Make your own rolled beeswax candles this holiday season with these simple steps...
What You'll Need:
Directions:
Fold a sheet of beeswax back and forth several times until it breaks in half. If the sheet is brittle, heat briefly with a hair dryer (just enough to warm the wax but not melt it. Press 15 Ply Flat Braid Wicking into the ragged edge, then roll tightly into a cylinder shape. When finished rolling, press the loose edge lightly into the candle to seal.
Each year employees receive four hours of paid community service.
In 2014, GloryBee paid 186 hours of community service. Employees donated their time and efforts to helping the School Garden Project introduce children to healthy eating and organic gardening, supported the Eugene Mission, and cleaned the Willamette River.
GloryBee has a decade long relationship with a leader in Cassia production. Our cinnamon supplier offers unmatched traceability for products that they supply from mountain farmer to shipment, and have a manufacturing warehouse on location. This gives them the opportunity to see the product from beginning to end, sourcing from only a select number of growers.
Many farmers plant sections for each child born. They harvest one trunk after 7 years to send their child to school. Seven years later they harvest the second trunk to send that child to high school and college. The third trunk is harvested for wedding expenses.
Fair Trade practices include:
Transportation is an area we can directly control as a company, as we own our fleet of trucks and employ our drivers. 75% of our products are transported on our own fleet, and the remaining 25% is picked up by less than truck load (LTL) shippers, or by our customers in the Factory Store.
Our biodiesel is purchased from Oregon owned companies who reclaim oil from food industry sources. Our biodiesel is made from 100% recycled oil, repurposed from waste food grade oil. In fact, in 2014 we contributed to our own biodiesel supply, selling 6,470 lbs. of inconsumable oil product to our biodiesel provider.
In 2014:
Eugene, Ore. - GloryBee® is proud to announce the Non-GMO Project Verification on all its organic honeys. As the first major honey processor to earn this verification, GloryBee is able to offer all its organic honeys in large volume. As a company rooted in healthy living, GloryBee stands behind the transparency of its ingredients, and is happy to pass this verification onto its customers.
“We have been testing our organic honey for GMOs for more than five years, but being Non-GMO Project Verified truly separates GloryBee organic honey from the others. This verification allows us to meet our customers’ needs to add this verification to their own products, and develop even more products using our organic honey. We truly believe honey is nature’s best sweetener,” says GloryBee President Alan Turanski.
Honey is notoriously difficult to verify Non-GMO as it is considered a “high risk” ingredient. In order to ensure honey bees have not been exposed to GMOs an additional four mile boundary must be established outside the area of honey collection. Honey is likely to contain GMOs when outlying crops such as sugar beets, corn or soy have pollen collected and consumed by honey bees.
The newly Non-GMO Project Verified honeys, available in 12 ounce bears up to 3,000 pound totes, include:
GloryBee ensures all its honey products are 100% pure. While being minimally processed and packed in its Eugene, Oregon facility, this honey retains its unique flavor, quality and nutritional profile. GloryBee carries more than fifteen regional, organic and blended honey varieties.
“We pride ourselves on having some of the highest quality standards in the industry, from testing to how we handle and process our honey,” says Alan.
Most of the honey varieties come from the Pacific Northwest and are produced by local beekeepers. The imported organic honey is purchased from small cooperatives of beekeepers who are very concerned about the treatment of their bees and the quality of the honey.
Ingredients:
6 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1 ½ cups shredded coconut
2 cups sliced almonds
2/3 cups pumpkin seeds
½ cup diced organic apricots (optional)
4 tbsp coconut sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp fine sea salt
8 tbsp virgin coconut oil
½ cup pure maple syrup
½ cup honey
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
½ tsp pure almond extract
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line two large baking/cookie sheets with parchment paper
Mix all dry ingredients (except apricots) in a large bowl
Mix all wet ingredients in small/medium bowl and whisk together
Pour liquid mixture over dry and stir until all dry ingredients are well coated
Pour onto the lined baking/cookie sheets and spread evenly in a layer
Bake for 30 – 45 minutes stirring every 10 – 15 minutes. Halfway through baking, sprinkle apricots over granola and stir in.
Let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 30 days
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Over the years, Dick and I have been blessed to be able to meet with some of our customers as we travel. This past January, we traveled to Maui. I will admit if we are in an area outside of the Pacific Northwest and I know we distribute our products to that region, I like to look for my products on the shelves of those natural foods stores.
