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Nature's Market - The Coffee, Tea and Spices department

Coffee, tea and spices are dried products of many different plants. As with living plants, it is important that they are grown in a clean and healthy environment in order to safeguard quality. Also important for quality is how the plants are dried, stored and packaged. Organic certification or environmental certification concerns the whole process from production to packaging and ensures that nowhere in the process have harmful chemicals been used while guaranteeing that quality is in accordance with the strictest standards. Sometimes preservatives or even MSG is added to the spices in order to increase flavour and to lengthen shelf life. Therefore it is important for the consumer to carefully read the ingredients. In this section, all information provided on the packaging is listed and certifications are especially mentioned. Coffee is produced by burning the beans of the coffee plant. The growing of the coffee plant can be with or without synthetic chemicals i.e. fertilizer and toxins. By buying organically grown coffee it is possible to ensure that neither the body or the environment is being polluted.

Fair trade emcompasses both tea and coffee production and ensures that the workers are fairly treated and payed. View the Coffee, Tea and Spices department.

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Eco-conscious guidelines

In order to facilitate the choice of goods and services that are environmentally friendly, Nature.is has compiled 11 eco-conscious guidelines that touch upon the most relevant sectors. The guidelines are clear and simple and help consumers pick the best available product from the viewpoint of health, environment and even social conditions, that which we usually call sustainable development.

The guidelines are: Energy,Fuel, Water use, Allergy, Hazardous Chemicals / Synthetic Chemicals, Heavy metals, Safety sheet, Environmental labes, Fair trade, Work environment and Recycling.

Here to the right under Guidelines, in the horizontal row you see icons representing the guidelines, and in the vertical column you see icons representing the different product categories. If you click on those icons you can read about each guideline and each product category. It is also easy to see which guidelines apply to each product type, as the relevant guideline icons are visible in a horizontal line next to the product.

One or more of those guidelines are valid for every product. As soon as we grasp what we have to look for when choosing environmentally friendly products, eco-shopping becomes pure joy.

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Nýtt frá Móður jörð - Rauðrófugló

Komin er á markað ný vara frá Móður Jörð og nefnist hún „Rauðrófugló“. Rauðrófugló Móður Jarðar er bragðmikil grænmetisblanda sem bragðast vel með villibráð, lambasteikum, svínakjöti og flestum grænmetisréttum. Einnig með ýmsum ostum, t.d. gráðaostum.

Rauðrófur eru þekktar fyrir hollustu og við mælir framleiðandinn Eymundur Magnússon bóndi í Vallanesi með þeim sem hollri viðbót með öllum mat.

Innihald: Rauðrófur, laukur, epli, hrásykur, eplaedik, vatn, engifer, hvítlaukur, kóríander, sjávarsalt, eldpipar.

Á vörunni er auk merki Móður jarðar merki Austfirskra krása en Vallanes er þátttakandi í matarklasanum Austfirskar krásir. Sjá alla meðlimi í Austfirskum krásum hér á Grænum síðum.

Helstu sölustaðir Rauðrófuglóar eru: Melabúðin, Yggdrasill, Krúska, Fjarðarkaup, Heilsuhúsið, Maður lifandi, Brauðhúsið, Hjá Jóa Fel, Blómaval, Hagkaup, Ostabúðin Skólavörðustíg, Ostahúsið, Búrið Nóatúni 17 og Café Valný og Samkaup á Egilsstöðum.

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Nature's Market -The Seafood Department

Fish is a benificial source of protein and vitamins. It also contains Omega-3 fatty acids which prevent disease and strengthen the immune system.

There are some international standards exisisting regarding ecological fish or ecological fishing such as the Marine Stewardship Council Certification and the swedish certification KRAV wich will soon be awailable for smaller fisherboats in Iceland. Some companies have introduced their own standard about ecological fishing, and therein it is usually specified just how large part of the population the overall catch is depending on the fishing method used and the amount of energy used per catch. In this regard fishing where the fish „chooses“ to be caught is more environmentally friendly than the more brutal use of fishing nets or trawlers. Generally speaking it is assumed that one liter of fuel is required for each kg of fish caught. From a energy saving standpoint in modern fishing more energy is being used to collect a smaller amount of energy.

Unfortunately, lipophilic, organically persistent, chemicals like PCB, have the somewhat disturbing habit of migrating from warm latitudes to colder latitudes. That´s why those chemicals bioaccumulate more easily in organisms at northern latitudes than in the tropics. Usually chemicals that bioaccumulate have little impact at the lowest step of the food chain. However, as we go higher up in the food chain, the chemicals accumulate and their impact increases. This is the reason why polar bears and killer whales have relatively high levels of chemicals like PCB in their bodies. People, like polar bears and whales, sit at the top of the food chain and can thus be vulnerable.

The Nature-market's Seafood department offers no fresh seafood so far but we offer various kinds of dried seaweed products, Omega-3 and fishoil, all local Icelandic quality products. The Nature-market is open for everyone who wishes to sell their products given they comply with the standard of the Nature-market.

The complete Nature-market is in the process of being translated. Please bear with us.
View the Seafood department.

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Lífrænt lambakjöt frá Brekkulæk 2009

Brekkulækur er bóndabær í Húnaþingi vestra, 200 km frá Reykjavík. Bærinn stendur við Miðfjarðará og næsta þettbýli er Hvammstangi, 20 km í burtu.

Nú eru rúm 5 ár liðin síðan kjötið frá Brekkulæk var vottað af vottunarstofunni TÚN ehf. og hefur það fengið góð meðmæli kaupenda. Lífræn ræktun felur í sér að ekki er borinn tilbúinn áburður á túnin, lyfjagjöf er minni og ekki er notað grænfóður. Ærnar á Brekkulæk hafa meira pláss í fjárhúsum og geta farið út allan veturinn og þær eru rúnar aðeins einu sinni á ári. Sláturhúsið á Hvammstanga er einnig vottað frá vottunarstofunni TÚN ehf.

Nú er slátrun lokið og nýtt kjöt tilbúið til sölu.

Kjötið selst eins og áður í heilum skrokkum, frosið og sagað eftir óskum kaupanda. Skrokkarnir eru 13-20 kg þungir og kílóið kostar 1.337 kr með 7% vsk.

Kjötið verður sent með Landflutningum og er flutningskostnaður er innifalinn í verðinu. Reikningur fylgir inni í kassanum með öllum upplýsingum um bankareikning.

Fyrirspurnir og pantanir eru í síma 451 2977 eða á rik@simnet.is.

Skoða Brekkulæk hér á Grænum síðum.
Sjá öll lífræn býli á Íslandi, þ.á.m. Brekkulæk hér á á grænum síðum. Smellið á nafn vottunarflokksins em þú hefur áhuga á að skoða aðila í.

Mynd: Fé frá Brekkulæk, ljósmynd: Friðrik Jóhannsson.

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