City Organics March 2007 Newsletter
‘An Inconvenient Truth’
Free screenings
| Rural Development Services No booking needed |
Sat. March 31 6.15 pm |
| State Minister for the Environment No booking needed |
Sun. April 1 4 pm |
| Australian Association for Environmental Education No booking needed |
Mon. April 2 6.15pm |
| Architects and Builders No booking needed |
Wed 4 April 6.15 pm |
All showings are at the State Cinema, Elizabeth St, North Hobart.
Easter @ City Organics: Now on Special !
- Certified Organic Easter Eggs and Bunnies (more below)
- Organic, Fair Trade, Dairy Free and Sugar Free Bunnies and/or Easter Eggs
- Yummy Hot Cross Buns (normal price)
- Organic, Rye, Gluten Free
Check out the web site for lots of information about the Greenpet range Food and Supplements OR Pet Care
Recent email question to us about pet food
"I am looking for some pet products for my puppy. Could you recommend
the best organic pet food for him (3mth old Staffy)?...
Thanks alot for your help!!"
Our answer
We stock a brand called Vet's All Natural and they make a mix for Puppies (0-2years old). It's a fantastic complete meal for pets - like a savoury cereal. All you have to do is soak the recommended amount (details at the back of the pack) overnight and mix with some raw meat at dinner time. It's good for their digestive systems, and really popular amongst our customers. 1kg is $11.75, and if your dog weighs about 5kg you only need 60gm for a meal. We're based in the centre of
Hobart so getting the products to you if you're unable to come in wouldn't be a problem.
Let me know if you need more details. We have some good products for our
loved ones (those on two and four legs)!
Kind regards,
City Organics
Fair Trade
Fair trade chocolate is chocolate with a conscience, meaning we can enjoy the luxury of chocolate whilst making a difference to the life of third-world producers at the same time. By buying fair trade, we are guaranteeing a fair price for the cocoa and sugar farmers in developing countries, ensuring they have a stable economic future.
Organic Times uses only 100% certified organic chocolate that is grown and purchased through the “Hand-in-Hand” programme, named so, as it is only by working hand-in-hand with these co-operative farmers that we can help improve the quality of life in their communities. “Hand-in-Hand” gives back to the farmers that practice sustainable farming through education, health and environmental programmes and ensures farmers are paid based on a fair pricing structure that is independent from the fluctuating world market.
We have Organic Times Easter Eggs and Bunnies available for Easter prices reduced On Special Now!
We also have cooking chocolate available.
Alter Eco - fair tradePurple Rice, Coral Rice, Red Quinoa, Rooibos Tea, Mocha Coffee, Unrefined Cane Sugar and Chocolates……
...the Alter Eco range of Fair Trade products reflects diversity: faces, shapes, colours, landscapes, traditions and cultures of the small farmers who cultivate them. Each product has a unique story and an authentic fragrance that will take you on a journey of discovery from the kitchen to the foothills of the Himalayas and beyond.
Taste the difference with delicious organic foods; the result of traditional know-how, and cultivation by small farmers dedicated to safeguarding their cultural heritage and preserving their environment – something that Fair Trade helps them to do. Offering quality products combined with ethical integrity is our recipe for providing socially responsible options for consumers and gourmets alike – right on the shelf
Devita Natural Skin Care: Soon in Store!
Cosmeceuticals Developed Through the Chemistry of Nature…
Devita is the ONLY paraben-free, all-natural cosmeceutical skin care line available today. Cosmeceuticals are topical “cosmetic-functional” ingredients intended to enhance the health and beauty of the skin. These “bio-active” or functional ingredients create a structural difference in your skin.
DeVita is one of the few all-natural product lines endorsed by many aesthetic surgeons throughout the U.S. Devita is sold in various retail outlets including health food stores, pharmacies, beauty salons, spas and plastic surgeons’ offices.
As well as offering the standard range of skin care products including cleansers and moisturisers, DeVita offers a full range of treatment products devised to treat various skin conditions. 85% of first time consumers become continuous buyers of DeVita products.
Devita Natural Skin Care Systems is an all-natural line of aloe vera-based products developed with rare essential oils. Formulated for all skin types, these scientifically advanced, aloe vera-based botanical formulas harness and actually help minimise the visible signs of both biological and environmental aging while delivering high concentrations of phyto-intensive skin nutrition.
