proceeds benefiting Easter Seals UCP, serving children and adults with disabilities across North Carolina and Virginia.
Tickets available at: onlineroanokejuicejazz.eventbrite.com or call Suzanne Cresswell at 777-7325.
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| New Co-optimist |
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New Co-optimist
Read about the celebrations and trials of the latest community market, which started in June at the West End Center. Find out the story behind the artwork currently “showing” at the Co-op and read about what goes into the tastings at the store.
The Co-Optimist is on news stands now. Find your copy at over 70 locations in the Roanoke Valley or read it online. |
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| My Co-op Rocks Contest |
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My Co-op Rocks Contest
Enter the second-ever My Co-op Rocks Video Contest for the chance to win super sweet prizes and put Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op on the map.
 Prizes
• A new IPad,
• $500 Co-op Gift Card
• Flip Video Camera.
Check out the My Co-op Rocks
website for more information. www.mycooprocks.coop
Starts September 1.
Entry must be submitted by 5pm on September 30. |
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| Fall Waterways Cleanup |
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Save the Date
Fall Waterways Cleanup
October 2
To form a team or find a team that needs more helping hands, contact Clean Valley Council at 345-5523 or register online. Registration closes Sept 17th.
River Cleanup: 8:30am-12noon.
Celebration : 12noon - 2pm
(Wasena Park)
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| Pallet Sales |
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While supplies last, we have some awesome pallet deals
at the Co-op.
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Natures Path/Enviroworks
Eco Pac Cereals
$4.99
(Regular: $8.45-$9.59) |
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Sanpellegrino
 Aranciata & Limonata
Sparkling Soda
$2.99
(6pack)
Regular: $6.79 |
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Gross' Orchard-Bedford, VA
Local Gala Apples
89¢ /per pound
Owners Pay
69¢ /per pound
(Regular: $1.69/lb) |
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| September Tastings |
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Friday, September 10th
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Hog Wild!
Come and meet one of our local vendors who will be sampling out
sausage from their Henry County farm.
Sandy River Pork from Axton, VA, Walnut Acres Baked Beans,
Happy Belly Deli Cole Slaw
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Saturday, September 18th
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Wine & Cheese, Please!
A Floyd County specialty that will tantalize your taste buds.
Wine fromBlack Snake Meadery from Dublin, VA
Assorted Crackers with Cheese from
the Happy Belly Deli
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Tuesday, September 21st
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Let’s Talk Turkey
A recipe that blends Fall inspired ingredients into one delicious dish.
Tre Bella Organic Turkey Meatballs, Cranberry Kale Pasta- (recipe available) |
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September 1-14 Sale Flyers
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Barbara's Bakery
Shredded Cereal |
Sale price: $2.99
(Reg. price $4.29-$4.69 ea.)
13-16 oz., selected varieties
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Equal Exchange
Breakfast Blend Coffee |
Sale price: $7.99 lb.
(Regular price $10.75 lb.)
per pound in bulk
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Rising Moon Organics
Pizza |
Sale price: 2/$10
(Reg.r price $7.89-$9.99 ea.)
11 oz., selected varieties
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Organic Valley
Organic String Cheese |
Sale price $3.99
(Regular price $4.99 ea.)
6 oz., selected varieties
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Brown Cow
Yogurt |
Sale price 10/$7
(Regular price $1.19 ea.)
6 oz., selected varieties
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Nordic Naturals
Children's DHA |
Sale price $19.99
(Regular price $23.95 ea.)
180 ct.
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*Some items may not be
available in all stores or on
the same days in September.
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| Fall ECO Day |
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| Movie Premiere |
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Urban Lots, Garden Plots:
Growing Food and Community in the Star City
Join filmmaker Jim Crawford and his wife, Cathy, as they install an organic garden on their vacant city lot, and the parallel experiences and reflections of five other Roanoke urban gardeners.
Grandin Theatre
Wednesday, September 29 @ 7:30pm
Tickets at the door. $10 with half the proceeds going to L.E.A.P. (Local Environmental Agricultural Project) so they can help build more urban gardens right here in the Star City.
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| Free Talk & Tour |
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Free Talk and Tour
Jeanie Redick returns for another edition in her very popular Free
Talk and Tour series. Classes are free but seating is limited. Please
call 343-5652 or visit Customer Service at Roanoke Natural Foods
Co-op to reserve a seat in any of the upcoming talks held in
our Community Room.
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Back to School Healthy Focus for Kids Nutrition
Saturday, Sept 18: 11am-12noon
You can continue your kids’ healthy summer eating habits into the school year. Join in on the conversation about your children’s nutrition and get tips that will help you keep your kids eating healthy when they go back to school.
Sign up for the next two classes now:
The Slow Food Movement – The Importance of Eating Local, Fresh, Organic Foods
Saturday, October 9: 11am – 12noon
October is National Cooperative Month where we celebrate the business of working cooperatively. The Slow Food Movement is alive and well at the Co-op! Join Jeanie in this talk about eating fresh and in season.
Healthy Options through the Holiday Season
Saturday, November 13: 11am-12noon
Just because it’s the holidays, that doesn’t mean that you have to abandon all hope for a healthy dinner to please your guests. Keep focused on healthy options, you’ll be glad you did when it comes time to make your New Years resolutions.
Jeanie Redick is a Certifed Nutritionist and health columnist. She is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University,
The American Health Science University and the National Institute of Nutritional Education. |
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| President's Cancer Panel: Eat Organic, Avoid Plastics |
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President's Cancer Panel: Eat Organic, Avoid Plastics
A landmark report says the government has been grossly
underestimating the effect of environmental toxins on our cancer risk.
By Leah Zerbe
The Rodale Institute, May 6, 2010 |
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RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Finally, the U.S. government's talking prevention. Real prevention. Not a scan to detect a disease already growing in your body, but rather, the idea of reducing exposure to environmental toxins—like chemicals used in farming and in plastics—to reduce the risk of cancer. The newly released Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, What We Can Do Now report from the President's Cancer Panel urges the public to eat foods grown without chemical pesticides, fertilizers, hormones, and antibiotics, while suggesting practical advice such as not heating plastic in the microwave and not using water bottles that may contain BPA, or bisphenol A, a chemical linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and heart disease.
It's likely industrial biotech companies aren't happy about the report. In fact, there were rumors flying just last week that the food industry threatened to block legislation that would ban BPA from food packaging. But with this report, for the first time in a long time, observers say it feels like human health may come before corporate interests. "This is an enormously important document from a highly credible source. For the past 30 years, there has been systematic effort in the U.S. to downplay the importance of environmental factors in carcinogenesis," says internationally recognized public and preventive health expert Phil Landrigan, MD, professor and chair of the department of community and preventive medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. "There has been disproportionate emphasis on lifestyle factors and on cancer screening, and not enough attention paid to discovering and controlling environmental exposures."
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Roanoke Natural Foods Cooperative is a member owned and operated retail store committed to providing the highest quality organic and natural foods at low cost. We support responsible environmental practices, local organic farmers, sound nutrition, local businesses and our community.
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