Ark 18
Boutique Travel & Healing Retreats
The Royal Oasis is back & now Guilt-Free Vegan!
Whole Food Locally Grown Vegan
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The Art of Living in a new Plant PURE World
~ where all creatures have nourishment ~
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we live on the same Mother Earth
our mission is to help wherever we can.
Ark 18 has always provided the next level of food products and services. Until 2010 we did what we could, where we could, usually under extreme and limiting conditions. Since 2010 we have shown that there are no longer justifiable excuses to offer less than the best quality "guilt free" offerings in various capacities and locations. We are now shifting our focus to standardizing high quality regret free eating. Kosher implies fit for use or consumption and we aim to make Literally Kosher food accessible and desirable to anyone and everyone anywhere and everywhere.
Kosher should mean "regret free" and we try to cover that with the following criteria:
Whole Food Based Plant diet (Healthy Vegan)
Eliminating animal products eliminates almost 100% possible kosher issues as well as ethical issues regarding animals and environmental issues regarding industrial production. We are what we absorb, not what we eat and minimally processed natural food is key.
Eliminating chemicals and pesticides protects us from their harmful side effects. Ensuring no genetic modification to plants guarantees the highest nutritional value. When viable we use organic ingredients. We are looking for farmers anywhere and everywhere to supply us with farm to table produce.
Local/Fair Trade
By sourcing products locally we help strengthen our economy while lowering the carbon foot print of transport. Buying local produce usually improves freshness and nutritional value. When we can't buy local we strive for fair trade.
For more details regarding our selection criteria, rules and regulations, please click here for
Kosher
Then & Now
Once upon a time, kosher meant "made at home" since very little was offered commercially. As people produced less and relied more on others, especially others they did not know and trust, character witnesses were required to verify how kosher each supplier was.
Nowadays, kosher is available in every way shape and form, and as a result the word Kosher means different things to different people. Although the basic ingredient list hasn't changed much over the last decades the manufacturing and production of them has and not all ingredients are created equal.
If something is produced using toxic chemicals or processes it is not even a candidate for Kosher, as such it can not be certified kosher. If something is produced with improper treatment of people or animals it can not qualify for kosher consideration.
Not by our definition.
We try to apply the KNACK system