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For those of you who didn’t catch up to our Twitter posts, below are the six organic beverage facts we sent out earlier in celebration of Earth Day.  We hope you took a chance to reflect on our planet’s future on this important day of awareness and appreciation.

Earth Day Fact #1: Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery lays claim to the first U.S. certified organic beer, an E.S.B. made in 1996.

Earth Day Fact #2: Nearly all wines contain some sulfites naturally, including those made following organic or biodynamic practices.

Earth Day Fact #3: The USDA National Organic Program was implemented in ‘02, although other certifications have been around much longer.

Earth Day Fact #4: Approx. 70% of all Demeter-USA certified biodynamic wineries are in CA. Nearly 20% are in Ore., with the rest elsewhere.

Earth Day Fact #5: N. Dakota has been called the ‘Napa Valley of Rye’, and is where several organic distillers source rye for their vodkas.

Earth Day Fact #6 (and last): NYC’s GustOrganics is the only organic bar certified by the USDA.

Next up:  Look for a write-up from our Earth Day Organic Vodka tasting coming soon.  We tasted three organic selections, Crop, TRU, and Rain, against a well-known  non-organic offering.  How did the ‘green’ options fare?  Find out shortly.