Posted by Mark:
There's only a few days left until Easter. It doesn't feel this way. Again, the holidays are catching up to me (us) quickly and I don't know that we're prepared for them. Are you ready? There are tons of things to take care of... biodegradable Easter grass, treats (got them covered), a few suprises (don't have this covered), a fabulous feast (I think this is planned).
When I was little, I typically spent my Easter break in North Palm Beach, Fla. It seems that every year, we'd be at my grandparents place & the Easter bunny would somehow make his way to the 3rd floor of their apartment complex and to my delight... he always left his goodies. There seems to be a period of time between the 60's and the 80's that society took commercial candy produced by the hot "candy" manufacturers for granted. As a kid, I never heard much about artificial colors (except for the red M&M fiasco) or HFCS, or preservatives... society was trudging forward, enjoying things like TV dinners, the Cadbury Egg & other oddities. Knowing what I know now about what's in those particular foods... I kind of feel like an old science experiment. Used up like an old beaker. For the record... any time you microwave plastic, it's wrong... but we freely participated back in the 80's (some of us still do - you really need to cut that out).
Fast forward to 2008. People are watching what they eat, they're reading ingredient labels, they're becoming more educated... good for us! Still we carry on the tradition of those wonderful holidays like Halloween and Easter where candy and treats end up in the hands of little ones (and big ones) and the bulk of those items... you should either compost or throw away. I mentioned in a recent newsletter about an idea that one of our customers was implementing this year... and it's fantastic (provided you can get your hands on some of these items). She visited us at the Health Fair in Lewes and decided that this year her children were going to get Easter eggs filled with "clean treats," specifically all natural & organic cookies/natural & organic candy from Bella's Cookies and Verdi Good. So, she purchased small items... things that come in abundance like Bon Bons, or Debutantes, or Crocodile Chews, etc. and she is going to place one piece in each egg. When her children participate in their family's Easter egg hunt, eggs will be filled with delicious, clean treats instead of flourescent marshmallow birds, artificially flavored chocolate bunnies & gummy ducks. Now that's an egg hunt I'd like to be invited to! Hey... Treat yourself right!