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Vol. XIII
Issue 6
July/August 2012
Make it a Sevananda Summer!
Sevananda declares July 21 “National Vegan Hot Dog Day” and
celebrates with a cookout and fundraiser for PAWS Atlanta!
by Ahzjah Netjer-Simons, Marketing & Outreach Manager
S
evananda’s new marketing
team is amazing. What they
pull off each day despite various obstacles is quite a feat. Getting
the marketing engine started after
our very slow interim period was
quite a task. But we’re excited, still
learning and growing every day,
and I have to be honest – it’s still
quite fun. We usually meet every
Tuesday to brainstorm on new
ideas and manage the various
events and activities we offer at
Sevananda. Education, advertsing, media, signage, events,
promotions, marketing new and
existing products are just a few
of the tasks we do.
One day we were just chatting
casually, not in a formal meeting,
as we sometimes do collectively,
just letting the ideas happen.
We often come up with amazing ideas that never become a
reality. This time the ideas kept
coming and we decided to run
with it. Before we knew it . . .
voila! National Vegan Hot Dog
Day! Who knew?
Got pets? Got a dog? Sevananda
celebrates summer with a declaration of National Vegan Hot Dog Day,
July 21, 2012! This celebratory event
is a fundraiser for PAWS Atlanta (a
no-kill shelter). Our vegan hot dog
cookout includes vendors, music, a
dogwash, and pet adoptions. We’ll be
voting on the best-tasting vegan hot
dog, and attendees can also register
to win a free grill (courtesy of Guru
Energy Drinks) and a brand new bicycle (courtesy of Virgil’s & Beed’s)!
It all takes place from 10:00 am to
2:00 pm in the parking lot at Sevananda, and its gonna be great.
You don’t wanna miss it!
As the summer season unfolds and
you’re planning food, fun, and festivities of your own, be sure to stop
by Sevananda. We're looking forward to celebrating the summer
with you. Minus the bathing suits
and sandals, we have everything
you’ll need, including organic iced
teas and lemonades, tasty summer
We have a new “Weekly Deals”
email subscription for those who
wish to know about special deals,
new products, and special promotions. Life Chef Asata is in touch
with all the products on our shelves
for her delectible recipes, as well as
the latest incoming items. Amid the
sea of products Sevananda has to
offer, the “Weekly Deals” email
has become a great tool for a
successful shopping trip. To subscribe, go to http://tinyurl.com/
SevDeals.
Oh, and I can’t forget the
Member Advantage Program,
which offers a $5 gift certificate
for anyone spending $20-$99 on
the first and third Wednesday
of each month, and a $20 gift
certificate for anyone spending
$100 or more, through August
31!
treats, eco-friendly picnicware,
paper supplies, charcoal, insect repellant and more. So stock up!
“Taste of Sevananda” mixers are off
to a great start this year, and we’ve
got some fantastic summer mixers
planned at great new locations to help
us celebrate the summer with fresh,
flavorful food tastings, talented
Artist Alliance members (featuring
performing artists, visual artists,
and arts and crafts), plus phenomenal wellness experts to support your
pursuit and maintenance of optimal
health. So far, we’ve mixed it up at
The Wrecking Bar, Manuel’s Tavern,
Java Vino, Kashi Atlanta, and the
Living Foods Institute – and we’re
just getting started.
We’re also putting the finishing
touches on our new Local Allies
Program, which will extend additional discounts and specials
to members at local area community businesses.
Lots more in store for you this
summer! Join us!
Ahzjah Simons is Sevananda’s Marketing Manager. She can be reached
at [email protected].
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Calendar
Sevananda
Natural Foods Market
467 Moreland Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
(404) 681-2831
fax (404) 577-3940
web: www.sevananda.coop
email: [email protected]
Store Hours:
Open 8:00 am to 10:00 pm
every day
Editor
Michael Mumper
[email protected]
Copy Editors/Writers
Stephen Wing
Senior Graphic Designer
Ano Dennis
Graphic Layout Artist
Stephen Wing
Opinions expressed in this
newspaper are the writers’
own and do not necessarily
reflect Sevananda’s policies.
Permission to reprint any articles must be obtained from
the editor. Submissions from
the general public are accepted, but there is no guarantee
of publication without prior
agreement from the editor.
Due date for submissions is
the 10th of each month. This
newspaper is printed on 100%
recycled newsprint.
Sevananda
Board of Directors
[email protected]
Calvin Vismale, President
678.524.4065
Leslie Harmon, Vice
President
404.797.3440
Connie “Kijai” Turpeau,
Secretary
404.520.7461
Samiyyah Allah
404.956.8116
Rahn Stevens
404.287.2227, ext. 114
Tawhiyda Tupak-El
678.949.8829
Gloria Hawkins Wynn
678.698.6803
Jen Macuch Kato
404.296.2767
Journey to Wellness in JuLY and
AUGUST
“WHAT’S COOKING?” cooking class, Saturday, July 14, 12:00 noon-1:30 pm. Join Life Chef Asata
Reid to learn how to incorporate healing food into your everyday life with quick and easy recipes that support
wellness, sustainability, and healing through food. “What’s Cooking?” takes place on the second Saturday of
each month from noon to 1:30 pm in the Education Room. This demo-style cooking class is an opportunity for
information-sharing with others who are interested in celebrating food that fits your lifestyle. $15 members,
$20 non-members. NOTE: There will be no “What’s Cooking?” in August,
“REFLEXOLOGY: Digestive System” with Christine Arinze, Saturday, July 7, 11:00-1:00 pm. Reflexology is a holistic science that uses the feet as a microcosm of the body or as a mini-map to Wellness. During the
Reflexology Class, participants will engage in understanding how each body system is enhanced by the modality of Reflexology. while following this mini map on the feet. $15.00 members, $20.00 non-members. NOTE:
There will be no Reflexology class in August.
