Newsletter - February 15, 2022

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Video: Genetically Modified Environments: A Discussion

Dear brothers and sisters,

We take pleasure in bringing to your attention a brilliant discussion with Stephanie Seneff PhD, a top research scientist at MIT and Jeffrey Smith, Executive Director, Institute For Responsible Technology. They underline how the the recent breakthrough in gene editing has permitted changes in everything from algae to animals and bacteria to butterflies. This opens the door to unexpected consequences.Most dangerous of all is a change in microbe; it has the potential to propagate throughout the world. Still another consideration is that we don't know the impact on our DNA expression caused by eating genetically modified food.

There is a real prospect that all of nature will become genetically modified and this for the most narrow and shortsighted reasons.

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President

Living Tree Community Foods

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Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Tart

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This no bake vegan chocolate tart has a creamy chocolate coconut filling with a medjool date pecan crust. It's rich, decadent, absolutely delicious and super easy to make. Vegan + gluten-free.

Ingredients:

Crust

Tart Filling

February Special Sale - 20% Off

Nutritional Yeast Jar

Nutritional Yeast - Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Nutritional Yeast is a flavor enhancer that offers naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, and micro-nutrients. These large flakes are a bit spicier and have more yeast flavor than other nutritional yeast. A favorite for adding savory flavor to soups, sauces, gravies, and prepared foods where umami flavor is needed.

Yeast has been an ingredient for baking and fermentation for more than 3000 years.

Nutritional yeast is made from a single-celled organism of fungi called Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. In a controlled environment it is cultured, left to grow, then deactivated, harvested, washed and dried. The deactivation process prevents the yeast from being used as a leavening agent.

Packaged in a BPA-free Glass Jar.

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February Victory Garden Sale

10% off this month’s featured items (Remember, if you buy 3 or more of any Living Tree manufactured product, you get an additional 10% off!)

250ml Bottle

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Eight Fruit Heirloom Olive Oil is created from eight heirloom raw olive varieties – Arbosana, Sevillano, Lucca, Frantoio, Mission, Arbequina, Manzanillo and Intrana. The result is a deliciously light oil with a mild and smooth buttery profile.

Almond Butter - Raw , Alive & Organic

8oz Jar

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Almond Butter is created in Berkeley, California from alive, raw nonpareil almonds. They are grown by a California farming family of five generations. We make it slowly, in small batches, to give it a wondrous, creamy texture. Savor its aroma and taste its whole-bodied flavor. We truly make the highest quality raw almond butter on earth!

Black Sesame Tahini – Alive and Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Black Sesame Tahini is created in Berkeley, California from alive, raw organic black sesame seeds grown by family farmers. We make it by slicing raw black sesame seeds into a luxurious spread then adding organic black sesame oil. An excellent source of calcium.

New! Items For February

Avocado Oil - Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Refined Avocado Oil is low in saturated fats and high in monounsaturated fats making it both healthy and multi-functional. Traditionally refined avocado oil has one of the highest smoke points of any cooking oil. This versatility combined with its neutral flavor and healthy fat profile makes it a popular option with chefs and home cooks.

White Medium Grain Rice - Alive & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods raw, alive and organic medium grain white rice is grown in the northwest corner of California's upper Sacramento Valley- the foothills of the Cascade mountain range provide soil that is deep and fertile. The rice is always stored with the protective outer husk. It is only milled when there are orders to fill, so our rice is as fresh as possible.

California Family Olive Oil - Alive, Organic & Kosher

Living Tree Community Foods Raw, Organic and Kosher California Family Olive Oil is cold-pressed from Arbequina olives grown by Polit Farms in California. Arbequina Olive Oil has a piquant and robust 'green' flavor. Its spiciness results from anti-oxidants. A Gold Medal Award Winning Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

California Pitted Olives - Organic & Sundried

Living Tree Community Foods California grown organic pitted black olives are a tasty addition to salads. Cured in salt and then sundried and rolled in extra virgin olive oil. Contains sea salt, organic spices, olive oil.

Living Tree Community Foods raw Celtic Sea Salt is totally unprocessed, kosher and hand harvested. It is dried by the sun and the wind, retaining the ocean’s moisture and locking in a vast array of vital trace elements. This sea salt is a coarse, moist salt that gets a light grey hue from the pure clay sole it is harvested from.

Hazelnut Chocolate Almond Butter – Alive and Organic

Back in Stock!

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Hazelnut Chocolate Almond Butter is created in Berkeley, California from a combination of alive, raw organic nuts and dark chocolate. Starting with almonds grown by California family farmers, we’ve added Oregon grown hazelnuts and our organic dark chocolate. The flavors of the butter are accentuated by our organic Hawaiian Native Forest Honey and pink crystal salt. It is produced slowly, in small batches, to give it a wondrous, creamy texture.

Internship Opportunities at Living Tree Community Foods

Are you contemplating a career in the organic food industry? Why not begin with an internship?!  Work side by side with us in sales, marketing and social media. Get hands-on experience in producing nut butters, oils and chocolates. We will visit family farmers and go backpacking in the High Sierras.

For more information, write to us and send a resume to jesse@livingtreecommunity.com

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Israeli study offers strongest proof yet of vitamin D’s power to fight COVID

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(Times of Israel) Israel scientists say they have gathered the most convincing evidence to date that increased vitamin D levels can help COVID-19 patients reduce the risk of serious illness or death.

Researchers from Bar Ilan University and the Galilee Medical Center say that the vitamin has such a strong impact on disease severity that they can predict how people would fare if infected based on nothing more than their ages and vitamin D levels.

Lacking vitamin D significantly increases danger levels, they concluded in newly peer-reviewed research published Thursday in the journal PLOS One.

The study is based on research conducted during Israel’s first two waves of the virus, before vaccines were widely available, and doctors emphasized that vitamin supplements were not a substitute for vaccines, but rather a way to keep immunity levels from falling.

Vitamin D deficiency is endemic across the Middle East, including in Israel, where nearly four in five people are low on the vitamin, according to one study from 2011. By taking supplements before infection, though, the researchers in the new Israeli study found that patients could avoid the worst effects of the disease.

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