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food you can believe in Vol. XIII Issue 7 September 2012COOPERATIVELY OWNED SINCE 1974

Labeling GMOsOver the past year, the right to know effort has gained significant momentum. Through marches, rallies, peti-tions, social media, and targeted outreach campaigns, consumers are demanding that the government respect their right to know what’s in their food by labeling GMOs.

In the United States, there are two major campaigns underway focused on GMO labeling policies: the Just Label It campaign and the California Ballot Initiative. The Non-GMO Project is work-ing in partner-ship with these campaigns to bring aware-ness to the im-portance of c o n s u m e r s ’ right to know and demand policy changes that will help protect the food supply in the future.

Meanwhile, we are maintain-ing a diligentfocus on pro-viding imme-diate consumer choice in the form of Non-GMO Project Verified labels for the products that have been approved through our third party program. If you believe it is important to vote at the polls and with your wallet, you can take action or learn more at nongmoproject.org/take-action/consumers/the-non-gmo-movement.

– the Non-GMO & Right To Know Campaigns

For all who wish to know . . .

The Right to Know EffortFrom: Sevananda Food Integrity Team

Ahzjah Netjer Simons, Marketing & Outreach Manager

Farm Bill DiscussionsFarm Bill discussions are in full swing in Wash-ington and the National Organic Coalition (NOC) and its members are working hard to have a number of priorities heard, addressed and funded. One of those priorities is to enhance farmer access to improved crop cultivars and livestock breeds adapted to diverse and regional farming needs. Senator Jon Tester will soon introduce a Farm Bill amendment that aims to improve seed and breed choices for American farmers,

st reng t hen U.S. agricul-ture, and bol-ster food se-curity.

The National Organic Co-alition (NOC) asks that you call your sen-ators todayand ask them to support Senator Tes-ter’s Farm Bill amend-ment to en-hance farmer access to im-proved seeds and breeds.

Find message language and a link to find your senators on the Organic Seed Alliance website: http://s.coop/pytn.

– Mari Roseman, Marketing Programs Special-ist, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA)

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“Occupy MOnsantO” Global Day of Action, Sept. 17

Atlanta is one of over 60 locations worldwide where activists will be protesting the giant chemical cor-poration. See page 12 for details.

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Journey to Wellness in SEPTEMBERSevananda Natural Foods Market 467 Moreland Avenue NEAtlanta, GA 30307(404) 681-2831fax (404) 577-3940web: www.sevananda.coopemail: [email protected]

Store Hours:Open 8:00 am to 10:00 pm every day

EditorMichael [email protected] 404.444.4029

Copy Editors/Writers Stephen Wing

Senior Graphic DesignerAno Dennis

Graphic Layout ArtistStephen Wing

Opinions expressed in this newspaper are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect Sevananda’s policies. Permission to reprint any ar-ticles must be obtained from the editor. Submissions from the general public are accept-ed, but there is no guarantee of publication without prior agreement from the editor. Due date for submissions is the 10th of each month. This newspaper is printed on 100% recycled newsprint.

Sevananda Board of [email protected]

Calvin Vismale, President678.524.4065Leslie Harmon, Vice President404.797.3440Connie “Kijai” Turpeau, Secretary404.520.7461Samiyyah Allah404.956.8116Rahn Stevens404.287.2227, ext. 114Tawhiyda Tupak-El678.949.8829Jen Macuch Kato404.296.2767

“WHAT’S COOKING?” cooking class, Saturday, September 8, 12:00 noon-1:30 pm. Join Life Chef Asata Reid to learn how to incorporate healing food into your everyday life with quick and easy recipes that sup-port wellness, sustainability, and healing through food. “What’s Cooking?” takes place on the second Saturday of each month from noon to 1:30 pm in the Education Room. This demo-style cooking class is an opportunity for information-sharing with others who are interested in celebrating food that fits your lifestyle. $15 members, $20 non-members. NOTE: No class in October.

“REFLEXOLOGY: Endocrine” with Christine Arinze, Saturday, September 16, 11:00-1:00 pm. Reflexology is a wholistic science that uses the feet as a microcosm of the body or as a mini-map to Wellness. During the Reflexology Class, participants will engage in understanding how each body system is enhanced by the modality of Reflexology, while fol-lowing this mini map on the feet. $15.00 members, $20.00 non-members.

“GET RAW WITH JOI: Transition to Raw Foods Made Easy” with Chef Joi Bostic, Satur-day, September 22, 10:00-2:00 pm. You are what you eat — it’s true. Many of the illnesses we ex-perience are a direct result of what we eat knowingly and unknowingly. Wouldn’t you love to improve your health and well-being simply through changing how and what you eat? Countless people have experienced greater energy, better health, and overall happiness just by adopting a raw food diet. In this course, Chef Joi will introduce you to the raw food diet, invite you to participate in the preparation of raw food dishes and enjoy your wonderful creations. $25.00 mem-bers, $30.00 non-members.

“ANANDA MEDITATION” every Monday 7:00-8:00 pm. To learn how to meditate using ancient, proven techniques; to share spiritual fellow-ship, friendship, and support with others; to have a deeper understanding of the universal science of yoga, greater energy, health, success and poise in daily life, we invite you to join us for meditation and spiritual fellowship. Ananda Sangha and Communi-ties support small groups of truth-seekers who gather to practice the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. This is a Group Run Meditation. Free.

“FASTING 101” with Dr. Akilah El, Sunday, September 23, 2:00-4:00 pm. Fasting is the process of not eating food for a specific period of time. People fast for a variety of reasons. Some religions encourage their mem-bers to fast in certain circumstances. Some health professionals believe that a short-term fast can help clear the body of toxins that build up during the processes of digestion. Others use modified fasts as a way of identifying whether a person has sensitivities to certain foods. This class will teach you the do’s and don’ts of fasting. Learn the benefits of fasting, different fasting methods, and how to use it to improve your health. Dr. Akilah will also discuss the pros and cons of fasting for weight loss. Free.

