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Hey everyone, Rob Greenfield here, and

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I am extremely excited to welcome you all

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to Tare, which is Minnesota's first zero

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waste shop and one of the first zero waste

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shops in all of the United States.

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You can come here and you can get your

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groceries all without creating any 
garbage

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as well as get all the items that you need

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to live a zero waste life.

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So, Amber and Kate are going to give you a

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tour of the place and show you around.

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So come on in!

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Kate: 
Hi, welcome to Tare Market, Minnesota's

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first zero waste store. I'm Kate,

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Amber:
And I'm Amber.

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So, at Tare Market our mission is to

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fight climate change by providing people

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with access to package free and plastic

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free goods. So customers can come into

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our store and shop totally package free.

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They can bring all of their own 
containers

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here from home. They just have to weigh

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them first and then they can fill them up

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with whatever they would like.

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Or they can borrow some containers from,

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either our community jar section that's

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been clean and sanitized by Tare Market,

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or they can take a jar from our jar

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deposit area where jars are branded with

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our logo. People can borrow a jar, they

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fill it up, bring it home, use the item,

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and then bring the jar back and get their 
deposit back.

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That way we are eliminating any waste

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from people doing their shopping.

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So the very first thing we have, are two

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kinds of kombucha and one kind of cold 
brew.

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These are all made locally, either in the

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suburbs of the Twin Cities, or right here
in the metro area.

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And then we have about 100 shelf stable

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bulk food items in this space.

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So, everything from dried fruit, locally

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made granola, candy, etc. And we try to

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source as many of these things as locally

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as possible. So we work with a lot of

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small, local vendors and local farmers,

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trying to bring sustainable living to the

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Twin Cities community.

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We also have two nut grinders to bring nut

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butters to the community. So, we have an

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almond butter and a peanut butter.

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These are refurbished, second hand nut

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grinders that we are really proud of.

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And then, over here, we have a lot of our

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flours. So, we have regular all purpose

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flour as well as a lot of flour 
alternatives.

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So, everything from coconut flour to

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almond flour. Also, we carry pastry flour

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and a heritage grain flour, as well.

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And then we have a bunch of different

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kinds of rice and then popcorn and oats.

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And we try to source as many foods local

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to the Twin Cities as possible. So some

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of these come from local farms that

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deliver every week and some come from

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larger farms that we get a larger shipment

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in at a time, kind of thing.

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Kate:
So over here we have our bulk coffee

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section. Both of our suppliers are local

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to the Twin Cities. We have SK coffee and

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Tiny Footprint and the cool thing about

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the way that we source these, is there's

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zero packaging involved. We trade

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packages back and forth and they are

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delivered to us that way.

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We also have a large selection of teas

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from some really awesome companies.

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Organically grown, locally. We have our

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selection of coffee socks, which are

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reusable filters for brewing coffee, and

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then some 'to go' containers.

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And then, over here, we have our bulk

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spice section, so you can come and just

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refill your spice jars or grab one of ours

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with this huge selection of spices.

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And, additionally, right here we've got

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our refrigerator with some condiments and

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salad dressings. It's very popular at

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Tare Market. People love to just refill

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their bottles that they already have and

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avoid all that plastic.

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Amber:
We have a lot of DIY supplies here at

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Tare Market. A lot of people really want

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to make their own sunscreen or lip balm or

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what have you, so we've really tried to

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source products that people can use to

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make a lot of those things, themselves.

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As well as some other health and beauty

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things like reusable face rounds, facial

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soap, lotion in a glass container, and

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things like that.

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So, what we have here are some of our low

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waste and zero waste make up brands.

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Everything from a pressed powder

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foundation in a refillable compact, to lip

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balms in a compostable tube and tinted

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lipsticks. As well as bulk eye shadow and
blush.

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Kate:
So, this section is one of my favorites.

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This is our shampoo, conditioner, hygiene,

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and then also, cleaning section.

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So we have shampoo bars and conditioner

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bars up on this shelf. Many of them are

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local to Minneapolis, which is great to

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support a local business. And then down

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here we have bulk laundry powders.

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So you bring in your own container and

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just buy your laundry powder in bulk.

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And then, back here, we have refillable

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hand soap, dish soap, castile soap, all

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purpose cleaners and sprays, as well as

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dishwashing powder and then a selection of

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refillable lotions and shampoos and 
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Amber:
Junket is a local vintage store here in

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the Twin Cities that has all pre-loved and

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second hand items. We're working with

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Junket to develop a relationship where

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every month they have a table here at

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Tare Market. And that table is comprised

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of a themed item. So, this month it is

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back to school. So, every product on

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here is geared towards back to school

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supplies and every single product is 
pre-loved.

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And we are switching that out, actually,

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to be mending for the fall, so we really

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try and just stay current with the times

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and bring second hand items to this 
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Kate:
Recently, we were really excited to bring

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in an extra zero waste resource for the

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community, and we brought in two

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Tare recycle boxes. We chose to have the

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snack and chip wrapper box so you can drop

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off your used snack bags, here, and they

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get shipped off to Tare recycle where they

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get recycled. And then the second one we

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chose was the beauty product one. We felt

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like these were two areas where people

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really struggled to dispose of their

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plastic tubes and containers and wrappers

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associated with hygiene and beauty

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products and snacks.

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