WheatGrass

29/12/2024

Cereal grasses such as wheatgrass or barleygrass must be grown slowly in cold weather and harvested at a specific time in the spring. They are so nutrient-dense when grown properly that only 3.5 grams of powder or tablets equals more than 50 grams of dark green, leafy vegetables such as spinach.

Studies show that 9 out of 10 people need more dark green leafy foods. Pines green food products offer a convenient and economical way to increase those foods in your diet. Only Pines follows scientific research and grows cereal grass correctly without using irrigation water contaminated by neighboring chemical farmers. Pines has never used chemicals and has been organic for 48 years!

Preparation for next spring's harvest began last month by planting winter cereal grasses. Although the tender one-to-two-inch-long leaves don't grow much in height, they are tiny solar collectors that will capture more than 100 days of sunlight over the winter.

After a dry summer, our farm crew was able to plant more than 200 acres of cereal grass just in time for some nice gentle rains to germinate the seed. After the first of several snows this winter and cold weather, the captured solar energy will cause the roots to grow deep to store the nutrients created by the solar power captured by those dark green, chlorophyll-rich leaves.

To see stores that carry Pines or to order directly, please go to wheatgrass.com.

Established in 1976, Pines WheatGrass is the original organic green superfood. Never grown in trays, it's grown naturally outdoors in cold weather with deep roots.

02/07/2024

This year's wheatgrass harvest was again exceptional. Our farm crew began the harvest just as the first wheatgrass began the nutrient-dense jointing stage, and we finished it a few days later, just as the last area of the wheatgrass field had entered the joining stage.

For this once-a-year spring harvest at the critical jointing stage, we produced 54 totes containing 1,000 kg each of Certified Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, Gluten-Free wheatgrass. That equals 15 million servings of spinach or kale at a cost per serving as low as 25 cents.

As you can see in the inset, we extrude the powder into pellets to prevent oxidation. This picture shows some totes waiting for storage in our freezers at -10°C to completely prevent oxidation.

The product is kept in frozen pellet form until we convert them into tablets and powder. Then, the finished product goes into amber glass bottles with special metal caps to keep it in an oxygen-free environment. The seal in the unique metal cap keeps the product fresh for months after opening.

All these steps prevent oxidation, which causes a loss of color and nutrition. Unfortunately, most green food producers do not keep their raw products frozen and then package them into cheap plastic tubs, which offer no oxidation protection. Between sourcing poor-quality ingredients and not being concerned with oxidation, "green foods" in plastic containers are often not green.

Preventing oxidation and harvesting for quality, not quantity, produces high nutrient density. That means more servings per container. Pines Wheat Grass and Barley Grass offer the highest quality and best economic value. With more servings per container, your cost per serving is much less than with poorly grown products mixed with filler ingredients and sold in plastic tubs.

Our 100% pure vegetable powders and tablets contain no filler ingredients. We still follow the growing and harvest standards established in 1932 by Dr. Charles Schanabel. We still use the same farm with world-famous glacial soil and keep our foods frozen in pellet form before packaging them in oxygen-free glass bottles, NEVER PLASTIC.

For more information about our exceptional dark green, leafy vegetables, please see our website: wheatgrass.com.

Established in 1976, Pines WheatGrass is the original organic green superfood. Never grown in trays, it's grown naturally outdoors in cold weather with deep roots.

25/06/2024

The PBS program Front Line found that less than 10% of people’s recycled items are recycled. The fossil fuel industry promotes the idea of plastic recycling, so people keep buying items packaged in plastic. All that plastic sent for recycling has resulted in warehouses stuffed with bales of unusable plastic.

All glass is recycled and easily separated from plastic in recycling centers. Unlike plastic, glass is non-toxic and easily recycled.
Companies use recycled glass to make more glass products or grind it back into the sand that produced it. The sand can be used on beaches, to make concrete, or melted back to make more glass bottles and products.

Since 1932, all products from our farm have been packaged in glass, using special metal caps for a tight seal after removing oxygen. This results in an unlimited shelf life that maintains nutrition and color.

The pictures show Pines Wheat Grass tablets and powder in glass on the right and typical products that claim to be “just as good” in petrochemical plastic on the left. The colors show the difference in quality. Moreover, Pines’ products often cost less per serving than greens in plastic containers. Similar comparisons can be made for other Pines products such as Pines Barley Grass and Alfalfa.

You can learn more at wheatgrass.com.

Established in 1976, Pines WheatGrass is the original organic green superfood. Never grown in trays, it's grown naturally outdoors in cold weather with deep roots.

24/06/2024

Pines Wheat Grass will soon celebrate its 50th Anniversary. It was the original green superfood for the Natural Food Marketplace.

Pines invented the selling points for green superfoods, which are now used by dozens of companies that copied Pines' success.

Pines Wheat Grass and Pines Barley Grass offer a low cost per serving and are of better value than other green foods. Consumers are often surprised that Pines costs less because products in squatty plastic tubs give the illusion that they contain more than our tall, full, oxygen-free glass bottles.

Some products show a content weight about the same as Pines but appear to cost less. Yet, they offer fewer servings per container because they have a larger serving size. The serving size for Pines Wheat Grass and Pines Barley Grass is 3.5 grams.