“E2 Club” with Dawn Jameson, Saturday, September 29, 11:00-12:00 pm. Dawn Jameson proposes a new concept, “Educated Eating” (E2). Feeling overworked, overwhelmed, overweight and confused about what to eat? Bombarded daily with information about what, when, where, why, and how much to eat? Well, let’s talk about it in the Educated Eating Club. It is Jameson’s belief that if you educate yourself, i.e. understand the logic behind your eating, and begin to raise your awareness, you can begin to live a healthier, more mindful lifestyle and reduce symptoms associated with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. She takes one major piece of the nutritional puzzle at a time and breaks it down into manageable, bite-size, easily understood portions. Start today — Change Your Eating, Change Your Life! Free.

Reflexology


Calendar From Your General Manager

Over the last 15 months, I have talked to many mem-bers, shoppers, and staff

about Sevananda and the future of the Co-op. Beginning this month, I will start laying out a vision for Se-vananda that includes many of the ideas that we have talked about. As part of our cooperative goals, we should be seeking to provide all of Sevananda’s benefits to even more metro Atlanta residents.

Many members have asked about having a second store and the ideas for where it should be. Those sug-gested locations include southwest Atlanta, the east side outside the Perimeter, and the north Atlanta/Sandy Springs area. There were other areas mentioned too, but these three have the largest number of current members outside a five-mile radius of our current store. I have told several members that to be able to open a new store in an area, we would need to have at least 600 committed members in that imme-diate area to be the base of support for that store. This number would give a store in that area a solid base upon which to build a clientele and be profitable.

The Atlanta Metro area provides a large enough financial base to sup-port several more Natural Foods stores than are currently operating here. The competition knows that and has attempted to cherry-pick the most upscale areas. They gener-ally have no real interest in locating in the food deserts around Atlanta. A food desert is an area where there are no real providers of healthy food at reasonable prices for that neigh-borhood.

Sevananda is the source for healthy food in our community, and we pro-vide it at the lowest possible prices, giving our members and commu-nity the overall best value. Our profits are used to offer and main-tain education classes, cooking classes, and social events in addi-tion to being that source of food.

However, before we make the big investment in the future with an-other store, our current location

needs some updating and modern-izing. With more than 6 years left on our current lease, the time is right to do a small remodel.

The term small is relative, of course. The work we need could require around $500,000 to complete. This remodel would bring us energy savings by making us more green, give us room to add more products for greater selection, and improve our abilities to provide services. It would also give us the opportunity to fully utilize our basement with a new kitchen, walk-in coolers, and storage.

In addition, a larger and fully self-serve Hot Bar and Salad Bar, along with a full Juice and Smoothie Bar, Coffee Bar, and Sandwich/Sub Station would increase sales and customer draw. Frozen Food, Bulk, and Dairy/Perishables would also increase in size. With all the great products available in these de-partments, adding more space for existing products and for increas-ing our selection would allow us to better serve our members and cus-tomers.

To accomplish this remodel, we ob-viously would have to raise money. One way would be to ask members to invest in their business through short to mid-term loans with com-petitive interest rates. Another way would be to modify our discount structure so that, in the short term, money currently being paid out in the form of discounts could be put to use paying for the remodel and keeping financing costs lower. The Patronage Dividend program would remain intact so that as we increase profitability, members would re-ceive patronage dividends based on their purchases. Those that invest financially in the Co-op for the re-model could receive both interest payments on their loans and pa-tronage dividends on the store’s profits as they are realized.

All of this internal financing would remove the need for large bank fi-nance involvement and keep the money in the local community, that of Sevananda’s members. It would

cement the loyalty of members and encourage them get more involved in bringing even more members to the Co-op.

I believe that our membership is not only willing but anxious for Sevananda to grow into a greater influence in the Atlanta commu-nity and in Georgia's sustainability. Although we are a cooperative, we still have to be better than our cor-porate competition to win over the hearts and minds of consumers in the metro area that seek the best value for their dollars when buying natural and organic foods for their families. Sevananda must take full advantage of that opportunity.

Tom has served as Sevananda’s General Manager since April 2011. He can be reached at [email protected].

The Vision for the Future of Sevanandaby Tom Pawlenko, Sevananda General Manager "As part of our

cooperative goals,

we should be seeking

to provide all of

Sevananda’s benefits

to even more metro

Atlanta residents."


Sevananda Bulletin Board

NOTE:No Mixer in September . . . Stay tuned!

Attend a Sevananda Board Meeting!

Sevananda’s Board of Directors meets in the Education

Room on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All

Member-Owners are welcome to attend as observers with

your Member ID Card. To request that an item be put on

the agenda, please contact Board Administrator/Liaison

Carolyn Renée at [email protected], then follow

up at 404.681.2831, ext. 121. Carolyn will confirm for you

the Board meeting day and time, and the Co-op Policy

to which your item relates. If you do not have Internet

access, leave a voicemail message for Carolyn, and she will

contact you.

See Sevananda.coop for next

Board meeting date.

Save the Date . . .

Fall Member Meeting

Sunday November 4thHighland Ballroom

Time and Agenda: TBD*for more details, check www.Sevananda.coop*

Working Member Orientation

. . . will be held on Monday, October 1 from 7:00-8:30 pm. Working Members receive a 20% discount every time they shop in exchange for three hours of service at the co-op every week. Just fill out a Working Member application, attend our next Working Member Orientation, and that’s it! For more information, pick up an application at the Customer Service desk. Note: there will be no orientation in September.

TUNE IN!Get healthy, wealthy, and wise

Food safety, cooperative economics, holistic health and wellness, celebrating community, and more!

CO-OP 101

Every Monday4:30-5 pmWRFG 89.3 FMweb: wrfg.org

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RADIO

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Give the Gift of Health!Sevananda Gift Certificates are available at

the Customer Service desk.

September 2012 MeMber AdvAntAge

SpeCiAlS for our members only!

Earn Gift Certificates!On Sept. 5 and Sept. 19:

Spend $25, get a $5 gift certificate!Spend $100, get a $20

gift certificate!Just bring your receipt to the Customer Service desk to get a Gift Certificate for

your next visit to Sevananda. NOTE: There are restrictions. More info at Sevananda.coop or the Customer Service

desk, 404-681-2831.

Come in and join today!

attn: Artist Lovers . . . Check out the Little Five Points Music & Art

Festival on Saturday, September 29!

