Norm’s Farms Elderberry Review

Check out this Norm’s Farms Elderberry Review where I (Jessica owner of www.deliciousobsessions.com) discuss Norm’s Farms natural elderberry products. Elderberries are great immune boosters.

Source: www.deliciousobsessions.com

Back to basics, again. (By now you probably know I have a project and a facebook page called ‘Back to Basics’). It is becoming more specific about what basic is. It is about the revival and creation of healthy traditions. These traditions involve producing, gathering, preparing and eating foods in ways that were practiced to an extent for centuries and existed even thousands of years ago. They kept our ancestors alive, strong and healthy. Those who came before us were eating nutrient dense food and we can again, too.

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Norm Lenhardt founder of Norm’s Farms
    Well, elderberries are one of those foods that have been around forever. They were gathered and used very similar to the way they are today. In fact, Roger Lenhardt, son of the original ‘Norm’ explained to me that the purple dye used in the pre-historic cave paintings came from elderberry. You can’t get much more traditional than that with a plant. In addition, "The elderberry is a great case where modern clinical studies are actually starting to confirm what ancient alternative healers have known for hundreds, if not thousands, of years — the elderberry improves immune response."

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A quote from their website:
“Norm’s Farms, founded by Ann, Rodger, and Erin Lenhardt in Pittsboro, NC, is a way of carrying on Norm’s work and vision. The Norm’s Farms family believes in the sustainable production of healing foods made with natural, simple ingredients–just like the elderberries Norm’s Farms grows. Because the Norm’s Farms family recognizes that their small Missouri farm cannot keep up with the company’s demand, they have begun working with small family farmers in North Carolina to help establish elderberry orchards. Norm’s Farms will have a local source of elderberries for their products in addition to those grown in Missouri.”

Just in case you had any doubt about how spectacular Norm’s Farms elderberry products are, here is something that equals thousands of words. The only thing more would be a taste. You will have to place an order to do that.

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Traditional Nigerian Tigernut Milk (Kunnu Aya) — Nourished Kitchen

Tigernut milk is a traditional Nigerian drink made from the nutrient-dense tuber, Tigernut. It’s easy to make, with a flavor like chestnuts.

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In order for us to consume nutrient dense food rather than nutrient dead food, we need to revive traditional foods. Here is a drink made from TigerNuts, a food found to exist as far back as in ancient Eqyptian days.

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Can the U.S. Learn From Brazil’s Fight Against Food Insecurity?

The South American nation is making an effort to alleviate poverty and hunger among its poorest citizens.

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‘Hunger’ is no longer a politically correct term to describe people who do not have enough to eat. The official term is now, ‘food insecurity’. Do you suffer from food insecurity. We do. Both physically and emotionally. We do not have the funds to eat healthfully and we are afraid that we will continue to not have the funds to eat healthfully.

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Paleo, vegan, gluten-free — the only certainty about health trends is their reversal

During my last visit to Los Angeles, in March, I chronicled my meals by the dietary restrictions of my dining companions. For breakfast one day, I ate in Los Feliz with four friends who were varying degrees of gluten-free. One had suddenly discovered a gluten intolerance, while another felt it would be better for her pregnancy. I ordered ricotta pancakes — and enjoyed each glutinous bite.

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There are and have been so many ‘health fan diets’ over time that one can become dizzy, even sick over what to eat.

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How to Make Delicious Milk Kefir

I thought I hated milk kefir. Then I learned that I was just making it poorly. Here’s how to make delicious milk kefir and the simple trick I use to make sure it is tasty every time.

Source: www.foodrenegade.com

I am loving learning to make all kinds of healthy fermented foods, Kombucha, milk and water kefir, Jun (a green tea and honey style ‘kombucha’, ginger ale and natural sodas.

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Raw milk consultation outcome published – good news with due credit to the FSA | Artisan Food Law Blog

The pasteurisation of all milk cannot be justified and raw milk vending machines have a place – say the Food Standards Agency. The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) consultation undertaken as a part of its review of the controls governing the sale of raw drinking milk and cream closed on 30 April. True to its word, the FSA published the outcome of this consultation last Friday. Steve Wearne, the FSA’s Director of Food Safety, summarises the outcome in a report for consideration by the Board of the FSA later this month. A full response to the comments submitted is expected to be published before 30 July. The responses – all 536 – were overwhelmingly in support of greater access to raw drinking milk with just four respondents calling for the pasteurisation of all milk. What has the FSA made of them all? Due credit to the FSA for what is, on the whole, good news.

Source: www.artisanfoodlaw.co.uk

Let’s hope the US will follow the UK on this.

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Follow the Honey: 7 Ways Pesticide Companies are Spinning the Bee Crisis to Protect Profits – Food Revolution Network

Michele Simon was a speaker in the 2012 Food Revolution Summit. Recently she released a report, produced in tandem with Friends Of the Earth, to bring attention to the dire situation of declining bee populations caused by pesticides. You can find the report here, and read a summary below. If you like to eat, then you should care about what’s happening to bees. Did you know that two-thirds of our food crops require pollination – the very foods that we rely on for healthy eating – such as apples, berries, and almonds, just to name a few. That’s why the serious declines in bee populations are getting more attention, with entire campaigns devoted to saving bees. A strong and growing body of evidence points to exposure to a class of neurotoxic pesticides called neonicotinoids—the fastest-growing and most widely used class of synthetic pesticides—as a key contrib­uting factor to bee declines. The European Union banned the three most widely used

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Transparency is so necessary in the food and pesticide industries.

 

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