Pasta Making at the Essential Trading Open Day[/caption]On Sunday I took Maya and Jacob to the Essential Trading Open day. Essential are a wholesaler of mostly food items but we use them for Natracare, the brilliant Mooncup, Nappy Fresh and a few other non-food items.
Most of the stands were food suppliers and unlike other Trade shows I've taken them too, this time it was them telling me to wait as they took great pleasure in trying out all the samples of chocolate, juices, snacks and other treats.
We watched a pasta making demonstration that took ages - about an hour! Luckily there was a talk on at the same time from Sekem an organic producer in Egypt that I found interesting to listen to. They grow the ingredients for Essentials organic teas. Whilst I watched the pasta making and listened to the talk I realised why I like coming to these events. Talking to the suppliers it was clear that the ingredients, the farming, the manufacturing - the whole supply chain is important. Like us they believe that it all DOES make a difference; the appreciation of quality over quantity and all that means to the wellbeing and health of the planet and ourselves.
You can find Essential branded foods in good health food stores (Harvest and Scoopaway on the Gloucester Road). You can find products for you and your baby sourced with love, care and attention from Born.