Sevananda's Artist Alliance will host an artist showcase from 1:00-5:00 pm to celebrate creative expression as a part of

a holistic approach to health. It all takes place at the Five Spot, 1123 Euclid Avenue NE, Atlanta GA 30307 (404.223.1100).

Check Sevananda.coop for artist line-up and details.


Sevananda Bulletin Board Be the Change

Founded in 2007, Living Relative, Inc., started with feeding individ-uals and families out of the home of evangelist Victoria Tutu in the city of Douglasville, Georgia. Now our operation has grown to feeding over 400 individuals and families a week.

Our mission is to help families who are in need of food and to provide a nutritious meal for the children who live in Cobb and Douglas counties. We will serve surrounding neigh-borhoods as our resources permit.

Our purpose is to enhance the lives of the needy through selfless distribution of food and cloth-ing. Through the Food Bank and the Clothes Closet we will instill hope and responsibility in those we

Be The Change, a program founded by Sevananda Natural Foods Market in 1997, provides capacity-building, promotion and finan-cial contributions to locally-based nonprofit organizations. Any time during the month of September, let your cashier know you’d like to make a contribution at the register to our Be The Change partner. You may also shop at Sevananda on Saturday, September 22, when Sevananda will donate 1% of net sales for the day to Living Relative, Inc. Call Sevananda at 404.681.2831 to find out when Living Relative will be tabling at the store in September.

September 2012 Be the Change Partner

Living RelativeTurning Tragedy into a Tapestry of Triumph

serve. We also strive to reduce the dependency of individuals on any person or group.

We operate solely on the basis of serving those in need. We identify a needy person as one or more of the following: a person or family that lives at or below the poverty line, does not have a stable residence, does not qualify for assistance elsewhere, and cannot provide for themselves or their family. Our clients come from individual re-quests, social services referral, and school districts. All anyone has to do is apply for our food and cloth-ing services.

We consider all requests. Our cloth-ing services program includes the Clothes Closet, uniform donations,

Organization Name: Living Relative, Inc.

Mission: To help eliminate hunger in our communities by reaching as many families as we can.

Mailing Address: 292 Juliet Lane, Marietta GA 30329

Website: none

Contact & Title: Victoria Nwaiwu Tutu

Phone: 678.914.4047

Email: [email protected]

TUNE IN!Get healthy, wealthy, and wise

Food safety, cooperative economics, holistic health and wellness, celebrating community, and more!

CO-OP 101

Every Monday4:30-5 pmWRFG 89.3 FMweb: wrfg.org

CO

-OP central

RADIO

F D WATCH

shoes, and used prom dresses for high school seniors.

We may not be able to eradicate hunger, but it is our goal to help those in need by responding to tragedy with kindness and turning it into a tapestry of triumph.

Living Relative, Inc., learned that the United States Marine Corps has a program that provides Christ-mas toys for children who are not fortunate enough to get toys for

the holiday. The program is called Toys for Tots. This program gives out millions of toys to families all over the metro Atlanta area and the United States. Our collabora-tion with the United State Marine Corps has enabled us to provide toys to over 800 children and over 350 families. Toys were distributed in December 2010. This project gave us such a great feeling know-ing that we are doing the work we were called to do.


SCHOOL OF COMMONHEALTHNourish Thy Body, Mind and Spirit

Now that summer fun has of-ficially come to an end, the School of CommonHealth is

now back in session! It’s time to get back to thinking about those life-style changes you put off because of the abundance of goodness that happens in the summer — and be-cause it was too hot to think about anything besides how to keep cool and hydrated. Now that the tem-peratures have begun to wane, it’s the perfect time to begin to recreate yourself for the better. The School of CommonHealth will be offering many exciting classes to help you achieve any goals that you have.

Our “What’s Cooking?” class with Chef Asata Reid will start back up on

It’s Back to School at Sevananda!by Tasha Tavaras, Arts & Education Coordinator

the second Saturday in September, offering cooking demonstrations that will teach you how incorporate healing foods into your daily meals. Chef Joi Bostic continues her Get Raw with Joi: Transition to Raw Foods Made Easy class, featuring easy and quick recipes to help you transition into a living foods-based diet.

Also returning is Christine Arin-ze’s Reflexology class, helping you to heal areas of the body using the modality of reflexology. Sonali Sad-equee will be joining us to teach a gluten-free cooking class later on this year. She will offer delicious, quick recipes for those that want to exclude gluten from their diets.

We also have some new faces that will be joining us this session. Dr. Akilah El will be presenting Fasting 101 in September, teaching the do’s and don’ts, benefits and drawbacks of fasting. She will be returning in October to teach Food Pharmacy, helping you heal your body using food as medicine. Neith Ma’at will join us to teach Detailing Your Body Through Detox, to help you re-structure your body using proper detox methods. We also have Dawn Jameson who will begin leading the E2 Club, Educated Eating. Dawn wants to raise awareness about the food we are putting into our bodies and how we can curb the symptoms of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity and live a

healthier and happier lifestyle.

This is just the beginning of what the School of CommonHealth will be offering throughout the year and into 2013. Remember to check the class listings and stop by our web-site, sevananda.coop, for details on all upcoming classes. We hope you will join us for a year filled with learning and self change.

Tasha can be reached at [email protected].

What’s Cooking?

SCHOOL OF COMMONHEALTH...Nourish Thy Mind, Body, & Spirit

Saturday September 8th12 noon JOIN US!

with Asata Reid Life Chefhealthy cooking, meal planning & pantry stocking

www.sevananda.coop 404-681-2831

In the education room $15 members-$20 non-members

Join Life Chef Asata Reid to learn how to incorporate healing food into your everyday life with quick and easy recipes that support wellness, sustainability and healing through food. What’s Cooking? takes place on the Second Saturday of each month from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Education Room. This demo-style cooking class is an opportunity for information sharing with others who are interested in celebrating food that ts your lifestyle.

