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Lakewinds Food Co-op Opens New Store in Richfield
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akewinds Food Co-op, with with other locations in Minnetonka and Chanhas-
sen, opened a new store at 6420 Lyn- dale Avenue South in Richfield in June. Lakewinds has been a member-owned food cooperative since 1975.
“It’s good for us, and it’s good for the co-op movement as a whole,” says Dale
Woodbeck, Lakewinds’ general manager. “More and more people are savvy on the topics of organic, sustainable, local food, and we need to stay in the lead of the move- ment, differentiating ourselves from the other stores in the game.” Like the other full-service cooperative grocery locations, the Richfield Lakewinds
will offer a variety of organic and natural products, many of them from local farms and producers. In addition, the store has some special features, including an on-site sushi chef, a fresh fruit and vegetable juice machine and an open-style deli, kitchen and butcher shop. Greg Dick, store manager, adds, “We’re also excited about the Peace Coffee shop inside the store and a beautiful indoor-outdoor café.” Commitment to the local community is paramount to Lakewinds’ success. “Our co-op has a strong tradition of giving back to our neighbors,” says Woodbeck. “Whether it’s in the form of grants to local organic farmers, education and outreach to school and community groups, or donations to the neighborhood food shelf, Lakewinds values the partnership we have with the people we serve.”
For more information, email
DaleW@Lakewinds.coop or visit
Lakewinds.coop.
Salt Room Opens in Woodbury
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he Salt Room, in Woodbury, recently opened for business at 2110 Eagle Creek Lane, Suite 350. It features a yoga room, relaxation room and children’s room, all designed to offer visitors the health benefits of breathing in salt air. Owner Gloria WahrenBrock says that some of the benefits include relief from asthma, dermatitis, allergies, sinus infections, colds, flu, coughs, emphysema, ear infections, cystic fibrosis and COPD. All rooms are covered with pharmaceutical-grade salt, pulverized into fine dust and also pumped into the air. Visitors can relax, listen to music, read or recline in an anti-gravity chair while they naturally breathe in micro- scopic salt particles.
She explains that European salt caves have long been used to treat a variety of re-
spiratory and skin conditions. Salt is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, and helps with mucus clearance by decreasing the thickness and allowing it to be expelled. WahrenBrock, who had been diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia, visited a salt room in Florida, and says that immediately afterward she noticed an improvement in her breathing. “After three sessions in one week, I was back on the golf course,” she says. “This is what inspired me to open The Salt Room in Minnesota.”
Cost: $35 adults; $20 children. Memberships and session packs are available. For more information, call 651-436-1725 or visit
SaltRoomWoodbury.com. See ad, page 12.
Spirit Wellness Center Hosts Holistic Fair
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he Spirit Wellness Center will host its 4th annual Holistic Fair from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 19 at the Best Western Dakota Ridge Hotel, in Eagan. Registration for exhibitors and vendors is now open; businesses and providers that would like to partici- pate are invited to apply. Volunteers are also needed for this event. The annual holistic fair offers holistic health practitioners, natural products retailers and other holis- tic-based businesses and services to market themselves or their products to a health-minded audience. “At the Holistic Fair this year we are looking to bring wellness and healthy lifestyles to the forefront,” says Kellie Haehnel, owner of The Spirit Wellness Center, in Eagan. “Everyone is looking for cost-effective ways to stay healthy and providers are always looking for ways to meet prospective clients. We believe there is a tremen- dous interest and enthusiasm for just such an event. There are so many holistically minded individuals who are thirsty for the kind of resources that this event will highlight. ” Haehnel adds, “Anyone interest- ed in promoting their business and showcasing the products or services that they provide by reaching out to people and making personal contacts in a short amount of time should be registering for this event.”
Cost: $5 (includes keynote speaker and lectures), students/seniors $3, chil- dren under 10 free. Elective services extra. Location: Best Western Dakota Ridge Hotel, 3450 Washington Dr., Eagan. For more information, call 612-804-4463 or email Kellie@
TheSpiritWellnessCenter.com.
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