“GET RAW WITH JOI: Transition to Raw Foods Made Easy” with Chef Joi Bostic, Saturday, July
28, 10:00-2:00 pm and Saturday, August 25, 10:00-2:00 pm. You are what you eat — it’s true. Many of
the illnesses we experience are a direct result of what we eat knowingly and unknowingly. Wouldn’t you love to
improve your health and well-being simply through changing how and what you eat? Countless people have experienced greater energy, better health, and overall happiness just by adopting a raw food diet. In this course,
Chef Joi will introduce you to the raw food diet, allow you to participate in the preparation of raw food dishes
and enjoy the wonderful creations. $25.00 members, $30.00 non-members.
“ANANDA MEDITATION” every Monday starting July 2, 7:00-8:00 pm. To learn how to meditate
using ancient, proven techniques; to share spiritual fellowship, friendship, and support with others; to have a
deeper understanding of the universal science of yoga, greater energy, health, success and poise in daily life, we
invite you to join us for meditation and spiritual fellowship. Ananda Sangha and Communities support small
groups of truth-seekers who gather to practice the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the
spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. Free.
“NATURAL TIME 101: Beginning the Time Travel Journey to Optimal Wellness” with Wanique
Shabazz, Wednesday, July 18, 6:00-8:00 pm, in Sevananda’s Education Room. The 13-moon 28-Day Calendar is more than just a method to measure dates and times; it is a Synchronometer. The 13-moon calendar
was designed by the indigenous Olmec/Mayan civilization of this continent to harmonize one within themselves, with others, with nature, and with the Universe. One experiences optimum wellness and higher states of
consciousness on a multi-dimensional level once in “tune” with Nature. This harmonic convergence has been
decoded and presented to us in our time by Dr. Jose Arguelles and passed on to Wanique Khemi Tehuti Shabazz,
our very own Natural Time Scholar. Come experience the Harmony as we journey together in Natural Time in
the Time Travel Class with other Companions of Destiny~our Destination. Cost for entire 9-part series:
$100 members, $125 non-members, complete Mayan Signature and a 1-hour consultation with Wanique. Payper-class cost: $25 members, $30 non-members. If you choose to pay per class, as a class requirement you
must purchase your Galactic Purpose Signature Chart (GPS) separately prior to the first day of class. Call
404-447-4768 or Go to http://www.melanin6.com/signatures.htm. NOTE: This is the last class in this
series.
Want quality information?
Wanna take action?
Here are some cool links for both!
* NonGMOproject.org/learn-more/what-is-gmo/
* NonGMOproject.org/take-action/consumers/the-non-gmo-movement/
* Cornucopia.org
* JustLabelIt.org
* OrganicConsumers.org
* CenterForFoodSafety.org
* CSPInet.org
* CaRightToKnow.org
FoodWatch:
A Food Integrity & Awareness Project
Contact: [email protected]
404.681.2831, ext. 111
www.sevananda.coop
More information at FoodWatch board in-store
Learn more on Co-op 101, 4:30-5:00 pm on
WRFG, 89.3 FM, or streaming live at wrfg.org
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From Your General Manager
Summertime Is the Time
for Outdoor Fun!
by Tom Pawlenko, Sevananda General Manager
I
t can be hard to keep kids busy
during the summer months. It
can be just as hard for adults to
find things to do to have a little fun
and stay cool too. Everyone knows
about Six Flags, The Georgia Aquarium, Stone Mountain, and The
World of Coca-Cola. But what else
is out there for you and your family
to do that won’t break the bank? For
some things completely different
to do this summer, here is a list of
lesser-known parks and amusement
venues around the ATL.
American Adventures
This smaller amusement park is
better suited for younger children.
Located in Marietta, it's more like
the old-fashioned carnivals and
has small, old-fashioned rides like
the tilt-a-whirl, swings, and a small
coaster. They also have go-karts,
mini-golf and an arcade. Unique to
this theme park is the Foam Factory,
an indoor, multi-level maze and
play area that provides kids hours
of fun. American Adventures is
open year-round and does not have
an admission charge; you simply
pay for the attractions you’d like to
visit. All-day, unlimited passes are
available for $20 per person. Not
too bad for an all-day play day.
White Water
Located in Marietta right near
American Adventures is Atlanta’s biggest and best water park. A
summer favorite, this park has all
the essentials: a wave pool, a lazy
river, and plenty of twisty, turny
slides. One of the newer additions is
The Tornado, a tube ride where you
and your friends are dropped into a
giant funnel to spin your way out!
Little Squirts Island provides fun
water activities for even the smallest swimmers. Park hours vary
throughout the summer season —
check the online calendar for daily
hours. Tickets are $36.99, or $26.99
for children under 4 feet. Buy online
for additional savings.
Andretti Indoor
Karting & Games
Older kids and teens will enjoy
getting behind the wheel up in
Alpharetta at the ultimate racing
park. With two SuperKart tracks, a
rock-climbing wall, a ropes course
and a huge arcade, this is the place
for an adrenaline-packed afternoon.
Allsouth Tubing
Tubing the Chattahoochee is as close
as Duluth (4349 Abbotts Bridge
Rd). All trips include a dual chamber tube, Coast Guard-approved
life vest, and shuttle service. Price
ranges from $10:00-$14:00 for 2-6
hour trips. Buy tickets online at
www.gorivertubing.com.
Piedmont Park
Aquatic Center
Centennial Olympic Park
Centennial Olympic Park was built
for the 1996 Olympic Games. It’s a
large park with lots of interesting
things to see. The Fountain of Rings
performs a musical show that is
completely free to the public, playing 365 days a year at 12:30, 3:30,
6:30 and 9pm. There are sculptures
and a water garden, lots of trees
and fountains, and one of the biggest and coolest playgrounds I’ve
ever seen. They’re planning a big 4th
of July celebration, and on the 4th
Saturday of every month from April
to September they have Family Fun
Days, with many activities and a
different theme each month.
Piedmont Park Conservancy has
made improvements to its beautiful
aquatic center for the 2012 summer
season. Family-friendly features
include a beach entry with current
channel for floating, lap lanes with
recreational features, a locker room
with showers, shaded areas on the
pool deck, and a concession stand.
Hours are 10:00 am-5:00 pm Monday-Friday and 12 noon-5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday. Admission
is $1.00 (kids 5 and under), $2:00
(ages 6-16), $4:00 (adults 17-54), or
$2:00 (seniors 55 and over). 1320
Monroe Dr. NE, Atlanta.