Ananda MeditationLearn how to meditate, using ancient, proven techniques, to share spiritual fellowship, friendship and support with others, to have a deeper understanding of the universal science of yoga,Greater energy, health, success and poise in daily life. We invite you to join us for meditation and spiritual fellowship. Ananda Sangha and Communities support small groups of truth-seekers who gather to practice the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. FREE

With Maia Grenell

In the Education Room

Weekly Class

Every Monday7-8pm

Maia Grenell is the director of the Ananda Meditation Group of Atlanta. She has been a student with Ananda Sangha Worldwide since Januray, 2010. She practices meditation daily and feels inspired to encourage others to bring peace and health through meditation into their daily lives. Maia supports group meditations, in the spirit of her guru, Parmhansa Yoganada, as the best way to support one’s individual practice. She is also the group leader of Atlanta’s Meditation Flash Mob (MedMob), mother of two, and nanny by day.

Ananda MeditationLearn how to meditate, using ancient, proven techniques, to share spiritual fellowship, friendship and support with others, to have a deeper understanding of the universal science of yoga,Greater energy, health, success and poise in daily life. We invite you to join us for meditation and spiritual fellowship. Ananda Sangha and Communities support small groups of truth-seekers who gather to practice the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. FREE

With Maia Grenell


Weekly Class

Every Monday7-8pm

Maia Grenell is the director of the Ananda Meditation Group of Atlanta. She has been a student with Ananda Sangha Worldwide since Januray, 2010. She practices meditation daily and feels inspired to encourage others to bring peace and health through meditation into their daily lives. Maia supports group meditations, in the spirit of her guru, Parmhansa Yoganada, as the best way to support one’s individual practice. She is also the group leader of Atlanta’s Meditation Flash Mob (MedMob), mother of two, and nanny by day.

school of CommonHealthNourish Thy Mind, Body, & Spirit

Paramhansa Yogananda

"Join us for a year

filled with learning

and self change!"



If you were told that reducing the amount of poor quality (or even good quality) carbohydrates

you eat could reduce – and maybe even eliminate – obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart dis-ease . . . would you want to know the secret?

The reason it’s a secret is that people just aren’t making the connection between obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and carbohydrates. As Dr. Christopher Greene D.C. states, “We must wake up from our slumber, and take a hard look at how our world of food has changed!”

The information is out there, but it is overwhelming, sometimes very technical, and hidden among other problems so that it just doesn’t stand out.

I have started a grassroots move-ment: groups of people coming together on a regular basis to talk about food and how it affects their lives. The goal is for the average con-sumer to understand the available information and apply it to everyday living. We are the best monitors of our health, not our doctors, nurses, or anyone else. We must take per-sonal responsibility for our health and retrain ourselves on how we eat. Why? The world of food has changed, technology is abundant, our physical activity levels have de-creased, and our medical technology is more reactive than proactive.

I challenge you to take control of your life and honor what I call “your Temple of Health.” My belief is that each person has been blessed with a magnificent vessel and has been

The E2 ClubCalling All Educated Eaters to Share Nutritional Knowledge!

by Dawn Jameson, School of CommonHealth instructor

assigned the responsibility and gift of maintaining that vessel. As a Nutritional Awareness Consul-tant (NAC), I combine my love for great-tasting, healthy food with my extensive knowledge of nutrition and health to educate others.

My many years of personal strug-gles with weight, dental, and other health challenges led me to set out on this path. After successfully losing 30 pounds and keeping it off on a low-carbohydrate lifestyle plan, I now serve as a beacon of hope for others. Having witnessed the devastating consequences of poor health choices among family and friends, based on confusing nutrition and health information, I have made it my mission to become a spark for change.

I recognized the need for a new

addition to the structure of individ-uals providing nutritional guidance (dieticians and nutritionists) – thus the creation of my position as a Nutritional Awareness Consultant (NAC). As such, I serve as an inde-pendent nutritional health advocate with no financial ties to any com-pany. My vision includes Educated Eating (E2) Clubs in communities throughout the world, starting right here at Sevananda’s School of Com-monhealth.

Dawn Ann Jameson is a Nutritional Awareness Consultant (NAC) and has been active in the nutrition, fit-ness and health arena for over 35 years. She is the author of Educated Eating, which addresses carbohy-drates and insulin as a major link between the epidemic levels of obe-sity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Reflexology: EndocrineDuring the Re exology Class, participants will engage in understanding how each body system is enhanced by the modality of Re exology. Because Re exology is a holistic science that uses the feet as a microcosm of the body or as a mini map to Wellness, participants will actively engage in learning while following this mini map on the feet. Cost: Members $15.00 Non-Members $20.00

With Christine Arinze



September Class

Saturday, September 1611am-1pm

As a “Re exology Practitioner,” Christine believes that by applying compressed massage on the feet the entire body can receive healing through the modality of Re exology. While Re exology is a science that deals with the principle that there are re ex areas in the feet, hands and ears that correspond to all organs, glands and body parts Christine, specializes in Re exology of the Feet. Re exology can be used to restore and maintain the body’s natural equilibrium and encourage healing.

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E2 ClubFeeling overworked, overwhelmed, overweight and confused about what to eat? Bombarded daily with information about what, when, where, why, and how much to eat? Well let’s talk it in Educated Eating (E2) Club. Dawn Jameson proposes a new concept, “Educated Eating”. It is her belief, that if you educate yourself, i.e. understand the logic behind your eating, and begin to raise your awareness, you can begin to live a healthier, more mindful, lifestyle, and reduce symptoms associated with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. She takes one major piece of the nutritional puzzle and breaks it down into manageable, bite size, easily understood portions. Start today, “Change Your Eating, Change Your Life!” Free.

with Dawn Jameson


September Class

Dawn Ann Jameson is a Nutritional Awareness Consultant (NAC) and has been active in the nutrition, tness and health arena for over 35 years. Her focus is bringing about change in eating habits through education, awareness, and whole-food nutrition. After obtaining her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton, Dawn enlisted in the U.S. Navy, graduated from Of cer Candidate School, and earned her Master of Science degree from the University of Arkansas. During her career as a U.S. Naval Of cer, she served as an active member of the Navy Marine Corps Physical Readiness Training program and provided countless hours of instruction in physical tness, nutrition and health to military members and their families.


Saturday, Sept 29th11am-12pm




It’s September. School’s back in session. Football and soccer practice have started. The days

are long, even if they appear to be getting shorter, and you still have to get good, healthy, and delicious food into those little folks you’re raising.

