We’re almost there; we’ve already had our “false fall” where we got our first glimpse of cooler temps, and as school begins and new routines are implemented, we start to feel the warm, laid-back beauty of summer...
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CHARITY OF THE MONTH: Glen Cove Youth Bureau Fill-a-Bookbag Drive
We’re excited to introduce our August Charity of the Month: the Fill-a-Bookbag Drive sponsored by the Glen Cove Youth Bureau. This is the second time we’re supporting this bookbag and school supplies drive, a critical...
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RECIPES: Get Wild with Watermelon
We all love eating refreshing (hydrating, cancer-fighting, heart healthy) slices of plain watermelon. But that’s not all you can do with the juicy, pink fruit! Use the recipes below to work watermelon into your next summer...
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HEMP HISTORY WEEK: Add Hemp to Your Life!
Hemp History Week is June 3-9! Join us in the 10th celebration of hemp (this year’s theme: The Return of the Plant!) and celebrate its many uses. Did you know…hemp is more than just a healthy whole food source of plant-based...
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CELEBRATE MOMS: 7 Ways to Add Meaning to Mother’s Day
As with most holidays in the U.S., the original meaning tends to fade, replaced by a more modern interpretation. Mother’s Day is no different. In the years before the Civil War, Ann Reeves Jarvis started “Mother’s Day Work Clubs” to...
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WELLNESS TOP 3: Preparing for Allergy Season
You may not have felt it yet…but it’s coming. Allergy season is nearly upon us, and according to the folks at Patch.com, it’s set to be a particularly intense one for New Yorkers. (Excess moisture has given the grass and...
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RECIPES: Asparagus!
When these lovely spears pop up in the markets, you know spring is around the corner. Loaded with fiber, folate, and Vitamins C, E and K, asparagus has all kinds of health benefits, including managing blood pressure, fighting cognitive...
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RECIPES: Get a Flavor Kick (and a Healthy Heart) By Cooking with Raw Garlic
A garlic compound known as allicin can potentially reduce the risk of developing heart disease and help regulate high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Chopping or crushing the garlic clove and consuming it raw is the best way to reap...
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What a Charitable Year: We Couldn’t Have Done It Without You
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here at Rising Tide we’re excited for another year of giving to the amazing charities right here in our own neighborhood. Year Two of our Charity of the Month program gave us the chance to meet a whole bunch of new...
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Rounding Up for the Holidays
It’s the giving season, and this year we’re asking our customers to support the neediest in our community by helping provide for basic needs such as food and hygiene. For every purchase you make, we will give you the option of...
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Rising Tide Presents Exciting New Juice Program
We’re so excited to introduce our customers to our new and improved Organic Juice Bar! The reason for the reboot is simple: to provide you with the absolute best quality juices and juice products you’ll find anywhere....
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It’s Non-GMO Month at Rising Tide: Take the Non-GMO Challenge!
This month we celebrate our right to make the kinds of non-GMO choices that influence retailers and food manufacturers, and ultimately, our food supply. Non-GMO month at Rising Tide allows us to showcase our favorite Non-GMO Project...
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SEPTEMBER IS FERMENTATION MONTH!
DIY PROBIOTIC-RICH FERMENTED FOODS AT HOME Nourish your gut—naturally. Brimming with probiotics, tangy lacto-fermented veggies are a delicious way to maintain a balanced microbiome and healthy digestive system. Plus, they’re surprisingly...
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Clip Box Tops for Local Schools
It’s still summer, but we’ve got Back to School on the brain! We’re specifically thinking about our own local schools, and how we can help them be all they can be for the children of our community. Enter Box Tops. Since...
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CHARITY OF THE MONTH: Glen Cove Youth Bureau’s Fill-a-Bookbag Drive
We’re so excited to be able to support one of our favorite local charities, the Glen Cove Youth Bureau, at one of the most critical times of the year for the nonprofit. Each August, the Bureau conducts a Fill-a-Bookbag Drive, which...
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Become a Grateful Card Member Today….Enjoy Customer Rewards!
The Rising Tide Grateful Card has successfully entered its second phase with greater functionality and customized rewards for our amazing customers (for whom we are so very GRATEFUL!). Come into the store today to enroll in the program...
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Grateful Card 2.0 Coming Soon…Now with Customer Rewards!
We’re beyond excited to announce that the Rising Tide Grateful Card is entering its second phase with much greater functionality and customized rewards for our amazing customers (for whom we are so very grateful!). NEW Grateful Card...
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RECIPES: Grill Healthy!
Summer’s here, and outside is the best place to cook (flipping burgs with a cocktail by your side is surely one of life’s great joys). Grilling can be a delicious, healthy way to prepare all kinds of foods; you get loads of...
