Newsletter - July 26, 2022

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Video: Drink Wheatgrass - Now!

Dear brothers and sisters,

It makes us sad that little or nothing is said about prevention.

We got to do it our selves. What better beginning then by drinking wheatgrass? As Brian Clement the director of Hippocrates Institute says, “When you are taking this chlorophyll rich grass you're virtually injecting your body with new blood”. Indeed, you are super charging your blood.

Now the usual way is to make use of a wheatgrass juicer. The result is a powerfully concentrated juice. But, in our opinion, you can get much the same result by simply putting some wheatgrass into a blender with spring water.

We recommend keeping it in your refrigerator and partaking throughout the day.

But we dare not stop there. Let us go on with intermittent fasting, vigorous exercise and Victory Gardens.

As Victor Hugo has said, All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

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Video: How Detroit is Turning into a Farmland Oasis by Leaf of Life Films

High Summer Victory Garden Contest

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We invite you to show us around your Victory Garden. Go ahead and create a video walking tour. Take us along those beds of lettuce and tomatoes, parsley and celery.Why not have Mozart or Dvorak in the background? Tell us something of your self, your joys and challenges. We offer gift certificates of $180 for the most bodacious entries.

Send a link to your video here

Contest ends August 12th

Recipe: Chocolate Oatmeal

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Chocolate Oatmeal is made with 6 simple ingredients for a deliciously chocolatey breakfast!

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  1. Add the oats, cocoa powder, coconut sugar, almond butter, salt and almond milk to a small saucepan.
  2. Stir together on medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes until the oats are cooked.
  3. Serve immediately and top with your favourite toppings.


August 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!)
Pumpkin Seed Butter – Alive and Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Pumpkin Seed Butter is created in Berkeley, California from alive, raw organic pumpkin seeds grown by American family farmers. We make it by slicing raw pumpkin seeds into a luxurious spread, adding organic pumpkin seed oil and then seasoning it with a little Royal Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt. Very nourishing and energizing. A balanced source of good protein. Try it on fruit slices and on flax crackers.

“Call Of The Wild” White Clover Honey – Alive & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods raw, alive and organic Clover Honey has a rich, buttery flavor. Try on a slice of apple or pear. Blend into almond or coconut milk. Lends itself to alive confections like chia seed pudding.

Cashews (Whole) – Shelled & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods organic cashews are grown on small, family-owned farms in Vietnam. Once harvested, the cashew nuts are shelled at a local processing facility. Our cashews have been certified organic since 1998

New! Items For August

California Almond Flour (Blanched) – Alive & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods organic blanched almond flour is produced from raw and alive nonpareil almonds grown by the Koretoff family, California family farmers of five generations. Rejoice in its moist, oily aliveness. What wonderful alive cookies and cakes you will make! Combine with honey, chopped dates and raisins for an alive pie shell. You’ll think of many other creative uses!

French Roast Coffee - Organic & Fair Trade

Living Tree Community Foods organic and fair trade French Roast Coffee is a blend of Central and South American coffees roasted dark to produce ebony black beans and a smoky aroma. It is slightly sweet with a clean aftertaste. Medium body. Dark roast.

Roasted in Berkeley, CA

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.

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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Video: ‘Without Wild Species, Our Whole Planet Unravels,’ Says Author of Biodiversity Report by Julia Conley

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A new report backed by the United Nations last week warned that humans must ramp up efforts to sustainably use and protect the world’s flora and fauna to avoid the extinction of thousands of species that billions of people rely on for survival every day — whether they know it or not.

After more than four years of preparation by 85 experts from around the world, drawing from scientific data as well as Indigenous people’s knowledge, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released its report showing people across the globe depend on 50,000 wild plant and animal species for food, energy, medicine and other purposes.

“Without wild species, our whole planet unravels,” said Pablo Pacheco, an author of the report and a scientist at the World Wide Fund for Nature. “Billions of people rely on wild species for food, medicine, energy and clean water.”

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