What’s a full-time employed parent/chauffeur/chef/nurse/boo-boo kisser to do?

Join me for the next “What’s Cook-ing?” class where we’ll cover a few things:

- Create balanced kid-friendly meals that are done in 20 minutes or less;

What’s Cooking?

Good Food, Fast!by Chef Asata Reid

- Showcase some of all-natural snacks and goodies to help you combat a world inundated with marketing crap “food” toward kids;

- Learn how to pack healthier snacks for you and your family.

Also pick up a couple of tips on how to deal with your PICKYEATER, how to end MEALTIME BATTLES and get your family to share a meal with GRATITUDE, and ways to get your kids and teens involved in healthy eating and cooking.

These are real life solutions from a real mom/chef, not some theo-retical stuff from those parenting books! This is a class that will bene-fit every parent/guardian interested

in preparing healthy and delicious meals, without taking a lot of time from your already booked sched-ules.

Be sure to bring your personal chal-lenges on the path to healthy eating so we can get real life solutions on the table, along with a nice sam-pling of the delicious meals we’ll be whipping up.

You and your family can enjoy de-licious and nutritious food, that’s fast, easy and inspiring. Release the Dinner Drama and join me for “What’s Cooking?” on Saturday, September 8, at noon in the Educa-tion Room.

Chef, journalist, and mother Asata Reid has been a Sevananda Member

since 2006. She founded the com-pany Life Chef LLC to help people make healthy eating a part of their lifestyle. Get recipes and more at www.lifechef.net. “What’s Cook-ing?” classes are $15 for members, $20 for non-members. “What’s Cooking?” is part of the Journey to Wellness series from the School of Commonhealth at Sevananda Nat-ural Foods Market.

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E2 ClubFeeling overworked, overwhelmed, overweight and confused about what to eat? Bombarded daily with information about what, when, where, why, and how much to eat? Well let’s talk it in Educated Eating (E2) Club. Dawn Jameson proposes a new concept, “Educated Eating”. It is her belief, that if you educate yourself, i.e. understand the logic behind your eating, and begin to raise your awareness, you can begin to live a healthier, more mindful, lifestyle, and reduce symptoms associated with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. She takes one major piece of the nutritional puzzle and breaks it down into manageable, bite size, easily understood portions. Start today, “Change Your Eating, Change Your Life!” Free.

with Dawn Jameson


September Class

Dawn Ann Jameson is a Nutritional Awareness Consultant (NAC) and has been active in the nutrition, tness and health arena for over 35 years. Her focus is bringing about change in eating habits through education, awareness, and whole-food nutrition. After obtaining her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton, Dawn enlisted in the U.S. Navy, graduated from Of cer Candidate School, and earned her Master of Science degree from the University of Arkansas. During her career as a U.S. Naval Of cer, she served as an active member of the Navy Marine Corps Physical Readiness Training program and provided countless hours of instruction in physical tness, nutrition and health to military members and their families.


Saturday, Sept 29th11am-12pm

Get Raw: Transition to Raw Foods Made EasyYou are what you eat. It’s true. Many of the illnesses we experience are a direct result of what we eat knowingly and unknowingly. Wouldn’t you love to improve your health and well-being simply through changing how and what you eat? Countless people have experienced greater energy, better health and overall happiness just by adopting a raw food diet. In this course, Chef Joi will introduce you to the raw food diet, allow you to participate in the preparation of raw food dishes and enjoy the wonderful creations. Cost: Members $25.00 Non-Members $30.00

With Joi Bostic


Summer Class

Joi Bostic was destined to be involved with food. As a child she studied under her father who was a chef. Although she never took serious most of what he said, she realized as she got older that he what he said was true. Joi grew up cooking. She would experiment with different avor combinations and discover some amazing dishes. However, she could never quite replicate them because she would not write them down. After watching so much preventable illness come into her family, Joi made the decision in 1993 to convert to vegetarianism.


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With Tassili

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Every Wednesday

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Every week Chef Tassili provides tasty and healthy veggie, vegan and raw dishes and recipes for you to take home and try yourself.

IN-THE-RAW WEDNESDAYS

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Join us for Meatless Mondays!

With Chef Joi

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Join us for Meatless Mondays!

With Chef Joi

Front of Store


Every Monday12-3pm

Every week Chefs Joi provides tasty and healthy veg-gie, vegan and raw dishes and recipes for you to take home and try yourself.

Fasting 101Fasting is the process of not eating food for a speci c period of time. People fast for a variety of reasons. Some religions encourage their members to fast in certain circumstances. Some health professionals believe that a short-term fast can help clear the body of toxins that build up during the processes of digestion. Others use modi ed fasts as a way of identifying whether a person has sensitivities to certain foods. This class will teach you the dos and don’ts of fasting. Learn the bene ts of fasting, different fasting methods and how to use it to improve your health. Dr. Akilah will also discuss the Pros and Cons of fasting for weight loss. FREE!

with Dr. Akilah El


September Class

Dr. Akilah El is a Doctor of Naturopathy. She received certi cations in Herbology, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Re exology, Kinesiology, Iridology, and Nutrition. She recently earned her certi cation as a Personal Fitness Trainer from ACE (American Counsel on Exercise).Dr Akilah El is the founder of Celestial Healing Wellness Center, which is located in Riverdale, Georgia and Munich Germany. Celestial Healing is a (w)holistic health care center that provides natural remedies to individuals who may suffer from acute illness to chronic diseases.


Sunday, Sept 23rd2-4pm


Membership & Cooperatives

Sevananda has been in exis-tence for nearly 40 years. It was part of a wave of coopera-

tives that started in the 1960s and ‘70s for all the right reasons. The so-called hippie culture sought al-ternative, naturally-based lifestyles that were contrary to the corporate monopolies of the day. Most of the co-ops born fifty or sixty years ago focused primarily on “health food.” The Aquarian Age was showing us that much more could be accom-plished by doing it cooperatively.

Although there are approximately 160 food co-ops in the U.S. today, many of those that started 40 or 50 years ago are no longer functional for a variety of reasons – chang-ing demographics, unwillingness to change, competition from larger one-stop-shop stores such as Whole Foods, as well as from online stores.

