When Paul Hill moved to Halifax in 1994, he missed Montego Bay’s food more than its sunshine. With the aromas of jerk chicken and pork a recent memory, he started experimenting with his own sauce recipe, playing with ingredients on a quest to strike the right balance. “Two years ago I went back to Jamaica […]
Organic Earth Market
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Best Eco-conscious Store
Gold Winner P’lovers, Dartmouth Silver Winner Mountain Equipment Co-op Bronze Winner Organic Earth Market Shelby Lendrum hopes that one day this category won’t be needed, that all stores will be stuffed to the sky with the good-for-you-and-the-planet items P’lovers is all about. In the meantime, her Dartmouth location is a readers’ favourite for green products. […]
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Best Eco-conscious Store
Gold Winner P’Lovers, Halifax Silver Winner Organic Earth Market Bronze Winner Nurtured First opened in 1992, P’Lovers has been at its Trillium Building spot for about four years. “It really lends itself to a creative environment, it’s dog-friendly and a great neighbourhood,” says Shelby Lendrum. “We always shop local. Natural is our priority, and we […]
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Crowbar flies
“While it may seem like an unorthodox decision to phase out our flagship product, it wasn’t a decision that I made lightly or without a lot of thought,” says Breighan Hunsley, the brains and hands behind Crowbar Real Foods about discontinuing it’s namesake Crowbar. Hunsley says while the artisan energy bars—which are made with homemade […]
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Planet Organic is now Organic Earth
It’s the end of the Planet as you know it, Planet Organic that is. The Quinpool Road organic grocery chain has changed hands and become Organic Earth Market (6485 Quinpool Road). Its new owners, husband and wife team Richard Michalowski and Victoria Cottier, moved to Halifax from BC after retiring last winter and took the […]
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Best Health Food Store
Gold Winner Planet Organic Silver Winner Super Natural Health Products Bronze Winner Healthy Bug Sick of wandering the aisles of the grocery store woefully returning packages to the shelf with disappointment? Planet Organic offers a respite from high-fructose corn syrup and vegetables swaddled in plastic. Customers looking for agave syrup, biodegradable laundry detergent or organic […]
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Best Health Food Store
Though Planet Organic is a health-food store, it’s also kind of like a pharmacy, but without the drugs. You can walk up to the counter at Planet Organic, tell a staff member your ailment and then have a natural remedy recommended to you. Along with knowing everything there is to know about fruits and veggies, […]
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Crowbars now available. (To eat!)
We now have an energy bar to call our own: The Crowbar made by hand here in Halifax. “The Crowbar is about twice as large as the average energy bar, and is free of wheat, dairy and refined sugar,” explains bar-expert Breighan Hunsley. “It’s also full of fibre, omega threes, protein, calcium and iron, and […]
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Best Health Food Store
Reports of financial woes at the head office—Planet Organic is headquartered in Edmonton—hasn’t slowed things down at all at the Halifax location, which has been a repeat winner in this category for years. The store’s fresh produce, organic food, deep selection of vitamins, supplements and the friendly, informed staff is what keeps the store buzzing […]
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Georgia Barnwell’s Soup
As these words are being typed, snow is swirling outside the office window. Sigh. Sounds like time for soup. Living Soup! Georgia Barnwell, local raw food expert, is giving a mini-workshop at Planet Organic (6485 Quinpool Road, 425-7400) on Saturday, December 5 from 1pm to 2:30pm on soup. “We will be making, and tasting, a […]
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Assembling a local picnic basket
Sunday August 30 is the Incredible Picnic, the province-wide celebration of local food. At the Halifax location, on the Garrison Grounds, onsite vendors will have samples, but the truly adventuresome will bring their own picnic baskets. You can’t, however, rely on imported picnic staples like watermelon. Fortunately, savvy Maritime entrepreneurs make eating locally easier. Starters […]
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Best Health Food Store
What makes Planet Organic the go-to spot for those who pay special attention to their diet is an approachable, informed staff and a wide selection of everything from supplements to fresh produce to organic meats to envirnonmentally friendly cleaning products. And if you’re making the change to foods that will be kinder to your system, […]