Community & Events

 

 

Hatch Chile Season – Get Your Fix ! 

New Mexico Chile season is here! The chili roasting festival, which originated in Hatch, N.M., (the chili capital of the world) is well-known amongst chile fans. Its main event is chile roasting, in which cases of green chilies are roasted in a steel, cage-like drum and spun over open flames. The chilies are roasted until their green skin bubbles, blackens and cracks, filling the air with their spicy scent. Roasting totally changes the whole complexity and the flavor profile of the chile itself. The roasting process also allows the chilies to be peeled or frozen for enjoyment throughout the year. It’s especially convenient for enthusiasts who want to get their fix of the peppers all year long, as fresh New Mexico chilies are only available four to six weeks a year during the fall season. Visit Lazy Acres to pre-order a case of fresh or freshly roasted Hatch Chiles, prepared by our Central Kitchen. They are also available for purchase loose and hand-picked.

 

Unity Shoppe Telethon! Watch some of our employees in a sing-a-long and see Jason, Denis, Heather, Rudy and Erin on the 23rd annual Unity Shoppe Telethon!:

 

 

What our Customers are doing to Save the Earth: Scroll about halfway down this page to read some truly inspiring comments!

 

Kiddo Squeezie Demo! Monday 6/7, 3pm-5pm. See what all the buzz is about. Local, natural and organic, gluten-free, dairy-free and no sugar added. Kids and adults love ‘em!

 

Kicking Horse Coffee Demo! Friday 6/4, 11am-3pm. Stop by and try Canada’s #1 Fair Trade Organic Coffee. Lazy Acres Exclusive!

 

 Bzzzz … Save the Bees on Earth Day, April 22nd!  Use your reusable bag for your shopping trip on April 22nd at Lazy Acres and get a free pack of seeds and information on what you can do to save the bees. Each seed packet contains seeds of a plant that bees love. If you can’t make it that day, you can click on an image below to read about how you can save the bees!

 

What Can You Do To Save Our Earth? Our amazing Erin has put together a list of things that each of us can do to help our beautiful planet through these difficult times. Click on an image below to open a full-sized page, or click on the PDF link under those to open the full version.   

 

What Can You Do To Save The Earth (PDF format) 

 

What our Customers are doing to Save the Earth:

1)         One way we can help is to encourage our friends and neighbors to be more mindful of their waste, look for fair trade and other eco-friendly products and ask them to encourage others! –Tanya, Age 40

2)         I want people to stop the trash that can be recycled. And stop littering. No littering anymore so that the Earth can breathe and no polluting. –Mia, Age 7

3)         Share the bathtub, walk to school, ride your bike, buy organic and local. -Emerson, Age 6 

4)         One way to help save the Earth is for everyone to stop procrastinating and do something, at least 1 new thing added in their daily routine to be more mindful & caring towards our Earth and each other.  –Helena, Age 12

5)         For toilets next to baths: I disconnected my toilet (so as not to manually flush) & flush with a bucket using bath water. Sounds primitive, but one gets a thorough flush and water is reused. P.S. We like to bathe. J -Daren, Age 51

6)         Go Green. Drive slow-saves gas & pollutes less. Recycle. Use Energy Star products. Use recycled goods. Plant lots of food and flowers. –Lauri, Age 52

7)         I recycle and compost. –Catalina, Age 10

8)         I try to compliment people. If people feel good about themselves, they are more likely to buy organic, recycle, and improve the environment. –Linnea, Age 21

9)         Plant flowers that bees like and be sure not to use pesticides because that’s what’s causing the bee population to diminish. –Lalo, Age 49

10)       “Recycle”…. Not only trash, but love, wisdom, education, knowledge, guidance passed on from one who’s older and had the opportunity to benefit from my elders also. –Tracy, Age 60

11)       Know, understand, and practive that it is together as united people with good will that we do best for ourselves each other, our world—each moment and throughout our lives. –Jill, Age 56

12)       Build “green” platforms for the polar bears to use when they feed their cubs and rest when the ice melts. –Penny, Age 79

13)       Walk or ride your bike to the store. Bring your own bag. –Keith, Age 52

14)       We should make solar panels less expensive! –Erika, Age 10

15)       We started using old dish towels in place of paper towels. Just wash and reuse.

            -Michelle, Age 47

16)       I compost. I have a great, wormy pile- it cuts down on the garbage and plants love it. –Stephanie, Age 61

17)       I think we should stop driving cars and start walking or riding bikes! –Pablo, Age 8

18)       Vote those out of office who don’t support laws that protect the Earth and people’s animals. –B., Age 60

19)       Partially dry clothes in the dryer- like towels, bulky jeans- and complete drying using solar power.. on a rope hung under our patio! –Becky, Age 65

20)       Look for trash to pick up, especially at the beach and when I’m camping with my mom and dad. –Tookie, Age 6 ½

21)       Compost with worm bin and compost all kitchen scraps and yard clippings. Great mulch sterilizer. –CK

22)       I shop at markets that supply locally-grown/produced foods. I take the bus or walk, and when walking I always pick up litter- I can’t not. Only do laundry when I’ve got a full load and use all natural shampoo, conditioner & lotions. It’s the little things! J -Leita, Age 23

23)       Recycle everything you use. –Brenda, Age 9

24)       Plant everything in your own garden. Don’t buy veg & eggs & chicken when you can have it next to your door. –Habib, Age 49

25)       Buy local, organic food. –Amber, Age 24

26)       No leaf blowers; no power mowers. –Anonymous

27)       Drink local water! What folly, to drink water transported all the way from Fiji, or France. We live in a country with plentiful potable water, and should count ourselves lucky! Ellen, Age 60

28)       Have only 2 children-replacement only. Next life, I’ll only have one! –S. Doonar, Age 64

29)       We freeze our butts off by not using heat (put another sweater on!) –Emma-Jane, Age 47

30)       I have a very great method of washing my dishes that uses very little water! I also water my garden with the dish waste water. –Steven, Age 53

31)       Recycle everything. Plastic bags only for garbage, cut back on electricity, errands “in a row” – M Risley Age 90

32)       Unsubscribe to television. –Carole, Age M.Y.O.B.