The market – i.e. people – are be-coming more aware of their ability to be the masters of their own health, and individuals like Dr. Oz are creating a mushroom cloud of self-empowerment regarding the use of naturally produced supple-ments. Health care insurance is still not affordable to many, sooooo…the most logical thing to do is take care of self from a preventative stand-point.

Members of the Sevananda Board went to the annually-held Consumer Cooperative Management Associa-tion conference in Philadelphia this past June. The whole purpose of the three-day event was to enlighten the attendees (board directors and managers from co-ops around the country) about ways to strengthen our respective co-ops and the ties that we have to one another, finan-cially, socially, and politically. I bring this up because it was there that I watched a movie that gave a historical perspective of co-ops in this country.

I was quite surprised to find out that the first wave of the coopera-tive movement actually happened in the late 1920s and early ’30s. There were co-ops for a large assortment of businesses, not just food-related. These co-ops were formed during the Great Depression, so there was a necessary urgency which enabled most of them to do quite well up until the beginning of America’s

Still Thrivingby Rahn Stevens, Wellness Department Manager

involvement in WWII. The labor needed to fuel the co-ops was cir-cumvented when the need for war machinery took priority.

There were also individuals in high places who saw that the cooperative movement was too powerful and potentially threatening to the status quo. These individuals did what they could politically to weaken the movement, but what put the pro-verbial nail in the coffin took place during the 1950s. It was during this time when certain politicians at-tempted to associate Cooperation with Communism. This was also when the bigger and better grocery stores and shopping centers (and eventually malls), with the help of an unprecedented marketing and advertising campaign, began steer-ing people away from “mom and pop” businesses.

Sevananda was a part of the second wave of co-ops, and now, within the last five years or so, a third wave of co-ops is forming. Coopera-tion makes the most sense. As the origi-nal mode of trade and commerce, it is the very foundation of social, political and economic re-ality. As I learned through watching that film, our pres-ent-day economic climate will only make co-ops like Se-vananda thrive, just like a beautiful lotus flower that is rooted in mud.

Rahn can be reached at [email protected].

Attention Music Lovers!Check out Sevananda's music showcase at the Little Five Fest on Saturday, September 29!

Sevananda's Artist Alliance will host an artist music showcase from 1-5pm to celebrate creative expression as a part of a holistic approach to health.

It all takes place at the Five Spot, 1123 Euclid Avenue NE, Atl, GA 30307 $5 per person *without L5 Fest wristband.

(404) 223-1100. Check sevananda.coop or call (404) 584-7875 press 1 for artist line up and details.

for artist line up and

Attendees at the annual Consumer Co-op Management Assn. Conference in Philadelphia marching to Indepen-

dence Hall, celebrating 2012 as International Year of Cooperatives (photo from CCMA’s Facebook page)


Membership & Cooperatives Wellness/Herbs

Sevananda was a part of the second wave of co-ops, and now, within the last five years or so, a third wave of co-ops is forming. Coopera-tion makes the most sense. As the origi-nal mode of trade and commerce, it is the very foundation of social, political and economic re-ality. As I learned through watching that film, our pres-ent-day economic climate will only make co-ops like Se-vananda thrive, just like a beautiful lotus flower that is rooted in mud.

Rahn can be reached at [email protected].

When September arrives I start thinking about one of my favorite fruits – the

pomegranate (Punica granatum). This delicious fruit is in season in North America from September through February and is chock full of incredible health benefits.

Pomegranates have a symbolic his-tory as rich as their geographic history. The pomegranate became one of the first cultivated fruits over 4,000 years ago. It is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India, and has been cultivated and naturalized over the whole Med-iterranean region since ancient times. The Romans gave it its name, which in Latin literally means “seed apple,” and then planted the sturdy seedlings throughout their empire. Spanish settlers introduced the tree

PomegranateThe Healthful Fruit!

by Pam Gould

to California in 1769.

This unique-looking fruit has held legendary powers for countless centuries. Pomegranate fruit with its many seeds symbolizes fertility, prosperity, abundance and generos-ity, while the tree itself is associated with rebirth and renewal. Persians believe Eve actually ate a pome-granate in the Garden of Eden, not an apple. The ancient Egyptians buried their dead with pome-granates because they believed it offered eternal life. Greeks tradi-tionally break open a pomegranate at wedding celebrations and the Chinese eat candied pomegranate seeds for good luck. Pomegranates have over the centuries been the subject of poetry, Greek mythology, and paintings and frescoes depict-ing legendary heroes, gods and

goddesses dining on pomegran-ates.

This beloved, luscious fruit not only has an interesting history but its well-documented health benefits mean it is now more readily avail-able. It’s always good to remember that the first level of wellness is through the foods we eat, and pomegranate is one with tons of information on its medicinal value and positive effects on health. Ayurvedic practitioners of centu-ries ago considered pomegranate a health elixir that cured any number of ailments.

Pomegranate is a delicious fruit that can be eaten all on its own. The fruit has a hard, ruby-red shell that can be deeply scored several times vertically and then broken apart. Inside you will find clusters of juice sacs that can be lifted out of the rind and eaten intact. Scrape the seeds into a bowl and use them in salads or as a healthy snack. I promise they are so delicious they won’t last long! Pomegranate juice has become a commonplace sight on shelves, and I have most recently

seen it at the package store in the form of high-end liquor. This beau-tiful fruit is everywhere.

So what exactly are the health benefits, you ask? To start with, pomegranate is a good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin B5, Potassium and Vitamin K; but its real claim to fame is how loaded it is with antiox-idants. Studies have shown it to be effective against cardiovascular dis-ease, aging/neurological disorders, bacterial infections and inflamma-tion. It has been touted as one of the most important plants to include in your diet for longevity and anti-aging. The pomegranate may have more antioxidant power than cran-berry juice, red wine, blueberries, or green tea. It is simply a power-house of goodness that is delicious and nutritious. Now that’s good medicine!

Pam Gould is an Atlanta herbalist passionate about teaching how to integrate herbs into everyday life to achieve greater health. You can visit her at www.earthmamaherb-als.com or www.theherbkitchen.com.

Punica granatum – Pomegranate on the tree.


