Newsletter - June 7, 2022

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Video: Almond, Apricot, & Peach Smoothie with Wheatgrass

Dear brothers and sisters,

We celebrate the fruits of summer with a smoothie featuring organic apricots and peaches that have just appeared. We supercharge it with wheatgrass as every meal has got to heal in times such as these.

Let's get those plants growing in the ground! Ben with GrowVeg exhorts us to plant out those tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkins and peppers. What magnificent harvests you’ll have!

We follow this with a recipe for a rich, creamy Chocolate Turtle Pie.

We then offer on sale our California Family Olive Oil and  our cashews-  both sundried and heated.
Our new products include Almond Flour which lends itself to so many culinary creations, Hard Red Wheat Flour from Oregon, French Roast Coffee,Cane Sugar and Avocado Oil.

37 million birds have died so far in a devastating bird flu epidemic. The price of eggs has more than doubled.We present an article that shows that the unspeakable conditions of overcrowding and filth on industrial chicken farms are the ideal conditions for the virus to  proliferate.

Dear brothers and sisters, together, we will create here an edible schoolyard for the for the American spirit.

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

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Recipe: Chocolate Turtle Pie (Vegan / Paleo)

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Rich, creamy chocolate topped with sweet caramel and toasted pecans on a buttery crisp crust. But made healthier using whole foods!

Ingredients:

Crust:

Chocolate Filling:

June 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!)
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.

Cashews (Whole) – Organic, Alive & Sundried

Living Tree Community Foods raw, alive and organic cashews are grown by family farmers in Bali. They are of outstanding quality. A crunchy, delicious addition to any stir-fry, and excellent mixed with raisins, dried cranberries, shredded coconut, sunflower seeds, and other nuts, such as almonds and walnuts, to make a fantastic homemade trail mix. Cashews are wonderful used as a base of many vegan desserts, ice creams, and sauces.

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 June

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!

Wheat Flour (Hard Red) - Alive & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Raw, Alive & Organic Wheat Flour is grown in Northwest Oregon. Perfect for baking whole wheat bread. Hard Red Wheat is milled locally at Camas Country Mill in North Eugene. This mill is certified Organic by Oregon Tilth. The milling process does not heat the grain or flour, keeping the volatile oils and nutritional benefits intact and thus making this a raw product.

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

Cane Sugar - Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Cane Sugar is EcoSocial Certified, a fair trade program created by IBD, a 100% Brazilian certifier. This sugar is grown and processed through the award-winning Green Cane Project, thought to be the world’s largest Organic project, with over 14,500 hectares of land Certified Organic.

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: Industrial Chicken Farms — Not Wild Birds — to Blame for Bird Flu Epidemic by Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.

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(Children's Health Defense) We’re in the midst of the largest-ever outbreak in North America.

But it’s not COVID-19. And it’s not monkeypox.

It’s avian influenza EA H5N1.

This highly pathogenic virus, news outlets across the U.S. and around the world report, is the deadliest seen in domestic birds in the last seven years in America — and may well be the worst ever documented in wild birds.

Since the start of 2022, avian influenza EA H5N1 has broken out in at least 30 U.S. states and many other countries.

More than 37 million birds have died in the U.S. alone, PBS NewsHour reported earlier this month.

The virus is affecting aquatic birds, such as gulls, terns and shorebirds; wild waterfowl, such as ducks, geese and swans; and raptors, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

There also are reports from Wisconsin, Washington and Alaska that even bald eagles are falling prey.

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