LOCAL FLAVOR: Moxie Cream Natural Deodorant
If you're into natural deodorant (no aluminum, please!), you need to check out Moxie Cream. Started right in Sea Cliff, Francesca and Ned work hard to make sure you have a pure, clean deodorant cream that keeps you smelling fresh throughout your busy day. RT: What was...
FEATURED PRODUCT: ColorKitchen Plant-Based Egg Coloring Kit
Color your Easter the natural way with Easter egg dyes made from herbs and plant colors. This fun kit from ColorKitchen comes with three colors (yellow/orange, purple, and blue) made from cabbage, radish and annatto extract; use to make an endless rainbow of color...
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 trees lots of fuel to create the dreaded...
LOCAL FLAVOR: Ally’s Oats
To know steel cut oats is to love them. Such is the philosophy behind Cold Spring Harbor-based Ally's Oats, the company offering the newest, healthiest, grab-and-go snack at Rising Tide. Available in five yummy flavors (the most popular? Peanut Butter Honey, of...
RECIPES: Vegan Easter Desserts
Adjusting to a vegan diet for yourself or a loved one can be a challenge any day of the week, but particularly at the holidays when traditional, family-tested dishes often play a starring role. This Easter, make everyone at your table feel at home with these healthy...
CHARITY OF THE MONTH: All Our Energy
Just in time for Earth Day, we're excited to announce that our April Charity of the Month—All Our Energy—is all about protecting our local environment. With its focus on advocacy, education, and empowering people to support renewable energy development and act on...
HEALTHY PLANET: 9 Ways to Impact Climate Change in Your Own Kitchen
If you feel climate change is too big an issue for you to personally impact, think again. Each of us can take small steps to be more eco-friendly and sustainable — starting in the kitchen. Following are nine ways to reduce energy consumption, limit landfill waste, and...
GREEN YOUR ROUTINE
The approach of spring is a great time to embark on a deep cleaning—of our homes, yes, but also of some of our less planet-friendly habits. How can we “green” our lives this spring? When it comes to our travel habits, our digital usage, or even the way we treat our...
WELLNESS TOP 3: Hormone Help for Women
March 8th is International Women's Day, and we're honoring the women in our lives by introducing them to WomenSense by Natural Factors: a complete line of natural, non-GMO products carefully formulated to target the specific needs of women as they journey through...
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:...