LOCAL FLAVOR: ClayNation Art Studio
When Julie Papas opened the ClayNation studio in 2004, she was out of college for less than a year. With schools cutting back on art and music programs and adult stress levels at an all-time high, Julie was excited to offer an outlet for creative arts on the North...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: Living Water for Women
We are pleased to introduce you to our March Charity of the Month: Living Water for Women. The hundreds of women released each year from Nassau County Jail are giving little more than a week’s worth of psych meds, if applicable, and a Metrocard. Their chances of...
FEATURED PRODUCT: High Mowing Seeds for Your Organic Garden
We’re thrilled to introduce you to High Mowing Organic Seeds, Rising Tide Market’s valued source for organic seeds since 2015. What began with just 28 varieties in1996 in founder Tom Stearns’ backyard has since grown exponentially—a one-man operation now a thriving...
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 impairment, and balancing blood...
Studies Offer Great News About Chocolate
Like a fountain of youth for your heart, cocoa flavanols may help keep the cardiovascular system chugging along as we age, according to two recent German studies. Our bodies get creaky as we age, and it’s not just aching backs. As we get older, our blood vessels...
LOCAL FLAVOR: Gilbertie’s Herbs and Microgreens
Young plants harvested just weeks after germination, microgreens hold anywhere from 4-50 times the nutritive value as the same plants in mature form. Plus they come in truly stupendous colors and boast intense flavors that can really elevate a dish. Our love for...
WELLNESS TOP 3: Manage Cholesterol Naturally
In honor of Heart Month, we've compiled a quick primer on some of the healthiest ways to regulate your body's cholesterol levels. 1. Ubiquinol. If you're on a statin (like 25% of American adults) you must take ubiquinol—the form of CoQ10 your body uses for energy...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: Healing Headbands
For the second year in row, we are pleased to be supporting our February Charity of the Month: Healing Headbands. Harnessing the healing power of art and laughter, Sea Cliff-based Healing Headbands works with people with serious illnesses (children and adults) to...
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 the benefits. (On a side note:...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: Volunteers for Wildlife
Volunteers for Wildlife is a nonprofit wildlife hospital and education center located on the grounds of Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. It’s mission: to rescue, rehabilitate, and release wild animals who have been injured, sick, or orphaned, and to educate the...
LOCAL FLAVOR: Coast to Coast Trail Mix
Two entrepreneurial brothers (both originally from Long Island) with a passion for trail mix are the driving force behind Coast to Coast organic trail mix. First there’s Drew, a vegan athlete and health and nutrition expert who in 2017 rode his bicycle coast to coast...
WELLNESS TOP 3: Supplemental Support for Vegetarians and Vegans
This time of year there's always a lot of talk about changing our diets for the better (healthier, cleaner, etc.) In particular, for both health and environmental reasons, more and more Americans are making the move toward a plant-based diet. There are some simple...
RECIPES: Cooking with Legumes, Nuts and Seeds
Some of the best sources of plant-based protein are also some of the most versatile when it comes to cooking delicious, healthy food. If you're looking to move more toward a plant-based diet, nuts, seeds and legumes will surely be your friends....and for good reason!...
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 people doing heroic work in this...
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 rounding up to the nearest dollar. All...
WELLNESS TOP 3: Be Zen for the Holidays
Stress this time of year is as ubiquitous as tinsel, cranberries and shelf elves. Whether it's anxiety about your growing to-do list, worrying about the money you're spending on gifts and festivities, or stress about time spent with family members that always,...
FEATURED PRODUCT: Tasty New Items from The Piggery
Early last month, we had the great pleasure of paying a visit to The Piggery butcher shop in Ithaca, NY. What we saw there was incredibly inspiring: Piggery owners and staff doing what they love and doing it with ingenuity and passion, raising some of the happiest...
LOCAL FLAVOR: Coastal Craft Kombucha
Like all good things, Coastal Craft Kombucha’s humble beginnings were driven by a passion for creativity and a love for food and health. Rachel Rappa (along with co-owner Daryn Stoger) founded Coastal Craft after falling in love with the health benefits of kombucha...