We are happy to announce that Fluf reusable Snack Packs and Lunch Bags are now available at selected Whole Foods stores throughout Canada and the US (and coming to many more later in the summer and in time for back-to-school!).

Our reusable and organic lunch collection is now available at Whole Foods Market stores throughout the North Atlantic region (Central Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine) and will soon be available throughout the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington and British Columbia) and Midwest (Ontario (yahoo!), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin) regions. 

Fluf Lunch Bags and Snack Packs are made with 100% certified organic cotton and a tested food-safe lining, and are free of BPA, phthalates and lead ... a perfect addition to Whole Foods' roster of high-quality natural and organic products.

 

 

Allie: "This is one of the carrots I grew. It grew around a rock - nature is pretty amazing!"

When Allie contacted us to order lunch bags for resale, we were intrigued ... She's 9 years old.

Allie has been farming with her mum for as long as she can remember and, until recently, they donated all of their fresh produce to the local food bank. Last year they started selling their heirloom vegetables at the Haliburton Farmer's Market. This year, Allie spearheaded adding our reusable lunch bags to their assortment. 

When Allie is not helping her mum out on the farm, she is tackling waste reduction at school. Struggling with kids bringing single-use water bottles with their lunches, she applied for a grant from the Green Apple School Program and bought reusable water bottles for all the kids in her school!

We're inspired. If you are in the area, you can find All Farmed Up's heirloom veges, and Allie selling an assortment of Fluf lunch bags, at the Haliburton Farmer's Market in Carnarvon, Ontario.

Here are a few things that Allie shared with us about what motivates her and what she wants to do when she grows up:

When did you start growing vegetables with your mum? 
I started growing vegetables with my mum when I was 2 years old:)  Mainly I weeded--only problem sometimes the plants:))  Everything we grew went to help bring fresh food to families in need. We donated everything to our local food warehouse.  

What is your favourite thing to grow? 
carrots--they taste amazing when you pick them right out of the ground and eat them.

What has motivated you to get involved with waste reduction?
My mum started the recycling program at her school when she was young--before that her school did not recycle at all. I joined the eco club at my school and I noticed that many kids come to school with single use water bottles...I wanted to give all the kids a reusable water bottle so I applied for a grant from the green apple fund and I bought water bottles for all the kids at my school.  I did a study and realized that if all the kids at my school, we have a small school only 160 students, use their water bottle each day that would eliminate 30400 bottles from the landfills. Every kid matters! Also, even if we recycle the bottles--only so many make it to reuse...so it is more important  for us to reduce.  This is why I really like the idea of the bags:))  They are the perfect size for reusable containers.

Any idea what you want to do when you grow up?
I want to help animals, farm, and be a hockey player.

Anything else you want to add? Your company is amazing--I love that you came up with the idea of making reusable bags and snack packs and the graphics are really cool:)

Thanks Allie! We think what you are doing is even cooler.

  

Our family’s annual earth day “buffalo hunt”.

"Buffalo hunt"?? What is that, you ask?

We decorate paper bags with themes about our lovely planet. Then we head
outside to fill our bags with trash that has collected up over the winter.  

We didn't find that elusive buffalo but we did have some fun cleaning up.

From our family to yours, happy earth day! 

 

 

Check out Fluf’s booth from our most recent “Showcation”: part tradeshow; part vacation. (Much as we miss our young children’s piercing sibling rivalry and being awoken from REM sleep nightly, walking the streets of NYC, boozy dinners out and Gift Fair are sort of fun too.)

It was a stellar show. It was so nice to see so many familiar (and new!) faces. 

It was also an honour to be chosen as one of the NYIGF’s 7 Most Sustainable Companies.

 

Fluf lunch bags donated to 500+ students as part of FoodShare’s province-wide fall harvest celebration, Eat-in-Ontario! 

FoodShare Toronto is a non-profit community organization whose vision is to provide good, healthy food for all.

Founded 26 years ago to address hunger in our communities, FoodShare takes a multifaceted and long-term approach to hunger and food issues. FoodShare works to empower individuals, families and communities through food-based initiatives, while also advocating for the broader public policies needed to ensure that everyone has adequate access to sustainably produced, good healthy food. 

As one of its initiatives, FoodShare has been instrumental in spearheading the model for student nutrition programs in the city of Toronto. Its approach involves bringing food-based education to our schools, as well as transforming on-the-ground meal programs.

 

It is actively involved in creating models for teaching and fostering healthy eating by delivering fun, hands-on, curriculum-linked activities. FoodShare seeks to remind children what food is and where it comes from, and to impart that healthy food also tastes good. The ultimate goal is to help children acquire food literacy skills and learn to make good food choices, on their own.

We share FoodShare’s vision that all children and youth should have access to healthy and delicious foods, as well as learn the tools to make life-long, healthy food choices.

In support of that mandate, we are pleased to have donated 1,500 lunch bags for use in FoodShare's school programming. Most recently, Fluf lunch bags were given out to 500+ students at Eat-in-Ontario, its province-wide fall harvest celebration teaching students of all ages the joys of cooking, growing and tasting good, healthy food!

Rock-on FoodShare!!

 

 

Fluf lunch bags are now available at Indigo stores throughout Canada.