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While winter is one of our favorite times of the year for outdoor activities, there may be other activities--indoor and outdoor--that can be enjoyable. Here are 10 of the best winter activities to enjoy even after the holidays! Go on a Ski Tour Skiing and snowboarding will always be close to our hearts--but ski passes can be [...]

What is Organic Farming? Organic farming is an agricultural production that exudes the use of genetically modified materials in the seed, fertilizers, and pesticides. There is extra care involved in organic farming to ensure the correct treatment of crops to improve the soil’s property and ability to support the crop naturally. According to the Organic Farming [...]

What Is an Antioxidant? Antioxidants--defined as “a substance that inhibits oxidation, especially one used to counteract the deterioration of stored food products.”--are believed to delay cell damage. Antioxidants are found naturally in an abundance of fruits, vegetables, and nuts; are added to processed food;, and can be taken as a supplement. An antioxidant-rich diet from real [...]

When you decide to implement a soy-free diet for yourself, it can be shocking to learn how many foods contain soy (or soy-based ingredients). While soy does seemingly saturate the food market, you won’t be the only one following a soy-free diet. At Kate’s Real Food, we are proud to offer great-tasting, soy-free snacks that [...]

Kate’s Real Food Brand Ambassador and Sports Medicine Chiropractor, Derrik Sulzer clued us in on some simple ski injury prevention techniques to improve your time in the backcountry this ski season! Prevention can be a part of your daily routine, or even a simple change of mindset on your ski tour. Here are a few [...]

Kate’s Real Food is pleased to be partnering up with Lolly Steuart: trail runner, outdoor enthusiast, dedicated dietician-in-training, and Kate’s Brand Ambassador. Lolly writes about how endurance athletes can improve their performance with a ‘live high, train low’ endurance training method. Have you ever heard of athletes living at a high altitude and training at a [...]

Kate’s Real Food is proud to announce the newest organic energy bar in our lineup: the Dark Chocolate Mint Bar! Perfect to get you through all of your adventures, this healthy dark chocolate energy bar will fill you up and take you back with its classic taste. Kate has really outdone herself this time! As [...]

Table sugar and organic honey actually have a lot in common as sweeteners. Because they are made up of similar components, calorie density, and belong to the carbohydrate family-- you might be surprised to learn how different they really are. How They Are the Same Both contain glucose and fructose This article explains that both honey and [...]

Shannon Mahre holds many titles, one being Kate’s Real Food Brand Ambassador. We are so grateful to have her as a part of our team. Below she tells us how to set goals and how to accomplish goals while juggling the many responsibilities as an athlete, entrepreneur, and mom! As I am sitting on my [...]

There are a lot of reasons to shop for organic snack bars: meal replacement, adventure fuel, after (or during) work snack; the list goes on. While our reasons might vary, it's safe to say that we would all prefer a healthy food bar. But the market is so saturated, and it’s hard to know what [...]

Kate’s Real Food is thrilled to be working with athletes like Max Martin that take safety in sport very seriously. Professional skier, personal ski trainer, and Kate’s partner writes about how to prepare for the ski season with the best ski training exercises. We’ve reached the seasonal milestone: Fall. There is always a faint scent of [...]

With the changing of the seasons, we are ready to welcome the snow with open arms and get ourselves back on the slopes! Whether it’s skiing, snowboarding, split boarding, back country, cross country, uphill, downhill-- you’ve got to get yourself ready (mentally and physically) to make this winter your best season yet. No matter how [...]