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  • Christmas dried fruit decorations

    Decorate your house with fruit Christmas crafts with fruit. Christmas is a great time to for a midnight feast with the kids and to spend a little time bonding with your family, it’s also a great time to have a craft or two up your sleeve for the young ones in your family. Why not […]

  • Corporate wellness no joke

    Do you laugh in your office? Is your corporate wellness program a joke? A workplace wellness program is not usually something to look forward to, or get excited about. However, office wellness is serious business. Health and wellness committees are designed to improve the health and well-being of employees, and thus the business itself. But […]

  • Do you have an office walking club?

    Do you have an office walking club? Walking away from the office? Does sitting in your office fill you with boredom? Do you feel tired and emotionally drained by the end of the day? Studies have found that by getting just 20 minutes of light exercise 5 times a week, you can improve mental performance, […]

  • Healthy Halloween, fruit for candy

    Fun Halloween crafts with fruit Worried about your children consuming too much candy this Halloween? No one wants an apple or a toothbrush when they’re out trick or treating, but a vomiting melon, a Mummified banana or a Frankenstein kiwi is just plain cool. Do your kids just love Halloween candy? Are you worried about […]

  • The Orange Season is Upon Us

    The orange season is upon us Oranges are always the best over the winter months. One of the things we look forward to the most here at Fruitfull Offices, is the arrival of the orange season. After the beautiful summer fruits of the Okanagan finish up, we welcome the bounty from California. First to arrive […]

  • Cherries can help with your insomnia

    Cherry, i’ll sleep. How cherry juice helps you sleep: Drinking a glass at morning and night can help you have an hour’s longer rest each day. Researchers studied a group of people at Louisiana State University. All of the participants had reported previous problems with their sleep patterns. The group were asked to drink tart cherry […]

  • Fun things to do with fruit

    Fun things to do with fruit Have some fun with your fruit this summer. Who said it’s wrong to play with your food? We know the kids are bored as the school holiday’s wind on, so we’ve come up with some great ideas to teach them healthy eating, while you play with your food. 1). […]

  • Disturbing facts about organic food

    Why I don’t buy organic food Good reasons to avoid wasting your cash. Organic farming could be worse for the climate than conventional farming methods, one of the UK’s government scientific advisers has said, because of the greater land use required and the methods used. From apples to bananas, your dinner time veggies and your […]

  • 5 Healthy Breakfast Smoothie Recipes

    5 Healthy Breakfast Smoothie Recipes Raspberry and Nut Smoothie With Peanut butter and jam make this delicious shake by blending low-fat milk, frozen raspberries, and your favourite nut butter. Ginger Berry and Oat Smoothie Bored of oatmeal? Why not whirl up rolled oats, blueberries, yogurt, and ice in a blender. Brown sugar and fresh ginger […]

  • 12 Pesticides used in Organic Farming

    12 Toxic Pesticides used in Organic Farming Reasons to avoid organic food. It is commonly believed that organic farmers do not use pesticides and that organic food is therefore safer to consume than conventionally farmed fruit and vegetables. In a UK poll, 95% of the consumers bought organic food because they wanted to avoid consuming pesticides. […]

  • The world’s coolest office spaces

    Is your office cool? The World’s coolest office spaces. To grab the best and brightest talent, companies are paying more attention than ever before to the environment created by their–increasingly creative–work spaces. It’s a smart move–most professionals spend more hours at the office each week than they do at home, and an office the allows […]

  • Snacks? No, trying to lose weight!

    Healthy Office Snacks 12 Snacks To Avoid When You’re Trying To Lose Weight Snacking is sometimes looked down upon when you’re trying to lose weight, but when done the right way, snacking can be good for you! It keeps your metabolism going and cravings at bay until the next meal. However, eating the wrong foods […]

  • Does your office recycle?

    Does your office recycle? Get EcoAction in your office. Metro Vancouver has implemented a new bylaw banning all food scraps from the garbage stream. This means that every residence and every business in the Metro Vancouver area is now required to have an organic recycling program. EcoAction a Vancouver based office recycleing business can help your office with this. Metro […]

  • Which is your favourite superfood?

    Why are super foods so super? Fruit is our favourite super food, here’s why. Blueberries The blueberry is an antioxidant powerhouse. That deep blue colour is related to high amounts of phytonutrients called anthocyanidins. These phytonutrients aid in the process of neutralizing free radical damage in our cells. Overtime, the collagen matrix of our tissues […]

  • Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable

    More labour with lower yields is a luxury only rich populations can afford.  By Dr. HENRY I. MILLER Are organic vendors scamming you? You may have noticed that the organic section of your local supermarket is growing. Advocates tout organic-food production—in everything from milk and coffee to meat and vegetables—as a “sustainable” way to feed the […]

  • Confirmed: Organic a waste of cash

    Is organic food better for you? Are organic businesses lying to us? BY ALYSSA FIORENTINO AND RHEANNA O’NEIL BELLOMO To buy organic or not to buy organic? That is the question. Will your organic kale be healthier, more tasty, and pesticide-free? Apparently, the answer is a resounding NO. And, according to a a new report by Quartz, spending extra […]

  • Five-a-day: what counts towards it?

    Five-a-day: what counts towards it? Do you get your 5 fruit and veggies a day? COUNTS Fresh fruit and vegetables Beans and pulses. These count as only one portion, no matter how many you eat Frozen fruit and vegetables Tinned or canned fruit and vegetables (buy ones that come in natural juice or water, with […]

  • Fruit beneficial to pregnant women

    Fruit when pregnant leads to smarter kids. New study reports just how smart it is to eat right during pregnancy. Eating a generous amount of fruit during pregnancy may help your baby be able to score better on development tests. Regular consumption of fruit is known to reduce a variety of health complications such as Alzheimer’s or preventing […]