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Un Whole-y Foods. ~ Jade Sevelow

by on Apr 13, 2013

A former employee comes clean about the Good, the Sad & the Greenwashing at Whole Foods. I know most of us love Whole Foods for its wonderful ideals, helpful employees, organic food, and gluten-free choices, but…I have a laundry list of things I dislike about Whole Foods. As a former employee, I’ve seen the inner [...]

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Elephant to Publish Magazine Again. {April Fools’ edition}

by on Apr 1, 2013

In stunning reversal, elephantjournal.com declares it’ll once again print a magazine. Elephant To Publish Magazine Again —stunning reversal— “Last six months Sucked,” says editor-in-chief Waylon Lewis. New Media is old news. Waylon Lewis, founding editor of elephant journal, has finally agreed to sell the rights to elephant journal—to Gaiam, of course—so we’ll be printing a [...]

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Whole Foods goes green—and loses 90% of its customers.

Whole Foods to go green—and risk losing 90% of its customers. {April Fool’s edition}

by on Apr 1, 2013

Whole Foods to carry only gmo-free and organic products with an emphasis on local, fair labor. Bad Business? Whole Foods goes fully Green. From now on, Whole Foods will only carry non-GMO, organic food without plastic packaging. In response, 90% of Whole Foods’ existing customers, in a USA Today Poll, say they’ll probably shop elsewhere. [...]

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Would You Eat a Human? ~ Kyla MacKinnon

by on Mar 13, 2013

Go ahead, call that an aggressive title… but I did get your attention right? But then ask yourself, would you eat an animal? I realize the comparison is a bit extreme, but is it really that different? In a world where we have become increasingly unhealthy when it comes to disease, body image, physical and [...]

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Interview with Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb, President A.C. Gallo: “All GMOs will be labeled in our stores by 2018.” ~ Max Goldberg

by on Mar 12, 2013

  Bonus: Waylon’s interview with Whole Foods: The Biggest, Best News We’ve had in a Year.   Last week, at Natural Products Expo West, the biggest organic trade show of the year, Whole Foods made a huge announcement. The company said that by 2018, all products in its U.S. and Canadian stores must be labeled [...]

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Got Food Allergies?

by on Feb 22, 2013

Source: blog.integrativenutrition.com via Susan on Pinterest A List of Gluten, Dairy, Egg and Tree Nut Free Foods By the time my son was five he was formally diagnosed with an arsenal of food allergies. I suspected wheat as early as six months old. By nine months I confirmed wheat and by age two both tree [...]

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What do we appreciate about Whole Foods?

by on Feb 17, 2013

Whole Foods gets a lot of flack, and deservedly—but deservedly because they are the Green Giant, the leader in doing things right—treating their employees right, supporting local and organic companies, offering a respite of real food and health in the urban, suburban sprawling jungle. So I thought it high time we say a little thank [...]

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The Good News: Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey, is no longer a Climate Change Denier. The Bad News… ~ Duff McDuffee

by on Jan 31, 2013

We are all interconnected, and it’s time we started acting like it.

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whole foods

Why isn’t Whole Foods on this list?

by on Oct 2, 2012

Or Starbucks? Or Chipotle, or McDonald’s, or Burger King, or Nordstrom, or Sears, or Target, or Barnes & Noble..? Seriously? What easier way to save money and engender customer loyalty and goodwill and make America energy independent and clean our air?  

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A Greener Approach to Urban Obesity. ~ Ann Halsig

by on Jul 21, 2012

Just because it tastes good doesn’t mean it’s good for you. “They’re rescue iguanas,” Rhonda said as we looked into her massive terrarium. Rhonda had lived down the street from me for years, but we’d only just started hanging out. We had loads in common, but our strongest bond was our love of animals. “Their [...]

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Connect & Heal with Food. ~ Annalisa Robusto

by on Jun 16, 2012

We are passionate beings and we have a sacred relationship with food—the dance of eating is a ritual, not a race. Humans contain a life force. When our body passes on, our soul leaves the body behind. Shamans believe our soul is fragmented and can leave the body (like one being in a coma or [...]