Cool linkS for informAtion & ACtion:* NonGMOproject.org/learn-more/what-is-gmo/

* NonGMOproject.org/take-action/consumers/the-non-gmo-movement/

* Cornucopia.org

* JustLabelIt.org

* OrganicConsumers.org

* CenterForFoodSafety.org

* CSPInet.org

* CaRightToKnow.org

* NaturalNews.com

* Blog.seedalliance.org

For Food Awareness updates, petitions and more, check the FoodWatch board in-store (next to the Be the Change board) ,follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and tune in to Co-op 101 on WRFG 89.3 FM, or streaming live at wrfg.org. Stay alert! Be well!– Ahzjah

Food Integrity

The Right to Know Effort

FoodWatch A food integrity & Awareness Project

Contact: [email protected] or 404.681.2831 ext. 111www.sevananda.coop

Whether or you know it or not, if you eat food from the standard US commercial food supply, you are being contaminated by genetically engi-neered Frankenfoods – courtesy of Monsanto.

Monsanto, a chemical manufacturer, is one of six big biotech corporations controlling the U.S. food supply. Monsanto owns 90% of the world's seed supply. By patenting its genetically engi-neered plants, it controls all seeds produced by these plants. Monsanto also owns the chemicals used to grow the food, such as herbicides and pesticides. Monsanto is the same company that developed Agent Orange, rBGH, DDT, PCBs, and the list goes on.

Big food manufacturers, agrichemical com-panies, and their lobbyists want to defeat Proposition 37 in California, which requires food manufacturers to label all packages con-taining genetically engineered ingredients within 18 months. Monsanto has donated $4.2 million dollars to this effort to defeat your right to know. Kellogg's, owner of Kashi, has donated over $500,000. To view a current list of donors opposing Prop 37, visit the California's Secre-tary of State web site at www.sos.ca.gov. Go to “Political Reform, then “Campaign Finance.”

Atlanta activists are participating in an “Occupy Monsanto” Global Day of Action on Monday, Sept. 17, hosted by the Food Supply Rescue

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Occupy Monsanto “Global Day of Action” in Atlanta

Monday, September 17, 2012

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Sustainable Urban Farm Tour East Lake Community Learning Garden

20 Second Ave. SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30317

Our day begins with an Earth Blessing ceremony. Learn about the importance of

growing food, supporting local farmers and how these practices keep money from 1%

corporations like Monsanto. Seed sharing. Harvest Lunch and Learn.

$5 donation for lunch.

1:30 - 5:30 pm

Occupy Monsanto "Points of Distribution" Store Rallies and March

Publix, Kroger, Home Depot, Whole Foods and McDonald's locations

Assembly Location: Publix Grocery 1001 Ponce de Leon Ave NE,

Atlanta, GA 30306

Our food supply has been hijacked by the chemical manufacturer Monsanto. It's time to stop Monsanto's genetically engineered

food insanity. The Occupy Monsanto Genetics Crimes Unit (GCU) will declare each location a Genetic Crime Scene. Speakers. FSRC Press Conference. GMO Street Theater. Food Not

Bombs.

Friday, September 21, 2012

8:30 am - 7:00 pm

Occupy Monsanto Caravan to Monsanto Facility in Tifton, Georgia

We're headed 3 hours away to the front steps of Monsanto. Let's show this corporate pirate

what a strong wall of "GMO Resistance" looks like. Speakers. Teach in. Mock funeral

for lives lost, farms lost, jobs lost . . . FSRC Press Conference.

@foodsupplyrescu #OccupyMonsanto #NoGMOwww.facebook.com/FoodSupplyRescueCoalitionfsrc

“Global Week of Action” Atlanta Events G O S U S T A I N A B L E ! S T O P M O N S A N T O !

Monday, September 17, 201210:00 am - 1:00 pmSustainable Urban Farm Tour at East Lake Community Learning Garden56 Second Avenue, SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30317Our day begins with an Earth Blessing ceremony. Learn about the importance of growing food, supporting local farmers and how these practices keep money from the 1% corporate bioterrorists like Monsanto. Seed sharing. Harvest Lunch and Learn. $5 donation for lunch.

1:00 - 1:30 pmAssembly Location: Publix Grocery1001 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 303061:30 pm - 5:30 pmOccupy Monsanto “Points of Distribution” Store Rallies and MarchPublix, Kroger, Home Depot, Whole Foods. McDonald’sOur food supply has been hijacked by the chemical manufacturer Monsanto. It’s time to stop Monsanto’s genetically engineered food insanity. Label GMOs NOW! The Occupy Monsanto Genetics Crimes Unit (GCU) will declare each location a Genetic Crime Scene. Speakers. FSRC Press Conference. GMO Street Theater. Food Not Bombs

Friday, September 21, 20128:30 am - 7:00 pmOccupy Monsanto Caravan to Monsanto Facility and FSRC Press Conference:Tifton, GeorgiaIt’s caravan time! We’re headed 3 hours away to the front steps of Monsanto. Let’s show these corporate bioterrorists what a strong wall of “GMO Resistance” looks like. Speakers. Teach in. GMO food dump. Mock funeral for lives lost, farms lost, jobs lost!

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Citizens and organizations all over the world! Join in solidarity against the bioterrorist corporation Monsanto! We demand labels on genetically engineered foods, seeds and plants. We demand an end to Monsanto’s chemical warfare on family farms, human health, animals and our Earth. We demand “Monsanto: Out of our Government!” and a Monsanto-free food supply! We’ll fl ex our “Consumer Power!” and grow OUR OWN food!

STOPMONSANTO!

Host:Food Supply Rescue Coalition (FSRC)Occupy Monsanto. Food Not Bombs

Facebook: Food Supply Rescue Coalition

Twitter: @foodsupplyrescu#OccupyMonsanto #NoGMO

Contact:[email protected]

R E A P W H AT Y O U S O WCoalition, Occupy Monsanto, and Food Not Bombs. The day's actions include a Sustainable Urban Farm Tour and a march to various Mon-santo “Points of Distribution,” with rallies at Publix, Kroger, Home Depot, Whole Foods and McDonald's locations. On Friday, Sept.21, the campaign will caravan to Monsanto's facility in Tifton, Georgia

For details on this and over 60 other actions worldwide, visit www.occupy-monsanto.com, look up the Food Supply Rescue Coalition on Fa-cebook, contact @foodsupplyrescu on Twitter, or email [email protected].

