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Nature’s Food Patch To Ban Plastic Bags For Good! by Cheryl Rosselle N ature’s Food Patch, your neighbor- hood Natural Market & Café, has decided to join the growing national and international movement to ban plas- tic bags. This decision was made as a part of the store’s ongoing commitment to inspire people to wellness; both inside and out. Reducing consumption of plas- tic bags while it may not directly effect one’s health in such a way that choos- ing a healthy diet does, still fits into a healthy lifestyle because over-consump- tion has led to environmental problems worldwide. Established in 1987, “The Patch”, affectionately termed by the locals, is a community grocery store dedicated to offering a complete selection of quality organic and natu- ral products. They carry north Pinellas County’s largest array of organic produce, bulk foods, herbs, vitamins, pet supplies, natural bodycare, books and videos. Their popu- lar café serves up an abundant display of healthy cuisine, helping to make the store a friendly gathering place, known for its commitment to organic foods, quality natural products, community in- volvement and health education. Laurie Powers-Shamone has been the guiding light for Nature’s Food Patch for nearly 2 decades. With lots of natu- ral foods experience, she exemplifies the spirit of diversity and sustainable, con- scious living that Nature’s Food Patch embodies. Voluntarily banning the plas- tic bag, and being one of the first store’s in the area to do so, is just another move- ment towards following that spirit. More than 100 billion plastic bags are used each year in the United States, accounting for about 12 billion barrels of oil needed to produce those bags. Those 100 billion bags will take an estimated 1,000 years to decompose, and they don’t biodegrade, they photo degrade. This means it takes sunlight to break the bags down into tiny toxic bits that will even- tually contaminate the soil and water- health food [email protected] PHONE: 443-6703 Nature’s Food Patch Cheryl Customer Signature Date ❑ Run As Is ❑ Run With Corrections ❑ Re-Proof Customer SIGNATURE REQUIRED CUSTOMER PROOF BRING HOME COMMUNITY NEWS 789-8980 This is the proof of your business feature to appear in the February issues. Please review and indicate any changes and fax or email an approval ASAP. Photos used will be based on space availability. Thank you. Editorial Department, C&N Publications, Inc. PHONE: 727-789-8980, FAX: 727-789-8981 EMAIL: [email protected] You must correct, sign and return this copy to 789-8981. Laurie Powers-Shamone Nature’s Food Patch ways. Often times, sunlight will never even reach the bags because they are buried in ever growing landfills. What about recycling? Accord- ing to the World- watch Institute, less than 1% actually gets recycled. The rest, if not waiting years in a landfill to decompose (with everything inside the bag waiting as well), are likely to be lit- tering the earth; hanging from trees, clogging storm drains and threatening marine life. Plastic bags are often mis- taken for jellyfish or squid then eaten by turtles, sharks or even birds where they cause blockages and death. San Francisco was the first US city to ban plastic bags at major supermar- kets. Oakland soon followed suit. Other cities considering the ban are Boston, Baltimore, Annapolis, Portland, Seattle, Santa Monica, Santa Cruz and Steamboat Springs. New Jersey is the first state considering the ban while several coun- tries including Aus- tralia, Bangladesh, France, India, Italy, South Africa, Kenya and Taiwan have al- ready done so. The Republic of Ireland put a tax on plastic bags called the “plastax” in 2002. This cut down the usage by 90%! As Nature’s Food Patch approaches its 21st Anniversary on February 22nd, the 14,000 sq. ft. (soon to expand!) estab- lishment has begun to implement a plan to return to the days where bringing your own shopping bag was the norm, not the exception. In order to encourage this be- havior, the Patch will donate 5¢ for every re-usable bag a customer utilizes for their groceries or café items to a local charitable organization. Customers can help choose the charity by voting for their favorites at the Customer Service counter. By Earth Day: April 22nd, 2008, the Patch hopes to be rid of its dependence on plastic bags. Paper bags will still be available, but as they have their own en- vironmental issues, the real hope is that conscious consumers will be bringing their own re-usable bags. ◆ Nature’s Food Patch is located at 1225 Cleveland Street, Clearwater, www.naturesfoodpatch.com, (727) 443-6703. Hours of Service: Monday-Saturday 9am-9pm, Sunday 11am-8pm, café closes one hour earlier than store. & PUBLICATIONS C N INC. Where Good Food, Good Health and Good People Come Together. Front Page Intro
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Nature’s Food Patch To Ban Plastic Bags For Good!by Cheryl Rosselle
Nature’s Food Patch, your neighbor-hood Natural Market & Café, has decided to join the growing national
and international movement to ban plas-tic bags. This decision was made as a part of the store’s ongoing commitment to inspire people to wellness; both inside and out. Reducing consumption of plas-tic bags while it may not directly effect one’s health in such a way that choos-ing a healthy diet does, still fits into a healthy lifestyle because over-consump-tion has led to environmental problems worldwide.
