Thank you for visiting Sweetwater Market!
This site was last updated on Jan 2009.

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Welcome to the Sweetwater Market online store, your source for high quality home-delivered whole foods, organic groceries, nutritional supplements and all-natural home needs. We specialize in nutrient-dense, shelf stable raw foods and snacks, in particular the Better-Than- Roasted™ line of raw, soaked and dehydrated nuts and the yummy products we have created with these nuts.

If you are watching your intake of phytates, or are interested in Raw foods, please be sure to check out our Better-Than-Roasted™ product line, which offers a delicious way for consumers to enjoy the benefits of raw foods while avoiding mineral chelation from phytic acid.

Sweetwater Market's friendly customer service associates are available from 9 am to 4:30 pm (EST) on weekdays to provide phone support for shoppers in this store. Please do not hesitate to call us at 540-745-5040 or 866-777-7475 toll free if there is any way we can help make your Sweetwater Market shopping experience more satisfying and informative.

Sweetwater Market backs all our products with a 100% satisfaction money-back guarantee. Please see our Contact Info for our return policy details.

Sweetwater Market ships internationally, and we will be happy to prepare and send any gift items directly to your friend or loved one, along with a customized greeting. We also offer gift certificates.

Shoppers in Virginia are welcome to purchase directly from our storeroom in Floyd, which is open to walk-in clientelle by appointment during business hours.

Sweetwater Market is proud to be a member of Co-op America, and we are certified by Stellar Certification Services as an organic food processor and repacker.

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About Us

The Sweetwater Market team is a group of Earth-friendly folks who wish to promote the well-being of our bodies and our beautiful planet by offering healthy foods and natural products at an affordable price.

As a green business, we consider the environmental implications of all of our actions by promoting recycling, reusing boxes and packing materials, reducing waste whenever possible, and supporting organic farming methods. When you visit this site and you shop in this store, you are casting a vote to support an economy that is sustainable, Earth-friendly, and culturally diverse.

This shopping portal was created to help people around the world learn more about some of the best organically crafted, low-impact products and creative works available today on the market.

Thank you for visiting the Sweetwater Market online store. May you know good health and prosperity!

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A Note to our Customers

We value your business, and hope that you will feel free to offer us positive feedback and constructive criticism as we continue to adapt to emerging trends in the global food marketplace.

We have researched the foods we carry and the processes by which they are obtained and/or extracted. We believe that eating foods that have been exposed to minimal temperatures during processing and that are free of chemicals, sulfites or other preservatives and irradiation, contribute to leading a healthy and delicious life.

We do our best to accurately represent our products, their pricing, and any other information that we're presenting. If you do find any errors, misprints or unclear information on our site, please don't hesitate to contact us with your input.

You can call us at (540) 745-5040

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WHY EAT ORGANIC FOODS?
(Quotes are from Taste for Life magazine, October 2006)

FOR OUR CHILDREN: "Pregnant women, infants, and children are uniquely at risk of significant--possibly permanent--developmental damage from low-level pesticide exposure. In surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and others, 90 percent or more of the children tested had insecticide metabolites in their urine and blood."

"Research confirms the relationship between diet and pesticide exposure in children. An organic diet 'provides a dramatic and immediate protective effect against exposure to organophosphate (based) pesticides,' finds a study published by the National Institutes of Health. "

FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT: "Toxic and persistent pesticides applied in conventional agriculture can remain in the soil for 20 years or more, and tainted irrigation water is one cause of cross-contamination between farms. The US Geological Survey found that about half of sampled groundwater contained at least one pesticide--including the long-banned DDT and dieldrin. Organic production prohibits toxic, persistent pesticides and relies largely on natural pest control methods-supporting healthy soil and groundwater for ourselves and our children, and generations to come."