Browns Mill Family
Aquatic Center
If you’re looking for an inexpensive
way to stay cool in DeKalb County,
look no further than this wet and
wild water park. The $7 million
aquatic center features twin water
slides that tower three stories above
the pool, assorted smaller slides
for wee ones, plus a snack bar and
picnic tables. There are even floating wooden lily pads with a rope
ladder overhead for balance. Families can float in inner tubes as jets
push them along a lazy river. It all
adds up to a fun day in the sun.
Summertime hours are 12 noon6:00 pm Monday through Saturday,
and 1:00-6:00 pm on Sunday. Admission is $3.00 (adults 18 and up),
$2.00 (kids 3-17) and free for 2 and
under. 4929 Browns Mill Rd., Atlanta.
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Whatever you get out and do this
summer, don’t forget to take along
all of your favorite goodies from
Sevananda. We have all the picnic
supplies and foods that you need
for your trips. And if you’re only
going as far as your backyard or
neighbor’s house, we have you covered there, too. All of your favorite
drinks, snacks, and other munchies
are available in the store, along with
great summertime fruits and loads
of frozen dessert products. The Deli
is ready to take your special orders
for meals and decorated cakes for
every occasion, whether birthdays
or holidays. We have added Ice for
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Sevananda Bulletin Board
T
he Murals and Mosaics Committee continues to dialogue
with Living Walls Atlanta for
two murals for Sevananda. We sent
Living Walls ideas and visuals for
both of our now very green outside
walls. Living Walls will send out
the ideas to their cooperating international artists to find a match
between an artist and the co-op.
We were very excited about an Ukranian duo, Interestni Kazki, who
came to Atlanta in April to paint
a Living Walls mural. Our timing
did not match with their schedule,
and they wanted to paint a bigger
wall. If you get a chance, go by 470
Re-Imagine the Green Walls!
And Other Outside-the-Store News
by Stephanie Coffin, Working Member in Produce Dept.
and member of Sevananda's Mosaic/Mural Committee
Flat Shoals Ave. SE to see their new
mural. If you have opinions/ideas
about our own future murals, talk
to Jed Davis here at the store.
Meanwhile, the second planter (in
the northwest corner of the parking
lot) is getting a tile-mosaic makeover. The area around the planter
Newest Living Walls mural on Edgewood Ave.,
by Mexican artist Neuzz (photo: Wil Hughes)
has been landscaped with blueberries, vines, and sunflowers.
The trees that were planted in the
parking lot in the early spring are
putting on new growth. The Golden
Rain trees surprised us with yellow
blooms that will be stunning next
year as the trees grow.
Stephanie Coffin and Jed Davis, members of
the Mural/Mosaic Committee
At tend a Sevananda
Board Meeting!
Sevananda’s Board of Directors meets in the Education
Room on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
All Member-Ow ners are welcome to attend as observers
with your Member ID Card. To request that an item be
put on the agenda, please contact Board Administrator/
Liaison Caroly n Renée at caroly [email protected], then
follow up at 404.681.2831, ext. 121. Caroly n will confirm
for you the Board meeting day and time, and the Co-op
Policy to which your item relates. If you do not have Internet access, leave a voicemail message for Caroly n, and she
will contact you.
See Sevananda.coop for details on the
Board meetings for July and August.
Do you miss having Co-Options
delivered to your house?
You can fix this! Just send an email to holly@sevananda.
coop with your name and member number, or call her at
404.681.2831 ext. 113, and we’ll get you back on the list for
next month's paper.
Four pawpaw trees have been added
to the hill behind the dumpsters
and will keep the tulip poplar company. The pawpaw is a small native
tree that bears fruit that looks like
a small mango, and tastes like a
creamy banana.
The Mosaic/Mural committee is a
small ad hoc committee with the
goal of providing color, vegetation,
and upkeep to the outside of the
store. Please join us.
Interestni Kazki just completed a new mural at 470 Flat
Shoals SE in East Atlanta (photo: Nathan Bolster)
Mixers Continue!
Join us on August 30 for our next Taste of Sevananda Healthy Happy Hour.
Looking to live a healthier lifestyle? Ready to learn
how? Sevananda’s Healthy Happy Hour is a great
way to start!
Taste of Sevananda mixers are held on the last Thursday of every month. The fun begins with live music,
food demos, tasty samplings, on-site massage,
shopping spree gift-certificate prizes, and wellness
experts from the School of CommonHealth Journey to Wellness Series with healthy lifestyle tips to
jump-start and assist with any wellness plan. That’s
the last Thursday of every month (except July), from
6:00 to 8:00 pm. Our next Mixer is on Thursday,
August 30. (Check sevananda.coop for venue details; remember, we won't be having a Mixer in July.)
We’ll see you there – free for members, non-members $5.00. Celebrate life with optimum health!
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Members / Co-ops
Community Gardens Take
Root in Metro Atlanta
by Stephen Wing
F
acing an uncertain future,
people across the country
seem to instinctively grasp
two things. They want a greater
sense of community in their lives.
And they want to grow their own
food. These two impulses are
coming together in the phenomenal
spread of community gardening.
In towns, cities and suburbs alike,
community gardens of all types and
sizes are multiplying into a genuine
grassroots movement.
Atlanta is no exception. “There has
been a lot of growth in community
gardens, especially in the suburbs
and outside 285 recently,” says
Fred Conrad, Community Garden
liaison for the Atlanta Food Bank.
The metro area is now dotted with
over 350 community gardens, including gardens run by schools and
churches, nonprofits and informal
groups of neighbors.
“You can think of it as like a community center, in a way, except it’s based
around food instead of ping pong or
swimming,” says Michael Wall, Communications Director at the statewide
organization Georgia Organics. “It’s
a community center where people
come and share food, share growing
practices, share advice on how to get
rid of certain bugs. It’s a great way to
meet your neighbors.”
In 2007, the Atlanta City Council
passed a measure allowing community gardens in city parks. Park
Pride runs the program, and has
offered some start-up microgrants,
according to Conrad, but each community garden is an independent
project organized by neighbors.