33)       I can’t remember the last time I bought a bottle of water (sorry)  but that makes me smile… I use a canteen and drink a lot of water. Think about all of the plastic saved! –Leita, Age 23

34)       Pour leftover water from glasses & water bottles into a pitcher. Use this to water house plants! –Beth, Age 37

35)       Pick up trash. Recycle. Don’t litter. Pick up other people’s trash. –Jackie, Age 8

36)       Stay as wonderful as you are. –Robert, Age 83

37)       I save water by cleaning my car with dew, just wiping it in the morning. I don’t even need a hose. – Helena , Age 44

38)       Cutting off water while soaping in the shower, using canvas shopping bags, reusing and later recycling plastic veggie bags, composting kitchen garbage, reusing packaging materials, growing own veggies, planting low water usage plants in yard, working on increasing hardscape in landscaping. We have no dishwasher or garbage disposal (in order to save water) –Inge and Walter, Age 77 and 79

39)       Before you take a shower, you run the hot water, right? But, it’s too cold to get into—so, run it into a bucket while it’s getting hot. Take the water outside to water plants. – Kiyoko, Age 61

40)       Plant Paulownia trees. They grow fast—8 years to maturity. They suck up carbon and put out oxygen. Donate to the planting of these trees. Ecosoul.org –Jeff, Age 55

41)       Wash and reuse plastic produce bags from Farmer’s Market and Lazy Acres. Carry them back to the market/store to reuse. – Charity, Age 75

42)       I grow my own food and collect all my water and food scraps to put back in the garden. In other words: Recycle your garbage disposal, trash can and buy all hand crank appliances like Vortex Blender + Coffee Grinder. – Frank, Age 55

43)       Buy in bulk, buy loose tea & avoid boxes and overpackaging. Make mint tea simply with peppermint leaves from my garden in a cup of hot water. –Carrie, Age 36

44)       I use all of my water (kitchen) for watering my many plants & trees. I use my shower/bathwater saved & I use to flush my toilet. I use all low flow light bulbs. I drive only when I have to! – Julia, Age 71

45)       I teach my kids to grow and harvest and cook. I want them to have a connection to the food and the land. –Anonymous

46)       Find out what the chem trails are and stop them. –Fran

47)       I have a cute little bucket (re-used after buying a bucket of kids chalk) next to our kitchen sink and we put all our peels, cores, lettuce scraps etc. in it. When it’s full, we bury it in a corner of our yard. –Eloise

48)       Neither air blowers nor paper towels are environmentally friendly. Carry a small towel for use in restrooms. –Ellen, 21+

49)       For Christmas, I buy live trees and decorate them, and give them away as gifts. –Maria, Age 43

50)       Bike to work (about 12 miles each way) on Friday, reduce my consumption, recycle 75% of my trash, use CFLs, grow potted plants. –Cody, Age 29

51)       If every office worker used one less staple a day, the U.S. would save 900 tons of steel per year. Try to use one less staple everyday. –Ellen, Age 21+

52)       I stay home one day a week: no driving (no polluting) and make it a day of peace and reflection. If I am calm and centered, I won’t add to the stress on the planet. I call it my “spiritual day”. – Ute, Age 64

53)         I have a blog for kids that shows how they can help the environment. http://ellenjackson.net/blog.htm .

54)        Bike to work as often as possible, despite the 12 miles each way commute. I recycle more than 60% of my trash and try to reduce my waste as much as possible. I grow plants to take up carbon on my balcony, despite the lack of space. – Suvi, Age 28

55)       The best is yet to come! Live life with full on fearless passion! –Clancy, Age 25+

56)       I try to recycle all the recyclables that I remember are recyclable. –Hailey, Age 11 ½

57)       Sbvegan.com . Expanding awareness. I love you. –Anonymous, Age 20

58)       I take the bus to and from work everyday. I started composting and reusing all of my glass bottles and jars. And I quit smoking, haha, I don’t know if that counts. –Aris, Age 22

59)       I tell my family to recycle and not drive. –Elise, Age 7

60)       I pick up trash with my dad and sister and mom and brother stay home. –Savannah, Age 5

61)       Recycle bath water for flushing toilet, feed outdated (but not growing mold) food to crows… old bread, corn chips etc. * Also [use] bath water sometimes for flowers in my garden. –Toni, Age 46

62)       Everyone has great ideas on how to save the Earth but the biggest thing that everyone could do is stop procrastinating. We need to get out there and ride our bikes and clean up trash, not just think about it! – Helena, Age 12

63)       Buy products in bulk and store in reusable containers. Only one in four dogs finds a good, permanent home, so get your next pet from the Humane Society. – Ellen

64)       Love and respect our great grandmother “Grandmother Earth” 50 acre organic farm for 40 years, Hinchliff Farms. Always in all ways pledge to do no harm to our Earth. – Clear Eagle, Age 57

65)       Stop all wars! –Rose

66)       I don’t buy products with palm oil. It is a popular oil used in processed foods. Producers of this oil cut down tropical forests and devote the land to large plantations. –Ellen

Thanks to everyone for participating, and thanks to Erin for putting this whole thing together!

 

Pasta Night! Pasta Night every Wednesday night from 5pm-8pm: $6.95 pasta meal! Kids under 12 eat free with each paying adult!

 

Long Beach Triathlon and Santa Barbara Heart Walk video slideshow: