Newsletter - March 8, 2022

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Dear brothers and sisters,

It is a vivid Spring here in Berkeley with the sun pouring down like honey amidst the cool, clear air. 

We invite join us in some simple stretches as we shake off the drear of winter. 

We do this by way of rededicating ourselves, of building here a Victory Garden for the American spirit,

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President

Living Tree Community Foods

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Recipe: Almond Flour Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

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These moist Almond Flour Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are delicious low-carb keto lemon muffins perfect as a snack in the afternoon. Plus, with only 3.3 grams of net carbs each, there's no guilt about enjoying this treat!

Ingredients:

  • 3 large Eggs
  • 3 tablespoons Unsweetened Almond Milk
  • ¼ cup Lemon Juice
  • cup Melted Coconut Oil (note 2)
  • ½ cup Granulated Sweetener of Choice I used sugar-free erythritol (note1)
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 ½ cups Almond Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 2 tablespoons Poppy Seeds
  • 2 tablespoons Lemon Zest
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt

Weekly Special - 15% Off - March 8-12

Cacao powder

Cacao Powder - Alive & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods raw, alive and organic cacao powder comes from Peru. It has a fragrance that will intrigue and a taste that will delight. Add it to smoothies and sprinkle it on a fruit salad.

Cacao is incredibly rich in Magnesium and is most likely the number one source for this essential mineral. Other essential minerals present in Cacao are Calcium, Zinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Magnesium and Potassium. The bean also contains more antioxidant flavonoids than any other food tested – including blueberries, red wine and green tea.

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March 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!)
Macadamia Oil (American Grown) – Alive and Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Macadamia Oil is produced from raw macadamia nuts grown by Hawaiian family farmers. This delicious oil imparts a smooth, nutty flavor to foods. Use our raw macadamia oil for salad dressings or for stir frying – anyway you’d normally use olive oil.

California Olives – Organic & Sundried

Living Tree Community Foods California grown organic 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. These olives contain pits.

Flax Seeds (Golden & Whole) – Alive & Organic

Living Tree Community Foods raw, alive and organic are larger and softer than the more usual dark brown flax seed. They have a mild nutty flavor that enhances food or drink. These beautiful seeds are so nutritious. Grind in your seed mill or coffee grinder and sprinkle on everything you eat.

New! Items For March

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.

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.

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

75% of Amazon rainforest shows signs of loss, a 'tipping point' of dieback, study shows

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(Doyle Rice, USA TODAY) The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a "tipping point" of dieback, the point where rainforest will turn to savanna, a new study shows.

Signs of loss have been found in more than 75% of the rainforest since the early 2000s, according to research that outlines this troubling trend.

"Deforestation and climate change are likely the main drivers of this decline," said study co-author Niklas Boers, a professor at the Technical University of Munich.

Using satellite remote sensing data, researchers found what they call "resilience" – the ability to recover from events such as droughts or fires – has declined consistently in the vast majority of the Amazon rainforest.

Loss of resilience is most prominent in areas that are closer to human activity, as well as in those that receive less rainfall, the study said.

Overall, the Amazon rainforest is becoming much less resilient – raising the risk of widespread dieback, the research shows. "The rainforest can look more or less the same, yet it can be losing resilience – making it slower to recover from a major event like a drought," said study co-author Tim Lenton of the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

The study was published Monday in the peer-reviewed British journal Nature Climate Change.

Experts believe the Amazon could soon reach a critical line, the crossing of which would trigger dieback and turn much of the forest to savanna. That would have major consequences for biodiversity, global carbon storage and climate change.

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