Consumers have the power! As consumers, now more that ever, it's important to choose our manufacturer loyalties wisely. Remember, we vote with our dollar with each food purchase. If we continue to vote for GMOs, we will have GMOs.

The Food Supply Rescue Coalition is an Atlan-ta-based grassroots organization dedicated to raising consumer awareness about food in re-lation to health, animals, and environmental impact issues. FSRC is dedicated to taking back our food supply and beating big biotech giants like Monsanto through “Consumer Power!”

– Jaye Crawford, FSRC

“Occupy Monsanto” Global Day of Action, Monday, Sept. 17


Sevananda OutreachFood Integrity

Sevananda on the Go!by Ifini Sheppard, Marketing/Outreach Assistant

Have you been missing Sevananda’s Member Mixers – our Healthy Happy Hour? In May it was held at Kashi Yoga Ashram with yummy

food from Sevananda and delectable sandwiches made from Gutenfleischer’s vegan meat and bread from H&F Bread Company. Presenters included Agni Ma of Kashi with a yoga demonstration and Wellness Expert Sonali Sadequee, plus chair massage and meditation.

It was a peaceful way to spend an evening and abso-lutely lovely! Check www.sevananda.coop for details about upcoming Member Mixers and be sure to join us for food, entertainment and fun on the Healthy Side!

Members chilling on outside patio at Kashi Yoga Ashram

Kim Strings play soothing violin pieces

perfect for the relaxing atmosphere

of Kashi Yoga Ashram

Members enjoying the

Healthy Happy Hour

Casually sitting on the floor, G.A.L.A.X.Y. perform a special song about their love for Golden Buddah Soup

Attendees get chair massages from LaDonna Smith

Bronwyn Morgan leads a meditation session


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THIS MONTH’S TIDBITSThe United States has lost at least 200 seed companies in the last 13 years. Three multinational companies now control 75% of all corn and soy seed sales.

Certified organic operations increased by nearly 500 from 2010 to 2011, bring-ing the total number of certified organic farms and processing facilities in the United States to 17,673. Worldwide, there are 28,779 organic operators across 133 countries.

For the past three years, the USDA has been investing in local food systems. The Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass (KYF Compass) is a PDF and interactive map that brings together all of the USDA’s work related to local food systems. www.usda.gov/maps/maps/kyfcompassmap.htm.

You walk through the produce department and you see signs for local sweet yellow corn

and organic white. What do you buy? Local is more popular than ever, so much so that in 2011, over 85 percent of customers polled by the National Grocers Association said that they chose a grocery store based in part on whether it stocked food from regional producers.

Over 2,000 schools across the coun-try have developed farm-to-school initiatives to source from local farmers, ranchers, and food busi-nesses, and over 7,000 U.S. cities and towns host farmers’ markets. Folks want to know where their food comes from and who grows it, or perhaps they like knowing that

the money they spend is staying in their community and keeping the local economy alive and vibrant.

Organic is growing too! The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) recently announced the latest tally of certified organic operators in the United States and worldwide. Cer-tified organic operations increased by nearly 500 from 2010 to 2011, bringing the total number of certi-fied organic farms and processing facilities in the United States to 17,673. Worldwide, there are 28,779 organic operators across 133 coun-tries.

The growth is another indicator that the natural and organic food market will continue to outpace growth of

the total U.S. food market. And that the United States, claiming more than half of all organic operators in the world, will continue to lead in organic food production. All while reducing toxic pesticide use and ex-posure for farmers and consumers, creating healthier soil, and in many cases more nutritious food.

So what do you do? Buy both! When-ever possible choose local growers who grow organic so you can sup-port your local economy and do what’s best for your family and the planet.

This may pose a quandary some-times, but knowing how your food is grown will make the choice easier. Use the Environmental

Local or Organic?Why choose either/or? Buy both!

by Mark Mulcahy, Organic Options

Ask Dr. Patty ProduceQ: Dear Dr. Patty: It’s August, which means I have too much zucchini. Do you have any tips for using it before it goes bad? – Madden Simms

A: Dear Madden: Besides letting it grow to canoe size and cruising the river, you might consider freezing it, as that way it will keep up to eight months. It’s easy; just grate fresh zucchini and measure in two-cup allotments. Place in zip-closure freezer bags and freeze for up to eight months. To use: thaw unopened bag in cold water for about 45 minutes, then squeeze out excess water.

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Working Group’s pesticide guide to know which foods are higher in residues. Find out which crops are Genetically Modified Organisms and avoid them whenever possi-ble. Ask produce managers how the local food they sell is grown. It may take a little more work on your end, but you’ll feel better knowing that you’re eating the best local and or-ganic you can buy.

© 2009-12 Organic Options. Mark Mulcahy of Organic Options, an organic education and produce consulting firm, can be reached at 707.939.8355 or [email protected].


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Importance of MineralsDid you know that as important as vitamins are, they can do nothing for you without minerals? Vitamins cannot be assimilated without the aid of minerals? Minerals are constituents of the bones, teeth, soft tissue, muscle, blood, and nerve cells and are vital to overall mental and physical well-being? Join Leslie N. Harmon N.D. for an informative and life changing wellness session on Mineral Health. Cost: FREE

With Leslie Nicole Harmon


Leslie Nicole Harmon is a Naturopathic Doctor (N.D.) and a holistic wellness lifestyle

Leslie founded Temple Keepers, LLC in 1998 in Atlanta, GA.


Importance of MineralsDid you know that as important as vitamins are, they can do nothing for you without minerals? Vitamins cannot be assimilated without the aid of minerals? Minerals are constituents of the bones, teeth, soft tissue, muscle, blood, and nerve cells and are vital to overall mental and physical well-being? Join Leslie N. Harmon N.D. for an informative and life changing wellness session on Mineral Health. Cost: FREE

With Leslie Nicole Harmon


Leslie Nicole Harmon is a Naturopathic Doctor (N.D.) and a holistic wellness lifestyle

Leslie founded Temple Keepers, LLC in 1998 in Atlanta, GA.


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