Dear brothers and sisters,

Our delight to invite you to join us in a midwinter symphonic planting. Our orchestration begins with lettuce and then endive, kale, collards, bok choi and spinach. Image the beautiful tone poems that you can create this Spring, in your backyard.

May we wish you and family a delightful winter of good health, prosperity and success,

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

Dear brothers and sisters,

It is our pleasure to give you 1 pound of Alive and Organic Flame Raisins with our compliments, with your order of $50 or more. A $7.99 value. This offer is from February 9th–11th. In order to receive this promotion, please note that this refers to orders with a subtotal of $50 or more before shipping.

Our Flame raisins are sun-dried and grown in California. Larger, sweeter and richer in flavor than the Thompson variety, they resemble dried cherries. Flame raisins are seedless and start out as a red grape.

Just the thing for school lunch boxes. Delicious in muffins, bagels or scones;  Great in trail mixes or as a snack. Imagine mixing them with raw almond butter, cashew butter or walnut butter as a topping on slices of apple.

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

If you have a love for live, organic food and at the same time possess an entrepreneurial spirit and want to get involved in the organic food industry, why not talk with us? We are seeking a business partner.

If you’re a recent graduate and are contemplating a career in the organic food industry, why not consider doing an internship? We offer hands-on experience in sales, marketing and production of live organic food.

In the past decade, US organic retail sales increased by an average of 8% per year.  

In 2023, the US organic marketplace posted record sales.

For further details email jesse@livingtreecommunity.com

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

by Ashley Armstrong

A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances designed to kill, repel, or control pests. Let’s break it down into the two components: The term "pest" refers to any organism (insects, weeds, rodents, fungi, bacteria, etc.) that is considered harmful or undesirable, particularly in agricultural settings. And then "-cide" is a suffix derived from the Latin word "caedere," meaning "to kill."

It is commonly used in words to indicate something that kills or destroys, such as herbicide (kills plants), insecticide (kills insects), and fungicide (kills fungi).

Pesticides serve as an umbrella term for substances targeting pests, with subcategories defined by the type of pest being addressed, such as herbicides for weeds, insecticides for insects, fungicides for fungi, and rodenticides for rodents.

There are natural options that can be highly effective in controlling pests, including neem oil, pyrethrins extracted from specific flowers, rotenone derived from plant roots, diatomaceous earth, Bacillus thuringiensis (a bacteria-based solution), sulfur, garlic and pepper extracts, and copper-based compounds. Many of these options are used in organic agriculture.

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