“There are some start-up costs,
but after that they’re revenue-neutral, because the membership pays
plot fees, or garden coop membership fees, that cover the regular
expenses of water and mulch and
cookies and punch for their meetings, stuff like that.”
Decatur has been even more proactive. “The City of Decatur has
created a document that creates a
vehicle for anybody, any community garden organization, to access
any city-owned property in Decatur,” Conrad says.
Conrad’s work at the Food Bank
supports community gardening
in several ways. “We have about
three shifts a week where we can
bring volunteers with tools,” he
says. The volunteers assist gardens
whose members are predominantly
seniors or “differently abled,” or
particularly ambitious projects just
getting off the ground.
The Food Bank also helps with
equipment needs and even organizational expertise. “It doesn’t make
sense for all of the gardens to own
rototillers, when they only would
use them once or twice a year, so
the Food Bank can come in and
plough for them,” says Conrad.
“The Mulberry Fields community
garden right now has a specific
committee set up to deal with rainwater catchment, irrigation issues,
water issues, so I’m serving on that
ad hoc committee because that’s
where we’re needed.”
The Atlanta Urban Gardening Program, a project of the University
of Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service, operates in Fulton and
Dekalb Counties. “I always tell folks
that there are two parts about community gardening that we do,” says
coordinator Bobby Wilson, a 25year veteran of community garden
work in metro Atlanta. “One is the
community organizing piece, and
two is the food production piece.”
Wilson also serves as president of
the American Community Gardening Association, with members
throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Atlanta hosted the 33-year-old organization’s annual conference last
year, with approximately 500 attendees representing 39 states and
8 countries.
The flagship of Wilson’s “inner city
agriculture” program is a monthly
Monday-night gathering of his network of gardeners. “We have a gardening lesson, a leadership lesson,
an opportunity and chance to network and fellowship on a regular
basis, and an outreach program to
the homeless community,” he says.
Each gardening group comes to the
meeting with 20 or 30 bag lunches,
which are delivered to the Task Force
for the Homeless shelter at Peachtree
and Pine.
One of the biggest growth areas,
Wilson observes, is the churches.
Besides providing an opportunity
for fellowship, relaxation, outreach
ministry, and service to their communities, churches also see their
gardens as a way to augment food
supplies for struggling families in
the “food deserts” of the inner city
– an answer to the obesity epidemic
that results from poor diets and the
lack of healthier alternatives.
But as Wilson can testify, the positive impact of a community garden
extends well beyond food. “We’ve
seen drug dealers leave off the
corner because what used to be a
blighted area is now a community
garden. We’ve seen prostitution
move out of a community because
what used to be the site where they
do prostitution is now a thriving place, a gathering place . . . So
community gardening can have a
tremendous impact upon a community as well as an individual’s life.”
And the benefits extend to society
at large. As food scares, fuel costs,
and alarm about GMOs and pesticides continue to rise, Wilson sees
an increasing role in food production for small niche farmers in
urban areas. “We’ve got local restaurants within our community
that can come out and pick fresh
vegetables that they’re going to
serve that evening . . . So now the
food that used to travel 1500 miles
to get to the table now only has to
travel within that community.”
Adapted with permission from
an article published by Atlanta
Progressive News (www.AtlantaProgressiveNews.com), July 25,
2011. For more of Wing's writings,
visit www.StephenWing.com or
WindEaglePress.com.
Taste of Sevananda
Mixer
Healthy Happy Hour
Live Music, Food Sampling,
Presenters, Prizes
August 30th 2012
6pm-8pm
Venue Details @ sevananda.coop
***NO MIXER IN JULY***
The program has helped to establish
gardens at daycare centers, public
housing complexes, and facilities
for the physically challenged.
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low-fat and healthy way to prepare
cooked foods while adding a unique
flavor and texture. When grilling is
done properly, that is, without flareups, charring or burning, there’s
no need to worry about carcinogen build-up in your food (which
has been linked to cancer). Proper
grill technique is especially easy if
you’re grilling vegetables because
they don’t contain much if any fat,
which, in the case of meat, drips
down to the coals and can cause
those flare-ups.
In the next “What’s Cooking?”
class, we’ll delve into the Thrill
of the Grill and discuss proper
grilling technique, then build
flavorful marinades and marvelous herb and spice combos
for spice rubs and sauces that
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pot-luck-friendly sides, and
we’re talking all the knowledge
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die-hard carnivores won’t miss the
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SCHOOL OF COMMONHEALTH
Nourish Thy Body, Mind and Spirit
School’s Out for Summer!
by Tasha Tavaras, Arts & Education Coordinator
S
ummer is upon us and that
means gorgeous weather,
fun times with family and
friends, and vacation! It is for this
reason that classes in the School of
CommonHealth are slowing down
drastically. For the month of July,
we will be offering only a portion of
the classes that we normally do.
“What’s Cooking?” with Asata Reid
will be taking place on Saturday,
July 14, at the regular time of noon
until 1:30 pm. She will be demonstrating Summer Harvest foods
using in-season and local produce.
Christine Arinze will be teaching “Reflexology” with a focus on
the Digestive System. Come ready
to learn about how the modality
of reflexology can boost and help
maintain your digestion. This class
will take place on July 7 from 11:00
to 1:00 pm.
July 18 will see the closing of the
nine-part series “Natural Time 101:
Beginning the Time Travel Journey to Optimal Wellness,” taught
by Wanique Shabazz. This series
focused on the thirteen-moon,
twenty-eight-day calendar designed by the indigenous Olmec/
Mayan civilization. If you would
like more information on Natural
Time, please visit Wanique’s website, www.melanin6.com.
We are also continuing our “Get
Raw with Joi: Transition to Raw
Foods Made Easy,” with Chef Joi
Bostic. Chef Joi introduces students
to raw food preparation and wonderfully easy raw food dishes that
you can incorporate into your everyday life. The class takes place on
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Saturday, July 28,, from 10:00-2:00
pm. We are also offering Ananda
Meditation. This group-led meditation takes place every Monday from
7:00-8:00 pm and offers meditation using proven techniques,
fellowship, friendship, and support
to help you on your way to having a
deeper understanding of the universal science of yoga and meditation.
