The Pet Expo 2013 is on this weekend. This fun show is great for a day’s entertainment with the family. If the kids love pets or perhaps you adore your pets, come out for a visit.

One of our most popular product is our Pet Fresh-N.

We sell tons of our pouches to:

• cat lovers for litter box smell
• dog fans to remove the smell from dog beds
• car owners who love to take their dog for rides with them, removing that lovely “wet dog” smell

PET EXPO at the PNE

To introduce these amazing products to a wider audience, we will be exhibiting at the Pet Expo at the PNE this coming weekend, March 9th and 10th, 2013. The Expo is open 10-6 on Saturday and 11-5 on Sunday.

Visit all kinds of animals, enjoy hundreds of exhibits and demonstrations.

A portion of your ticket price will be donated to the Small Animal Rescue Society.

Join the fun!

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• Zeolite raises ph
• Zeolite absorbs toxins
• Zeolite is a wonderful foot scrub
• Zeolite makes a lovely body masque when mixed with water
• Zeolite can be warmed and used a hot pack
• Zeolite can also be cooled for a cold pack

To offer our clients the best possible products, we have begun working with a master soaper.  Rene in incredible and knows more about ingredients and their combinations than anyone I have met.  She has helped me put together our first official recipe for a foot scrub.  Here is a copy of it for your use. Included are examples of other types of exfoliants for your information.

To try zeolite as an exfoliant or to use as a body soak to help draw the toxins out of your body, please take advantage of our monthly special.

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Cold brew tea can be served hot or cold.  It simply means that the flavour of the tea is extracted over a period of time in cold water rather than in 2 or 3 minutes in hot water.  The tea has a smoother, richer flavour and no bitter aftertaste.

Our teas come from around the world and are specially blended for us.  We have green, rooibos and herbal teas.

Our Renew tea is one of our favourites.  Having athletes we have looked for a natural alternative to replace electrolytes and balance the body during extended workouts.  Our Renew tea accomplishes this task.  This tea is herbal and doesn’t actually contain any tea.  The blend of flavours restores and nourishes the body.  It’s a wonderful drink.

As an introductory offer, we have a six pack of flavours for you.  Please visit our tea page for more information on each tea.

• Body Balance
• Renew
• Candied Bamboo
• Ginger Zest
• Take me Away
• Raspberry Honeybush

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Now is also the time to mix the compost created over the last summer into the soil which further nourishes it.  The zeolite mixed into the compost over the past summer is fully saturated and ready to help plants grow strong and healthy.

$14.95 for 750g

$20 for 1L

Larger quantities available on request, visit the bulk zeolite page.

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NEW to Fresh-N!  We’ve been asked many times for a pouch that would go inside the diaper pail.  After some research and testing, we now have launched a new pouch.  The velcro is included, just peel and stick.  The pouch works to capture the smell.  Hand wash the Nursery Pouch if needed and twice a year, place the pouch in the sun to re-energize it.

Diaper pail smells are captured by the natural mineral inside.  Natural, unscented and non-toxic.

$14.95 for a smell free diaper pail

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I was reminded of this earlier this week as my daughter took a gas can with her on a trip further into the valley.  Gas is cheaper out there, so she thought she would save some money.  Great idea, but not so good when you spill the gas.  The smell of gasoline in the car makes your eyes water.

I couldn’t figure out why the gasoline smell in the care was still there the next morning, so I looked under the seats – NO AUTO FRESH-N.  Hmmmmm!  Apparently, the pouches had be “borrowed” for a sports bag and hadn’t been returned.

New Auto Fresh-N pouches were placed under the seats and the smell was gone within hours.

Pick up your Auto Fresh-N pouches for a car with no smell.

$19.95 for a 2 pouch set

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Here are some tips and hints for keeping your fridge working to maximum efficiency.

• Always follow any food storage recommendations on the packaging.
• Don’t buy too much food and drink and cram it into your fridge.  There needs to be space so the cold air can circulate freely.
• Ageing and decomposing fruit and vegetables can cause other fresher produce to decompose more quickly.  Use Crisper Fresh-N pouches to prolong the life of fruit and vegetables.  Regularly check what you have stored, and throw out any lurking produce that is past its sell-by date.
• You need to check the contents of your fridge every couple of days, so that you can avoid waste, and check sell-by dates and products.
• Pull out all food before the regular major shop, and give the inside and drawers a really good clean (see suggestions below).
• Place your Fridge Fresh-N pouch on a middle shelf by the fan for maximum effectiveness.
• Put older foods at the front so you can use them up first.
• Keep the inside nice and neat when returning the items back to the fridge.
• Raw meat or fish should be stored on the bottom shelf so it cannot drip and contaminate the foods below.  Store cooked meats above the raw meats.
• Cover left-over meals, raw and cooked meat and fish, as well as any chopped fruit and vegetables with cling film, foil or in a sealed container.
• Wipe up spills immediately.
• Check the fridge temperature is always at 5°C for optimum working efficiency and safety.

