Our stock of Corn Gluten will be arriving the first week of April. Don’t know about the benefits to using Corn Gluten on your lawn to control weeds? Read on:

In 1986 Corn Gluten Meal was found to have the ability to inhibit the germination of grass and weed seeds in test plots at the Iowa State University Research Foundation. Further tests revealed that corn gluten meal contains naturally occurring substances which inhibit the growth of the seed’s tiny feeder roots, causing the weed seedlings to die before they ever have a chance to grow.

Vessel Drinkware is committed to ending the use of plastic bottles one vessel at a time. The company has created stainless steel water bottles and coffee tumblers, and double-wall porcelain coffee mugs with eye-catching designs that are printed with organic, lead-free inks.

And Vessel Drinkware has partnered with The Water Project, Inc., a non-profit organization providing clean, safe drinking water to people in the developing world by building wells and water tanks.

Sunleaf Naturals, scented with 100% essential oils, are made in Waconia, Minnesota. They use all-natural ingredients, no petroleum, lead-free wicks, and lots of creativity. Sunleaf also makes all-natural dish and hand soaps, fire starters and reed diffusers—deliciously scented!

Takeya is our newest line of glass cold beverage bottles. They are sleek, colorful and durable! Each glass bottle is enrobed in a silicone sleeve which makes it dishwasher safe, BPA free and able to take a beating. We put it to the test by dropping it on concrete -not a crack, not a chip!

SnackTAXIs are a fun way to reduce your use of plastics. Invented by a Massachusetts mom who packs over 500 lunches a year, just one of these washable, reusable, colorful bags can eliminate an average of 1,000 (!) plastic bags over it’s lifetime.

They come in two sizes, Snack and Sandwich, and a wide variety of patterns and colors (including some very pretty Pucci-esque paisleys for grown-up users), and are completely machine-washable. The Snack size is just perfect for a pile of Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies.

Check out our selection of fun colors and patterns at Linden Hills Natural Home.

You like water, right? Clean, cold, pure, thirst-quenching water?

But not out of a plastic bottle.

So get a Klean Kanteen, made from stainless steel. The company is awesome, too. We ordered some bottles from them, printed with our logo, and they gave us the most exceptionally good customer service we could hope for. The bottles were delivered in time for a big special event and they looked great.

If you’re participating in the Linden Hills source separated organics pilot and looking for biodegradeable trash bags for your compostable waste, we’ve got ‘em: Bag to Nature, Biobag and (local) Naturbag bags are available in various sizes at the co-op. You can find them in aisle 5.

It’s time once again for Minnesotans to break ground and get gardening! We have lots of supplies in stock to help you start or continue any green thumb projects. Offerings such as composters, soil and fertilizers, corn gluten, seeds and natural pest control will help you create a green space in more ways than one!

Innobaby’s Keepin’ Fresh line of food storage makes packing a lunch or a diaper bag a snap! Small containers with easy to open air tight lids are perfect for small hands to maneuver and yet won’t make a mess in your bag. Their most recent offerings include bento-type boxes and sippy cups with stainless steel interiors and attractive exterior designs.

The Center for Environmental Health recently sent out a consumer advisory, alerting parents to the possible presence of lead in children’s vinyl lunch boxes or bags.

Because it is not possible to tell by appearance whether a vinyl lunch box may contain lead, CEH is advising parents to avoid buying vinyl lunch boxes altogether as we cannot guarantee they are lead free. You can test vinyl lunch boxes you already own using a hand-held lead testing kit, which is available for purchase at Linden Hills Natural Home.