Seven Planet

Hi, my name is Ken Alary, the owner of Russian River Fine Foods; I have been in the culinary industry for over 20 years, and have a culinary degree from the California Culinary Academy. In the mid 90’s I was in Redwood City, California, I taught cooking classes there for two years while executive chef at Encore Performance Catering. From there I was the executive chef at the Powerhouse Brewing Co. in Sebastopol, California, and at Lisa Hemingway’s Bistro in Santa Rosa, California. In 2004, I started Russian River Fine Foods. I have always felt that “sauces are what make a meal.” They add visual appeal, while enhancing and complimenting the flavors of the food as well as increasing the complexity and enjoyment of the entire experience. I believe there will always be a demand for new food products. People’s tastes are vastly unique, and there is a desire to experience innovative flavors like Chipotle Ketchup, as well as updated traditional products like Smokey River Barbeque Sauce.

Sustainable Group’s line of recycled office supplies help organizations create awareness while delivering on their overall sustainability promise. Our Corporate Buying Program gives organizations the same pricing as they’d get from a big-box office products business, while ensuring high level of service. The ReBinder was the first of our line of affordable sustainable products all made from post-consumer recycled materials, which now includes binders, folders, CD holders, notebooks, badge holder, labels and other supplies. These innovative and durable, yet practical products are all made from locally sourced materials, by a local work-force. To help companies deliver their message, Sustainable Group also offers in house screen printing of our products. Sustainable Group’s products are sold in bulk quantities online and distributed through retailers.

Pangaea is a triple bottom line company—people, planet, profit. We’re a co-operative that’s committed to our customers, our product, our suppliers, the environment and each other. We source our green beans from the best Organic, Fair Trade coffees grown around the world. As with wine, there are distinct varietals of coffee, each with its own unique personality. To ensure a roast profile that suits each coffee’s character, we spend time with each lot of coffee determining degree of roast.

Founder Jeff Cohen has created a unique and much needed product that will appeal to everyone. Cohen, who has himself been a diabetic for fifteen years was frustrated while trying to find a snack that not only did not cause a spike in his blood sugar, but that also tasted good. He finally decided to create his own and Granola Gourmet was born.

Jeff used the Glycemic Index as his guide and was able to find ingredients that could make a tasty snack with a low Glycemic impact. His family experimented with the ingredients and finally created granola bars. They were able to eliminate sugar and replace it with raw blue agave and honey. Thus a tasty and healthy snack was produced.

Cohen’s family was making the bars and found that the kids were taking multiple bars to school to share with their friends who also enjoyed this new snack and a business developed. From there, Granola Gourmet got it’s true start providing Gourmet Granola Bars to the set of the ABC TV show ‘Pushing Daisies’ and in the following months the casts and crews of additional TV shows and movies tracked them down and are now enjoying these tasty treats! These ‘Bars of the Stars’ are healthy, delicious and handmade.

Recently an email arrived in our customer service inbox regarding one of our web patrons’ concern over the polyurethane being used in the production of our 3greenmoms reusable LunchSkins. Our customer was concerned that the “polyurethane comes in contact with the food and I do not want that.” We past this email onto the folks at 3greenmoms and here was their reply:

Dear XYZ,
Thank you for your concern. We have spent a lot of time researching the most appropriate and safe option for our LunchSkins. As you know, the fabric we chose is cotton, with a polyurethane liner. It is made in Germany, and passes EU standards for food safety. This particular fabric has been used for years in Europe and the US in pastry bags. The polyurethane lining on these bags is very stable — the reason that it is food safe is because of the lack of migration into food.

We are proud to offer this high-quality product and hope that you will consider choosing LunchSkins as a great alternative to plastic.

This was a good discussion to have and we’d like to have many more as it helps us refine our approach each day. It helps us learn, teach, improve, and change, which are all tenants of our Mindful Commerce mantra. That said, we invite you to leave comments and feedback for us!

We’ve been conceptualizing various art installs (with our interior architect) for our soon-to-be-open seven planet Oregon general store (opening 9/12/09). One thought in particular we’ve been keen on is creating certain pieces made from found objects (as pictured below). Everyday when I walk down my street in N Portland I come across all types of items like these and now working with seven planet I think to myself… what can be done with all of this stuff? Give it some thought and it can be pretty just like new.

Found objects on walk to store...

Our mission is to provide great tasting, healthy, nutrition dense foods for those with gluten, dairy,casein, soy, peanut and sugar sensitivities. Karmic Krunch is not only healthy, it’s unique in the sense of a snack mix. It’s granola meets trail mix!  It’s moist and crunchy and has a caramelized taste that is unlike any other snack mix, trail mix or granola. Eat our hand made gluten free snack mix right out of the bag for a well balanced, treat loaded with fiber, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, duplicated in many of the ingredients such as organic buckwheat, organic brown rice, organic corn,  flax seed, date sugar, raisins, papaya and a generous variety of nuts;in fact 8 different “premium” varieties.  Karmic Krunch ingredients contribute to many health benefits and promotes digestive health, protection against heart disease, anti-inflammatory effects, immune support and bone health.

GreenCupboards is dedicated to certifying and offering household & office products for sale from reputable, well-trusted manufacturers that are environmentally friendly. We’ve done the research—so you won’t have to—to make it easier for you to find the “greenest” and most effective products. Currently, GreenCupboards offers kitchen, bathroom, laundry, baby, pet, personal care, office and janitorial products. GreenCupboards shoppers have the option of purchasing in small bulk quantities (such as in packs of 3), or in cases. These products are shipped directly from the manufacturer or distributor to the customer. Purchasing frequently consumed household items in bulk, and having them shipped directly, conserves energy, reduces waste, and lessens the ecological footprint.

Amella is the world’s first artisan cocoa butter caramel. All-natural, with 0% trans fat and made with pure cocoa butter, Amella Caramels are preservative-free and kosher. With three exclusive flavors: carrot cake, black forest and passion fruit, Amella Caramels are impressing general audiences and gourmet connoisseurs alike. With their flourishing business, the Kiamilevs prove that the sweetest part of any confection recipe is the right ingredients…and the right couple behind it.

Congratulations are in order for our web team for their work on sevenplanet.com.  The site was recently mentioned as being one of the Top 25 online stores using Magento’s e-commerce software.  Based on the other amazing sites on their list, it looks like we’re in good company.