New! Natural Deodorants

Southern Essentials has 2 new products on the market – Lemongrass/ Tea Tree/ Litsea Cubeba Deodorant and Anti Bacterial Blend Deodorant.

These natural deodorants are formulated to help you to stay feeling fresh without the use of any harmful chemicals. I’ve personally tested both and they really work!

Southern Essentials’ Vegetable Based Formula Contains:

• No Animal Products and is Not tested on Animals
• No Petroleum Products
• No Preservatives
• No Alcohol
• No Aluminum
• No Artificial Colors
• No Artificial Fragrances
• No Fillers
• No Dyes
• No Parabens

Here are a few tips that will help you adjust to using a natural deodorant versus an antiperspirant

• Apply deodorant to underarms then smooth with fingers to coat entire underarm

• During the day if you experience extra perspiration-wipe off with a tissue

• For an extra strength deodorant you can add an additional drop of essential oil of your choice

Ingredients for Lemongrass/ Tea Tree/ Litsea Cubeba Deodorant: ( Organic ) Extra Virgin Coconut Oil , Cocoa Butter , Beeswax , Fractionated Coconut Oil , Arrowroot Powder , Zinc Oxide , Avocado Oil , Diatomaceous Earth ( Food Grade ), Shea Butter , Shelf Stable Probiotic Blend , Lemongrass Essential Oil , Tea Tree Essential Oil , Litsea Cubeba Essential Oil

Ingredients for Anti Bacterial Deodorant : ( Organic ) Extra Virgin Coconut Oil , Cocoa Butter , Beeswax , Fractionated Coconut Oil , Arrowroot Powder , Zinc Oxide , Avocado Oil , Diatomaceous Earth ( Food Grade ), Shea Butter , Shelf Stable Probiotic Blend , Clove (Bud), Lemon (organic), Cinnamon (Bark), Eucalyptus (Globulus), Ravensara (organic), Rosemary (organic), Tea Tree (AAA) Australian essential oils

Recipe to Detoxify Your Armpits – The use of this recipe will help your body adjust to using natural deodorant

1 tbsp bentonite Clay
1 tbsp cider vinegar
Mix together and add a few drops of water if needed to produce a smooth consistency. Smooth under you arms and let stand for 5 – 10 minutes. Rinse underarms. If you experience irritation discontinue use. This is a natural cleanser and is great to use in the morning before you shower. This will give you an extra fresh feeling that will last most of the day.

Market News

Eggs Update- Sadly, Kevin from BeeBerry Farms had thin his flock and will no longer have enough eggs to offer the co-op. He only has enough for his family. It was becoming very hard to sustain his flock and wants to concentrate on other farm activities. Going forward he will only be providing organically grown berries – blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. Look for these on the market when they are in season.

Rocky Acres has increased the amount of eggs available. They also have new layers and are offering small and medium eggs in addition to their large eggs they offer weekly. Rocky Acres provides fresh brown eggs produced by pastured Golden Comet hens fed a supplemental feed made only from non gmo corn, sunflower seed, millet, and other grain products when available. No soybean meal. Hens are housed in an open air barn with outside access to grass.

Recycle NGE Boxes – Don’t forget to bring your boxes to pick up if you would like NGE to reuse/recycle your box. There’s a large gray plastic bin by the roll up door at the warehouse for you to deposit your box. Please make sure all your boxes are folded flat.

Wilderness Family Naturals Group Buy- Our group buy order has still not shipped. Since WFN is shipping from Minnesota they will not ship until temperatures are at least close to freezing. This is to ensure nothing cracks or is damaged before it gets to us. Once I receive the tracking information I will contact those who have ordered and give an update.

HELP! We need Volunteers!!

We need volunteers next week!

THANK YOU Marie, Diana, Pam, Tanya, Chuck, and Stephanie for helping on Tuesday! You guys are truly a blessing! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!

If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer

The link is also posted on the About page on our website.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Vendor of the Day RESCHEDULED

What a crazy couple days we’ve had with winter weather! Thank you all for your support with the pick up day change! Because we changed the day My Daily Bread will be Vendor of the Day this Tuesday.

Mark your calendars! This Tuesday, February 24th My Daily Bread will be Vendor of the Day from 1pm to 3pm.

