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Product Review Hemp Towels / Washcloths / Pads Today is the third installment of a 3-part product review series we published here on this blog. Jesse Clymer, from HempAuthority.com , sent several different items, so we split them into groups. You can find the 2 previously published articles on   April 21st   and   May 8 th . As a crop, hemp offers incredible benefits to farmers and the environment. The taproot of this plant reaches very far down into the earth, pulling up valuable nutrients from deep in the soil and bringing them up for the next succession crop to benefit from. The plant can actually cleanse contaminated soil, while the leaves produce more oxygen and sequester more carbon dioxide than any other crop. The plants require no fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides and require a great deal less water than many commercial crops. According to Canada.ca hemp has proven to “ be a hardy, fast growing, resilient and high yield crop ”. In fact, 1 acre ...

If you are so inclined... there are several ways that you can help our work reach a wider audience.  Perhaps you would consider "sharing" Lillian or Dave's FaceBook page or the posts we publish there. or... Perhaps you could share our Website url to your friends or on social media. Our blog offers a lot of useful resources, inspiring interviews, useful product reviews and helpful articles. We also publish excerpts from our books occasionally. While we welcome queries for people wanting to submit articles, request interviews or product reviews, or share some poetry... We'd love it if you could also share our blog with anyone you think may benefit from it. Perhaps you would consider sending us a review re: your experience with us. You are also welcome to post the review on these local business websites:  www.ShopCreston.ca   and  KootenayConnect.com  or on FB groups like:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/CrestonValle...

-- Product Review --  Recently, Randee Feldmen of Get Noticed PR approached me with the opportunity to review their client’s new novel. It is always a pleasure to work with Randee and I have to say it was a nice surprise to discover a personal note of appreciation from the author, who expressed sincere gratitude for my time and effort in reviewing his product. Checked Out ( by Daniel Harris) is an appropriate title for this 268-page who-dun-it novel based around a corporate grocery store chain setting. Russell Riley continues as the lead character in the action-adventure, murder-mystery series (the first book being: Blood Feud ). For my reading tastes, this book starts out pretty slow, and takes a while to get into the action – I felt there was, perhaps, a little too much background and scene setting, however for those of you interested in the behind the scenes decision making that goes on in corporate settings – the opening chapters would be right up your alley. ...

-- Product Review --  * Look for a coupon code listed near the end of this review! This product review process happened very quickly, Sadia customer support manager for Zufy , connected with me around June 23 rd regarding the Zufy Car Phone Holde r and the order was processed on June 24.  Dave (my husband) picked it up on July 4 th via postal service a couple miles on the US side of the border (we’re located in Canada), which happened to be when we were crossing the border again, but the shipping order stated it was estimated to arrive before June 29th, and Amazon is pretty good about being accurate about that. Amazon shipped it in a cardboard box (10” long X 7” wide X 5.5” tall) with 5 Sealed Air brand (flm.fillair.com) inflatable packaging cells; which not only protects the product but also weighs less – so there is less cost in shipping and simply poking the packets and letting the air out will deflate the individual cells. T...

-- Chatter -- I wanted to take the opportunity today to encourage our readers to browse the blog pages via the tabs on the top of the screen there, below the blog name. You'll find a media page that lists the most recent 50 or so interviews and media appearances that I've done (in the order of oldest on the top of the page to newest at the bottom).  By doing so you'll find interesting discussions, learn more from us and about us, but also discover wonderful informative resources (sites, blogs, talk radio, etc.) that you may want to follow regularly. For those of you looking for media exposure for your product, business or service - these resources might prove to be marketing opportunities for you as well. Feel free to share whatever links on the media page with your social networking circles as well. It is a great way to show support for our work, the media member, and to also spread the information around. You'll also find a section that refers to product revie...

 -- Product Review -- Michael McClune of Café Viva Probiotic Coffee (www.probioticcoffee.com 1-567-laktera ) invited me to be a part of their product launch on Oct 28, and being a coffee lover – how could I refuse? He sent me seven samples of their instant coffee beverage line by Oct 29 th and the package arrived on Nov 8 th in the mail – in a padded yellow envelope. At only 80 calories per serving this drink can actually satisfy hunger because of the additional nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, glucose, etc.) while providing energy – as such this could be considered a potential weight control tool. Optimal benefit comes through consuming the product daily (once per day); the benefits from the prebiotic and probiotic blend will take 4-7 days to materialize depending on the individual's gut health. Interestingly this product can be added to yogurt, shakes, smoothies, served cold with ice, or mixed in with ice cream. I was glad to...

-- Feng Shui Wind Chimes, Review --  I was thrilled to hear from Kara Fillion of Uncommon Goods - an online retailer that endeavors to feature unique designs and handcrafted products to a broad audience , while raising funds for a variety of charities through the Better to Give  charitable program. This unique program allows their customers to choose a charity at checkout for the company to make a $1 donation to. In just 12 years UncommonGoods.com has raised over $300,000 for several charities including RAINN (an anti-sexual violence organization with programs to prevent violence and help survivors in the healing journey), American Forests (works to protect and restore forests across the globe), Women For Women Int . (offers tools and resources for survivors of war ravaged areas to overcome the challenges and reach for self-sufficiency) and City Harvest (a wonderful anti-hunger organization that reduces food waste and decreases hunger i...

-- Stunner of the Month --  Eva – of Stunnerofthemonth.com – first made contact regarding taking on a review project for their subscription based sunglasses service back on July 4 th , and because I have a real addiction to sunglasses (lol) – I jumped on board with this. By July 10 th they had signed me up for what I thought was a 1-month subscription ended up being a 3-month bout. The service sent an email notice on August 17 th notifying me that the subscription was going to expire in 2 months and offered easy instructions to renew along with a discount if I chose to renew.  This showed me how organized and thorough they are with follow up skills and I was impressed by the easy, seamless continuation of services they offer their members. The concept of this business is to send a new pair of sunglasses to their clients every month – arriving in their mailbox or doorstep, depending on the delivery available in their region. They have a wonder...