• Why Organic Matters

    Standing in the produce section of your local grocery store, you have a choice. It seems like a small one: Which carton of strawberries to purchase, the conventional or the organic? But, in that moment, you’re making a choice that can have a big impact. As research increasingly supports the benefits of choosing organic, surveys…

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  • What is Organic?

    September is Organic Harvest Month, but what does it mean to say something is “Organic“? According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which issues the certification label seen at right, “Organic agriculture produces products using methods that preserve the environment and avoid most synthetic materials, such as pesticides and antibiotics. USDA organic standards…

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  • Baba’s Brew Kombucha is on Tap

    For fans of kombucha, you are in luck! Four rotating flavors of Baba’s Brew Kombucha are available on tap at Harvest Market! What is kombucha, anyway? (pronounced “kom-BOO-cha”), often called “mushroom tea,” is a raw, freshly brewed drink made by hand from sweet tea and a Kombucha culture known as a “SCOBY” (Symbiotic Culture Of…

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  • Welcome, Cadia!

    Perhaps you’ve noticed Cadia branded products appearing on shelves as our new high-quality, high-value store brand. Continue to look for beverages, canned goods, condiments, frozen foods, snacks, and other Cadia products throughout the store, eventually replacing nearly all of our Tree of Life products. Cadia was founded in July 2010 with the mission of creating…

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  • GrandyOats Goes Off the Grid

    Harvest Market’s Bulk department is lucky to offer a variety of handmade Organic granolas from GrandyOats. After 14 years in its beloved, historic dairy barn in Brownfield, Maine, GrandyOats has outgrown the facility and is moving to an abandoned elementary school 12 miles down the road in Hiram, Maine to expand production and provide sufficient…

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  • Oasis at Bird-in-Hand Dairy Farms: Ronks, Pennsylvania

    One of Harvest Market’s local dairy producers is Oasis at Bird-in-Hand, a community of family farmers in Lancaster County who supply us with our pastured buttermilk. The farmers who supply milk for Oasis at Bird-in-Hand are all Certified Organic and feed their cows on grass. There is no need to worry about eating anything genetically…

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