You’ll get an opportunity to meet Bruce and sample some delicious organic baked goods and other products they offer on the market. It’s always fun to meet who makes your food!

GROUP BUY: Wilderness Family Naturals & Raw Mixed Nuts

This weekend we will be taking orders for organic pantry items from Wilderness Family Naturals. These items include healthy oils, spices, cacao, grains, rice, coconut products, natural sweeteners and skin care products. We will also take orders for bulk Organic Mixed Nuts -Raw from Nuts.com since WFN is out of bulk soaked & dried mixed nuts.

Case Pricing for Organic Raw Mixed Nuts
In order to get a reduced price on the mixed nuts we need to order 25lbs as a group. This delectable combination of raw organic mixed nuts includes organic cashews, Brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds, pecans, pistachios, macadamia nuts, and filberts that are sure to please.

I recommend soaking as Sally Fallon and the Weston A. Price Foundation suggests, and then dehydrated at low temperatures to make your own crispy nuts.

All prices on the website include discounted bulk pricing, taxes, fees and shipping.

THIS ORDER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO PICK UP THIS TUESDAY
This is a pre-paid pre-order. Payment is expected by this Tuesday. I will send out an prior to pick up when it is available. Due to shipping it will take at least 2 weeks before you can pick up.

HELP! We need Volunteers!!

THANK YOU * Kristen, Pam, Mel, and Amanda for helping on Wednesday! You guys are truly a blessing! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!

If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer

The link is also posted on the About page on our website.

Thank you in advance for your support!

My Daily Bread is Vendor of the Day

Mark your calendars! This Tuesday, February 17th My Daily Bread will be Vendor of the Day from 1pm to 3pm.

You’ll get an opportunity to meet Bruce and sample some delicious organic baked goods and other products they offer on the market. It’s always fun to meet who makes your food!

Recycling Produce Boxes

Last year, when we were in my garage we used to recycle produce boxes but due to lack of space we had to stop. I’m happy to announce that we will now start recycling Nature’s Garden Express boxes again! PLEASE break down your box and make sure it is completely flat.

There will be an area designated for recycling the boxes. Please do NOT leave any other packaging or freezer packs- flattened NGE produce boxes only. I will give the collected boxes to the delivery driver every Tuesday.

HELP! We need Volunteers!!

THANK YOU * Heather, Pam, Lanay, Stephanie, and Chuck for helping on Tuesday! You guys are a blessing! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!

If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer

The link is also posted on the About page on our website.

Thank you in advance for your support!

My Daily Bread is back

My Daily Bread is back from a well needed vacation! Look for all their organic bakery items, jams, jellies and prepared foods back on the market website this weekend!

Group Buy: Pastured Butter

I am happy to welcome Ginny and Jimmy Franks of Southern Swiss Dairy to our family of local farmers! We will be getting our pastured butter from them going forward. I’ve had their butter and it is delicious! Can’t wait until we can get spring and summer butter – it’s a beautiful shade of dark yellow due to the abundance of green grass on the pasture.

Southern Swiss Dairy is a family operated and owned dairy located in Waynesboro, GA. They raise Brown Swiss cows on pasture. Their milk is low vat pasteurized and not homogenized. They use 40% butterfat cream to make their butters. We plan to have a group buy for their butter every 2 months to start off and potentially more frequently. Also we hope to add pints, quarts and gallons of cream once we see how everything goes.

So you may recall that we used to get our butter from another creamery. I decided to switch creameries because the farm we used to work with decided to outsource their butter. I could not verify that the dairies they get cream are from pasture raised cows, conventionally raised or even what they are fed. I will never have a product on the market that I would not 100% feel comfortable giving to my own family and this prompted the switch. I am very confident that you will not be disappointed. The price is even almost the same.

The largest size Southern Swiss sells their butter is 1lb (hand packed in wax paper). Unsalted and Salted (sea salt) will be listed. Since they are a smaller dairy we are limited on how many pounds are available. Don’t forget to order early!!

HELP! We need Volunteers!!

THANK YOU *Pam, Lanay, Marie, Diana, Tanya, and Chuck for helping on Tuesday! You guys are a blessing! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!

If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer

The link is also posted on the About page on our website.

Thank you in advance for your support!