Movie Night with Rahn Stevens will
also continue on Tuesday, July 3, from
7:00-8:30. July’s movie is Food Matters, which examines how the food we
eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and
journalists weigh in on topics like organic food, food safety, raw foodism,
and nutritional therapy.
In August there will be no “What’s
Cooking?” or “Reflexology” classes.
These classes will resume in September. “What’s Cooking?” will
remain on the second Saturday
of every month from 12:00-1:30
pm. “Reflexology” will be held on
Sunday, September 16, and will cover
the Endocrine System. “Get Raw
with Joi: Transition to Raw Food
Made Easy” will also continue, and
will take place on Saturday, August
22, from 10:00-2:00 pm. “Ananda
Meditation” will continue as well,
every Monday at the same time.
Sevananda’s School of CommonHealth wishes you a fantastic
summer filled with happiness, lots
of fun and continued good health.
We will see you in the Fall!
Tasha can be reached at tashat@
sevananda.coop.
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Be the Change
July 2012 Be the Change Partner
The Neighborhood Gallery Arts Center
Embracing Community Through Creativity!
NGAC, a nonprofit 501(c)3 community outreach initiative of the
Neighborhood Gallery Arts Center,
re-located recently to its new home
in Kirkwood Station. Dedicated to
the community, the Arts Center
prides itself in offering a safe haven
for local fine artists and partnering with artists, educators, and
arts organizations to provide enriching and affordable educational
and cultural arts events. It has been
well received by the surrounding
communities, as indicated by the
tremendous success of several exhibitions, performances, lectures,
open studio sessions, summer camp
and workshops.
team of art educators.
NGAC has also partnered with the
Eastlake Garden Club to provide
artists and musicians with opportunities to showcase their talent
during the Eastlake Garden Tour.
Dedicated to supporting youth,
NGAC annually sponsors “AIR: Art
Inspires Relationships,” an art exhibition for metro Atlanta youth in
grades K-12.
During Fine Arts Camp, “Camp
Artsket,” NGAC collaborated with
a team of talented professional
fine artists and educators to host
a summer camp culminating with
a showcase featuring dance, visual
Organization Name: Neighborhood Gallery Arts Center, Inc.
Mission: To be a safe haven for local fine artists and provide
positive, enriching, and affordable educational and cultural opportunities for members of the community.
Mailing Address: 2960 Alston Drive, Atlanta, GA 30317
Website: www.ngartscenter.org
Contact & Title: Renee Ruffin,
Executive Director
Phone: 404-394-9626
Email: [email protected]
NGAC Variety
Show guests
NGAC garden art
East Lake Garden Tour
NGAC "AIR"
youth art exhibit
Among NGAC’s impressive timeline
of accomplishments are such Visual
Arts initiatives as arts instruction, well-attended Open Studio
sessions, and exhibitions. For example, the annual exhibition “A
Shuttered Glimpse” features local
photographers ranging from amateur to professional. The “Atlanta
Painters” Art Exhibition & Reception included artworks by 20 metro
Atlanta painters, and “The Glorified
Babysitters Club” Art Exhibition
& Reception featured an amazing
NGAC has hosted many Open Mic
and Jam Sessions, Artist Collectives,
“4LyfeCafe,” NGAC Variety Shows
emceed by comedian Rod Minger and
featuring music by Stereotype, and
the “Arts4Life Afterschool Program”
for youth, showcasing creative talents
in the areas of visual arts, music, literary arts and dance.
As the Neighborhood Gallery Arts
Center re-structures, there are plans
for implementing new youth and adult
educational and cultural arts-related
activities. According to Renee Ruffin,
Executive Director, “We are grateful for
all of the visual artists, musicians, literary artists, dancers and community
members who have shared their incredible talents; who gave back to our
community, to one another and our
young people; who supported the art
center by volunteering for paint parties,
gardening days, special events, summer
camp, afterschool, sponsoring kids,
sharing their kids, donating paint, art,
flowers, books, equipment and more.
Your support is essential and always
appreciated. We are very excited about
what’s to come in our new home!”
arts, drama and music.
In collaboration with our partners,
NGAC also provides and hosts special events designed to showcase
the talents of performing artists in
the local and surrounding communities; for example, “The Ancestors
Live Here,” written by educator
Shahara Ruth of Goldfire Productions, was the first play dedicated,
rehearsed and performed at NGAC,
followed by “Love Can Be Dangerous.”
Be The Change, a program founded by Sevananda Natural
Foods Market in 1997, provides capacity-building, promotion and
financial contributions to locally-based nonprofit organizations.
Anytime during the month of July, let your cashier know you’d like
to make a contribution at the register to our Be The Change partner. You may also shop at Sevananda on Saturday, July 28, when
Sevananda will donate 1% of net sales for the day to Neighborhood
Gallery Arts Center. Call Sevananda at 404.681.2831 to find out
when NGAC will be tabling at the store in July.
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Be the Change
August 2012 Be the Change Partner
Next Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program
When Life Happened . . .
As I was recovering from congestive
heart failure (Dec. 2006), I realized
that a brush with death made what
used to be important not so important any more. I had just given birth
to my son two weeks prior, but was
faced with the realization that my
life had changed forever. A few days
in the hospital taught me that it’s
hard work feeling bad about being
sick. During my two-year recovery, I grew sick and tired of being
sick and tired. So I decided to stop
thinking negative thoughts, and
immediately I began feeling better.
Who knew freedom was a mentality? Yes, I was still tired all the time,
but I didn’t think tired thoughts.
Recovery gave me quiet time. I gathered up my skills, my experiences,
my love, my desires, my
dreams, and most importantly, my time, trying to
figure out who would appreciate this bundle of
goodies. Besides my two
children, I couldn’t think
of anyone else until it hit
me . . . other children. The
toughest part now was
figuring out how to get
started.
of the family structure that hampers our ability to create or continue
traditions to keep the family closely
knit.
My solution was simple: develop
a communication platform that
would re-introduce and extend the
mission of the NAACP to mobilize
younger generations that are actively involved in environmentally
sound, socially-conscious activities.
Society at large would be the true
benefactors of this energized workforce, which would create a higher
quality of life for their families,
neighborhoods, and communities.
