{"id":317,"date":"2009-04-15T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/cookies-for-your-earth-day-party.html"},"modified":"2009-04-15T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:58:08","slug":"cookies-for-your-earth-day-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/cookies-for-your-earth-day-party.html","title":{"rendered":"Cookies for Your Earth Day Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/dancingdeer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dancingdeer.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/dancingdeer-thumb-176x176-4334.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"176\" width=\"176\" \/><\/a><\/span>Have you ever had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancingdeer.com\/index.cfm?\">Dancing Deer<\/a> cookies?&nbsp; What?&nbsp; No?!&nbsp; What are you waiting for?&nbsp; Tangerine-chocolate cookies have a lovely soft spot in the center of a crunchy treat.&nbsp; Molasses-clove cookies are chewy every day and twice on Sundays. And the sugar cane-lime cookies.&nbsp; Can&#8217;t talk.&nbsp; Cookie-dreaming&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>This is a company&nbsp; you can love with more than your taste buds, though. Here are 6 reasons why a package of Dancing Deer cookies, (or brownies, or cake) would be a fabulous way to sweeten your Earth Day gathering, or any occasion large or small:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Women-Ownership<\/b>: the CEO advocates for the advancement of women in business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Employee Empowerment<\/b>: every employee gets stock options, and the company is run with an &#8220;open book&#8221; management style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Eco-Friendly Packaging<\/b>: 100% recycled paper and vegetable inks are used.&nbsp; Check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancingdeer.com\/honest-packaging\">Honest Packaging<\/a> page for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>All-Natural Ingredients<\/b>: read the back of a pack of cookies and you&#8217;ll see words like &#8220;flour, vanilla, eggs, cocoa.&#8221; Nothing more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Philanthropy<\/b>: through their <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dancingdeer.com\/index.php\/sweethome\/about\/\">Sweet Home<\/a> program, your purchase can help fight family homelessness.&nbsp; Families with children are among the fastest-growing homeless population. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Local<\/b>: &#8230;if you live in or near Boston.&nbsp; Which I do.&nbsp; Yay!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>How often do you get a chance to enjoy a treat and support a company that gives you the warm fuzzies?&nbsp; Give them a try (they ship), and please share: <b>What are your most admired companies?<br \/>&nbsp;<\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had Dancing Deer cookies?&nbsp; What?&nbsp; No?!&nbsp; What are you waiting for?&nbsp; Tangerine-chocolate cookies have a lovely soft spot in the center of a crunchy treat.&nbsp; Molasses-clove cookies are chewy every day and twice on Sundays. And the sugar cane-lime cookies.&nbsp; Can&#8217;t talk.&nbsp; Cookie-dreaming&#8230;. 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