Did you know one of our Grow community members, Sandy Shore Farms, is a third-generation farmer and processor operating from an SQF-audited facility in Norfolk County, Ontario? Over the years, they have grown significantly and are now the largest grower and handler of asparagus in Canada, packing about 4,000,000 lbs annually. Check out these report on health benefits!

But did you know the full story? They are really owned by a massive conglomerate: The Wonderful Company. Who also own: • Fiji Water • Pistachios • Mandarins • Landmark Vineyards wine But the consolidation isn’t even the story, it’s how they produce these products. The latest data shows Wonderful Company was California's second-largest sprayer of paraquat, accounting for over 13% of the entire state's paraquat use. Paraquat is so acutely dangerous that the EPA itself warns "one sip can kill.” Just this week, a truck spilled Paraquat in Dorris, California. That led to a shelter-in-place of the ENTIRE city. All this to say, when it is produced on our food and drinks people don’t bat an eye. It’s not just ingredient labels for the Wonderful Company, this problem is a product of the entire industrial system. There is no fixing the grocery store. Everyone will be convinced of that the more we continue to uncover. Shopping from small farmers like you can do with the Localize - Farmers Market app will be the future of food. ~ Zephyr Zoidis

GLP-1 drugs are teaching us something uncomfortable. Satiation is not the same thing as nourishment. You can silence hunger pharmacologically, but you cannot drug your way into nutrient adequacy. Appetite suppression solves volume. It does not solve biology. Satiation is supposed to be a signal that the body has received what it needs. Amino acids. Minerals. Essential fats. Micronutrients. When food is nutrient-dense, satiety arrives naturally and sticks around. When food is nutritionally thin, hunger comes back louder. Or worse, it disappears while deficiencies quietly accumulate. GLP-1s interrupt the signal. Nutrient density completes it. If the future of metabolic health is simply “eat less,” we have learned nothing. If the future is “eat foods that actually satisfy human biology,” then nutrient density is not optional, it is foundational.

Grass-Fed Meat illuminates why the quality of our animal foods matters just as much as the foods themselves. The profound nutritional differences between grass-fed, pasture-raised meat and conventional, processed options can directly support your energy, hormones, and long-term wellbeing. Did you know grass-fed meat and chicken naturally contain higher levels of essential fatty acids, CLA, vitamins, and powerful antioxidants that help reduce inflammation and support heart, brain, and immune health. In contrast, processed and grain-fed meats tend to be lower in nutrients and higher in unhealthy fats, preservatives, and chemical residues. This isn’t about perfection ... it’s about awareness. It’s an invitation to eat in a way that honours your body and echoes ancestral patterns of nourishment. Choose quality. Choose nourishment. Choose the wild way of eating. The NourishMart can be the first stepping stone...

- Vitamin B12: Synthesized by ruminal bacteria from cobalt in grass - Vitamin K2 MK-4: Created from K1 during digestion, concentrated in fat - CLA (conjugated linoleic acid): Formed during biohydrogenation, anti-cancer properties - Carnosine: Synthesized from beta-alanine and histidine - Creatine: Created from amino acids glycine, arginine, methionine - Taurine: Synthesized from cysteine and methionine - Complete amino acid profile: Assembled from incomplete plant proteins Input ingredients: None of these exist in grass Output product: All of these concentrated in meat Ruminants don't just eat grass. They create nutrients out of grass.