Summer break has started for my 7 year old so that means I now have a shopping buddy! We stopped by our local Whole Foods this morning to stock up on some items. I love the pure joy kids bring to even the most mundane tasks! The night before, we picked out a few recipes we would try later this week and made a list of all the ingredients we need. Check back here and see what we made! In the meantime, guess who’s enjoying some apples and honey today?
“Honeybees are the glue that holds our agricultural system together,” – Hannah Nordhaus, The Beekeeper’s Lament
Indeed, without honeybees to pollinate our crops, foods such as almonds, apples, avocados, broccoli, and blueberries would vanish.
Today we celebrate the honeybee and recognize their contributions to our everyday lives – they’re responsible for 1/3 of the food we eat, after all! We also pay homage to the beekeepers, whose hard work and labor help ensure that we have bees to pollinate our crops.
How can you help protect this critical species for future generations?
Learn more about National Honeybee Day by visiting their site: http://www.nationalhoneybeeday.com/
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Bloom Honey will be at Erewhon Natural Foods Market today from 2pm to 5pm for National Honey Bee Day! Come celebrate with us – Stop by and say HI to Bloom Honey President, David Jefferson, and sample some of our delicious raw honey!
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We are happy to share with you that one of our wonderful retailers – Erewhon Natural Foods Market – will be donating one free meal towards feeding a Delancey Street resident for every Facebook check-in during the month of August.
The Delancey Street Foundation began in 1971 and is the country’s leading residential self-help organization for former substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless and others who have hit bottom. For over 40 years Delancey Street has been developing a model of social entrepreneurship, of education, of rehabilitation and change that is exciting and full of hope – all without professional staffing or outside funding and at no cost to the California tax payer. To learn more about the Delancey Street Foundation, call (323) 662-4888 or visit them on the web at http://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org/.
Erewhon Natural Foods Market is located in Los Angeles at 7660 Beverly Blvd. Visit Erewhon anytime during the month of August and be sure to check in on Facebook to feed one Delancey Street resident – it’s that simple!