My new mission was clear. Hence,
the NEXT Steps (NAACP Extended
Steps) Youth Entrepreneur Program was born.
Mission: Introduce youth to career pathways in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and teach them how to apply
transferable skills within the urban agriculture industry through
strategic planning and business development strategies, special
event management, investigative research and discovery activities,
community service and environmental stewardship.
Mailing Address: 1890-A Briarcliff Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30310
Urban Farm Address: Atwood Community Gardens, 779 Atwood Street SW,
Atlanta, GA 30310
Website: www.nextstepsyep.org
Contact & Title: Dana Jewel Harris,
Executive Director
Phone: 678-570-0398
Email: [email protected]
(CIGS) Organizational Management Model, we have successfully
executed training and development
activities in urban agriculture strategic planning and management,
youth and business development.
True Story
In January 2008, I had
a conversation with a
prominent leader of the
NAACP. He spoke of the
lack of interest and involvement of younger
generations when it
came to joining or learning about the mission
of the NAACP. He expressed concerns about
their inability to effectively communicate or to
garner respect for the experiences and hardships
our elders endured to win
the Civil Rights struggle.
Organization Name: Next Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program
2010 Herb & Farm Summer Internship Program Farmers Market, College Park City Hall
Atwood Community Gardens is our
3.5 acre urban agriculture training
center and outdoor event facility,
located at 779 Atwood Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. It lies in the heart
of West End Atlanta (near the Atlanta University Center, Morehouse
and Spelman Colleges). Atwood was
established to create a healthy, direct-market, food retail outlet that
would increase healthy food access
in the Westview food desert and the
other low-income areas within West
End Atlanta.
NEXT Steps has been able to secure
basic infrastructure equipment and
tools at Atwood Community Gardens for our youth farmers’ market
and social ventures. In a partnership with SWOOM Atlanta, NEXT
Steps launched our online pure
foods farmers’ market in June 2012
at www.herbnfarmatl.locallygrown.
net. Between our grower network
of local community gardens and
farms, natural foods producers, and
a growing collection of youth advocates (i.e., 2012 Youth Culinary
Tour), we offer whole foods such as
fruits and vegetables, fresh flowers, seeds, and nutrient-dense foods
and beverages. According to the U.S.
Food Desert Locator, Atwood will
serve 5,982 low access residents of
the Westview Community.
Over the past fourteen months,
continued on page 13
“Spice It Up!” taste test demonstration,
Woodson Elementary Garden Club
We agreed that even
though the message of the NAACP
was still the same, the problems were
rooted in the NAACP’s delivery of
that message, which had not evolved
with the changes and technological
trends of today’s society. It seemed
that their outdated communication
model formed a communication gap
– an inter-generational breakdown
Our Story Today
Coming up on our 5th anniversary,
The NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program has evolved from
a basic youth education program
to a driving force behind Atlanta’s
young urban agriculture movement.
Through our signature Community Involvement Growth Strategy
Be The Change, a program founded by Sevananda Natural
Foods Market in 1997, provides capacity-building, promotion and
financial contributions to locally-based nonprofit organizations.
Anytime during the month of July, let your cashier know you’d like
to make a contribution at the register to our Be The Change partner. You may also shop at Sevananda on Saturday, Aug. 25, when
Sevananda will donate 1% of net sales for the day to NEXT Steps
Youth Entrepreneur Program. Call Sevananda at 404.681.2831 to
find out when NEXT Steps will be tabling at the store in August.
July/August 2012 • Sevananda Co-Options | 9
Food Integrity
FoodWatch
Become a One-Minute Activist!
by Ahzjah Simons
H
ey good people, Ahzjah
here, your Marketing and
Outreach Manager. I'm so
excited to be able to focus some of
our efforts on food safety news,
concerns, solutions, etc. There's
lots of information out there, and
who can tell what is really authentic
and what’s not? I’m surfing through
some of it and it’s a chore!
There are a few really great groups
who are watching the “food contaminators” very closely and doing
a phenomenal job keeping up with
all the news, legislation, and petitions folks can get in on. Co-ops
are often on the front line of these
types of educational and informational efforts with respect to our
food supplies, as well as other efforts to protect basic quality-of-life
concerns around clean air, clean
water, and saving the planet. Our
One-Minute Activist program invites you to get active! Whatever
your concern or interest, believe it
or not, you can make a difference.
Your time, your concern, your signature.
Our staff Food Integrity team is
beginning to rev up our efforts
around food safety, food security,
and clean food sources. With the
big giant corporations buying up
everything, it can be challenging
trying to keep up – for a business
that attempts to keep its inventory
“clean,” let alone for consumers who
are getting mixed messages, partial
information, and downright misinformation regarding their food
supplies.
Sevananda's FoodWatch is a food
integrity and awareness project
with the following objectives:
• Train ourselves better as staff
members regarding food and wellness product education;
school of CommonHealth
Nourish Thy Mind, Body, & Spirit
• Better acquaint ourselves with what
is in the food we make and sell;
• Compile a current, relevant database of authentic trusted informational resources;
• Offer informational resources for
the community regarding changes
in manufacturer ingredients, new
legislation, petitions, etc.;
• Offer transparency and potential
solutions regarding products we
make;
• Create a labeling campaign to better inform shoppers of what products contain or don’t contain
(gluten, dairy, soy, etc.)
It’s a work in progress. We welcome
thoughts or concerns you may have
about your food and issues we
might need to look into further. Let
us know and we’ll give it a whirl.
Please visit the FoodWatch bulletin board in the front of the store,
next to our Be the Change Partner
display. There is plenty of information, which we’ll be updating as we
learn more, and there are information flyers you can take with you
with links to great food integrity
resources.
Also check out Co-op 101 Radio on
89.3 FM (WRFG) where we explore
everything co-op, food safety, holistic health and wellness, cooperative
economics, and much more! (Also
streaming live at wrfg.org.) For
more information on FoodWatch
or Co-op 101, email me or give me
a call.
Take good care and be well!
