Wheatgrass was featured on “Celebrity Apprentice” when the Backstreet Boys asked country star Trace Adkins to get them some. Technically they were asking for fresh squeezed juice, straight from the “turf,” but if they knew about PINES Wheat Grass Powder, it would have been a lot easier on the incredulous Mr. Adkins. Here’s a link to a YouTube video of their conversation: Trace Adkins meets the Backstreet Boys
On any given day, the folks at Pines International Inc. could be shipping bottles of their wheat grass tablets out of their headquarters in rural Lawrence to anywhere from Shawnee to Sweden. But recently, a request came from someplace unexpected. (more…)
PINES International employees enjoyed a float trip in early spring of 2007, compliments of the Friends of the Kaw, an organization dedicated to keeping the Kansas River (a.k.a. “the Kaw”) clean and accessible. PINES has donated a significant amount of money to help Friends of the Kaw with their efforts, including helping to finance an endowment fund designed to pay for the Riverkeeper position in perpetuity.
Pines is delighted to announce release of the newest member of the Green Energy® family! PINES Green Energy® Capsules offer the combined nutrition of PINES Wheat Grass, PINES Barley Grass, and PINES Alfalfa in a single, convenient capsule. Perfect for anyone who likes the convenience of our tablets, but wants something easier to swallow. Please visit our catalog to order.
1976. America celebrated its bicentennial, Jimmy Carter brought home-spun charm to the Oval Office, and we were inspired by Rocky. In Kansas, Bob Dole was re-elected to the Senate, the Kansas City Royals lost a playoff heartbreaker to the Yankees bottom of the 9th inning, and out in Hays, Kansas, a new force in natural nutrition was taking root. (more…)
Continuing a tradition beginning with our early 1990’s sponsorship of the IRONMAN Triathlon in Hawaii and IRONMAN Champion Greg Welch, and continuing with our ongoing support of Bill Bell (one of, if not the oldest IRONMAN finisher ever), PINES is now supporting local bicyclists in their quest for health and glory.
Founded by local bicycle racer and coach Jim Whittaker, Revolution Racing and Team GP VeloTek promote numerous free youth racing and adult bike races. (more…)
AS SEEN IN Lawrence Journal World, Spring 2003
Employees, family, and friends enjoy a ride on the PINES float during the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in our hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. Proceeds from the entry fee went to support the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lawrence. (more…)
In the fall of 1976, Ron Seibold and Steve Malone set out to make dehydrated cereal grass a staple in the American Diet. (more…)
Early in the year 2000, the Caye Caulker Roman Catholic School received its first computer. It was used, but would provide the first contact most of the children had ever had with one. Before the computer could be placed in a secure location at the school and set up, thieves from the mainland roamed out to this remote island 25 miles off the coast of Belize and stole it. (more…)
Vitamin aisles in natural food stores now have entire sections devoted to natural nutrition under the general heading of Green Foods. Words such as wheatgrass, barleygrass, spirulina, chlorella, blue-green algae, and kamut are becoming a part of the American (and global) dietary vocabulary. Treated as whole food supplements, these superfoods are filling the nutritional holes that are often left by busy schedules. (more…)
Sweet, tender: It’s almost enough to make you fall in love. Once regarded as an acquired taste, fresh beets are making a colorful and flavorful comeback as nutrition takes greater priority. (more…)
This Kansas firm is selling bottled wheat grass that’s more nutritious than carrots and spinach.
Growing numbers of health-food enthusiasts are learning something cattle producers have known for years—that wheat grass is packed with nutrition. Harvested just before the plants start to joint, tender young wheat leaves beat carrots and spinach hands down as a vegetable in human diets, according to Ron Seibold. (more…)
Though it may be news to many of us, green foods are all the rage in the natural foods industry. “Cereal grasses have been used for centuries,” said Pines’ marketing director Allen Levine. “The ancient Egyptians used them. Alfalfa means ‘the father of all foods.” (more…)
In another sign that green foods are entering the general consciousness, Andy Rooney of “60 Minutes” fame, commented on wheatgrass during the March 30, 1997 broadcast. Rooney watched an employee squeeze and drink a shot of wheatgrass juice, then wondered aloud: “Would it make a good laxative?”
His joke wasn’t far off the truth, as many of our customers have said that our dehydrated wheat grass helps encourage digestive regularity.
A one-story warehouse packed with barrels of ground wheat grass caught fire Monday night, leaving just the outer walls standing. The building belongs to Pines International, which processes wheat grass for nutritional supplements. The company’s co-owner, Ron Seibold, said up to 300 cardboard barrels of wheat grass to be used for food donations and animal feed were in the building. (more…)
Enthusiasts claim wheatgrass juice can do everything from freshen your breath to ward off cancer. Here’s what you need to know to start juicing up your good health. (more…)
On September 24, 1996, a container shipment of PINES Wheat Grass Tablets were delivered to Feed My People, Intl./Liberia. We are delighted to be able to deliver wheat grass to those who receive from it the most dramatic and immediate benefits. (more…)
The ornery earthwork crafted by Stan Herd on New York City’s west side teetered on the brink of failure last month. (more…)
PINES has been fortunate to be able to donate over $2 million in product to malnourished people in the United States and around the world. The stories that come back to us through the charitable organizations that deliver the food underscore the amazing benefits that can come from the nutrients found in leafy green vegetables. (more…)
Pines International’s products are vehicle for owner’s idealism.
When the wheat grass emerges in fields around Lawrence every spring, the staff at Pines International go to work. (more…)
If a Lawrence company meets its goal, dinner conversations everywhere will include a request to "Pass the grass." (more…)
