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Home & EntertainmentEmporio OrganicoIN CROWS NESTMeet Kitsa Yanniotis, the owner of Emporio Organico in Crows Nest - your one stop shop for all your organic and eco luxe gifts, food and lifestyle with a café opening soon!HOW DID YOU BEGINWhen my son was born almost 15 years ago I watched him struggle with digestion; waking every night in pain. Determined to find the cause and solution,I followed my innate belief that food really is medicine.The turning point for me was when I discovered that many cultures were united in their use of fermented foods as an approach to gut health. This discovery, coupled with the knowledge that imbalancesof gut flora were linked to the exponential growth in allergies, mood and behavioural disorders propelled the shift for our family to a cultured and traditional diet. Noticing a huge gap in the marketplace I decided to create Kitsa’s Kitchen as there wereno organic cultured vegetables available in Australia back then. My organic cultured vegetables were made the traditionalway but with a modern twist -making them the super heroes of healing! Fermented foods are everywhere now and it gives me great satisfaction to know that I pioneered a movement to improving gut health.Adapting to our new lifestyle was not easy and I quickly realised that sourcing fresh optionsin a maze of readily available processed food and low tox beauty and lifestyle products was time consuming and daunting so Emporio Organico was born.WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS AREA?I love the greenery, the open spaces but mostly the friendly people. I grew up over the bridge but my parents had businesses in North Sydney so I knew thatit was a well kept secret. I still remember the day we moved to Waverton and bursting into tears of gratitude when a neighbour arrived with a bunch of flowers to welcome us to the street.WHY DO CUSTOMERS KEEP COMING BACKWe are a one stop shop for all your Organic and Eco Luxe gifts, food and lifestyle needs. Emporio Organico brings together all ofMore onthe blog!@ WWW.LIVING LOCALGUIDE. COM.AUWe have things you can’t find elsewhere which are super clean and don’t have additives orpreser vatives...my knowledge and research together under one roof. Allthe products in our store are practitioner tested and contain absolutely no hidden chemicals or nasty surprises. In fact, many of the products on offer have been used by my family on our low-tox journey for the last 15 years. I have a strict policy that I won’t sell any products that I have not personally tested or that I would not use on myself or my family.FAVOURITE PRODUCT?That’s a hard one! We haveso many great options for Christmas at the moment inour homewares, plastic free reusables and ethically made green products, natural beauty solutions and lifestyle ranges. We also offer free gift wrapping. www.emporioorganico.com.au60 LIVING LOCAL SUMMER 2016/17 “Dream, Inspire, Grow” www.livinglocalguide.com.au