All About Nut & Seed Butters

With all the varieties of nut & seed butters we have today, choosing can become difficult. Here is our Fig & Bloom guide to find the one that suits you best.
Notice
Due to the changes to protect the public (restriction of bulk refilling), people self-isolating, and such we are implementing some store changes.
We love you. We love our staff. We want everyone to be safe and healthy.
Even if you do not have any of the symptoms of Covid-19 we ask that you do not come into the store. Perhaps have someone shop for you. Other stores and businesses offer home delivery – SPUD.ca (the owners of Blush Lane), Organic Box, and all of the big national and multinational corporate stores offer some kind of delivery service (perhaps through InstaCart).
If you come to the store, we ask that you wash your hands as soon as you enter the store. There is a wash station close to the entrance of the store and a second one on the other side of the produce area.
Reduce Touching
We then ask that you resist touching anything that you are not picking up to buy. This will reduce the transmission of anything between you and other people in the store (we do a continuous sanitization of common surfaces but not every item in the store).
We will only allow a maximum of 10 customers in the store at a time. This helps to allow people to socially distance when they are in the store. We ask that you respect other people in the store, their space, and ensure that you are also comfortable with the spacing.
Staff will try and ensure that people maintain this distance. Please do not take it personally. These are just reminders. If you do need to pass by someone please pass by them back-to-back and not in front of them. Please be patient. Things are a little jammed up with this new way to be in public places like grocery stores.
We ask everyone to practice safe distancing at all times while in the store.
Wear a Mask
On August 1st, 2020, the City of Edmonton made mask-wearing mandatory in all enclosed spaces – shopping malls, stores, etc.
On December 8th, 2020 the Alberta government made the wearing of masks mandatory across the whole province.
This means that when you come into the store you will need to wear a mask – for your protection and the protection of others.
During the first lock-down earlier this year we reduced our store hours. This had more to do with the lack of staff we had available to maintain our regular hours. Our staff has done a great job during this adjustment and we have been able to resume our regular store hours
Monday – Friday: 9 am to 8 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 6 pm
Holiday Hours
Christmas
December 24th 9:00 am – 3:00 pm *Closing EARLY*
December 25th *CLOSED*
December 26th 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
New Years
December 31st 9:00 am – 3:00 pm *Closing EARLY*
January 1st *CLOSED*
January 2nd 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
With all the varieties of nut & seed butters we have today, choosing can become difficult. Here is our Fig & Bloom guide to find the one that suits you best.
There are some great videos you can check out on people’s initiatives to make a fair livelihood from coffee and to bring Fair Trade coffee to the ‘global north.’
Learn the basics of sprouting with our simple directions here. Information about description and sprouting directions are from our supplier’s websites – Mumm’s and Sproutmaster. There are some excellent how to videos on the Internet to help you learn at a faster pace. I have enjoyed the videos posted at Sprout People or search yourself at YouTube.
Teas are only made by plant leaves that come from the species Camellia sinensis and brewed in hot water. Black tea, green teas, white teas and oolong teas all come from the same plant – Camellia sinensis. The different flavours are characteristics developed in the plant caused by climate, growing conditions, soil, picking time and processing – just like wines. Learn about different teas and some basic preparation methods.
Here’s some information on the types of bulk cooking oils we stock at Earth’s General Store, with some suggestions on their benefits and uses.
Pasta is one of Canada’s favourite meals. Pasta is usually made of a wheat flour; usually white durum wheat flour for regular pasta, (whole wheat flour, Kamut®/Khorasan, or spelt flour for whole grain pasta) or another grain to provide wheat/gluten-free options (white rice, brown rice, wild rice, soy, mung bean, corn, etc). Learn about Earth’s General Store diverse stock of bulk and Gluten-Free Pastas.
Food budgets are getting squeezed all the time. Here are a list of some of the strategies that we use to provide significant food savings to our households.
Learn about the Fair Trade & Organic coffee we roast and sell at Earth’s General Store.
Welcome to the “Coconut Oil 101” resource page by Earth’s General Store. Here you will find a wealth of information about Coconut Oil and other healthy tidbits.