Wild Leeks & Wild Child!

My youngest buddy, eating his morning, local eggs with wild leeks! His body is being infused with the nourishing goodness of wild foods.

• Wild foods have their genetics intact, non- GMO!  This is a huge boost in your personal cell nourishment arena.
• Wild foods are grown in soil that generally has not been disturbed by agricultural chemicals: pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, on & on & on... if chemicals are in the soil, they are in every cell of your food (despite the "just wash it off" campaign of Big Ag.) Support local farmers who opt to not use chemicals.
• The soil, in the wild, is naturally composting, year after year.  This continual composting cycle keeps the soil's nutrients high.  Foods grown in this soil, well, are naturally high in minerals.

There is so much more to be said for food being grown in its natural environment, living and growing the way it would without human intervention.  Growing food naturally, even when we cultivate it, raises the nourishment level by leaps and bounds.

Looking for local food, raised naturally?  Don't want to grow it yourself OR forage in the woods?  Get on this website and find a local farmer. who will love you up with good food and you can support their desire to produce good food. It's a win-win relationship!

Want to help others enjoy well raised, local food?  The healthier people we have in our communities, the healthier our communities will be. It takes a community to raise a community!

The gift of good food is the best gift you can give. (in my opinion!)

I have pasted GardenShare's request for CSA Bonus Bucks support below.

Eat well, share good food, love people.  Paula

CSA Bonus Bucks Needs Your Help!

Hello Friends,

GardenShare's CSA Bonus Bucks offers low-income families an opportunity to join the CSA of their choice with a $100 discount.

This year we've been overwhelmed with requests, and do not have the funding to cover five families who came in just as we had spent the final funds for the year. Some of these families have enjoyed this program for several years.

CSA Bonus Bucks works double duty by helping low income families enjoy great, healthy, local food, while at the same time, supporting our local farmers with additional business.

Any donation will help. Simply follow this link.

If you prefer, you can still send a check to 

GardenShare, PO Box 516, Canton, NY 13617

SOUL Food

About a year ago, I found this book:

I grabbed it up for a couple of reasons. One, I like to read and learn from others and their whole food perspective. Two, I knew it would come in handy with clients.

I have recommended it several times over the past year.  Recently, I was again recommending it and I decided to check out the authors. Who are these people that wrote this book?  I can't believe it took me this long to be curious!

So I find that Edward Bauman is the founder and director of a holistic nutrition college, a whole food oasis, in California!

I love his acronym for remembering healthy eating habits that balance human health: SOUL.  What a perfect way to remember how to feed and heal mind, body, and soul.  I have been teaching this same concept for 20+ years, without using the SOUL acronym, and am glad to now have this fun way to remind people.

• S:  Seasonal
• O:  Organic
• U:  Un-processed (Un-refined, Un-packaged... my words!)
• L:  Local

By Dr. Ed Bauman

The Eating for Health model (Double click on above picture to enlarge image) provides a palette from which we can select the most health supportive foods. Eating from the inside out will provide a building diet for times when we need to build up our nutrient reserves. Eating from the outside in will set the scene for cleansing the body of impurities and toxins. The goal of the Eating for Health model is to provide a diverse selection of whole foods to sustain health and promote recovery from illness and injury.

Tell me your story in the comments:  

What are your favorite foods to heal your mind, body, and S.O.U.L?

Breakfast of Champions

No - No you people of the 70's and 80's (myself included), it is not Wheaties!

So what is this concoction on the plate and in the bowl?

• Local, pasture raised eggs fried to the perfect, "still liquid" yolk state,
• Wild leeks chopped and placed on top, and
• Local, pasture-raised, goat milk cheese, slightly melted, on top...  and in the bowl?
• Kraut made from Kent Family Farm's root veggies, cabbage, and burdock with added: fresh wild leeks from around the corner and up the hill; then I added dandelion greens, nettle tops*, and chives from the front yard.

Yummy, cell nourishing way to start the day!

*The nettle tops were raw, chopped very finely.  Yes, nettles will leave the characteristic "sting" on the tongue and back of the throat... but it is very mild, barely noticeable!

Stinging nettles have been used for urtication. Urtication means flailing the affected joints with nettles for the relief of arthritis and like conditions.  So eating raw is a 'lil self tongue and throat therapy!  Who would want arthritis of throat and tongue?

Sustainable Harvesting & Preserving Wild Leeks

Wow, many questions about the wild leeks.

When digging, never take more than 5% of the patch.  This ensures the patch will survive and spread for many decades to come.  If the patch is where others harvest as well, take much less than 5% of the patch.

Wild leeks are becoming over harvested and now are hard to find in many areas.

Here is a recipe for pickled leek bulbs.  This recipe had the least amount of sugar.  I would use maple syrup, not honey.

If maple syrup is not available in your area, use the honey or unrefined sucanat sugar.  2 tablespoons of honey or maple syrup = 4 tablespoons of unrefined sugar.

http://foodpreservation.about.com/od/Pickles/r/Pickled-Ramps-Recipe.htm

Thanks to Leda Meredith for this recipe.   http://ledameredith.net/wordpress/

I would skip the boiling water bath and just store them in the fridge.  I bet they will keep much longer than 3 months.  Put the jars to the very back of the fridge, where it is the coldest, BUT do not forget them there. 

Definitely let them sit for 1 week to meld flavors.

Wild Leeks

4/25/14    The Leeks are Back!  YAY!

Seeing them in the woods, after a long winter, nourishes my soul!

Digging them, with the prospect of taking home for dinner, nourishes my body.

Knowing that peas, asparagus, dandelion greens, stinging nettles, spinach, and strawberries are just around the corner nourishes my mind.

No more snow, correct?

More leeks dug 4/26...

Fine chopped for my last batch of sauerkraut for the season...

Packed down into the kraut crock... 14 days and voila' wild leek infused sauerkraut!  Want to sample?  I will dig it out of the crock around the 12 of May.

For the Ladies... and, Men, pass along to your ladies

  Originally posted on radiance:

Were you aware that manufacturers of tampons and sanitary pads are not required to disclose the ingredients used in their products ?

Imagine these Known TAMPON INGREDIENTS:

• Synthetic Fibres
• Bleach
• Perfumes
• Polyvinyl Alcohol
• Hydrocarbon Dioxin
• Polyester
• Polyurethane
• Parabens

being INSERTED WILLINGLY BY US:

into our body, month after month, year after year…purely because of our mis-education.

It’s small wonder a large number of the female population have numerous and ongoing medical problems with our reproductive systems as a whole. I’m betting every person reading this knows someone suffering from one of the issues listed below.

For starters there is:

• Endometriosis
• Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Poly Cystic Ovaries
• Irregular Periods
• Menogarhhoia (abnormally heavy and prolonged periods)
• Dysmenorrhea (abnormal painful cramps)
• Polyps
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
• Spotting
• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
• Fibroids

“Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and also the thinnest. Less than 1/10th of an inch separates your…

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