March 28, 2001 Grocery shopping can help farming association Do you ever wonder what kind of community service you can do that won’t take up too much time and you can do with your kids? How about something as simple as food shopping? The Wellesley Pesticide Awareness Campaign (WPAC) needs your help, and you can assist us by doing your food and sundries shopping at Bread and Circus Whole Foods Market this coming Wednesday, April 4. On that day, Bread and Circus will donate 5 percent of their total sales to WPAC’s partner organization, the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA). Part of these proceeds are going to be used for joint WPAC/NOFA projects, including a regional Organic Lawn and Garden Tour on July 21, 2001. The long-range objective of the Wellesley Pesticide Awareness Campaign is to reduce the exposure of children and adults to pesticides and pesticide breakdown products which are known or probably health hazards, to protect Wellesley’s water supply, and to restore Wellesley’s land use style to healthier and less toxic land care practices. Our partner organizations are helping us on many fronts. NOFA is developing organic lawn care standards and an organic certification course for landscapers. Bread and Circus Whole Foods Market is helping to distribute our flyers and advertise our talks and seminars. The Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project is helping us present forums on the Precautionary Principle. The Needham Garden Center is maintaining a full line of organic lawn and garden products, and offers a 10 percent discount to Wellesley residents on these products. You can help us too, by doing your shopping at Bread and Circus on Wednesday, April 4, 2001. For more information on WPAC and our partners, please visit our informational web site, www.ci.wellesley.ma.us/nrc/pesticide. Thank you! Sarah Little Pesticide Awareness Coordinator Town of Wellesley Health Dept.   Do you ever wonder what kind of community service you can do that won’t take up too much time and you can do with your kids? How about something as simple as food shopping? The Wellesley Pesticide Awareness Campaign (WPAC) needs your help, and you can assist us by doing your food and sundries shopping at Bread and Circus Whole Foods Market this coming Wednesday, April 4. On that day, Bread and Circus will donate 5 percent of their total sales to WPAC’s partner organization, the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA). Part of these proceeds are going to be used for joint WPAC/NOFA projects, including a regional Organic Lawn and Garden Tour on July 21, 2001. The long-range objective of the Wellesley Pesticide Awareness Campaign is to reduce the exposure of children and adults to pesticides and pesticide breakdown products which are known or probably health hazards, to protect Wellesley’s water supply, and to restore Wellesley’s land use style to healthier and less toxic land care practices. Our partner organizations are helping us on many fronts. NOFA is developing organic lawn care standards and an organic certification course for landscapers. Bread and Circus Whole Foods Market is helping to distribute our flyers and advertise our talks and seminars. The Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project is helping us present forums on the Precautionary Principle. The Needham Garden Center is maintaining a full line of organic lawn and garden products, and offers a 10 percent discount to Wellesley residents on these products. You can help us too, by doing your shopping at Bread and Circus on Wednesday, April 4, 2001. For more information on WPAC and our partners, please visit our informational web site, www.ci.wellesley.ma.us/nrc/pesticide. Thank you! Sarah Little Pesticide Awareness Coordinator Town of Wellesley Health Dept.     email this story to a friend   go to ALL stories