Some other green food products offer serving sizes of as much as 20 grams for the same nutrition as Pines' 3.5-gram servings. When you divide the price by the number of savings per container, few products offer as good a value as Pines.

Pines Wheat Grass and Pines Barley Grass have more nutrient density because our wheatgrass and barley grass are harvested at a special nutrient-dense time that occurs only once yearly.
Dr. Charles Schnabel, the father of wheatgrass, showed how wheatgrass grown naturally outdoors through the winter contains as much as ten times more nutrition than other greens.

Some products have large serving sizes because they add low-nutrition green ingredients to their blends. Those ingredients cost about 10% as high-quality, nutrient-dense cereal grasses. These companies hope consumers will not divide the cost by the number of servings. Unfortunately for the consumer, such products cost considerably more per serving than Pines' products.

The nutritional levels on labels are based on the nutrition when packaged. Packaging in plastic tubs is not only bad for the environment, but plastic offers very little protection against loss of nutrition by oxidation. That's why, since 1932, all cereal grass products grown on our farm have been packaged in tightly sealed amber glass bottles with oxygen removed to prevent oxidation.

Please go to wheatgrass.com to learn more.

Established in 1976, Pines WheatGrass is the original organic green superfood. Never grown in trays, it's grown naturally outdoors in cold weather with deep roots.

05/04/2024

Last week, we planted spring barley in ten fields totaling 180 acres, an average of 18 acres per field. Organic farmers like Pines typically have smaller isolated fields distant from large farms that use poisonous chemicals. Pines International produced the first "green superfood." We continue as the only 100% USDA Certified Organic green foods farmer.

Many ingredients for other green food products sold in plastic tubs are grown on large farms that use chemicals for most crops. Growing organic ingredients for green food products is a sideline for them. Most crops they produce are grown using chemical herbicides and pesticides.

We are different. We are not a large factory farm. We are passionate about organic farming and have always been. We have been 100% USDA Certified Organic since the program began in 1990 and were 100% organic before that. Since starting Pines International in 1976, we have never used chemical herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers in 48 years.

We grow our barleygrass, wheatgrass, and alfalfa on the world-famous glacial soils of Northeastern Kansas. That soil attracted the renowned scientist Dr. Charles Schnabel when he sought to grow the most nutrient-dense cereal grass for human consumption.

Schnabel and his scientific team grew the first cereal grass for humans in 1932 for the world's first multivitamin, Cerophyl. Cerophyl consisted of 100% cereal grass and provided the minimum daily requirement of all known vitamins. Medical research in the 1930s led the American Medical Association to approve it as a nutrient-dense human food in 1939. In their acceptance, the AMA stated that cereal grass powders should be packaged in amber glass bottles with special metal caps to seal in an oxygen-free atmosphere to prevent nutrient loss and lack of color.

Other green foods use plastic containers, which cannot hold an oxygen-free atmosphere. Pines continues to follow the AMA packaging requirements and the science established by Dr. Schnabel. In addition to using the same farm, we continue to operate Schnabel's lab and test every batch for quality.

For more information about our barley grass and other green superfoods, please visit wheatgrass.com.

24/03/2024

Isabella likes tablets, and Jonathan likes to mix the powder into juice. Both have been raised to understand the importance of consuming plenty of dark green leafy vegetables.

Other children can be influenced by their friends who think green foods are “yucky.” For kids who resist eating greens, parents can insist that they eat seven Pines Wheat Grass tablets before leaving the table or add a rounded teaspoon to juices or a fruit smoothie with a color more to their liking.

Regardless of the method used, we all must understand that studies by the USDA show that nine out of ten people in today’s societies do not eat enough whole-food dark green leafy vegetables for healthy bodies and a healthy digestive system.

Pines offers convenient and economical ways to increase the amount of these essential foods in your family’s diet.

You can learn more at wheatgrass.com.

24/03/2024

Get Your Greens with Pines Barley Grass & Matcha Muffins - A Delicious and Nutritious Treat!
Pines Barley Grass is so concentrated that one rounded teaspoon or seven tablets provide a complete serving of a dark green leafy vegetable. The USDA has shown nine out of ten Americans should consume more chlorophyll-rich leafy green foods. Pines Barley Grass is an economical and convenient source of these essential foods for good health.
Most green superfoods are packaged in plastic containers, which offer limited protection against oxidation and loss of nutrition. Only Pines is packaged in amber glass bottles with special metal caps to seal an oxygen-free atmosphere inside the bottle, ensuring the contents are as fresh as the day they were harvested.
Pines is the only green food producer growing, harvesting, and packaging on the company’s farm. Our farm is where the first cereal grass (wheatgrass and barley grass) was grown for human consumption in 1932. We still follow the research from those early days, which led the American Medical Association in 1939 to declare dehydrated whole-food cereal grass a naturally concentrated source of green vegetable nutrition.
Pines has carried on this 92-year tradition of correctly growing cereal grasses such as barley grass and wheatgrass. All our products are grown, packaged, and shipped from our farm. They are USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, and Certified Kosher. We test each batch to ensure it is gluten-free and at the peak nutritional level.
Please follow the QR Code for this recipe. For more recipes, please use the recipe drop-down menu at wheatgrass.com.

Established in 1976, Pines WheatGrass is the original organic green superfood. Never grown in trays, it's grown naturally outdoors in cold weather with deep roots.