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What’s in Your Health Food? ~ Jennifer Tingstad

by on May 21, 2012

It’s great to avoid the non-organic, weight-increasing, GMO’d and pesticide-sprayed products; however, you should know that things aren’t always what they seem.

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I Ain’t Got No Home.

by on May 18, 2012

People think that you can just move to Georgia because there’s wires and trains and planes.

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Three Steps to Eating Raw. ~ Hadley Gustin

by on Apr 28, 2012

Tips for sticking to being a raw and living foods enthusiast without feeling majorly deprived, isolating yourself and breaking the bank.

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tadasana

Mindful Coupon: Tadasana Festival elephant Reader Discount. $199 3-day Festival Pass through Friday, April 13th (thanks lululemon).

by on Apr 9, 2012

Click here to get your discounted Tadasana Festival Ticket. “With immense gratitude to lululemon and our friends over at Elephant Journal, a limited number of 3-day passes for Tadasana Festival are being made available for $199. Use this link to take advantage of this offer, which ends on Friday the 13th.” Just $199 for the [...]

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Do You Treat Your Body like a Junk Drawer? ~ Tami Bronstein

by on Mar 29, 2012

Just as the junk drawer accumulates clutter that gets in the way of finding the truly useful bits and prevents making our lives more functional, when we consume an over-abundance of unnecessary products, we clutter our bodies with substances that merely make functioning less efficient.

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The Do’s & Don’ts of Dating a Yogini.

by on Mar 5, 2012

How to get a second date with your Yogini.

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Vegan Mythology. ~ Kate Bartolotta & Waylon Lewis

by on Feb 28, 2012

The intimidated, imperfect newbie vegans talk mythology.

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Listen: Bay Area’s KSRO “The Drive” interviews Waylon Lewis re: John Mackey, Whole Foods & “ObamaCare.”

by on Feb 27, 2012

A few years back, Waylon Lewis was featured a few times on the front page of the Huffington Post, where he used to write. He helped break various stories re Whole Foods, and got a ton of mainstream press (NY Times, Atlantic…) when he went against we liberal masses, standing his Whole Foods lovin’ ground [...]

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einstein

What Did Einstein, Gandhi & Benjamin Franklin All Have in Common?

by on Feb 21, 2012

I realize some of you may have just gagged or shot kombucha through your nose, but I can’t help it, I love it — I was brought up on this shit. For years it’s been the sure-fire way to get me and my brothers all over to my parents for dinner.

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The Buddha on Food Stamps. ~ Joan Whitacre

by on Feb 15, 2012

Standing in line at a Whole Foods in an upscale mall, I was accompanied by others who were also exercising their health wise, environmentally friendly, and economically privileged choices.

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5 Super Foods for Super Powers!

by on Feb 8, 2012

Unleash your inner Super Hero with these Five Super Foods for Super Energy!

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Predictions for Year of the Water Dragon 2012.

by on Feb 2, 2012

National and Global Predictions for 2012 It’s official the year of the water dragon begins February 4th!  On this day the energy officially changes over. We use the solar calendar, because it is more accurate in Feng Shui, than the lunar calendar. Weather The Southeastern part of the United States may be affected by flooding, earthquakes, [...]

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Zero Waste Kitchen. ~ Bea Johnson

by on Feb 1, 2012

Friends have asked me to blog about what they can do to reduce their household waste. I think its time that I wrote about what we did and are doing in our house. Let’s start with the kitchen.

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No Deaths in 38 Years From This Raw Food. So Why is it Condemned? ~ Dr. Joseph Mercola

by on Jan 21, 2012

“We haven’t seen any deaths from raw milk since the data started being collected in 1973,” McAfee says.

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DJ Dave (of “Whole Foods Parking Lot” & “Yoga Girl” fame does it again. “Berkeley Enough”.

by on Jan 7, 2012

Click here for It’s Gettin’ Real in the Whole Foods Parking Lot click here for Yoga Girl. We caught both early on, when they were at 300 views on youtube, and shared ‘em up like crazy. Huge fans. This one, we’re late to the party…it’s already gone viral. But if you, like us, had missed [...]

