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Sound Consumer, February 2015

Sleep well, naturally

Conventional sleeping pills can cause serious side effects. With some simple lifestyle changes, good nutrition and supplements, you can improve your quantity and quality of sleep.

Conventional sleeping pills can cause serious side effects. With some simple lifestyle changes, good nutrition and supplements, you can improve your quantity and quality of sleep.

Frozen meat & seafood

Keeping portions of meat and seafood in the freezer is a great way to make sure you have healthy meal options for busy nights. Learn about PCC’s selection of frozen meat and seafood, with tips for cooking.

Keeping portions of meat and seafood in the freezer is a great way to make sure you have healthy meal options for busy nights. Learn about PCC’s selection of frozen meat and seafood, with tips for cooking.

Quick & delicious seafood

Seafood can be intimidating for home cooks, but it doesn’t have to be! These recipes make it easy to make fish or shrimp a weeknight staple.

Seafood can be intimidating for home cooks, but it doesn’t have to be! These recipes make it easy to make fish or shrimp a weeknight staple.

GMO labeling call-in week

The week of February 9 through 13, let’s ask President Obama to make good on his campaign promise to label genetically engineered foods.

The week of February 9 through 13, let’s ask President Obama to make good on his campaign promise to label genetically engineered foods.

Bristol Bay drilling ban

President Obama has banned indefinitely oil and gas exploration of Alaska’s Bristol Bay to protect some of the nation’s most productive commercial fisheries.

President Obama has banned indefinitely oil and gas exploration of Alaska’s Bristol Bay to protect some of the nation’s most productive commercial fisheries.

Letters to the editor

PCC serves specialty diets · Holistic pet care · High-oleic oils · Allergens in eggs and meat · Plastics for storage and reuse · Sustainable palm oil

PCC serves specialty diets · Holistic pet care · High-oleic oils · Allergens in eggs and meat · Plastics for storage and reuse · Sustainable palm oil

News bites

Pollinators prefer organic · Home cooking for health · Farmed salmon less healthful · BPA linked to blood pressure rise · EU curbs plastic bags · Antibiotic-free lunches?  · Plastic in oceans · GE banana human trials · Phthalates: lower IQs · General Mills removes “natural”

Pollinators prefer organic · Home cooking for health · Farmed salmon less healthful · BPA linked to blood pressure rise · EU curbs plastic bags · Antibiotic-free lunches?  · Plastic in oceans · GE banana human trials · Phthalates: lower IQs · General Mills removes “natural”

PCC Board of Trustees report

The annual meeting is April 28. Learn about activities leading up to the board election.

The annual meeting is April 28. Learn about activities leading up to the board election.

Sound Consumer, February 2015