We find more and more customers are interested in our Olive Oil selection, and the sourcing of the oil and olives. Here at Foodsmiths we are diligent about bringing in only the best Olive Oils we can find and offer to our customers. One of these is Ilias and Sons Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, in original and black garlic. Imported from Vasiliki, Greece and bottled in Ottawa, this high quality, raw, artisan Greek olive oil is certified by Bio Hellas and the European Commission of Organic and Non-GMO Foods. Ilias himself helped deliver the oil to our store here in Perth. Ilias and Sons Organic EVOO is created from a mixture of two olives: Athinolia which is handpicked...
It’s not rocket science but it fuels your whole body – WATER! Drinking 8-10 cups of water daily is key to keeping your kidneys, heart, joints, brain, digestion tract, and skin functioning at the optimum level.
Staying hydrated when exercising or during the hottest days of summer is crucial to good health. Our body weight is over 50% water. Water is lost faster from our bodies when the weather is really hot and during exercise, in other words when we sweat profusely.
Green Beaver Certified Organic Sunscreen We all look forward to summer every year, yet are wary of slapping on chemicals to protect our skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays. Well now you can be protected naturally using Green Beaver certified organic mineral sunscreen line! Green Beaver uses the safe mineral Zinc Oxide and titanium dioxide as the active ingredients, and infuse antioxidant Canadian-grown raspberry extract to ensure ultimate moisturization. Choose the one that suits you and your family the most, and be protected for up to 40 minutes (sweat and water resistant too!). As always, Green Beaver products are 100% natural, gluten-free, non-nano, biodegradable and lake friendly! Derma E Antioxidant Natural Sunscreen With clear, nanoparticle-free Zinc Oxide, this formula...
Rejoice! We're heading into the warm weather, which means swimming, boating, hiking, barbeques, picnics and outdoor sports! It's summer, and the living is easy! But it's also the start of a new bug season. How can we avoid those unwanted pests of Canadian backyards everywhere: mosquitoes! First, be sure to get rid of standing water around your property, where mosquitoes can breed. PIck up any vessels, like garden pots, and turn them over so they can't fill with rainwater. If you have a birdbath, water barrel or ornamental pond, flush it out once a week to break the egg-laying cycle. Mosquitoes breed in still water, so agitating it will upset their development. Did you know there are about 75 different...
Walk into any drugstore, and you will be dazzled by the sparkling rows of hair care products, cosmetics, perfumes, soaps, lotions and other body care products that create a visual plethora of hip graphics and flawless faces, all of which are marketed to you, the consumer. Those gorgeous models and shiny tresses are meant to entice you into buying the product to re-make you into that wondrous big brand image. But in all the flotsam and jetsam of labels and ingredients, what exactly are you buying? You might be surprised. Turn that jazzy packaging over, and read the ingredient list. Did you find a lot of long, confusing words describing stuff you've never heard of? And do you have any...