Fridge cleaning tips:

• It is easiest to thoroughly clean the fridge when food stocks are fairly low.
• If possible, clean out the fridge on a cool day.
• First, turn the appliance off.  There are dials or controls in the back of the fridge.  Turn them off or to zero.
• Remove food items and place them into a cool bag, preferably with some ice blocks.
• Next, take out the shelves and drawers, and wash them in warm soapy water or a water-based solution of baking soda. Rinse and allow to air dry.
• Clean the interior walls and door panel with an all-purpose, non-abrasive cleaner.
• Gently brush door seals with an old toothbrush to remove any food debris.
• Clear the filter hole of any blockages with a long wooden skewer to allow water to evaporate effectively.
• If you can, pull the fridge out and wipe down the outside walls.
• Vacuum and wipe the floor under the fridge.
• Vacuum the condenser coil at the rear with a soft brush attachment, to remove any accumulated dust.
• Push the fridge back and turn it back on.
• Return the food items keeping in mind the list above.
• Check in one-half hour to ensure that the fridge is running correctly.

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Fresh-N products have no smell at all.

Sensitivities to smell are on the rise.  The incidents of childhood asthma alone have double or tripled in my lifetime.  Cancer is now a very common word and women who work from home, or spend lots of time cleaning are often the ones who suffer.  How many offices have you been in lately that are scent-free environments?

The chemicals we use to clean, to disinfect, to mask smells are all absorbed into the body.  Anything we spray, we breathe.  Do you really wear a mask each time you spray a deodorizer, or a shower cleaner?  Have you ever thought that you should?  Most of us would say, NO.

Did you know that the air inside your home carries more toxins than walking along a freeway?

We have been educated to spray SOMETHING to remove smell.  Almost all those somethings have a chemical base.  What happens when they are sprayed is that the chemical surrounds the smell molecule and we don’t smell it anymore.

When I heard this for the first time, I wondered, “What happens next?”.  I’m sure you have wondered the same thing.  Now the molecule surrounded by the chemical falls.  Falls where?  It drops onto the closest surface – the floor, the carpet, the sofa, the bed…  It’s not gone, it’s just masked.  Think about the buildup over time – yuck!

Fresh-N offers another solution.  We use zeolite in all our products.  Zeolite itself has NO SMELL.  Zeolite has a cage-like structure inside that draws the smell into it, trapping it.  This way the smell molecule is gone.  GONE, not surrounded and dropped.  The smell is then stored inside the zeolite.  The smell is then converted to a nitrate which is one of the components that nourish plants.

Think about this.  You buy a Fresh-N product and use it for several months, up to a few years.  Then you cut open the pouch and empty the granules in your garden or spread them across you lawn.  The plants can now draw on the nitrates which nourishes them.

What a great option!  Check out our different products on the products pages.

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The word “zeolite” comes from the Greek for “boiling stone,” because of the early observation that zeolites release water when heated.  This is why, when you heat our zeolite to re-energize it, the surface of the fabric pouches becomes damp.

Zeolite is found in mines around the world.  There are approximately 45 different varieties of natural zeolite and many more synthetic ones.  Zeolite contains potassium and can contain either sodium or calcium or both.

Zeolite looks like a honeycomb on the inside.  Particles of moisture and odor penetrate the walls of the zeolite and fix themselves to the inside of the honeycomb structure.  They are held in place by the negatively charged ions inside the zeolite.

This process effectively removes smell and moisture from the area surrounding the zeolite.  Zeolite is very powerful and will absorb many times it’s weight in moisture and smell.  Our large pouches are designed to eliminate odor in approximately 100 sq. ft.

Zeolite is naturally negatively ionic making it one of nature’s most powerful odor removers.  It captures odours and traps them.

Most North American zeolite also contains a considerable amount of clay.  When clay gets wet, it hardens and becomes rigid.   The zeolite used at Fresh-N Home Products is 95% pure.  The other 5% is quartz which does not absorb water and therefore doesn’t harden.

Fresh-N Home Products are designed to be used and reused for 2 years.  The pouches can be saturated with both moisture and smell, re-energized and reused.

We have 18 products in our line.  We have chosen to focus on family and household applications.

Some other uses of zeolite are:

Agriculture :

Field soil amendments, Animal waste treatment, Animal feed additive. Decreases ammonia levels in ponds and tanks; filtrates water for cleaner tanks.

