The Olde Wheat Barn

07/23/2015

Hello everyone! Exciting things are happening at The Olde Wheat Barn. We are renovating, restocking and will soon be re-opening to serve you. Please stay tuned for an opening date to be announced! Thank you for your patience. We can't wait to see you again!! 😃

09/26/2013

Janice Love and Jenifer Spencer making the rounds at Expo East in Baltimore. Enjoying the education and finding new products for our awesome customers!

05/09/2013

Seeking HEALTH CONSCIOUS, dependable, mature individual for F/T sales/customer service position. Must be available between 8am and 7pm Monday - Saturday. Hard workers only! Bring resume to 301 North Monroe Street, Ruston.

04/09/2013

Mark Your Calendars: Annual ANNIVERSARY SALE - 25% Off - April 29th - May 4th Please plan to stop by and shop with us for great saving, tastings, free samples and register for giveaways!!!!

04/05/2013

http://deliciousliving.com/meat-amp-poultry/benefits-grass-fed-meat

Grass-fed beef can have spectacular flavor and be far healthier for humans—if it's raised correctly. Jo Robinson, founder of EatWild.com, sat down with Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, to share her thoughts.

04/03/2013

Q: While I understand the benefit of bacterial balance in my body, are probiotics really that important to overall health?

Ask the expert: Fred Pescatore, MD, MPH, CCN

04/02/2013

Start your morning off with a great breakfast!

www.wholeliving.com/151407/quinoa-poached-egg-spinach-and-cucumber?czone=eat-well/healthy-breakfasts/eggs-pancakes-more¢er=155850&gallery=155615&slide=151407

03/27/2013

Want to know what products you are buying that mostly likely have GMO ingredients in them, or if the non-organic produce you are buying is a GMO?

High-Risk Crops (in commercial production; ingredients derived from these must be tested every time prior to use in Non-GMO Project Verified products (as of December 2011):

Alfalfa (first planting 2011)
Canola (approx. 90% of U.S. crop)
Corn (approx. 88% of U.S. crop in 2011)
Cotton (approx. 90% of U.S. crop in 2011)
Papaya (most of Hawaiian crop; approximately 988 acres)
Soy (approx. 94% of U.S. crop in 2011)
Sugar Beets (approx. 95% of U.S. crop in 2010)
Zucchini and Yellow Summer Squash (approx. 25,000 acres)
ALSO high-risk: animal products (milk, meat, eggs, honey, etc.) because of contamination in feed.

Find this information and more at:
www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/what-is-gmo/

Agricultural Crops That Have a Risk of Being GMO GMOs, or “genetically modified organisms,” are plants or animals created through the gene splicing techn

03/18/2013

How can you tell what you're buying, when you're shopping for eggs? What do terms like cage-free, free-range, organic, and others mean?

Cage-Free Eggs
Cage-free eggs are eggs from birds that are not raised in cages, but in floor systems usually in an open barn. The hens have bedding material such as pine shavings on the floor, and they are allowed perches and nest boxes to lay their eggs. However, they may still be at close quarters with many other hens -- just not in cages. That depends on the farm.

Free-Range Eggs
Free-range eggs are laid from hens that have the opportunity to go outside. Smaller farms may keep birds outside under a canopy area. They may travel in and out of a barn at free will or spend some portion of their day roaming outdoors.

Organic Eggs
Organic eggs are laid from hens that may be kept in any kind of caging system, but generally are cage free. They eat an organic feed and don’t receive vaccines or antibiotics.
In order to qualify for USDA organic certification, the grains used for the hens’ diets must be produced on land that has been free from the use of toxic and persistent chemical pesticides and fertilizers for at least three years.
Genetically engineered crops are not permitted, and hens must be maintained without hormones, antibiotics, and other intrusive drugs.

03/14/2013

Ever get confused when reading food labels when trying to figure out how or if the product has been sweetened? The following is some great information to help you understand the sweeteners on your food labels.

Sugar substitutes are loosely considered any sweetener that you use instead of regular table sugar (sucrose). Artificial sweeteners are just one type of sugar substitute. The chart lists some popular sugar substitutes and how they're commonly categorized.

03/11/2013

Organic or not? Check the label....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has established an organic certification program that requires all organic foods to meet strict government standards. These standards regulate how such foods are grown, handled and processed.

Any product labeled as organic must be USDA certified. Only producers who sell less than $5,000 a year in organic foods are exempt from this certification; however, they're still required to follow the USDA's standards for organic foods.

If a food bears a USDA Organic label, it means it's produced and processed according to the USDA standards. The seal is voluntary, but many organic producers use it.


Products certified 95 percent or more organic display this USDA seal.
Products that are completely organic — such as fruits, vegetables, eggs or other single-ingredient foods — are labeled 100 percent organic and can carry the USDA seal.

Foods that have more than one ingredient, such as breakfast cereal, can use the USDA organic seal plus the following wording, depending on the number of organic ingredients:

100 percent organic. To use this phrase, products must be either completely organic or made of all organic ingredients.
Organic. Products must be at least 95 percent organic to use this term.
Products that contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients may say "made with organic ingredients" on the label, but may not use the seal. Foods containing less than 70 percent organic ingredients can't use the seal or the word "organic" on their product labels. They can include the organic items in their ingredient list, however.

03/08/2013

Stop by TODAY to taste some great products and get some awesome samples from two high quality companies. We will be having in store demos for Nordic Naturals and Bluebonnet Nutrition TODAY from 10:30am - 4:30pm.
www.bluebonnetnutrition.com
www.nordicnaturals.com