How flavor drives nutrition
We’re programmed to seek deliciousness. For thousands of years, flavor gave our bodies crucial information about nutrients. Lately we’ve turned that system against itself.
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Sound Consumer, November 2015
Quel fromage! A surprising twist in the “French Paradox?”
The latest research on cheese and other fermented dairy, such as yogurt and kefir, suggests the “French Paradox” may not be a paradox at all — instead, we just now may be starting to understand the health benefits of cheese and other fermented dairy.
Get cultured about dairy
All about healthful, flavorful fermented dairy in our stores, with featured products including yogurt, cultured butter, kefir, buttermilk and a few varieties of cheese.
Cooking with culture
Get your ovens preheating! This month, we’re baking up biscuits, casseroles and soufflés — all with cultured dairy.
Staff picks
This month our staff loves salsa, beeswax candles, PCC deli’s Perfect Protein Salad, PCC bakery’s Harvest Fruit and Nut Bars, beautiful holiday wines, and more!
Organic, heirloom and non-GMO turkeys
PCC is delighted to offer a full range of turkeys to choose from for the holidays, all sustainably raised by family-owned Diestel ranch. We have fully cooked options, too!
Creative approaches to hunger relief
With 49.1 million Americans going hungry at some point in the last year, there’s little question our wealthy nation has a moral and social obligation to help those in need.
PCC policy actions
PCC’s public affairs team recently wrote comments to the National Organic Standards Board, took steps to make good on our pledge to label GMOs by 2018, and more.
Letters to the editor
Instacart home delivery · Heirloom apples · Vegetables on a budget · Fracking wastewater on crops? · Is Kerrygold really grass-fed? · Animal welfare · Products for textured hair · Quality at PCC
News bites
Forced labor in fishing · Paleo flour? · Court: No to bee-killing pesticide · Sustainable cocoa KitKat? · Drastic tuna decline · Kashi GMO lawsuit · Chipotle lawsuit · EU bans animal cloning · Ocean acidification and shellfish · Plot against eggless mayo · Half U.S. seafood wasted
Soil & Sea: reports from our producers
Learn about the California pistachios crisis, Perdue’s purchase of Niman Ranch, California’s record ag profits, drought impacts on local salmon, and the decline of frozen entrees.
PCC Board of Trustees report
Get to know your trustees · Board report · Bylaws update — Questions? · Apply for PCC’s board of trustees · Next board meeting · PCC Community Grants