Aquaculture :

Aquarium water ammonia control
Fish hatchery water treatment

Building industry :

Cement and concrete aggregate
Fly ash substitute

Horticulture :

Soil amendments
Gardens/nursery beds
Reclamation/revegetation
Turf grass soil amendment
Golf course mixes

Precasting :

Lightweight aggregate; High strength.
Zeolite has been found to be an excellent pozzolan (Portland cement substitute) in concrete.
It is much cheaper and more energy efficient to produce than Portland Cement.
15-40% of the cement can be effectively replaced by Zeolite.
10 tons of Zeolite used as a pozzolan saves approximately 1 ton of fuel.

Waste Water Treatment :

Waste water ammonia removal
Pollution abatement processes
Nuclear waste removal and containment

Other uses :

Odor control products
Kitty litter
Oil spill sorbate

Pollution Control :

Zeolites have been found to increase biological activity, reduce nutrient levels, cut sludge volume and odours, reduce ammonia and BOD levels in ion exchange columns or bed effluent, can be back flushed and regenerated, with ammonia recovered for fertilizer, increases sewerage plant capacity and life cycle.

Mining :

Remediation of mines through absorption and retention of dangerous heavy metals and other metallurgical wastes.

Crops/Pastures :

Higher yields through making fertilisers more effective by preventing leeching and holding valuable nutrients such as ammonium nitrate, potassium, magnesium and calcium as well as trace elements for slow release as needed. Also produces long term soil improvements.

Horticulture :

Retains nutrients longer to lower fertiliser costs; substantial yield improvements; less nutrient leeching; long term soil improvement.

Stockfeeds :

Diminishes ammonia toxicity and scouring; increases nitrogen levels in manures for higher fertiliser values; reduces odour levels in sheds and a safer, slow release off ammonia from urea; produces lower mortality rates in fowls and limits the moisture levels in organic wastes.

Turf :

Produces significant turf root improvement; dense and deeper feeder root system; less fertilisers required; retention of key nutrients; increased soil potassium levels; permanent increase in cation-exchange capacity.

Vermiculture :

Traps nitrogen through cation-exchange, eliminates odours in worm farms, absorbs and holds heavy metals, stabilises the pH value of worm beds; increases the nutrient value of vermicast.

Benefits of using Zeolite in cement and precasting applications :

Lighter in weight, Increases sulfate resistance with high alkali cement, Has shown greater resistance to corrosion by soils high in sulfate, Inhibits Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR), Improved resistance to chemical attacks by salts on concretes used in desert soils, Reduction in amount and rate of heat evolution during hydration, Improved ultimate compressive strength, Longer setting time, Improved workability, Reduced permeability, Fly ash substitute, more energy effecient than producing Portland cement, environmentally friendly

Uses of Zeolite with cement :

Precast walls, Concrete Siding, Flatwork, Highways, Roof Tiles, Blocks, Mortar, Stucco, Mass footings, Sculptures, Zeolite as pozzolan saves money and fuel

Benefits of using Zeolite in Horticulture applications :

Increases cation exchange capacity (CEC), Improves porosity. Water-holding properties, Increases nitrogen retention in the soil, Reduces ammonia volatilization, Reduces nitrate leaching, Improves potassium retention, Improves the utilization of nitrogen and phosphorus by plants, Decreases water runoff and ponding, Decreases ocurrence of localized dry spots, Increases amount of water available to plants, Increases length of time between irrigations, Inorganic substitute for peat moss in mixes, Increases in fertilizer use efficiency, Relieves compacted soils, Excellent tolerance to traffic. LA wear index (%) is 24, USGA specs should not exceed 40

Uses of Zeolite for landscaping :

Aerification, topdressing, new construction, greenhouse mixes, landscape mixes, golf course mixes, planters, turfgrass production

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Canadian made, with biodegradable packaging, our zeolite is 90%+ pure and will last for 3 years.

Check it out!  Type the word “dragons” without the quotation marks and receive a 10% discount.

Crisper Fresh-N comes in a 2 pack that will significantly extend the life of your produce.

Simply drop the pouches in with the fruit or vegetables and the zeolite absorbs the ethylene gas which slows down the ripening process.

2 pouches come in each can.

Fridge Fresh-N is baking soda on steroids!

This single pouch will keep all your food fresh in your fridge.  The zeolite controls the moisture content and stops the cross of smells and tastes between foods.

Using this pouch saves 10% on the cost of the energy used to run your fridge.

We have other products for your home, car, shoes and sports equipment.

Our online store is open 24/7 and our products are available right now – no searching!  We ship from Hamilton, ON and offer a money back guarantee.

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