Down to Earth News
Introducing our new column, Talk Story with the Love Life! Team!
Starting this month you will find some fun changes in our newsletter. In addition to changing our delivery to the first of the month, we’ll be adding a new column that we are very excited about: Talk Story with the Love Life! Team.
Earth News Switches to Calendar Month!
We're switching Earth News to a calendar month beginning January 1st. This will enable us to more closely align with popular monthly themes. With the New Year we will also introduce a new column, "Talk Story With the Love Life!
Down to Earth to hold 1st ever Kailua Night Market & Holiday Sale
Kailua, HI (December 12, 2013) – Down to Earth will hold its first ever Kailua Night Market and Holiday Sale at its Kailua store location on 201 Hamakua Drive, Tuesday, December 17th 5-7:30 pm.
Down To Earth Starting Its Own Night Market
Down to Earth will launch a series of monthly night markets next Tuesday at its Kailua store, offering a dozen vendors, a cooking class and live entertainment.
4 ways to green up your natural retail store
Switching lighting, air conditioning and refrigeration to newer, more energy-efficient systems are some of the most complicated, expensive sustainability efforts to undertake. However, thanks to cheaper technology, “the payback periods have become very short,” says Mark Fergusson, chief organic officer at Down to Earth Organic and Natural, an all-vegetarian five-store chain in Hawaii. “Many of the payback periods for this work are less than three years, sometimes less than one year.”
Down to Earth’s Long-Term Goal is to be: All-Organic & GMO-Free
As we move towards our long-term goal to be all-organic and GMO-free, we give priority to organic and Non-GMO Project Verified products in our purchasing decisions, and are gradually eliminating products that contain GMOs.
Down to Earth Named Retailer of the Year!
Down to Earth was named Vitamin Retailer’s 2013 Retailer of the Year! The announcement was the cover story of the August edition. Kudos to Carmela Wolf, Wellness Manager at the King St.
2013 Retailer Of The Year: Down To Earth Organic & Natural

Retailer honors healthy people, animals and environment—Hawaiian style.
Down to Earth Named Top 10 “Right-to-Know Grocer”
Our GMO Labeling Efforts Are Among Best in Southwest Region, Says Organic Consumers Association.
Down to Earth Organic & Natural Wins “Hawaii’s Best 2013 People’s Choice Award”

For the seventh year in a row, readers of the Star-Advertiser named Down to Earth Organic & Natural “Hawaii’s Best 2013 People’s Choice Award for "Best Health Food Store!" Whole Foods came in 2nd, and Kale’s Natural Foods came in 3rd.