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Go Grass-Fed for National Dairy Month
For National Dairy Month, we’d like to talk a bit about some of our favorite milk and milk products: those that come from 100% grass-fed cows. The reasons for our passionate support of these products are two-fold. First,...
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Celebrate World Fair Trade Day On May 12
On May 12, join us in celebrating World Fair Trade Day and the movement of small-scale farmers and artisans around the world. Consumers and mission-driven brands are a key part of this movement; to shop these brands is to invest in food...
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RECIPES: Spring Veggies Are Here
There are lots of reasons to anxiously await the coming of spring. For us there’s no better reason than the bounty of gorgeous fruits and veggies Mother Nature bestows on us at this time of year. Delicate ramps, tender and vibrant...
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RECIPES: What to Make in Your Instant Pot
You have a slow cooker; do you really need an Instant Pot? The answer is…maybe. Depending on how you plan to use it, and for what. We are Instant Pot newbies, but have already had great success with a few dishes. What Instant Pots...
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RECIPES: Valentine’s Day Desserts…No Refined Sugar!
If you’ve been trying to cut down on added sugars (yet you have a serious sweet tooth, like us!), you might wonder how you’ll get through Valentine’s Day. There are chocolates, and restaurant desserts, and the...
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Unpacking a Year of Giving
As we dive into a new year, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who made it possible for Rising Tide to donate more than $7,000 to local charities in 2017. –The launch of our Bring Your Own Bag...
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Healthier Snacking for the Big Game
You’re working hard to right the diet wrongs of 2017…why throw it all away with a game day menu packed with less-than ingredients that would never make the cut any other day? Here are a bunch of healthier, but equally...
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LOCAL FLAVOR: Strong Island Styles
In the past, we have devoted this space to a local food vendor, but this month we decided to broaden our definition of Local Flavor to include successful local businesses that help make our ‘hood such a great place to run ours....
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Come Celebrate with Us on Jan. 1…Everything is 20% Off!*
We’re kicking 2018 off the way we do each year, with our annual New Year’s Day party! Enjoy yourself on New Year’s Eve, then come in and soak up the healthy New Year’s vibes with family and friends at Rising Tide...
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CLEAN SLATE: Start the Year Off with Rising Tide at Our Annual Jan. 1st Bash
With New Year’s Eve parties (and all of 2017!) behind you, it’s time to take your first healthy steps into 2018. Spend the first day of the new year with your friends at your favorite natural food grocer. The Rising Tide New...
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Eco-Friendly Holidays: Tips for ‘Greening’ the Season
The holiday season is a magical time of the year—but can also be a wasteful one. The time period from Thanksgiving-New Year’s has a huge environmental impact in terms of water use, greenhouse gases and land disturbance caused by the...
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Jen’s Top 3: Sleep Aides
Plans, parties, shopping, cooking (not to mention the occasional night of overeating/drinking, later bedtimes, etc.)—this time of year everyone is go, go, go. Sometimes this perpetual activity can lead to trouble sleeping when you finally...
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LOCAL FLAVOR: RT Chats with Ithaca Hummus
Our new hummus obsession is the freshest, most homemade-tasting we’ve found. Ithaca Hummus will stand up to all your chips, crackers, and veggies, and makes an AMAZING sandwich spread or salad topper. We sat down with Ithaca...
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Give Thanks: Why Gratitude is Good for You
“Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk!” — Rumi It’s easy to focus on all the things you want to own, create, or experience, but research shows that appreciating what you already have may be the key to...
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Jen’s Top 3: Acne Remedies
Breakouts are a part of life! In Jen’s Top 3 for October, the Rising Tide Wellness guru dishes on her go-to skin solutions for teens and adults. Mother Dirt: Just brought these amazing new products in and have already had incredible...
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Jen’s Top 3: Immunity Boosters
Welcome to the first edition of our new website series: Jen’s Top 3. We’ll check in once a month with Jen, Rising Tide’s resident Wellness guru, to find out what you need to be taking or doing RIGHT NOW to heal any...
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CHARITY OF THE MONTH: S.A.F.E. (Substance Abuse Free Environment)
We are pleased to introduce you to our September charity of the month: S.A.F.E (Substance Abuse Free Environment). Since 1981, S.A.F.E has been dedicated to eliminating alcohol and substance abuse in the Glen Cove community. Combining the...
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Meteor Showers (and Hot Coffee!)
Years ago, Ashley P.’s mom dragged her to the beach in the middle of the winter to view a meteor shower. They brewed their coffee, bundled up, and headed out to take in a not-to-be-missed natural phenomenon. (The shooting stars made it...
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