Devita, meaning "of life", is the philosophy behind our exclusive natural skin care product line, developed through this perfect combination of nature and science. Devita specializes in high-tech natural therapeutic skin care products also known as "cosmeceuticals" which utilise organic and ethically wild crafted 100% pure essential oils, whole herb extracts and amino acids.
Our exclusive line of cosmeceuticals gets down to the root cause of premature aging skin and helps your body heal itself naturally. All of the extracts and essential oils used in the Devita Natural Skin Care line are alcohol-free, fragrance-free and pesticide-free. Additionally, care was taken to assure no animal testing was used in the development and production of these exclusive formulas. We use a scientifically advanced botanical delivery system engineered by nature for optimum results...healthy, vibrant skin.
Ethical Certified Organic quality Handmade Olive Oil Soaps & Shampoo
The soap and solid shampoo are genuinely handmade in small batches from majority guaranteed BFA-certified Williamsdale Organic Olive Oil [BFA 10179A] with best edible castor and coconut oils, soya vitamin E and guaranteed 100% pure essential oils. The generous amount of organic vegetable glycerine formed in the cold-process is fully-retained.
Organic Olive Soap and Shampoo is majority certified organic olive oil - not just a splash of allegedly-organic oil in a palm/coconut base. It does not contain rain forest and orangutan-destroying palm oils, animal by-products, resin fillers, detergents, artificial colours and scents, preservatives, dairy products or any chemical additives whatsoever.
Recent question to Julian our organic oil soap-maker> thought you would be the best person to ask re the common addition of
> lye to soap - sodium hydroxide?? Someone told me today that it is not
> possible to make a soap without it. so I thought I would check in with
> an expert. What is it, what is it used for and do you use it in your
> soaps? Are the ingredients you list all of the ingredients in your soap?
Jules' answer:-
The use of lye - commonly known as sodium hydroxide is always used by soap makers unless they use potassium hydroxide which makes liquid soap. The other lye is sodium laurel sulphate which sulphates the environment and is not so good.
But here's the thing - there is absolutely no lye in the finished soap in a good product like mine. The sodium combines with stearates in the oils to form sodium stearate -soap -and the glycerine is the by-product. In most commercially-made soaps and most so-called 'handmade' soaps they use very poor quality oils to maximise profits and there is usually free lye which is casutic and alkaline in the soap.
The test for free lye is to taste it - your tongue should not tingle as it won't with mine which is neutral with actually 5% free oils in the product as well. All of the ingredients are thus listed on the label - BFA-olive and best edible castor and coconut and the glycerine - there is no resultant lye -the minimal little bit I use has all been transformed to soap and glycerine - I don't have to use much as the oils are so rich and pure - not 5th grade dripping like most which has been steamed, boiled, stripped of glycerine to make ammunition, resin-filled [the nasty bit at the end which won't dissolve] then injection moulded and baked.
Common soap is just the
scum left after extracting the glycerine for ammo and cosmetics and is sold at virtually cost-price. The cold-process is a gentle loving careful hand stir at extremely low temperature then the soap cooks itself as the reaction takes place...
Write again if you have any more questions..
Best Wishes, Jules.
This Month's Family Recipe
GF=gluten free O=organic
Family-size Pancake recipe (GF) With tahini maple topping
Ingredients
- Pancakes
- 1 cup of Buckwheat flour
- 1/2 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup quinoa flour
- 3/4 tablespoon salt skip baking powder
- pinch of salt
- water
blend all ingredients into a thin batter
leave for a while 20-30 min
heat a heavy skillet or fry pan pretty hot
brush on some oil
once hot pour/spoon in enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan
can be made thicker or thinner to preference
Optional
LSA can be added 1/2 cup
or ground sesame seeds
or any variation of of seeds
Ingredients Topping/dipping sauce
- 1/2 cup tahini hulled (light) or Unhulled (dark)
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup (or to taste)
- warm water about 1/2 cup
- squeeze of lemon juice
Method
blend all ingredients until smooth with a fork in a bowl. Add H20 gradually. Will thicken initially but keep stirring in H20 until reach desired consistency.
ENJOY & Bon Appetit!
Happy Easter from the City Organics Team!
Michelle, Lizzie, Rose, Ellie, Lisa, Brett & Jacquie
Disclaimer We the owners of City Organics cannot accept responsibility of statements made and opinions expressed in this newsletter. Nor can we take responsibility for the claims and statements made in relation to products advertised.