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Alfalfa’s name is rooted in the Arabic word that literally means “father of all foods.” by Pines International

Excuse the pun about roots….however, that’s exactly the point. Its roots can grow up to 39 feet in length—extending deep into the earth for a variety of nutrients. PINES’ Alfalfa is a high potency source of the antioxidant Vitamin A as Beta carotene. It’s also an excellent source of Vitamin K, and contains Folic acid, as well as small amounts of Vitamin C, calcium and iron.

And when you see the word ‘alfalfa’, you probably think about the sprouts we add to our salads. Although there are some nutrients in these nearly translucent wisps, a more complex source of nutrients and rich chlorophyll come from the dark green leaves of the established alfalfa plant months after it germinates and grows to a height of several feet outdoors in soil.

PINES Alfalfa is the ONLY certified organic, Non-GMO Project Verified alfalfa leaf. PINES dried alfalfa leaf is available in powder and tablet form, packed in amber glass oxygen-free bottles. PINES depends on natural rainfall for all its crops and never uses potentially contaminated irrigation water. PINES low-temperature dries its alfalfa and then keeps it frozen until ready for packaging. Most all of the dried alfalfa on the market is cut and left to dry by baking in the hot sun, thus depleting the leaf from its original dark green color and nutrients. PINES is one of the few brands that provides 98% pure alfalfa tablets without all the chalk (calcium-based chemical binders) that is contained in some other alfalfa tablets in the marketplace.

Founded in 1976, PINES oInternational (www.wheatgrass.com) is a successful natural products company, still owned by the original founders and families. PINES products are made with the utmost care, with the focus on creating and maintaining maximum nutritional value every step of the way.

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We wish to thank New Hope and the Natural Foods Merchandiser for responding to our criticism about promoting plastic over glass and for correctly stating that Pines is the pioneer of green #superfoods. by Pines International

New Hope had this to say about Pines in their article that featured five other products packaged in glass:

"The pioneer of the greens category, Pines has been in business coming up on 40 years. While wheat grass is its staple ingredient—grown since day one on mineral-rich, glacial organic soil in the Midwest—its top seller is Mighty Greens. Unlike the kitchen sink approach of other greens purveyors, this one simplifies it to organic wheatgrass and alfalfa, along with hemp and stevia. And that's it! "Keep it simple, keep it clean, keep it green," says company co-founder Ron Seibold.

"Unlike wheat grass grown in shallow trays in smoothie shops, Pines grows it right—growing deep roots over the winter, then harvesting during the jointing stage, when it's at peak nutrient density and half the height of commodity wheat grass. That's because Pines has done the research.

"Of note, the company also keeps its organic greens in dark amber glass bottles, not plastic. This maintains the nutritional quality of the greens inside and, bonus, deals with the plastic trash problem in the world."

Pines not only uses glass but also special metal caps to remove oxygen from each bottle. That prevents loss of nutrition that occurs when ‪#‎greensuperfoods‬ are packaged in plastic. Many natural food stores banned plastic bags, but those represented less than 1% of the plastic leaving the stores. The marketplace is awash in plastic containers, which kill wildlife and slowly erode toxic petrochemicals in oceans and landfills.

Recycling is good, but most people do not recycle. When we support companies that package in plastic, we encourage more ‪#‎plastic‬ ‪#‎pollution‬.