PRODUCT: Amy’s Organic Beans

July 13th is Franks & Beans Day. Thank goodness for Amy’s—we can celebrate with quality baked beans. Amy’s Organic Vegetarian Baked Beans are the best canned beans we’ve had: rich, hearty beans that aren’t drowning in the cloying sweetness that other brands succumb to. (What is it with manufacturers who sweeten every savory food, so…
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NEW PRODUCT: Travel Chocolate, Organic & Fair Trade

Travel Chocolate, 70% cacao, is a rewarding bittersweet chocolate experience. Fans of organic and Fair Trade products have a new chocolate to try: Travel Chocolate, currently made in 70% cacao bars. The mission of Fair Trade is to have a positive societal impact, focusing on improving farmers’ working and living conditions by paying them fair…
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PRODUCT: Vegan Gummy Candy

If you’re a vegan or kosher, you can’t have gummy candies—they’re made with gelatin, an animal-derived product. Alas, Annie’s Homegrown products aren’t certified kosher, but vegans can certainly experience the joy of gummies. The company makes “gummy” Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks using tapioca instead of gelatin. Two new flavors have debuted this summer: Sunny Citrus,…
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NEW PRODUCT: True Brew Organic Iced Tea

The True Brew crew: organic iced tea. June is National Iced Tea Month, and there’s a new bottled tea in town: True Brew. Made in Texas, where people like their iced tea sweet, the line offers sweetened varieties, with unsweetened black, green and white teas for purists. 100% Organic varieties include Unsweetened Black, White and…
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PRODUCT: Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt

When you’re Gary Hirshberg, founder and CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt, the daily choice of yogurt is pretty vast. So who’d have guessed, after looking at the Stonyfield Yogurt empire, that his favorite treat as a boy was authentic Greek yogurt, made by his next door neighbors? Last year, he launched his own brand of Greek…
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