Newsletter - November 15, 2022

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Video: Avocado, Almond Butter, Chocolate Pie - Alive & Organic, Of Course!

Dear brothers and sisters,

We invite you to join us as we create an avocado, almond butter, chocolate pie. This recipe comes to us from Emily at Pretty Pies. Check out her website for more great dessert recipes. Here is the recipe:-

Crust
coconut oil 4tbs
Flame raisins 1 cup
Medjool dates-pitted 1 cup
Sliced almonds- 1 cup

Blend together in a food processor and press into a 7 inch parchment lined pie plate

Filling
Three ripe avocados
Alive,organic almond butter - 1 cup
Cacao powder -1/2 cup
Coconut oil- 1/4 cup
Maple syrup-1/4 cup
Sea salt- pinch

Scoop out the avocados.
Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor and fill  the crust in the pie plate. Put in your freezer for 3 hours. Enjoy with friends and family.

Next Ben with Growveg, our favorite gardener,  tells us how simple it is to make compost fast. Needless to say, compost is the pillar of an organic garden.

Steven Lome MD tells why 100% of heart disease is preventable.

Then there is the unspeakably tragic news that the earth’s vertebrae animal population experienced a decline of nearly 70% between 1970 and 2018.

On a happier note, we’re delighted to say our Tumeric and Honey Butter is back. Our Medjool dates are new crop; sundried and organic of course. Our Absolut Honey, an elegant natural confection, is back.

We invite you to ponder our Greek Heritage Olive Oil with its high biophenol content.

Our November sale includes Brazil Nut Butter an excellent source of selenium and Cashew Butter which lends itself so well to making vegan "cheesecake". Our California grown, dried tomatoes, organic and salt free, are just the thing for sauces and pasta.

Please accept our best wishes for good health, prosperity and success to you and your family,

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

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November 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!)
Brazil Nut Butter - Alive and Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Brazil Nut Butter is created in Berkeley, California from alive, raw brazil nuts gathered by native people in the rain forests of Amazonia. We make it by slicing raw brazil nuts into a luxurious spread and then seasoning it with a little Royal Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt. Brazil nuts are energy dense and highly nutritious. A great source of concentrated dietary selenium.

Cashew Butter - Alive and Organic

Living Tree Community Foods Organic Cashew Butter is created in Berkeley, California from raw, sun dried and organic cashews. We make it slowly, in small batches, to give it a wondrous, creamy texture. Created to retain the quintessential cashew flavor. Try it on apple slices, celery sticks or a wedge of persimmon.

Tomato (California Grown) – Dried Organic & Salt Free

Living Tree Community Foods organic tomatoes are grown in California, free of salt and not sulfured. Toss into salads or pasta! Place them around a bowl of Living Tree Alive Olive Oil as a dip. Your friends will delight in these hors d’oeuvres.

New! Items For November

Turmeric & Honey Butter – Alive & Organic

Back in stock! Living Tree Community Foods Organic Turmeric and Honey Butter is created in Berkeley, California from alive, raw sesame seeds, turmeric and honey. We have added raisins, coconut oil and spices to highlight the delightful flavor. We make it slowly, in small batches, to give it a wondrous, creamy texture. We urge you to research what people are saying about the benefits of turmeric and honey.

Medjool Dates (California) – Sundried & Organic

We are delighted to bring you the new crop of Medjool Dates. These organic medjool dates are grown by a farming family in southern California. These are large and magnificent dates. You’ll be pleased with their quality. Pack them along when traveling or hiking. Great addition to school lunches. What a wonderful gift idea!

Absolut Honey – Alive 11oz squares

Back in stock after long absence! Living Tree Community Foods raw Absolut Honey squares are produced by family farmers in rural Pennsylvania. It is an elegant natural confection. For culinary adventurers who demand the ultimate in aliveness. This is a raw honeycomb just as the bees made it. What could be more alive?

Greek Heritage Olive Oil - Alive, Organic & Kosher

Living Tree Community Foods Raw, Organic and Kosher California Greek Heritage Extra Virgin olive oil is rich in antioxidants. It is cold-pressed from Koroneiki olives, a Greek varietal. We invite you to rejoice in its hints of green banana and floral notes. A peppery finish to top it off and you have oil with unparalleled flavor for rich dishes, as well as being perfect for vinaigrette’s and marinades.

It has a high available biophenol content: 459 Mg/Kg (milligrams per kilogram). High phenolic content and excellent stability should provide long shelf life as well as beneficial health value.

Video: Nearly 100% Of Heart Disease Is Preventable by Steven Lome

‘Staggering’ 69% Drop in Animal Populations Signals ‘Devastating Biodiversity Crisis’ by Jake Johnson

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A sweeping report published Thursday by one of the world’s largest conservation groups finds that Earth’s vertebrate animal populations experienced an average decline of nearly 70% between 1970 and 2018, a staggering drop that experts attribute to the worsening climate crisis, pollution, the large-scale destruction of forests and continued human exploitation of wildlife.

The World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2022, which the group calls its most comprehensive study to date, estimates that tens of thousands of monitored mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish populations have seen an average 69% decline in relative abundance over just a 50-year period, a blaring signal that the planet is in the midst of a devastating biodiversity crisis.

“The message is clear and the lights are flashing red,” states the new report, which examines nearly 32,000 species populations across the planet — from the oceanic whitetip shark to the Amazon pink river dolphin to Darwin’s frog — to spotlight what it describes as the twin emergencies of climate change and species decline.

Climate change is having a dramatic impact on our natural environment,” the report notes.

Some species are dying out while others are having to move where they live due to changes in air temperature, weather patterns, and sea levels. As well as being a direct driver of biodiversity loss, climate change also worsens the other drivers.”

WWF warns that animal populations in its freshwater Living Planet Index “have been hit the hardest, declining by an average of 83%” thanks to myriad factors, including pollution and massive species exploitation. Regionally, Latin America — home to the rapidly deteriorating Amazon rainforest — has seen the largest decline in average population abundance at 94%.

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