Hello !
Did you raise a garden this year? I learn so much from my garden every year. I had a very satisfying time in the garden this summer, mostly due to the fact that my youngest child is now 3 so I could weed for longer period of times between hugs. I think we all have "secret gardens" where we grow our dreams and feed ourselves and others...our garden isn't necessarily food, for me the vegetables I raise are really just a metaphor. I would love to hear about what you learn from your garden. We had our first frost this week, so all the fun is coming to an end in the garden. Next will be drying our popcorn on screens.
Wholesome Harvest has been nominated for the 2006 People's Choice Awards for Green Business of the Year, a contest sponsored by Co-op America! The nominations are tallied to see which businesses are most popular and should advance as finalists, so we need your vote to work our way to the finals! It is a very easy fill-in-the-blank nomination form. All you have to do is go to http://www.coopamerica.org/greenbusiness/peopleschoice/ and fill out the quick form. You may also click the banner above. If you would like to paste in a summary of our mission, ( to save typing a custom nominating sentence ) , here is what one nominator has written about us, "Wholesome Harvest embodies the heart of organics by voluntarily exceeding USDA organic standards while pioneering country of origin labelling, regional food systems, domestic fair trade standards, complete traceability to the farmer, and socially just relationships between all partners in the production of organic food." As an added bonus, you are automatically entered into a drawing for a $300 Coop America gift certificate for green businesses.
The Deadline is October 4th so please act soon. As we don't have an advertising budget, we hope the possible publicity by advancing to the finals will help bring domestic fair trade into greater public awareness. After your submission, Please forward this message to a friend with the link at the bottom of the newsletter. You can make all the difference!
