“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,One clover, and a bee, and revery. The revery alone will do, if bees are few.” ―Emily Dickinson

Resolution reset

Each year, millions of people set New Year’s Resolutions.

It’s inevitable—we will all be exposed to cold and flu viruses this winter, but not all of us will get sick.

Thoughtful, useful, fun, personal.

At Natural Grocers we pride ourselves on our standards.

Supporters of organic agriculture have long championed its benefits for personal health and sustainability, but a new report suggests that organic farming might also make for a stronger local economy.

Traveling is one of the joys of summer!

Even though we don’t tend to think of it as such, chocolate is a luxury item that is very labor and environmentally intensive to grow.

China says no to GMO. If you were the biotech industry trying to infiltrate the largest economy in the world, what would you do? Let's take a look at why the strategies that worked in the United States have backfired in China. And then talk about what this means for the GMO labeling movement back home in the states. It's not about safety. It's about national sovereignty.

With obesity as widespread and as costly as it is, why should only one organization’s nutrition professionals be given the exclusive right to counsel patients on ways to treat it? June 25, 2013 Via Alliance for Natural Health

Anytime you skip a meal, especially breakfast, the body releases chemical messengers to stimulate the release of stored energy; this may include the breakdown of muscle mass for immediate energy. The body perceives this extended fast as starvation and essentially begins to eat itself to survive the “famine.” Non-essential body functions such as bone building and memory are impaired.