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chicory

Is chicory (etc.) disgusting? What you might be missing out on.

by on Jan 3, 2012

What might you be avoiding, because someone told you it was disgusting (or boring or insignificant or scary or poor quality)? What might you be missing out on?

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Dan4th

Food and Intentionality.

by on Dec 15, 2011

In today’s epicurean existence the idea of food can be summed up in two words: food porn.

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Year of the Water Dragon: What to Expect in 2012

by on Dec 15, 2011

  Annual Energies in the year of the Water Dragon   The year of the Water Dragon begins February 4, 2012 (the Solar/Hsia Calendar). However, the Chinese celebrate it on January 23rd (Lunar Calendar). In the north, the “sickness” energy visits; if you‟re prone to stomach, reproductive, digestive or any other issues in the mid-section of the [...]

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Muy Yum

Viggity Vegan — Message From An Eel. ~ Capri Kurtz

by on Dec 9, 2011

One woman’s tale of a sushi dining experience gone wrong. After much research and terrible stomach pains, she adopted a vegan diet.

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Give Thanks: Fifty-three Kinds of Cheese Curls for a Better Life.

by on Nov 24, 2011

Next time you are in the market, take it in. Give Thanks. I wonder if this level of abundance will exist in fifty years. Just a thought.

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Stuff the Turkey, Not Yourself: 5 Ways to Avoid Overindulging this Thanksgiving. ~ Sarah Stone

by on Nov 22, 2011

Clearly, Thanksgiving is a day that’s all about eating. If you’re like many Americans, you start the holiday promising yourself that you won’t overdo it. Unfortunately, it’s incredibly easy to overindulge. So while you might enjoy every bite that passes your lips, chances are you end the day feeling like a blob and regret eating so much.

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The good news is there’s a better, healthier way to approach the holiday, and it doesn’t mean you’ll have to choose between savoring your special holiday meal and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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Thanksgiving Made Easy: a Practical Primer for Preparing a Healthy Meal. ~ Sarah Stone

by on Nov 22, 2011

This year, put some conscious thought into cutting some calories from your Thanksgiving dishes. No, you don’t have to abandon great-grandma’s super-secret stuffing recipe, but Brandon Franklin, the executive chef Mindstream Academy, promises that you can make other substitutions that don’t sacrifice taste in the slightest. Here are some starting points:

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What to Expect from Me at Colorado Bioneers. ~ Tara DeAngelis

by on Oct 28, 2011

“The Shift is About to Hit the Fan” -Tom Shadyac. Let’s Fan the Shift!
…That’s why I am going to Bioneers.

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Yin and Yang.

by on Oct 27, 2011

if you are constantly going from extreme Yin to extreme Yang and back again, you will be in a perpetual state of imbalance and unrest.

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Putting the Sexy Back in the Broccoli.

by on Oct 25, 2011

The same Photoshop that prepares teenagers for a lifetime of insecurities and poor health, can also put the sexy back in the broccoli – where it belongs in the first place – and make them eat more wholesome food, show them what a real man and a real woman look like, show ourselves who we are in truth.

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Photo: Gloria García

Meatless Monday and Wheatless Wednesday. ~ Julie McGinnis M.S., R.D.

by on Oct 12, 2011

Along those lines, there are two new slogans-of-the-week that are gaining momentum: “Meatless Monday” and “Wheatless Wednesday.” According to FoodNavigator-USA.com, awareness of the ‘Meatless Monday’ campaign has recently reached more than half of Americans (50.22 percent of 2,000 American adults contacted in a nationally representative sample were aware of the campaign—up from 30 percent awareness six months ago). “Wheatless Wednesday” started at The Sink, an eatery in Boulder, Colorado, as a way to offer gluten-free dishes one day a week. Today, gluten-free menus are available every day of the week in many national chains and local eateries.