Ahzjah Simons is Sevananda
Marketing Manager. She can be
reached at asimons@sevananda.
coop or 404.584.7875, ext 1.
school of CommonHealth
Nourish Thy Mind, Body, & Spirit
Weekly Class
With Maia Grenell
Maia Grenell is the director of the Ananda
Meditation Group of Atlanta. She has been a
student with Ananda Sangha Worldwide since
Januray, 2010. She practices meditation daily and
feels inspired to encourage others to bring peace
and health through meditation into their daily
lives. Maia supports group meditations, in the spirit
of her guru, Parmhansa Yoganada, as the best way
to support one’s individual practice. She is also the
group leader of Atlanta’s Meditation Flash Mob
(MedMob), mother of two, and nanny by day.
Paramhansa Yogananda
Ananda Meditation
Learn how to meditate, using ancient, proven techniques, to share
spiritual fellowship, friendship and support with others, to have
a deeper understanding of the universal science of yoga,Greater
energy, health, success and poise in daily life. We invite you to join
us for meditation and spiritual fellowship. Ananda Sangha and
Communities support small groups of truth-seekers who gather to
practice the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author
of spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. FREE
Every Monday
7-8pm
With Joi & Akil
Join us for Meatless Mondays!
Every week Chefs Joi and Akil provide tasty and
healthy veggie, vegan and raw dishes and recipes for
you to take home and try yourself.
Every Monday
Joi 12-3pm &
Akil 5-6pm
Front of Store
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10 | Sevananda Co-Options • July/August 2012
Wellness
Sacred Water Medicine
by Lorna Mauney-Brodek
I
f there is one time when Atlantans feel the importance of
water, it’s high summer. Sizzling pavement and parched lips
make us grateful for a glass or a dip.
But water is more than a coolant;
water has the power to heal. The
water that sustains us, the water
which grows our food, also washes
our wounds, suspends medicine in
a cup of tea, soaks away our aches
and pains, releases our grief in the
form of tears and our toxins in the
form of sweat.
Hydrotherapy is the use of water
for medical treatment. Each week
at the Open Door Foot Clinic, we
soak feet in herbal solutions to heal
the skin, relieve pain, and balance
the nervous system. Hot foot soaks
can also relieve menstrual pain or
boost the immune system to help
fight off a cold. Herbal waters can
be used internally and externally
for a variety of complaints. We use
water to create douches, enemas,
nasal flushes, eye washes, teas, and
compresses, all powerful means
to heal. But water, as the source of
life, also has the power to heal the
emotional and energetic body and
so has been used in sacred healing
rituals around the world.
Jews have ritual bathing for women
known as the mikvah; ancient Greek
and Roman life revolved around
the public bathhouse; Muslims
perform ablutions with pure rainwater before entering the Mosque;
Hindus believe water is energy in
liquid form and pilgrims flock to
the shores of India’s great rivers for
sacred cleansing; Christians “Wade
in the Water” and affirm their devotion through baptism; Voodoo ritual
floor washings rid the house of evil
and can bestow love and luck.
I worship water while sitting on the
banks of Ripplewater Creek in my
backyard, watching her textured
current winding past me, washing
away worldly woes. A little further
from home, I’ve given thanks to
the mineral-rich thermal baths in
Hot Springs, N.C., and the seaweed
soaks in Sligo, Ireland. Once my
luck found me on the other side of
the equator, on a pilgrimage to receive blessings at Las Huaringas, a
collection of lakes in the Andes at
11,000 to 13,000 feet. We traveled
from bus to van to donkey to foot,
and finally to the healing shores
of Laguna Shimbe for la limpia,
a ritual cleansing by the family
shaman who blew perfumed flower
water over us before we dipped
under Shimbe’s chilly waters.
The ancient Incan understanding
of water humbles me. They built
temples along the water passages,
from the source to the villages. All
Laguna Shimbe in Peru, site of Lorna’s ritual cleansing by a family shaman
the water was blessed and charged
with healing energy as it flowed past
priests, priestesses, and through
nature herself. Imagine a community where not only the temple
water was sacred and blessed, but
the tap water itself – the water for
your fields and the water with which
you brush your teeth.
Imagine if the Atlanta Water Works
piped water charged with intention
and respect instead of just chlorine
and fluoride. Imagine if the foot
tubs we fill to heal the wounded feet
of our friends on the street had the
blessing of our civic leaders. Imagine if we rejected a combined sewer
MONDAY-FRIDAY
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Learn how Co-operatives work, and their
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system and kept our municipal and
industrial wastewater separate from
the storm water to protect our creeks
from contaminating overflow. Let
us always remember that water is a
precious gift, which we can repay by
standing as her guardian.
Lorna Mauney-Brodek is a community herbalista with a clinical practice
in East Atlanta. She is co-founder of
The Herb Kitchen, an Atlanta-based
herbal project, and is the medicinemaking and field botany instructor
at BotanoLogos School of Herbal
Studies. Visit her at www.herbalista.
org to learn about herbal happenings around town.
Sevananda Outreach
Be The Change Partners meet at Sevananda Seminar
Chef Tassili demos Raw Food preparation
at Crim High Health Fair.
Sevananda
on the Go!
compiled by Ifini Sheppard,
Marketing/Outreach Assistant
Sevananda Natural Foods Market is a place of many interests.
Sevananda supports Be The Change Partners that make a difference in our
community.
John Bancheri performs outside of Sevananda
Our Artist Alliance Network allows artists, both performance and visual, to
make Sevananda an outlet for their creativity.
Our Wellness Practitioners who hold classes at the store also go out to the
community on our behalf.
And we hope you are pleased to notice the many new aspects of our store
front, such as the café area with chairs and umbrellas, the mosaic tile art
done by Stephanie Coffin, and the flowers and trees planted to add a
pleasurable experience at Sevananda!
High Priest Kwatamani has a book signing at Sevananda
Stephanie, Zack, Jed and Marie plant trees outside Sevananda.
Sevananda Wellness Practitioner Neth Ma’at demonstrates
foot detox at Crim High Health Fair.
If you are having an event and would like Sevananda to
participate, please contact Ifini at [email protected].
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Working Member Classifieds
Hey Sevananda Member-Owners
and Working Members,
the scenes, and at events both in
and out of the store.
We’re cleaning up our act. Lots o’
prep to get there, but we’re excited
and motivated to get the job done!
