Santa Barbara Pistachio Co — Local, Family, and Friendly!
Santa Barbara Pistachio Co boasts of delicious and nutritious nuts, with many fun flavors
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Check out Delicious Tosi Bites!
Stefanie and Chelsea — mother and daughter — have been on a long journey to better health. In the 1990s they began learning and understanding how our bodies work, and what role food and supplementation play in well-being. They particularly learned how enzymes and probiotics impact digestion and overall health. The whole family set out
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Still Focused on Being the Best Tasting and Highest Quality Kombucha!
Where We Check Back in with Daina, Justin, and Vanessa It’s hard to believe that it’s been three-and-one-half years since I last interviewed Daina at Health-Ade (read about my visit here) so recently a few of us headed to Torrance for an update. What we found was amazing! They have gone from a little three-person start-up in
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Bogüe Milk Soaps — As Local as You Can Get!
It has been a bit of a journey, but Susan and her son Adam have come full circle back to The Ojai Valley, now making what they call “Farm to Bath” soaps. Susan’s parents moved to Ojai from Boston in the 60s, and after college in the 70s, Susan and her mother opened a shop
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Focus on Local — Nojoqui Farms Organics
Farming Organically For Twenty Years! John has had his hands in the soil for decades, and has found an ideal home in the Buellton/Solvang area. Only five miles from the ocean, Nojoqui (Nuh-hoo’-wee, meaning “Peaceful Valley” to the Native American Chumash in the area) Farm has a wonderful, nearly year-round growing season. I had a
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Focus on Local — Forbidden Fruit Blueberries
Heavenly! Sandra always knew she wanted to farm. As a little girl — and I do mean little! — age two! — she planted her first garden with the help of her Grandmother in New Jersey. She loved being outside and had a passion for the land. Over the years she grew the vegetables for
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Health-Ade Kombucha to the Rescue!
Sometimes the Answer is Right Under Your Nose Written by Gayle Daina, Justin, and Vanessa had an entrepreneurial itch. With backgrounds in public health, wellness, and nutrition (including lots of schooling!) they just didn’t know what to do with it. Daina had studied the benefits of probiotics on cardio-vascular health. They knew the best way
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Focus on Local–Sarah’s Skinny Sweets
A Transformation Into a New Lifestyle Written by Gayle Sarah has been in the Health Food Industry since she was sixteen years old–working in stores and as a Vitamin Sales Representative. But it was her personal journey to better health that prompted her to develop her line of treats–Sarah’s Skinny Sweets. Sarah experimented will many
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Focus on Local–Bloom Honey
Take Some Trees, add Some Bees… Written by Gayle A happy bee in the avocado blossoms! Photo courtesy of Bloom Honey– David Grew up in LA, so you’d think that beekeeping was just about the last thing on his mind. He was busy in the Real Estate business in the San Fernando Valley, and doing
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Focus on Local–Buck Brands Citrus!
Gorgeous Fruit! Written by Gayle You may see a lot of these boxes around Lassen’s this time of year because Buck Brands is the local source for much of our citrus. I had a great visit with Lisle, who owns and runs Buck Brands. The Buck Brand Citrus groves are outside of Bakersfield, and it
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Focus on Local–Intelligentsia Coffee
In the Heart of L.A…. Written by Gayle Lassen’s brings you this great local product, Intelligentsia Coffee. Started in Chicago, Intelligentsia Coffee Company now has Roasting and Shipping facilities in both Los Angeles and New York. I visited their L.A. facility on a roasting hot day, and had a great time learning about the business
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Focus on Local–Ojai Sugar All Natural Scrubs
Scrubbing is Good For You! Written by Gayle Meet Bernadette, creator and founder of Ojai Sugar. Lassen’s is proud to have recently brought Bernadette’s Sugar Scrubs into our Ventura Store. She has been coming into the store monthly to do demos and introduce her products to our customers. Bernadette is a California native, and says
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