Support Local Foods, Support the Planet

August 7th, 2008

Eating healthy, allergen-friendly foods does not mean that your food has to travel long distances. We are especially lucky, in South Dakota, to have access to a variety of nutritious foods that are grown practically in our backyard.

Meadowsweet Market celebrates these fresh, naturally delicious foods by offering many choices for local fare. The next time you shop at Meadowsweet, put some local foods in your cart. You’ll taste the difference!

You are not just giving your family the freshest food available when you buy local, natural foods. You are also supporting a healthier environment. The farther food has to travel to get to your plate, the more energy and natural resources, including gasoline, are used. This important connection between our food and the land is an often overlooked way to have a positive impact on the environment. Local food is certainly the tastiest! So stop in, buy local, and be green! 

Gluten Free Food Shipped Nationwide

April 11th, 2008

In the ten years that we’ve been open, it’s happened many times.  Someone will come in and say, “I’ve just been diagnosed with Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance.  What can I eat?” or “My child has to eat dairy free, corn free, soy free, and peanut free.  What can they have?”  In the early years of business, we showed people our colored dots that were posted under the foods they could eat.  Yellow dots meant gluten free, blue dots meant dairy free, etc. so they would look for the dots to find their food choices.  We had so many people shopping for gluten-free and other allergen-free food that we decided to move all the selections together.  At first, we had a few sections of gluten-free groceries.  Customers would make requests for new items, until those few sections expanded to fill an entire wall.  Then the wall was not big enough, and we had to expand onto shelves.  We’ve had customers come in from South Dakota (of course), Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska.  Relatives of people living in other states would purchase items and ship things to them.  Then we decided it was time to get all of our allergy-friendly foods on-line so people nationwide could take advantage of our selection.  Some of the states we have shipped orders to include New York, Maryland, Missouri, Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, Kansas, Arizona, Alaska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, California, Texas, and Washington, DC just to name a few.  We hope you take advantage of our on-line shopping site.  Please e-mail us if you have any product requests or suggestions. We appreciate our customers!

Celiac Sprue Association Press Release

March 19th, 2008

Celiac Sprue Association LogoCeliac Sprue Association Welcomes Corporate Benefactor Member Meadowsweet Natural Health Market The Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) announces the addition of Meadowsweet Natural Health Market as its newest Corporate Benefactor Member. Through their generous support, CSA Corporate Benefactor Members further the CSA mission of helping individuals with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis and their families worldwide through information, education, support and research. Meadowsweet Natural Health Market, located at 3801 W. 34th Street, in Sioux Falls, SD, provides online access to over 500 allergy-friendly products through its website http://www.juniperfoods.com/ . A wide array of gluten-free and allergy-friendly foods are offered in a convenient format that allows the shopper to select from a variety of baking ingredients and mixes, convenience meals, salad dressings, condiments, soups, snack foods, and other items. Detailed ingredient lists, nutrition facts, allergen coding and facility information are included for each product. Discounts for case ordering are available, and orders are shipped via the United States Post Office. Meadowsweet Market also offers in store shopping and local delivery to the Sioux Falls area. For further information about Meadowsweet Natural Health Market, visit their website http://www.juniperfoods.com/ , or contact Meadowsweet by phone at 605-361-5526 or by email at service@juniperfoods.com . For further information about the Celiac Sprue Association Corporate Benefactor Member Program visit the CSA website http://www.csaceliacs.org/ or contact the CSA office toll-free at 877- CSA-4-CSA, or e-mail celiacs@csaceliacs.org