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Get Local

Have you looked at the great site called Get Local? It’s USP is “Let’s Get Local, Metro Vancouver!” and under the home page, there are lists of the vegetables, fruits, meats, seafood, and herbs that are currently available. They explain what “food miles” are and feature Business Alliance Members, such as Gusto Garlic. Guess what [...]

Coconut Oil Inside and Out

A friend of mine uses coconut oil inside and out. Today, I did. I started the day with warm water to which I’d added 1 tablespoon of coconut oil. I wondered if I could tolerate that much oil at once, so I spread it over my regular morning litre of water and it was fine.

You’re [...]

An Apartment with a Garden on the Deck

At the EPIC show in Vancouver some time back, we looked at some very ecofriendly greenhouses that are small enough and smart enough to put on your apartment deck. They’re made by Sunpod, and they’re Canadian. Their slogan is “success from seed to sprout from salad to sustenance.”

The design and size that really attracted us [...]

Just Received an Order of Fragrance Sticks

I just have to let you know that I recently received an order of Fragrance Sticks from Nellie’s All Natural Laundry. They’re the ones that slot inside the new PVC-free dryerballs. They come in four different fragrances: Citrus, Lavender, Linen, and Simply Fresh and they all smell wonderful.

The fragrance sticks are made of 100% [...]

Natural Health Personalities I Met at the CHFA

I met a number of natural health industry personalities at the Canadian Health Food Association trade show this past weekend.

Brad King, a nutritional researcher, performance nutritionist and best selling author, was signing his latest book – Beer Belly Blues: Becoming the Ultimate Male. Again. on Saturday afternoon. I had heard him speak about this book [...]

Nellie’s New PVC-Free DryerBalls

Yeay! Nellie’s All Naturals have finally got their new PVC-free dryerballs for sale. I saw them today at the Canadian Health Food Association’s Expo West trade show under the sales at Canada Place. So, Savings-Naturally’s webstore is listing them for sale too. They have created a central space in these dryerballs to insert natural scent [...]

Canadian Health Food Association under the Sails

The Canadian Health Food Association is hosting Expo West this weekend at Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre under the Sails.

There are some excellent Product Education Seminars scheduled between 1:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Friday, April 3. Whether your interest is retaining heart health, protecting your memory, quitting smoking, or having your skin glow with [...]

Spring Break

This week is spring break, which means there are no CSNN classes and Science World will have long line-ups of families with children waiting to get in.

My grandchildren and I love going to Science World and, having a season’s pass, we can bypass theline-up. That way we avoid the frustration that standing in line can [...]

Global Customers

As I prepare the Savings, Naturally accounts for 2008, I am enthused by the global range of our customers. They come from Australia, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and all over Canada, of course, including the new territory of Nunavut.

It’s always exciting to see the foreign addresses on our orders of Green Beaver [...]

Antifungal Properties of Origanum Oil

Origanum Oil – known in the marketplace as Oreganol by North American Herb and Spice®, Oil of Oregano by NOW Foods®, and many other derivatives – is an antifungal.

Scientists from North American Herb and Spice® linked up with scientists from Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC, and Creighton University School of Pharmacy and AHP [...]