Deming - In mid-November, Page Hewitt still had a large bucket of red and green tomatoes for sale as well as a pile of pumpkins on her porch and a couple bags of greens in the store’s refrigerator. Lifeways Health Shoppe, which opened in May on 214 S. Copper Street in Deming, has a farmers market in the spring and fall and offers a wide variety of health products and services.
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Page Hewitt at Deming's Lifeways Health Shoppe
Photo by M Lilly
Lifeways carries all kinds of organic and natural foods, including fruit juices, organic grains, vitamin-packed candy bars, frozen fruit, vegetables, and dairy foods, and sodas. There are also chemical-free, ultra-pure cosmetics and bath and body products, and a wall full of vitamin supplements.
And there are now shelves full of gift baskets that Hewitt whipped up for the holidays, containing mostly bath and body products, cosmetics and food.
Hewitt also has a small supply of chemical-free yarn, and scarves, and woven and knit shawls and hats by Carol Ward, of Deming. They also have a few hand-made greeting cards for sale.
Massage therapist Teresa Ortega set up her office at Lifeways in November and is available either by appointment or for walk-ins for half-hour, one-hour or one-and–a half hour sessions. Ortega learned her trade at the Massage Therapy Training Institute in Las Cruces.
Hewitt says about 50% of the fruits and vegetables her family ate when she was young were canned from their garden. During college at WNMU and a little later at the Farmers Market in Silver City she sold produce and called her business Page’s Pea Patch.
For 10 years she and husband Charlie ran a mobile home transport and escort service called C&P Transport. By working for a few months, moving units for the Coast Guard after Katrina, they made enough money to start their new business.
Hewitt cultivates three acres of land with produce and sells it at Lifeways, along with vegetables and fruit from some nine backyard gardeners. She won several prizes at the State Fair in Deming this year for her produce and canned goods.
“That’s the part I love—it’s the garden produce thing,” she says. During the growing season she has a separate cooled room for vegetables all week and outside vendors in front of her store on Saturday mornings.
It’s time to check out what’s available at Lifeways, and maybe make up your own gift basket from her inventory.
By Marjorie Lilly - Steppin’ Out Southwest Region Rep
© 2006 Marjorie Lilly - Permission To Reprint Granted
Deming - In mid-November, Page Hewitt still had a large bucket of red and green tomatoes for sale as well as a pile of pumpkins on her porch and a couple bags of greens in the store’s refrigerator. Lifeways Health Shoppe, which opened in May on 214 S. Copper Street in Deming, has a farmers market in the spring and fall and offers a wide variety of health products and services.
http://sonewmex.com/images/lifeways.jpg
Page Hewitt at Deming's Lifeways Health Shoppe
Photo by M Lilly
Lifeways carries all kinds of organic and natural foods, including fruit juices, organic grains, vitamin-packed candy bars, frozen fruit, vegetables, and dairy foods, and sodas. There are also chemical-free, ultra-pure cosmetics and bath and body products, and a wall full of vitamin supplements.
And there are now shelves full of gift baskets that Hewitt whipped up for the holidays, containing mostly bath and body products, cosmetics and food.
Hewitt also has a small supply of chemical-free yarn, and scarves, and woven and knit shawls and hats by Carol Ward, of Deming. They also have a few hand-made greeting cards for sale.
Massage therapist Teresa Ortega set up her office at Lifeways in November and is available either by appointment or for walk-ins for half-hour, one-hour or one-and–a half hour sessions. Ortega learned her trade at the Massage Therapy Training Institute in Las Cruces.
Hewitt says about 50% of the fruits and vegetables her family ate when she was young were canned from their garden. During college at WNMU and a little later at the Farmers Market in Silver City she sold produce and called her business Page’s Pea Patch.
For 10 years she and husband Charlie ran a mobile home transport and escort service called C&P Transport. By working for a few months, moving units for the Coast Guard after Katrina, they made enough money to start their new business.
Hewitt cultivates three acres of land with produce and sells it at Lifeways, along with vegetables and fruit from some nine backyard gardeners. She won several prizes at the State Fair in Deming this year for her produce and canned goods.
“That’s the part I love—it’s the garden produce thing,” she says. During the growing season she has a separate cooled room for vegetables all week and outside vendors in front of her store on Saturday mornings.
It’s time to check out what’s available at Lifeways, and maybe make up your own gift basket from her inventory.