{"id":436,"date":"2009-05-19T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T13:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/honest-tea-not-such-a-lonely-word.html"},"modified":"2009-05-19T13:25:50","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T13:25:50","slug":"honest-tea-not-such-a-lonely-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/honest-tea-not-such-a-lonely-word.html","title":{"rendered":"Honest Tea: Not Such a Lonely Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a rare thing that a business news article catches my attention for a Fresh Living post, but wow, yay, and huzzah for <a href=\"http:\/\/honesttea.com\/\">Honest Tea<\/a>, the organic iced tea company that is proving that sustainable, organic deliciousness has the power to survive&#8211;and thrive&#8211;even in a down economy.<\/p>\n<p>This CNBC interview with Honest Tea CEO Seth Goldman is a fascinating portrait of where inspiration (sustainable packaging, no-chemical tea growing) meets business acumen (Honest Tea, which is partially owned by Coca-Cola, increased sales by more than 60 percent in the past year).<\/p>\n<p>Just like <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/cookies-for-your-earth-day-party.html\">Dancing Deer<\/a>, my favorite tasty, eco-friendly cookie company, Honest Tea is a personal fave of mine (Moroccan Mint Green and Community Green are my go-tos).&nbsp; And I&#8217;m in good company &#8211; Black Forest Berry is apparently President Barack Obama&#8217;s favorite, and bottles were handed out at the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p><b>So check out the video and share &#8211; do you love Honest Tea?&nbsp; Or are you suspicious of &#8220;big organics?&#8221; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b> <\/p>\n<p> <object id=\"cnbcplayer\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" width=\"400\" height=\"380\"><param name=\"type\" value=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/1127834641\/code\/cnbcplayershare\" \/><embed name=\"cnbcplayer\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" quality=\"best\" wmode=\"transparent\" scale=\"noscale\" salign=\"lt\" src=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/1127834641\/code\/cnbcplayershare\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"380\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a rare thing that a business news article catches my attention for a Fresh Living post, but wow, yay, and huzzah for Honest Tea, the organic iced tea company that is proving that sustainable, organic deliciousness has the power to survive&#8211;and thrive&#8211;even in a down economy. 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