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Why Pastured Poultry?
There are so many reasons to prefer pastured poultry over conventionally farmed chicken and eggs. We’ve all heard the horror stories about chickens in factory farms with tiny cages and...
Why Pastured Poultry?
There are so many reasons to prefer pastured poultry over conventionally farmed chicken and eggs. We’ve all heard the horror stories about chickens in factory farms with tiny cages and...
Pesticides: The Real Agricultural Pests
None of us like the idea of eating food treated with pesticides. But it can be easy to ignore or feel like washing your fruits and veggies is probably good...
Pesticides: The Real Agricultural Pests
None of us like the idea of eating food treated with pesticides. But it can be easy to ignore or feel like washing your fruits and veggies is probably good...
DIY Upcycled Swag
A couple months ago, we wrote a blog post about how unsustainable "swag" is—all that stuff, usually free, that's branded with the logo of a club or workplace or was...
DIY Upcycled Swag
A couple months ago, we wrote a blog post about how unsustainable "swag" is—all that stuff, usually free, that's branded with the logo of a club or workplace or was...
Simple Tips for Sustainable Travel
Traveling takes you out of your regular environment and routines, so it can be easy to let your usual sustainability practices slip. But with a little forethought, you can go...
Simple Tips for Sustainable Travel
Traveling takes you out of your regular environment and routines, so it can be easy to let your usual sustainability practices slip. But with a little forethought, you can go...
An Eight-Leaf-Clover Day at Stone & Sparrow Farm
Dauna and Dustin Hess of Stone & Sparrow Farm and Mill didn't start growing crops because they wanted to farm. Their initial goal was to restore the soil. Dauna has...
An Eight-Leaf-Clover Day at Stone & Sparrow Farm
Dauna and Dustin Hess of Stone & Sparrow Farm and Mill didn't start growing crops because they wanted to farm. Their initial goal was to restore the soil. Dauna has...
Tips for Commuting by Bike
May is National Bike Month—the perfect time to celebrate biking as a form of recreation as well as transportation! Faster than walking, more eco-friendly than driving, and good for you...
Tips for Commuting by Bike
May is National Bike Month—the perfect time to celebrate biking as a form of recreation as well as transportation! Faster than walking, more eco-friendly than driving, and good for you...
Join Us on Our Bulk Food Expansion Journey
By the time you read this, we will be en route to Rogers, Arkansas, on a mission: to secure more than 80 high-quality bulk food bins that will dramatically expand...
Join Us on Our Bulk Food Expansion Journey
By the time you read this, we will be en route to Rogers, Arkansas, on a mission: to secure more than 80 high-quality bulk food bins that will dramatically expand...
Field Update: A Trip to Skyview Farm & KANbucha
We had a wonderful Wednesday this week picking up from our newest suppliers: Skyview Farm in Pleasanton and KANbucha in Lawrence! We got a neat look behind the scenes—from the...
Field Update: A Trip to Skyview Farm & KANbucha
We had a wonderful Wednesday this week picking up from our newest suppliers: Skyview Farm in Pleasanton and KANbucha in Lawrence! We got a neat look behind the scenes—from the...
Support the Sustainability Advisory Board
For years, the Topeka Sustainability Advisory Board has recommended that the City hire a Sustainability Coordinator. Many other cities—including smaller ones like Salina—have a position like this. Someone designated to...
Support the Sustainability Advisory Board
For years, the Topeka Sustainability Advisory Board has recommended that the City hire a Sustainability Coordinator. Many other cities—including smaller ones like Salina—have a position like this. Someone designated to...
Customer Tip: T-Shirt Tissues
After reading our blog post on T-shirt waste, one of our customers sent in a great tip for making use of your old shirts: create T-shirt tissues and baby wipes!...
Customer Tip: T-Shirt Tissues
After reading our blog post on T-shirt waste, one of our customers sent in a great tip for making use of your old shirts: create T-shirt tissues and baby wipes!...
USDA Funding Freeze
We understand wanting to reduce waste. Really. It's kind of our whole thing! So we get the desire to eliminate wasteful government spending. But just as a business has to...
USDA Funding Freeze
We understand wanting to reduce waste. Really. It's kind of our whole thing! So we get the desire to eliminate wasteful government spending. But just as a business has to...
Single-Use T-Shirts and Unsustainable Swag
Sometimes it feels like the world is operating a gigantic T-shirt cannon—forcefully chucking shirts and other swag at you whether you want it or not. Unless you're good at avoiding...
