Health Hotline Magazine | April 2025

Our 1 % Pasture-Based Dairy Standard requires animals to graze the entire grazing season and be raised in environments that meet their needs, encourage their natural behaviors, & care for them humanely. To our knowledge, no other grocery store, online retailer, or farmers market sells only pasture-based dairy! Our 1 % Fr -Range E Standard means hens are never caged and must spend time outside on living-range and and enjoy indoor environments with the space and enrichments to encourage their natural chicken behaviors. We’ve always b n Regenerative Pion rs at Natural Grocers ® ! Our product standards for dairy, e s, meat, and produce su ort soil health, biodiversity, cleaner water, humane animal treatment, and farmer welfare. Our 1 % Certified Organic Produce Standard protects habitats, waterways, and soil health by saying NO to synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). We’re Certified Organic handlers to ensure its integrity from the field to your table. Our minimum fresh and frozen meat standard Bronze, is usually equivalent to the highest standard at other grocery stores and farmers markets. It requires humanely raised and sustainably sourced meat products, without antibiotics, growth promotants, or animal by-products.

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