Operation Tight Ship sails as soon
as we’re staffed up and ready. We’re
seeking member-owners who are
interested in volunteering as Working Members to assist in making
this a reality. From customer service greeters and promotion teams
to clean-up and painting crews, all
shifts and plenty of service roles
are available on the floor, behind
Working Members receive a 20%
discount every time they shop in
exchange for three hours of service
at the co-op every week. Just fill
out a Working Member application,
attend our next Working Member
Orientation, and that’s it! So get on
board, take a look at the Working
Member Classifieds and give us a
call at 404.681.2831, ext. 113.
Thanks for supporting Sevananda
Natural Foods Market!
Working Members Wanted!
For details, call 404.584.7875, ext. 111, or email asimons@
sevananda.coop. Working member orientations will be held
on Monday, July 2, and Monday, August 6, from 7:00-8:30
pm. Applications are available at the Customer Service
desk, or download one at sevananda.coop.
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your trips and parties, too,
from Home City Ice. Their
ice is purified on multiple
levels and has less “ice dust”
in the bag than other brands.
It’s now available at the store
at the low price of $1.49 for
a 7 lb. bag and $4.19 for a 22
lb. bag.
let us know. You can attach the
pictures to a note about your
personal adventures and email
them to me at the address
below. Our team will have fun
trying to decide which ones to
include in Co-Options this fall.
Have some fun this summer
and show us your smiles!
We’d like to see your pictures
of all the things that you do
this summer! If you want to
share them with your fellow
member-owners in a CoOptions issue this fall, just
Tom Pawlenko has been Sevananda’s General Manager
since April 2011. He can be
reached at [email protected].
Next Steps Youth Program
continued from page 9
Our current training programs
include
Outdoor
Nation – environmental
stewardship, extreme outdoor activities; Herb & Farm
Summer Internship Program
– environmental stewardship, social entrepreneurism
and urban agriculture; NEXT
Steps Business Training –
strategic planning and business development skills through
special event management; and
CSI Unit: Community, Science &
Innovation Teams (CSI) – investigative research, discovery and
invention of trending activities,
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Produce
Still Not Ready for Roundup!
Pesticide’s Main Ingredient Has Broad Environmental, Human Impact
by Mark Mulcahy, Organic Options
A
t the hardware or gardening
store you’ve probably seen
large displays of Roundup®
weed killer on sale throughout the
spring and summer. If your neighbors have lawns, you’re bound to see
someone walking happily with their
sprayer, dousing any plant that is
not where it is supposed to be.
The active ingredient in Roundup
is glyphosate, an herbicide used
widely throughout the world in
the production of many crops and
in almost all agricultural areas of
the U.S.A. It is heavily used on soybeans, corn and cotton, with the
greatest use occurring in the Midwest Corn Belt.
Besides its increased use for agriculture, it is also often sprayed
onto rural roadsides and by cities
and counties on urban pavement
or sidewalks. Agricultural use of
glyphosate has increased from less
than 10,000 mg in 1992 to more
than 80,000 mg in 2007.
According to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota
and Iowa State University, the rapid
spread of herbicide-resistant crops
has coincided with the dramatic decline in monarch butterfly numbers.
Between 1999 and 2010 – the same
period during which the majority of the corn, soybean, and cotton
planted by conventional farmers
became genetically modified – the
number of monarch eggs declined
by an estimated 81 percent across
the Midwest. Why? Because milkweed, the main host plant for the
eggs and caterpillars of the monarch
butterflies, has nearly disappeared
from farm fields.
There has been an estimated
58% decline in milkweed plants
throughout the Corn Belt, primarily on agricultural lands. This could
be because the milkweed cannot
survive the constant spraying of
herbicide that Roundup-ready
GMO crops are resistant to. The
loss of monarch habitat is reportedly so drastic that unless we figure
out how to compensate for the loss
of habitat, the monarch population could decline to the point of no
return. You may think about how
you can help the monarchs, which
is great. But the story doesn’t stop
with this beautiful butterfly.
For years we have been led to believe that this miracle weed killer is
fairly benign. But a recent study has
found significant concentrations of
glyphosate in the urine samples of
folks who live in the city. When the
urine samples were analyzed, all
were found to have concentrations
of glyphosate at five to 20 times the
limit for safe drinking water.
News of this study comes soon after
school of CommonHealth
Nourish Thy Mind, Body, & Spirit
MOVIE NIGHT
with Rahn Stevens
Join Board member and
Linkage chair Rahn Stevens
for a new documentary every
month with popcorn, drinks
and lively discussion.Cost: Free
Join us for our next movie!
July 3
July 17
August 7
August 21
Food Matters
Forks Over Knives
Farmageddon
Fast Food Baby
7:30-9:30pm
In the Education Room
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the publication of a study confirming glyphosate was contaminating
groundwater in many states. Two
U.S. Geological Survey studies last
year found glyphosate in streams,
rain, and even air in agricultural
areas of the United States.
Other recent studies indicate not
only that people may be absorbing
glyphosate from multiple sources,
but that it can circulate in our blood
and can even cross the placental barrier and affect a developing fetus.
If you are looking for a simple way,
choose organic food, as GMOs and
herbicides are not allowed in organic farming.
© 2009-12 Organic Options. Mark
Mulcahy of Organic Options, an
organic education and produce
consulting firm, can be reached at
707.939.8355 or organicoptions@
juno.com.
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Sevananda’s
Dog Days of Summer
Sevananda Natural Foods Market declares July 21, 2012
National Vegan Hot Dog Day.
To celebrate we’re going to the dogs with a fundraiser for
PAWS Atlanta (a no-kill shelter), and a
Vegan Hot Dog cookout.
Vendors, music, a dogwash and pet adoption will
all take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
parking lot at Sevananda,
located at 467 Moreland
Ave. NE in Atlanta.
JOIN US!
Our canine friends will have a chance to sample locally
made doggy treats from Big Daddy Biscuits, organic pet
foods from Wellness and Castor & Pollux and more.
Humans will get to buy and rate vegan hot dogs to select
the Best Dog in Show and purchase ice cream from local
ice cream vendors.
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