Single-Use T-Shirts and Unsustainable Swag
Sometimes it feels like the world is operating a gigantic T-shirt cannon—forcefully chucking shirts and other swag at you whether you want it or not. Unless you're good at avoiding...
Plastic-Free Partying
If you're starting to plan the menu for a Super Bowl party, one way you can get around the issue of plastic silverware is to just serve finger foods. Use...
Plastic-Free Partying
If you're starting to plan the menu for a Super Bowl party, one way you can get around the issue of plastic silverware is to just serve finger foods. Use...
The Sustainable Power of Refusal and Rest
This week, in light of MLK Day, I’ve been thinking about resistance. About refusal and rebellion. About the revolutionary power of civil disobedience and “inaction.” I’ve been thinking about the...
The Sustainable Power of Refusal and Rest
This week, in light of MLK Day, I’ve been thinking about resistance. About refusal and rebellion. About the revolutionary power of civil disobedience and “inaction.” I’ve been thinking about the...
One Small Step
Every big thing happens through a series of small steps, and living more sustainably is an ongoing endeavor—not something we can tackle or achieve all at once. If it feels...
One Small Step
Every big thing happens through a series of small steps, and living more sustainably is an ongoing endeavor—not something we can tackle or achieve all at once. If it feels...
Rethinking Returns
When it comes to retail returns, we are living in the best of times and the worst of times. Returns are easier than ever before, and we’ve come to rely on...
Rethinking Returns
When it comes to retail returns, we are living in the best of times and the worst of times. Returns are easier than ever before, and we’ve come to rely on...
Fifteen Tips for Reducing Food Waste
Food waste statistics are simply staggering. One that I keep thinking about, even years since I first heard it: If global food waste were a country, it would have the third-highest...
Fifteen Tips for Reducing Food Waste
Food waste statistics are simply staggering. One that I keep thinking about, even years since I first heard it: If global food waste were a country, it would have the third-highest...
Leave Your Leaves
Doing the sustainable thing often takes some extra work, so it's great when being Earth-friendly turns out to be a time-saver. Instead of spending hours raking and burning your leaves...
Leave Your Leaves
Doing the sustainable thing often takes some extra work, so it's great when being Earth-friendly turns out to be a time-saver. Instead of spending hours raking and burning your leaves...
Tips to Re-Green Halloween
As a kid who loved playing dress-up, I was always pretty jazzed about Halloween. It’s a shame it’s become so single-use and plastic-filled in recent years because it has the potential...
Tips to Re-Green Halloween
As a kid who loved playing dress-up, I was always pretty jazzed about Halloween. It’s a shame it’s become so single-use and plastic-filled in recent years because it has the potential...
A New-School-Year Resolution for a Sustainable ...
Even in the 1990s—when Lunchables were king and we measured our fruit-snack consumption by the linear foot—my suburban public school was a decent environmentalist training ground. I have clear memories...
A New-School-Year Resolution for a Sustainable ...
Even in the 1990s—when Lunchables were king and we measured our fruit-snack consumption by the linear foot—my suburban public school was a decent environmentalist training ground. I have clear memories...
Eco-Friendly Eating Out
We foresee a future where eating out doesn’t mean weighing convenience against sustainability. A future where every restaurant can provide you with a washable, exchangeable to-go box, where styrofoam exists...
Eco-Friendly Eating Out
We foresee a future where eating out doesn’t mean weighing convenience against sustainability. A future where every restaurant can provide you with a washable, exchangeable to-go box, where styrofoam exists...
The Fraud of Plastic Recycling
Plastic is not really recyclable. Not in the way you’ve been told it is. Not in the way that glass or paper or aluminum are. Plastic recycling is not easy,...
The Fraud of Plastic Recycling
Plastic is not really recyclable. Not in the way you’ve been told it is. Not in the way that glass or paper or aluminum are. Plastic recycling is not easy,...
Introducing Joylight Coffee
The coffee from Joylight speaks for itself, but talking with founder Jack Hishmeh is what really got us excited about carrying their product. Jack takes a thoughtful and intentional approach...
Introducing Joylight Coffee
The coffee from Joylight speaks for itself, but talking with founder Jack Hishmeh is what really got us excited about carrying their product. Jack takes a thoughtful and intentional approach...
Greener and Cleaner: Sustainable Laundry Tips
If you had asked me a week ago how to do laundry more sustainably, I could have given you a few tips. Wash in cold water. Use a high-efficiency machine. Don't...
Greener and Cleaner: Sustainable Laundry Tips
If you had asked me a week ago how to do laundry more sustainably, I could have given you a few tips. Wash in cold water. Use a high-efficiency machine. Don't...