Established in 1987, “The Patch”, affectionately termed by the locals, is a community grocery store dedicated to offering a complete selection of quality organic and natu-ral products. They carry north Pinellas County’s largest array of organic produce, bulk foods, herbs, vitamins, pet supplies, natural bodycare, books and videos. Their popu-lar café serves up an abundant display of healthy cuisine, helping to make the store a friendly gathering place, known for its commitment to organic foods, quality natural products, community in-volvement and health education.
Laurie Powers-Shamone has been the guiding light for Nature’s Food Patch for nearly 2 decades. With lots of natu-ral foods experience, she exemplifies the spirit of diversity and sustainable, con-scious living that Nature’s Food Patch embodies. Voluntarily banning the plas-tic bag, and being one of the first store’s in the area to do so, is just another move-ment towards following that spirit.
More than 100 billion plastic bags are used each year in the United States, accounting for about 12 billion barrels of oil needed to produce those bags. Those 100 billion bags will take an estimated 1,000 years to decompose, and they don’t biodegrade, they photo degrade. This means it takes sunlight to break the bags down into tiny toxic bits that will even-tually contaminate the soil and water-
health food
[email protected]: 443-6703
Nature’s Food PatchCheryl
Customer Signature Date
❑ Run As Is
❑ Run With Corrections
❑ Re-Proof Customer
SIGNATURE REQUIRED
CUSTOMER PROOF
BRING HOME COMMUNITY NEWS
789-8980
This is the proof of your business feature to appear in the February issues. Please review and indicate any changes and fax or email an approval ASAP. Photos used will be based on space availability. Thank you.
Editorial Department, C&N Publications, Inc.PHONE: 727-789-8980, FAX: 727-789-8981EMAIL: [email protected]
You must correct, sign and return this copy to 789-8981.
Laurie Powers-Shamone
Nature’s Food Patch
ways. Often times, sunlight will never even reach the bags because they are buried in ever growing landfills.
What about recycling? Accord-ing to the World-watch Institute,
less than 1% actually gets recycled. The rest, if not waiting years in a landfill to decompose (with everything inside the bag waiting as well), are likely to be lit-tering the earth; hanging from trees, clogging storm drains and threatening marine life. Plastic bags are often mis-taken for jellyfish or squid then eaten by turtles, sharks or even birds where they cause blockages and death.
San Francisco was the first US city to ban plastic bags at major supermar-kets. Oakland soon followed suit. Other cities considering the ban are Boston, Baltimore, Annapolis, Portland, Seattle, Santa Monica, Santa Cruz and Steamboat
Springs. New Jersey is the first state considering the ban while several coun-tries including Aus-tralia, Bangladesh, France, India, Italy, South Africa, Kenya and Taiwan have al-ready done so. The Republic of Ireland put a tax on plastic
bags called the “plastax” in 2002. This cut down the usage by 90%!
As Nature’s Food Patch approaches its 21st Anniversary on February 22nd, the 14,000 sq. ft. (soon to expand!) estab-lishment has begun to implement a plan to return to the days where bringing your own shopping bag was the norm, not the exception. In order to encourage this be-havior, the Patch will donate 5¢ for every re-usable bag a customer utilizes for their groceries or café items to a local charitable organization. Customers can help choose the charity by voting for their favorites at the Customer Service counter.
By Earth Day: April 22nd, 2008, the Patch hopes to be rid of its dependence on plastic bags. Paper bags will still be available, but as they have their own en-vironmental issues, the real hope is that conscious consumers will be bringing their own re-usable bags. ◆
Nature’s Food Patch is located at 1225 Cleveland Street, Clearwater, www.naturesfoodpatch.com, (727) 443-6703.Hours of Service: Monday-Saturday 9am-9pm, Sunday 11am-8pm, café closes one hour earlier than store.
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INC
.
Where Good Food, Good Health andGood People Come Together.
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