Health Hotline Magazine | April 2025

PLEDGE TODAY HELP US REACH OUR $100,000 GOAL! AND WE’LL DONATE $ 1 PER PLEDGE TO RODALE INSTITUTE This Earth Day, Natural Grocers ® is celebrating our eighth year of our Ladybug Love Pledge— our way of championing creatures that we sometimes take for granted: insects. They may seem insignificant at best and pests at worst, but insects p ay a crucial role in the stability of our food supply and their decline cannot be ignored!

STARTING THIS EARTH DAY, APRIL ND , I PLEDGE TO NEVER USE CHEMICALS THAT HARM LADYBUGS OR OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS ON MY LAWN OR GARDEN AND TO SU ORT 1 % ORGANIC PRODUCE. You can pledge for the first time or renew your commitment DON'T COUNT ME!

Want to learn about adybugs and why they’re so important?

to protecting beneficial insects every year with the Ladybug Love Pledge. naturalgrocers.com/ adybuglove

Pledge must be made between 4/1/25 and 4/30/25 at naturalgrocers.com/ladybuglove to qualify for matching donation following the pledge period. Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc. will make a single matching donation of up to $25,000.

Scan here or visit naturalgrocers.com/ adybug-facts

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