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- Vejibag - Organic Cotton Long Produce Bag - 1 Bag Vejibag Organic Cotton Long Produce Bag is made from 100% U.S. Virgin Organic Cotton. Beautiful French Terry, natural, un-dyed, handmade, and flip-top closing. Keeps vegetables crisp & fresh for a week or more and prevents vegetables from rotting. No imported or synthetic materials, has handprinted fabric labels, images of variety of vegetables, and each is different. Uses: Great for larger items like Kale, Swiss Chard, Celery, and Broccoli. No harsh chemicals, pesticides, or dyes. 100% US Labor, supporting local Maine economy. Fair labor practices Why It Works Better & Why Use Cloth Bags? Damp cloth bags keep moisture-loving vegetables moist and crisp in a high humidity environment. Moisture slowly evaporates from the surface of the bag to keep both the bag and the vegetables “breathing.” A slightly moist bag keeps vegetables crisp, often several days beyond storage in either a crisper drawer or plastic bag. Why Not Plastic? Plastic bags and containers keep moisture in, but they do not allow vegetables to breathe. This sets up an environment that promotes rotting. They’ve all picked through slimy spinach or pulled plastic bags from the crisper drawer that are full of limp carrots or yellowed broccoli. Vejibag prevents this type of rotting. Vejibags are 100% Organic Cotton The fabric is un-dyed and can be washed in hot or cold water. Turn Vejibags inside out and launder regularly. You can dry them in a hot dryer or hang them to dry in the sun. If you do use a hot dryer you can expect shrinkage the first time as this is a 100% cotton bag! If you want to sanitize Vejibags thoroughly let them sit in 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide and 1/8 cup of household vinegar for an hour. If your bag gets stained you can remove the stain with an oxygen bleach or make your own environmentally friendly stain remover with 1/2 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide and 2 Tablespoons of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda. Add enough hot water to the hydrogen peroxide/washing soda solution to cover bag and let sit 24 hours. U.S. Organic Cotton Farmers Are An Endangered Species They want to help change that. They use 100% U.S. grown and milled Organic cotton fabric because: It is beautiful It supports organic agriculture, soil renewal, biodiversity It supports domestic US domestic manufacturing They source their labels locally from a small North Carolina firm. Their paper tags are also printed at a small North Carolina facility. They DO NOT use imported fabrics or foreign labor because the carbon footprint and energy costs are not sustainable, U.S. unemployment is growing, and keeping their sources close to home employs people and supports U.S. local economies. When you purchase Vejibags you are supporting good things and voting for a world that works for all. About Vejibag Vejibag founder Sally Erickson is a real salad freak. When she moved to Maine Sally designed and built a solar greenhouse to feed her habit year-round and supply the local market. When harvest time arrived the first winter, she refused to insult her beautiful greens by selling them in plastic bags. Too many fresh vegetables turn to brown slime stored in plastic. Research revealed a salad lover’s secret: humidity-loving vegetables don’t rot in damp cloth. In fact they stay fresher and crisper. She prototyped a fabric bag to pack her greens in. Sure enough, it worked. The local food community in the tiny city of Eastport, Maine jumped on board. It just made sense: no more slimy or wilted vegetables; no more wasted plastic. Within weeks, reusable, returnable bags became the new normal. The next step was a no-brainer: Rally a group of creative, gutsy and seriously cool women and start a think tank to see how far such a wild idea could go. Radical concepts started to fly around the room: Let’s create a vibrant local economy! Let’s insist on a healthy local and global environment! Let’s pay women well to work flex time at home! Let’s start a cottage industry!
- UPC # 866306000218
- Size/Form 1 Bag
Suggested Use: 1. Wet & Wring Wet the bag and wring it so it is just damp. Note: You’ll want to wash your bag before you use it the first time. 2. Rinse & Shake Wash your vegetables and shake off the excess water. No need to spin salad greens dry! 3. Store & Enjoy Place the freshly washed vegetables in the bag and store in the refrigerator. Keep the bag damp by sprinkling it every few days.ices. INGREDIENTS Vejibag Organic Cotton Long Vegetable Bag 1 Bag WARNINGS Easy care: Wash in hot or cold water. Use dryer or sun. Oxygen bleach if needed.
