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- RT @vegrules1: Courtesy @MOMsOrganicMrkt https://t.co/TIq6jUgq5n 4 days ago
- Organic_Olivia takes us on a healthy grocery haul at MOM’s 💚 instagram.com/reel/Cdg5lM4gz… 6 days ago
- RT @piedmontenviron: In honor of #WorldMigratoryBirdDay tomorrow, learn about #Bobolinks, which migrate over 12,000 miles round-trip every… 1 week ago
- RT @PatapscoValley: Join Patapsco Heritage Greenway tomorrow, May 14th at 9 AM to help maintain 40 new native trees at our Foxhall Farm Pla… 1 week ago
- RT @WaterkeepersCP: Join us at @busboysandpoets the 3rd Wed May - Oct for a "Water is Life" open mic poetry night. The first is May 18 at B… 1 week ago
- RT @DeliMarketNews: From getting lost in nature to unwinding with classics, learn what drives Chris Miller's success in and out of the… 1 week ago
- @mweinraub87 @Outkast ❤️ https://t.co/o2mvwNGidm 1 week ago
- MOM’s is proud to be highlighted: Retailers Ramp Up Efforts in Sustainability #zerofoodwaste #sustainability… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
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Author Archives: Scott
Aftermath
It’s been a year like no other here at MOM’s! Below is a letter I sent to all employees: I founded MOM’s [Organic Foods Express, at the time] back in 1987. People sometimes suggest that it must be difficult and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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My Year of Eating “Expired” Food
I watch a lot of nature shows. I wonder sometimes how animals are able to eat only unwashed, raw food- and drink water from pretty much any source (my dog frequently quenches her thirst from the muddy puddles in the … Continue reading
Posted in business, environment, Living, waste
66 Comments
My Fill-in-the-blank Privilege
One of the more memorable movies of my childhood was Sounder. Sounder was a dog who belonged to a poverty-stricken southern family. A particularly heart-wrenching scene in that movie is when the father is taken to prison for stealing food … Continue reading
Posted in MOM's Organic Market, personal
Tagged forgiveness, nature vs nurture, privilege, theft
20 Comments
Support Your Local Dead Zone?
It’s that time of year when farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands are popping up all over. I like to go to the Bethesda Farmers’ Market on Sunday mornings to scope out the products and farmers. And I like that … Continue reading
Posted in environment, food, local food, organic foods, water
Tagged Bethesda Farmers Market, chemical farming, chesapeake bay, farmers markets
13 Comments
Ignorance is Blistering
I recently came across this product and was incredibly relieved to finally find a salt that hasn’t been genetically modified (although, the “pinkness” of this salt makes me wonder if it has been spliced with the genes of salmon)! This … Continue reading
Minimum Dignity
One of the companies I admire most is Costco. They’re not very environmental, unfortunately, but they are extremely dedicated to their employees. Back in 2008 when the economy was in a downward spiral, Founder and CEO Jim Sinegal said that … Continue reading
Save the Dandelions
Society evolves, albeit sometimes slowly. I am 49 years old. There are things happening now that I would not have predicted when I was young. Aside from the fact that gasoline is unleaded, DDT is banned, and there is more … Continue reading
Posted in environment, home, Lawn, water
Tagged algae, chemicals, Chesapeake Watershed, dead zones, fertilizers, lawn care, Save the Dandelions
7 Comments
Selling In
I see headlines like this all the time, carrying news that another independently owned and operated organic company has either sold to a private equity (PE) investment group (think Bain Capital) or to a large corporation like Campbell Soup (in … Continue reading
Posted in business, MOM's Organic Market, organic foods
Tagged Arran Stephens, Earthbound Farm, Honest Tea, Jimbo's, MOM's Organic Market, Nature's Path, Organic Trade Association, organics, PCC Markets, Plum Organics, private equity, selling, Sweetgreen's, tesco, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, yucaipa
34 Comments
Reasonable Zealots, An Oxymoron
I recently received the email below from a customer, her response to our monthly newsletter reminding customers to order their Thanksgiving turkeys: “I’m really surprised that your advertising says “Giving Thanks” when you talk about reserving your murdered turkey. It … Continue reading
Posted in food, organic foods
Tagged activists, animal rights, enlightenment, organics, perfection, progress, zealot, zealots
130 Comments