David Ottoson

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  I want to thank David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, for helping make a difference in Juneau and to our planet.Thank you to store for being green 032708 LETTERS 1 Juneau Empire I want to thank David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, for helping make a difference in Juneau and to our planet.
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  I want to thank David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, for helping make a difference in Juneau and to our planet.

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  Published on: 10/4/2007    Last Visited: 10/4/2007  

  "Everybody wants our kids to have healthy teeth, and there's other ways to do that besides putting it in the water," said David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods and member of the anti-fluoridation group Juneau Citizens for Safe Water.
  
  Ottoson said he supports the use of fluoride varnishes and fluoridated toothpaste.

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  Published on: 11/13/2007    Last Visited: 11/13/2007  

  David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, climbs a tree in front of his store Monday to put up Christmas lights.After testing the lights, he said he will try to resist the temptation to turn them on before Thanksgiving.

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  Published on: 5/3/2007    Last Visited: 5/4/2007  

  "Our cage-free egg policy is an important part of our commitment to raising the bar on animal welfare issues," stated David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods.

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  Published on: 4/18/2007    Last Visited: 4/24/2007  

  Dave Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, supports the fee, saying that 15 to 20 percent of his customers already bring in their own bags to tote home groceries and other products from the downtown Juneau store.

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  Published on: 10/7/2008    Last Visited: 8/24/2007  

  David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, says he's not concerned about competition in the organics market.
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  "The thing about organic foods now, is that there are some newer large-scale organic operations that are able to supply a lot of produce to a chain," said David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods.
  
  "The people who have been involved for a long time are concerned that the standards are going to become more diluted or watered down as the big players get involved," he said."And Wal-Mart has the clout to influence the government agencies that are writing up the rules concerning the regulations.
  
  "A lot of their organic produce, they might source in China," he said.
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  "I'm not that concerned (about competition), just because we're the anti Wal-Mart," Ottoson said."We're a small, local business, and people who shop here really aren't Wal-Mart customers for the most part."
  
  Rainbow has faced organic competition before, most notably from Full Circle Farms, the community-supported agriculture cooperative based out of Carnation, Wash.When Full Circle first started flying boxes of produce up to subscribers in 2005, Ottoson noticed a drop in Rainbow's sales.
  
  Full Circle now offers its service to Skagway, Haines, Yakutat, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Funter Bay, Hoonah, Pelican, Tenakee, Angoon, Sitka, Jackson College, Petersburg, Thorne Bay, Craig and Metlakatla.
  
  But Rainbow's sales have rebounded to the point where they're "better than they've ever been.
  
  "Since then (the sales) have come back," Ottoson said."Right now, I'd say they're better than they've ever been.
  
  "I've talked to a few people who said that getting those boxes from Full Circle was their first exposure to organic produce, and they were pleased with how it tasted, the variety, and what not," Ottoson said."I think what Full Circle Farms did was expose a lot of people to organic produce who maybe hadn't considered it before."
  
  Rainbow works with a Seattle distributor, Charlie's Produce, that supplies organic and commercial food to smaller groceries and markets.During the off-season, when Full Circle's farm isn't in production, the CSA has worked with Charlie's, too.
  
  "A lot of people think the fruits and vegetables they're getting are always from Full Circle (farm)," Ottoson said."In the middle of December and January of last year, they were covered with water from flooding.
  
  "That's not a slam on them," he said.
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  "That happens," Ottoson said.

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  Published on: 4/11/2008    Last Visited: 4/14/2008  

  The unique opportunity to bring their children to work came about because of the store's owner David Ottoson.
  
  "We sort of do it on a case by case basis," Ottoson said.Some areas of the store, such as the kitchen, are off limits to the kids.
  
  Ottoson knew that employees bringing their kids to work was possible, based on his experiences raising his own children.His children are grown now, but his employees continue to bring their kids to work.
  
  "It's kind of something that just happened," Ottoson said.
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  Kids go to their place ... and the adult goes to work," Ottoson added."When I was growing up, I had no idea what my dad did.I never went to his work.It was a total mystery to me what he did."
  
  Ottoson sometimes carries a kid around the store while he works.
  
  "It makes everybody smile to see a baby," Ottoson said.
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  I just really appreciate David Ottoson letting us bring our kids and making it so that we can work some."

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  Published on: 3/3/2008    Last Visited: 3/3/2008  

  It was surprisingly easy, according to owner David Ottoson.
  
  "People were ready," he said.
  
  Little savings add up for businesses like his.Last year the store replaced plastic forks with ones made from nongenetically modified corn.
  
  And Ottoson is trying to identify products that seem overpackaged.For instance, he's phasing out some single-serving just-add-water noodle dishes that incorporate a plastic bowl inside a paper sleeve inside a plastic wrapping.
  
  "You can't have a store that doesn't have any," he said.

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  Published on: 10/4/2007    Last Visited: 10/13/2007  

  David Ottoson, a member of the anti-fluoridation group Juneau Citizens for Safe Water, said in the story, "There's a lot of smart people in Juneau, and they understood the issue very well, and it was reflected in the result at the polls." Ottoson said that there are better ways to for people to get fluoride.

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