Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Earthbound Farm Review and Giveaway Ends 11/5/11


The older I get -- the more I want to eat healthy foods. I suppose with age comes some wisdom. I am also still losing weight -- slowly but surely.

Eating healthier, for me, means eating more vegetables and trying to eat more organically grown produce.

I discovered Earthbound Farm a while back. I started buying their salad greens and pre-packaged salads.

I was so delighted when asked to host this review and giveaway. I knew right away this was a company I wanted to share with my readers.


Earthbound Farm's Mission:
Our mission is to bring the benefits of organic food to as many people as possible and serve as a catalyst for positive change.

I'm sure by now that you're all aware that my daughter, Lizz, and her fiance have become very aware of the importance of eating healthy foods due to his Diabetes. That boy can eat his weight in greens, onions, and tomatoes!

Their new found love of veggies is positively influencing Mike and me daily.

Earthbound Farm is devoted to bringing only the finest fruits and vegetables to your table. They are committed to providing clean organic produce at reasonable prices to every home.

Personally, I am a greens freak: spinach, arugula, lettuce... you name it, I'll eat it. I especially love the fact that I don't have to be concerned about pesticides or residue from chemicals that I can't pronounce or don't understand. Toss some greeens with chopped red onions... sliced tomatoes... and top with a little parmesan cheese... BLISS!


Why is ORGANIC so important? Let the folks at Earthbound Farm explain.

Why Organic?
Earthbound Farm’s delicious organic salads, fruits, and vegetables are grown with a concern for the things we all value most — the health of our families, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the future for our children and generations to come.

As organic farmers, we use a variety of environmentally friendly methods to grow healthy crops without relying on synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
*Organic farming helps protect our air, soil, water, and food supply from potentially toxic chemicals and other pollutants.
*Organic produce is grown without synthetic pesticides. We use no synthetic herbicides, fumigants, or fertilizers.
*Organic produce is never genetically engineered or modified, and is never irradiated.
*Organic farming conserves natural resources by recycling natural materials.
*Organic farming encourages an abundance of species living in balanced, harmonious ecosystems.




Earthbound Farm doesn't just offer veggies. They also offer a varied selection of fruits, cookies, granola and more!


One of the best things to come from Earthbound Farm recently is their amazing new cookbook, The Earthbound Cook from author Myra Goodman. The Earthbound Cook: 250 Recipes for Delicious Food and a Healthy Planet by Myra Goodman (Workman Publishing 2010).


Delicious Food from a Greener Kitchen:
As a busy working mom and creative cook, Myra Goodman knows how to make food taste good. And as the co-founder of Earthbound Farm, she knows how producing food sustainably can do good. Put those two things together, and you have her new cookbook, The Earthbound Cook: 250 Recipes for Delicious Food and a Healthy Planet.

In this, her second cookbook, Myra weaves all new recipes into an Earth-friendly theme from starters to seafood, meat to side dishes, breakfast to dessert. For example, there’s a chapter devoted to Vegetarian EntrĂ©es; the Vegetable and Grains Salads chapter shows imaginative ways to create tasty salads with substance; and there’s a Baking chapter full of wonderful breads, pita, and pizza.

Together with the delectable food, Myra includes easy guidance for conscientious shoppers about making eco-friendly choices at the market, plus primers on cooking methods and tools, sidebars with insightful ingredient information — and tons of Green Living tips, too.


The folks at Earthbound Farm are always eager to hear from their customers and fans and invite you to join them on their Social Media pages:
Facebook, @earthboundfarm on Twitter, and on their YouTube Channel.

To keep up with news, special events, and promotions, you may subscribe to their free eNewsletter!

Earthbound Farm has generously offered one of my readers the chance to win their new cookbook, The Earthbound Cook, and several great coupons!

Just follow the entry instructions below for your chance to enter to win!

OPEN TO USA ONLY, PLEASE!

Please note: All entries are confirmed. You must complete the MANDATORY entries first. If the entry requires a comment -- you must post a comment beneath the blog post. If it requires a tweet, you must leave the URL to your tweet in the Rafflecopter Entry Form. I will discard ANY entry not meeting those requirements.

DISCLOSURE:
I received the Earthbound Farm Cookbook and coupons for free / discounted food products for the purpose of review. I received no monetary compensation. The opinions expressed herein are my own and based on my own use of and experience with the item(s).




28 comments:

eclairre said...

I want to try apple-pear crisp.

eclairre said...

I learned organic is the most cost-effective option.

JC said...

Grape & Walnut Chutney looks good to try

JC said...

I learned that each month Earthbound Farm donates to charities nominated by their employees, and award academic scholarships each year to college-bound children of employees.

Renfie said...

I'd love to make the Honey Bran Date Muffins

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Renfie said...

I learned that the company started as a backyard garden 27 years ago

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The Sleepy Dreamer said...

I want to try Roasted Yam Soup

The Sleepy Dreamer said...

Their farm/company become the world’s largest grower of organic produce

lyndsey said...

i'd try grape and walnut chutney!

lyndsey said...

they started 27 years ago

Priscilla Benavides said...

I would like to try the Three-Color Potato Salad recipe.
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Priscilla Benavides said...

Organic farmers use environmentally friendly alternatives to the synthetic herbicides, fumigants, fertilizers, and highly toxic insecticides used in conventional agriculture.

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Unknown said...

I would like to try the receipe for Oatmeal, Carrot & Apple Breakfast Squares.

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Unknown said...

I learned that they switched to 100% post-consumer recycled polyethylene teraphthalate (PCR PET) plastic for their clamshell salad packages.

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Missy L said...

I'd like to make the Avocado Salsa

Missy L said...

I learned that even their shipping packaging is eco-friendly.

♡♥♬ Raven In A Blue Room ♬♥♡ said...

I love the Turkey and Cranberry Wraps

Thank you for hosting this giveaway

Louis
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♡♥♬ Raven In A Blue Room ♬♥♡ said...

Twenty-seven years ago, Earthbound Farm started in a backyard garden, where they grew food we felt good about serving to our friends and family.

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Unknown said...

I'd like to make the Meatball Sliders.
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Unknown said...

I learned Earthbound Farm started 27 years ago.
lanaleebradstream(at)yahoo(dot)com

Heather Tull said...

I'd love to try the wild rice salad with grapes and chicken.
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Stacy said...

I didn't know Earthbound Farms had other produce, I thought they only had lettuce/salad.

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Stacy said...

The recipe I would like to try is the Grape and Walnut Chutney.

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djolsen said...

I would like to try the Turkish-Style Fava beans.

Danielle K said...

I'd love to try the Roasted Cornish Hens with Grape and Fennel

danielleaknapp at gmail dot com

Danielle K said...

I learned that they award academic scholarships each year to college-bound children of employees

danielleaknapp at gmail dot com

angevege said...

I would love to try the recipe for Rye Berry Salad with Grapes and Pecans.

angevege said...

I learned that Earthbound Farm uses a variety of environmentally friendly methods to grow healthy crops without relying on synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.