From Middle East To America: The Pomegranate Path

From the Middle East and North Africa to Europe and America’s West Coast, pomegranate is a study in the range of agriculture and beauty. One of the first fruits touted as a superfruit, as kids, we knew pomegranate as the fruit that would stain our clothes. Hard to peel but delicious, I long thought of [...]

Guilt-Free Starches

Healthy fast food. It’s the ultimate oxymoron, unless you peruse the supermarket aisles in search of pre-made options without a laundry list of multi-syllabic ingredients. The options weren’t plentiful until recent years, when consumers began swapping white rice for brown, and testing other grains, such as couscous and quinoa. We found two companies that offer [...]

Superfood ObsessionWhat: Navitas Naturals has made entrepreneurship and green sexy with their discovery of many new superfoods from Latin America.

The Dirt: Navitas Naturals is one of those companies you wish you’d started. Why didn’t I think of that? That’s what comes to mind when perusing the extensive array of products offered by this superfood company based outside San Francisco, in Marin County. Thanks to Founder and CEO Zach Adelman, we now have easy access [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of November 16

Sony Encourages Television Recycling To encourage the recycling of electronic products, Sony Style has launched its ‘Green Glove’ service, which offers consumers the option of having their old televisions hauled away and recycled when purchasing a new 32-inch diagonal or larger Sony BRAVIA LCD television. The service is part of the Sony Take Back Recycling [...]

Niche Film Festivals Gay Lesbian Film FestivalsWhat:A guide to this year’s remaining GLBTQ film festivals.

The Dirt:Movies and television are likely to be Americans’ main source of entertainment as the nation attempts to pull itself out of a financial freeze. While the main film festivals have passed, any New York or Los Angeles resident knows there are always more film festivals. Enter the gay lesbian cinema sector. Why GLBTQ (gay [...]

Good Product, Innovative Packaging A Parent- And Kid-Friendly Juice What: A low-sugar organic juice, this product comes in regular and spill-proof bottles.

The Dirt:The paper towel and the wet wipe become a person’s best friend when they become a parent. Food tossed everywhere, diapers failing and drinks left unattended. Thanks to a new beverage company, First Juice, parents have the option of avoiding one of those messes: spilled drinks. The USDA-certified organic and kosher juices come in [...]

Tea Infused Snack BarsA New Way To Consume Green TeaA West Coast company offers coffee addicts an alternate access to the benefits of green tea.

The Dirt:Coffee morning, noon and night, it’s your drug of choice, a security blanket, after all, tea is for softies. If this is you, the many recommendations to replace your cup of joe with green tea just haven’t worked. For some, supplements are not necessary. They consume a healthy diet comprised of fruits, veggie, fish [...]

Flax’s Latest CompetitionCould Chia Be The Next Super Grain?What: This grain, which was originally consumed by the Mayans, has the nutritional properties of both flax and quinoa, plus calcium.

The Dirt:Take all the folks that crave an hour of downward dog a day, have a routine that includes flax and yogurt and only wear organic cotton and now tell them flax ain’t got nothing on chia. What would they say? Probably that it’s next on their list of super foods to try at the [...]

Cultures That CleanseTaking Yogurt To The Next LevelWhat:A former techie transforms an Indian diet mainstay to suit American health nuts.

The Dirt: Dahlicious is the brain child of JD and Geetu Sethi, natives of India, and alumni of the Babson College graduate business school, who fused the traditional Western probiotic yogurt snack with a popular Indian drink, lassi. Dubbed a “milk smoothie,” the product distinguishes itself from the expanding pack of probiotic foods because it [...]

Kid-Friendly Sanitizers A Natural Alternative To Alcohol-Based Germ GelsWhat: A Bay Area company enters the sanitation sector with an all-natural proprietary blend.

Kid-Friendly Sanitizers A Natural Alternative To Alcohol-Based Germ Gels What: A Bay Area company enters the sanitation sector with an all-natural proprietary blend. The Dirt: CleanWell is a natural hand sanitizer and soap collection that was not tested on animals, is biodegradable, and kills about 99.99% of germs, including Staphylococcus, E. Coli and Salmonella, through [...]

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