Can you believe that it’s already time to get the kiddies ready for back-to-school? Get this year off to a wonderful start with healthy back-to-school strategies featuring natural and eco-friendly essentials!

Wild Oats Peanut Butter Quesadilla
Wild Oats offers a variety of products to make back-to-school easier and more affordable. One quick idea is to make a delicious peanut butter, honey and banana quesadilla for lunch. Simply take about three tablespoons of your favorite Wild Oats Marketplace Peanut Butter, spoon in a tablespoon of local honey, add some banana slices, spread on the inside of a whole wheat tortilla and fold in half. Your kids will love it!

U Konserve
U Konserve was started six years ago by two moms who were shocked by the amount of lunchtime trash generated each day in their children’s school.  Here’s a scary fact: one child produces 67 pounds of lunchtime trash each year!! One of their most popular products, the Waste-Free Lunch Kit, features a cotton sack, cloth napkin, 13 ounce stainless steel beverage bottle, two leak proof 8 ounce containers for snacks and sides and a Food Kozy Wrap for a sandwich or crackers. Perfect for lunch all year round!

Green Apple Supply
Green Apple Supply believes that eco products should be affordable for everyone. They feel that without a universal shift in consumption, our physical ability to inhabit the planet is limited, so it needs to be easy to do something to make a difference. To this end, they offer a variety of everyday back-to-school supplies including colored pencils, paper, construction paper and backpacks that are made with the Earth in mind.