For the third year in a row, Earth Fare has stepped up in a time of need by donating organic vegetables to the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program! It has been a very busy winter for the Sea Turtle Hospital treating a record
25 patients, six being green sea turtles. Hospital staff strives to provide our patients with a diet that is as close as possible to their natural diets in the wild. Young green sea turtles are omnivores and a large part of their diet consists of plant matter such as algae and sea grass. With help from Earth Fare's weekly donations, we are able to offer a wide variety of healthy organic vegetables such as romaine, green and red leaf lettuces, red and green cabbage, and bell peppers to our green sea turtles.
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| Earth Fare storefront, located in the South Windmere Shopping Center. |
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| Earth Fare is known for their great selection of organic and local produce. |
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| Small shot of the huge selection Earth Fare offers. |
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| Great information for buying organic. |
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| Earth Fare's Food Philosophy |
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| Produce Manager Matt Setter, handing over a full box of healthy vegetables. |
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| Ollie is very excited to see all the greens! |
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| Ollie enjoying some organic green leaf lettuce from a PVC feeder which allows the sea turtles to feed naturally off the bottom of the tank. |
One behalf of the South Carolina Aquarium and our endangered green sea turtles, we would like to thank Earth Fare for their continued support of the Sea Turtle Rescue Program. Please check out Earth Fare either
online or at their amazing store in the South Windmere Shopping Center!
Whitney Daniel
Sea Turtle Biologist