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granola

Get Your Crunch on: The Six Species of Boulder Hippies.

by on Sep 14, 2011

There I was in Whole Foods with a yoga mat strapped to my back, bike shoes on my feet, yoga clothes on my body and a bottle of kombucha in my hand. Too say it was very “Boulderesque” would be an understatement. Too say it was cliché would be much more to the point.
I had to wince.

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What Happens at Family Dinner Stays At Family Dinner…but should it? ~ Sara Lindsey

by on Sep 6, 2011

Every Friday, my boyfriend and his buddies get together and make a meal, drink some beer, watch a game and make music. They go to the local grocery store and usually pick up a pack of the cheap chicken wings or slabs of steak, and split the cost. It’s simple. Affordable. Something that everyone can enjoy.
Unless you have seen what goes on in slaughterhouses.

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Waylon knows what you’re doing this Friday. [VIDEO]

by on Aug 15, 2011

 Are you coming to COMMON Pitch on Friday? Waylon’s judging (sandwiched between the CEO of Patagonia and the man who made soy milk happen), these awesome ideas will be on stage and this awesome, awesome band is playing. And tickets are cheap (cause like they say; saving the world has to be fun, otherwise who’s going to do it)? [...]

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perfect health

Trying not to be such a pain in the ass.

by on Aug 9, 2011

I can be a real pain in the ass. That is no secret to those who know me well. But it’s not my fault. Really, it’s not. My prakruti makes me do it. I was born this way!

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Harvest for Hope (Photo courtesy of the Jane Goodall Institute)

Dr Jane’s Mindful Living

by on Jul 23, 2011

Jane Goodall Harvest for Hope outlined her analysis of animal behaviour and mammal’s preference for organic food, over conventional food laden with pesticides. Dr Jane’s analysis and advice strongly support an organic vegetarian diet. Her words were revolutionary in 2005 when other authors, even today, fall short of outlining omnivores ethical and health issues.

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Lemur Semen: The Hot New Health Drink

by on Jul 21, 2011

Is a drink with lemur semen the hot new health product in 2011?!

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elephant’s exit plan.

by on Jun 15, 2011

The below is Waylon Lewis’ weekly editor’s letter. Subscribe, free, to our Top Ten blogs of the Week email newsletter. The author asking Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche if he could take the Bodhisattva Vow at Shambhala Mountain Center, 1985. It’s getting real… …in the Whole Foods Parking Lot. It’s also getting real in daily life: while [...]

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It’s Gettin’ Real in the Whole Foods Parking Lot.

by on Jun 13, 2011

Update: at only 300 views, we’ve been tipped off and jumped on their latest: Yoga Girl, going viral too! I predict viral video. “I’m in electric mode; can’t even hear the engine (sshhhhhhh…..)” First there was Inappropriate Yoga Guy. Then there was Illest Buddhist. Now, there’s a Clipper cap wearing white boy rappin fun at [...]

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To the Market We Will Go | Food News from Berlin

by on Jun 13, 2011

None of the fake shit. Nothing but the hot shit. Just real, whole food that I prepared myself.

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A Week Without Reading Labels

by on May 29, 2011

So I’m at Racha La Puerta, an amazing health/fitness resort in Tecate, Mexico. I’d imagine anyone who reads Elephant would love it. It’s like a little mountain paradise, with morning hikes, fitness classes (AND tai chi, yoga, pilates, Feldencrais!), pools, delicious food, arts/crafts, lectures, spa treatments etc. There’s morning hikes, even a morning garden hike where you hike [...]

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Stephen Colbert: “I steal Clif Bars from Whole Foods.”

by on May 8, 2011

“Like blaming the broken shower rod on sex.” Stephen Colbert? Sick of hearing about this new President Obama: The Colbert Report Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

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Jovial's Einkorn Pasta, 100% organic whole grain

Jovial’s Rice and Einkorn Wheat Pasta

by on May 8, 2011

Nutritious and delicious einkorn pasta and gluten free brown rice pasta from Jovial Foods.

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How elephant journal turned a leather jacket-wearing, Mustang-driving, corn-fed beef consuming Iowa hick into a…

by on Apr 30, 2011

I like yoga. Wait, cross that out. I love yoga? Yeah, I love yoga.

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