Food…The Real Gold
As I was working in our Garden yesterday, a beautiful August day, I looked at our struggling strawberry patch and how it looked like we might actually get it to produce after all. I reflected upon how excited John and I get over one sweet juicy strawberry that has been produced from our own hands in our own Garden. I also reflected on the abundance of our harvest as we gathered onions, tomatoes, two varieties of peppers, a zucchini (first one of the year) and broccoli to create our Sunday brunch with. As I looked at the basket containing our home grown vegetables I felt a sense of pride and accomplishment. It was our first year organic gardening and we were pleased. But there was more than personal pride going on here. As I listened to the voice within I could hear something very profound. “Food, it’s the real gold!”
We have become so disconnected to our food source and yet it is what truly keeps us alive. We need three things to survive in this world…good food, clean air and clean water. We can do without just about every other thing, except perhaps the roof over our heads and a way to stay warm and dry.
In watching the evolution of our species, from a very distant perspective of course, I could see man going from being hunters and gatherers to being stationary farmers to being consumers of material goods manufactured by large corporate entities. Each time we progress, or rather digress, we become more and more disconnected from the earth and more dependent upon others for the basic needs of our survival. The thing that really bothers me about this is that we are so hypnotized and conditioned to live this consumer lifestyle that most people never really stop to question how dangerous it is to put our survival in the hands of Corporate America.
The Scoop on Agave Nectar
After a disturbing article on Agave Nectar posted on the Mercola Website which indicated that the popular “raw food” sweetner was worse than high fructose corn syrup, I want to pass on more info about this product. It brought me a bit of relief.
The Raw Journey Continues
Since I’m updating my blog posts I should give a brief update on the raw journey. I just returned from Sedona, Arizona where I hosted a w omen’s empowerment retreat. I offered lots of raw food choices on our vegetarian menu. I stayed raw throughout the retreat other than a few bites of things I was helping to prepare for the ladies. I also drank a little coffee and chai tea on my vacation, ate some roasted pistachio’s and ended up with one big headache. I link the headache to the intake of coffee so I cut it out quickly.
What I really enjoyed was eating at the Chocolate Tree, Sedona’s raw restaurant. They have a raw keylime pie to live for. They also have an array of other excellent desserts and main courses such as Thai spring roles, raw garden burgers and burritos. I must have visited that restaurant six or seven times while in Sedona. (more…)