On one of our first days of vacation, I found myself doing this exactly. I entered a local natural foods store, introduced myself to the store staff and took some time to share a little about GloryBee and Aunt Patty’s story. I value each and every opportunity to share my story and the passion behind our products and through our time together, we learned more about their customers, making a real genuine connection and began discussing partnering on events and demos in the future.
After a few days of hiking and snorkeling, we ventured a trip to a tropical plantation on the island. As Dick spoke with our guide, he mentioned bees. Our guide shared how her daughter had bees and that she herself wanted to learn more about bees. As an experienced beekeeper, this was a wonderful opportunity for Dick to share his passion about honey bees and the conversation opened up to speaking about cooking with the Aunt Patty’s products. With each new meeting, we continue to build valuable relationships with our customers.
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Springtime in Eugene, can go one of two ways: rain lasting each and every day or beautiful days filled with sunshine. If we are lucky enough to experience extended periods of sun, my family and I engage in a few springtime traditions I would like to share with you.
1. Get Your Hands Dirty
I am blessed with plenty of space in my yard to garden and I love when I get time to share my tricks during the planting season with my grandchildren. We clean up the garden, till, add nutrients, and create rows and mounds for the crops.
2. Stage A Family Cooking Competition
This past year, I had all my grandkids over at the house and decided to have a fun little “Iron Chef” competition using only ingredients from my kitchen or garden. The kids came up with appetizers, main courses and even a dessert. In the end, everyone was a winner.
3. Smoothie Time
After collecting the “fruits” of the labor, the kids and I love to combine some of our favorite fruits and vegetables and make refreshing smoothies.
4. Take A Craft Class
At GloryBee during the Spring (and actually throughout the year) we offer natural craft classes at our Factory Store where you can learn to make candles, soap, lotion, lip balms and much more. http://glorybee.com/content/factory-store
5. Take A Trip to Your Local Farmer’s Market
I can’t possible grow everything in my garden and it is exciting to see what local farmers have been up to.
On a cloudy rainy May day, I find the best way to bring a little sunshine inside is to spend some time in my kitchen. Making use of the ingredients I already have at my fingertips, allows me to experiment and create something tasty and my own naturally.
Now just the other day, I was feeling cramped inside trying to avoid the rain. I remembered I had just received a wonderful gift of chocolate salted caramels, and I wanted to use them in a recipe. I dug through my pantry and found I had some of my Aunt Patty’s Mt. Rainier Trail Mix (this is our organic mix made up of almonds, cashews, cranberries, raisins, sunflower seed kernels, and pumpkin seeds). I thought these would be great additions to a traditional oatmeal cookie recipe, and just like that I present to you:
Aunt Patty’s Organic Trail Mix Morsels
Over the years, Dick and I have taken our family on many road trips. We found the best way to keep the kids, and now our grandkids happy for extensive lengths of time is to keep them fed. For travel these days, I rely on my very own Aunt Patty’s’ Trail Mixes, filled with some of my favorite ingredients, to keep their appetites at bay and to keep them happy.
My line of premium trail mixes are hearty and full of flavor with your best health in mind. None of my mixes use harmful preservatives, especially sulfur. Any oil used during processing is Non–GMO and expeller pressed. All of the chocolate used is made with only pure vanilla extract. Best of all, they taste great!
Here’s a great go-to recipe when I want to make a travel snack from scratch:
Aunt Patty’s Coconut Granola Ingredients:
2 Cups Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats
¾ Cup Shredded Sweetened Coconut
½ Cup Chopped Raw Almonds
1/3 Cup Raw Pumpkin Seeds
2 Tbsp Aunt Patty’s Coconut Sugar
1 tsp Aunt Patty’s Cinnamon
¼ tsp Salt
4 Tbsp Aunt Patty’s Coconut Oil, melted
½ Cup Pure Maple Syrup
1 tsp Aunt Patty’s Vanilla Extract
¼ tsp Almond Extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In large bowl, combine oats, coconut, almonds, pumpkin seeds, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
In small bowl, whisk together coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract and almond extract.
Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients. Stir until dry ingredients are well coated. Pour onto lined cookie sheet and spread out into an even layer.
Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
Let cool and then store in airtight container for up to 30 days.
Eugene, Ore. – In support of National Pollinator Week, family-owned natural foods company, GloryBee®, is partnering with retailers throughout Oregon and Washington to engage in honey promotions highlighting the importance of honey bees as they relate to our food supply. A percentage of all honey sales, bulk and retail, goes directly towards GloryBee’s “Save the Bee” initiative.
This year’s National Pollinator Week runs June 15 - 21, and is an international celebration for the valuable ecosystem services provided by our naturally pollinating animals. For GloryBee®, bees are of special interest because as much as 1/3 of the fruits and nuts we eat is pollinated by bees. It is with this in mind that in 2012, GloryBee® launched its social program, Save the Bee, as a way to bring awareness to the issues surrounding Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and bring much needed funds to the research of this growing problem. In only its third year of existence, GloryBee® and Save the Bee was able to donate over $44,000 to the Oregon State University Bee Lab, who is doing tremendous work researching the issues that surround our honey bees.
“Saving honey bees who directly impact the pollination of our food supply is not something any of us should take lightly. We need everyone’s help to bring awareness to this issue as we work to direct much needed funding towards the research of CCD. The research that OSU is doing connects farmers, beekeepers, and consumers together as we all work together Save the Bee,” states RaeJean Wilson, GloryBee® Senior Executive Vice President.
During 2015 National Pollinator Week, there are 15 retail outlets committed to promoting GloryBee® honey and donating a percentage of the profits to Save the Bee. “2015 is shaping up to be a successful year for Save the Bee, and we are excited about the future as we work to save one of the most important and fascinating insects of our ecosystem,” said Alan Turanski, GloryBee® President.
For stores who are partnering with GloryBee® and participating in the “Save the Bee” Pollinator Promotion, see below:
Participating stores in Washington:
• Shop n Kart - Chehalis, WA
• Country Village Nutrition - Longview, WA
• Central Co-Op - Seattle, WA
• Chuck's Produce - Vancouver, WA-Mill Plain Blvd
• Chuck's Produce Bulk - Vancouver, WA-NE 117 St
• Minglement - Vashon, WA
Participating stores in Oregon:
• Grower's Outlet - Portland, OR
• Norman's Farmers Market - Salem, OR
• Farmer's Market - Grants Pass, OR
• Coos Head Food Co-Op - North Bend, OR
• Food 4 Less Naturals - Medford, OR
• Sherm's - Klamath Falls, OR
• Shop n Kart - Ashland, OR
• Bailey's Health Food Center - North Bend, OR
• Market of Choice - Eugene, Corvallis & Portland
To learn more about GloryBee’s Save the Bee Program, go to: www.GloryBee.com/savethebee. If you want to know how you can partner with us, call our Sales Department at: 1-800-456-7923.
Easy Coconut Popcorn
½ Cup Organic Popping Corn
1-1/2 Tbsp Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
Place ingredients in a heavy duty pot and cook over medium heat. Once kernels start to pop, place a lid on top of the pot and shake every 10 seconds. When popping slows to just a few pops per second, remove from heat and serve!
Sweetly Cinnamon Popcorn
Serves 2
1 small brown paper bag
½ cup popcorn kernels
2½ tablespoons Aunt Patty’s Coconut Oil
1½ tablespoons Aunt Patty’s Coconut Sugar
½ teaspoon Aunt Patty’s Cinnamon
Pinch of salt Place popcorn kernels in the brown paper bag and roll the top over 3-4 times. Microwave on high for 1-2 minutes. Take the popped popcorn out of the bag into a large bowl, leaving the un-popped kernels. Microwave for another minute, or until the pops slow down. Add to the bowl of popped popcorn. Melt the coconut oil. Mix together the coconut sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Slowly pour the coconut oil over the popcorn, tossing with your hands about halfway through. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top of the popcorn and toss well to coat. Dig in.
Smoked Popcorn
1 cup of popcorn
1 ½ Tbsp of AP Red Palm Oil (melted in popping pan)
½ to 1 tsp of liquid smoke
Place ingredients in a heavy duty pot and cook over medium heat. Once kernels start to pop, place a lid on top of the pot and shake every 10 seconds. When popping slows to just a few pops per second, remove from heat. If you would like a little more flavor dress with garlic butter, savory smoked salt, or dried chives and serve!