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Chiropractors featured on TV for raising their newborn daughter within the natural healthcare realm
BEVERLY HILLS , CALIFORNIA - Dr. Bryen Bell, his wife Dr. Alithea Corter and their new daughter Mikayla will be on the TLC's television series Bringing Home Baby. On the show they will be featured for raising their newborn baby using natural healthcare methods.
TLC's new series Bringing Home Baby focuses on the first 36 hours at home with the new baby and the new parents. The first few days at home for rookie parents are a jumble of emotions. They experience everything from joy, excitement, love and happiness, to fear, uncertainty and insecurity. A newborn does only a few things: eat, sleep, cry and go through diapers. But each of those activities presents its own set of challenges for new parents. Plus, there seems to be an endless list of skills to master for a newborn: from learning to hold them, feed them, burp them, diaper them, swaddle them, calm them down, trim their fingernails and get them to sleep.
Bringing Home Baby , the episode entitled "Holistic Baby," will follow new parents Dr. Bell and Dr. Corter with baby Mikayla during her first exciting days in the world. The episode will feature topics such as homebirth delivery, herbal remedies, visits from family and friends, an office party featuring Mikayla's first pediatric chiropractic adjustment, and the parents' plans for raising her naturally.
"We've loved every minute of the first few days of Mikayla and enjoy sharing our experience with the rest of the world. We hope her story will shed light on some of the healthcare options available to other parents and families," stated Dr. Corter.
Bring Home Baby : Holistic Baby will air Thursday, August 31 st , 2006 on TLC at 11:30 PST. The show will re-air Tuesday, September 12 th , 2006. Check your local listings for times.
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VEGETARIANS PLAN TO WALK ACROSS FLORIDA
Naples , FL. Oct. 15, 2006. Two environmentally-conscious vegetarians plan to walk across the state of Florida, with a group of like-minded individuals, who are interested in healthy eating & living, environmentalism, animal rights and who enjoy nature while getting fit.
Steve Silberberg , owner of www.Fatpacking.com and Michael Cardinal, a Florida-based filmmaker will lead the Highway to Healthy walk starting January 1, 2007 with plans to start their journey in northern Florida then walk south until they reach the Keys.
"We expect to walk for 5-6 weeks," says Steve Silberberg . "It is a great opportunity for all participants and we are inviting people to join us for 1 day, several days, a week or more, and even for the entire journey. We'll be camping out a lot and sometimes staying in motels or community centers. It's going to be a lot of fun."
Participants are invited to join the walk in support of the environment and healthy-living. Food, fun and educational activities, special guests and advice on healthy living will be provided. Prices to join the odyssey start at only $100.00. Profits will be donated to various animal rescue, 1% For The Planet, and other worthy organizations.
"People always tell me that they would eat better if they knew where to go, so we're going to visit restaurants in each city and order the healthiest food on their menus to show people how easy it can be. I also want to show that people can eat fantastic food without having to murder an innocent animal." says Michael Cardinal, the filmmaker who will be documenting the entire odyssey as part of a Highway2Health TV series.
"For the benefit of healthy living and a healthy planet, we are planning Highway 2 Health walks across a number of other U.S. states and Europe in the future," says Michael Cardinal. "People need to leave the car keys at home more and start walking or riding bikes. Doing so will benefit everyone."
Winter is on its way time to grow inside!
Organic Growing for the Urban Gardener
Urban Growers Popping Up Organic Gardens Around The Globe
As the world population inflates and metropolitan areas continue to expand, urban sprawl has quickly overtaken the natural landscape. Yet within these concrete jungles, a new breed of gardener has emerged, one that is willing to work in constrictive environment to produce tiny porch gardens and patio crops.
The upsurge of urban gardeners calls for a new wave of literature to encourage their homegrown hobby. The entire planet is becoming aware of the importance and benefits of organic farming, including health improvements and financial freedom. Enter Jay North and his time tested organic growing practices. In his new book, The Windowsill Organic Gardener: Organic Growing for the Urban Gardener, North shows city dwellers how to grow their own favorite vegetables, herbs and edible flowers in windowsill boxes, inside their own homes, this organic process is done without gardening hydroponically and free of high intensity lights.
The Windowsill Organic Gardener: Organic Growing for the Urban Gardener is for anyone who appreciates fresh, healthy, organic vegetables and would like their own window ledge to brim with tomatoes, baby lettuces, summer squash, fresh herbs, and more. With clear, lively, user-friendly language, windowsill gardeners are given intricate step-by-step instruction on rearing a bounty of healthful organic vegetables, herbs, edible flowers and more. Readers enjoy sound advice ranging from everything they need to get started, choosing the right crops, and caring for their growing plants.
Author Jay North and his beloved late wife Pamela were known as the "Edible Flower Children" and were pioneers in the fledgling organic farming industry. Introducing hundreds of varieties of organically grown vegetables, fruit, herbs and the ever-popular edible flowers, the couple founded Paradise Farms, known worldwide as an innovator in specialty organic produce, organic gardening and produce marketing.
North has turned his expertise into helping people all over the world develop their own farms for sustenance, consumption and large production for commercial sales for over thirty years. He is an accomplished writer, author, and expert on organic farming practices, publishing several popular titles, including Getting Started in Organic Gardening for Fun and Profit, Guide to Cooking with Edible Flowers, and Grow Yourself Rich. He is a skilled writer and has appeared on the Today show three times. He is also the proprietor of www.GoingOrganic.com, a one-stop-shop for consultations, design assistance, learning, literature and other tools to explore the possibilities of organic gardening/farming, both for beginners as well as large-scale operations.
Worldwide, backyard growers and commercial farmers take advantage of Jay North's services.
"Now you can grow all the things you love, in windowsills, in your own home, year 'round and with no back breaking work, no weeds and practically no pests," Jay says. "My desire and goal is to teach everyone who is interested in a healthier way to grow food and ornamental plants how to start out and make their gardening lot's of fun,
Readers can order The Windowsill Organic Gardener: Organic Growing for the Urban Gardener through North's web site: www.GoingOrganic.com. Or by sending $ 27.95 to Mark Int. 402 West Ojai Ave pmb 146 Ojai CA 93023
High-quality organic wines,
Fair traded at stable prices
- World’s biggest organic wine exhibition invites to tasting
Organic wine is on the advance. The wine shelves in the organic trade are getting bigger, the conventional retail food trade is also becoming interested in organic wine, and organic cultivation is gaining more and more acceptance among the producers of top wines. Tendencies and trends that increasingly start at BioFach, the biggest organic wine exhibition in the world. Approx. 250 suppliers of wine, sparkling wine and champagne will also exhibit at BioFach 2006 in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 16-19 February. They naturally come from the leading organic winegrowing nations Italy, France and Spain, but also from countries like Argentina, Chile, Germany, Greece, Austria, Turkey or Hungary. Not only the well-known wine regions have an extensive range of wines to show, but smaller, less-known regions as well. The wine hall in hall 8 also presents supplementary ranges for wine merchants, with accessories like glasses and carafes. Wholesalers, winegrowing associations and wine merchant associations are also present at the exhibition with their winegrowers and other contacts.
Entry for the BioFach 2006 International Wine Award is open to any organic winegrower. Last year, 461 organically produced wines from all over the world faced the highly sensitive sense organs of the tasters, who were extremely satisfied and selected wines for 26 gold awards, 35 silver awardsand 67 recommendations. Prizes will be awarded to top international organic wines in the categories white, red, rosé, sparkling and dessert wine
for the eighth time at BioFach – as part of the official tour of the exhibition by the guests of honour immediately after the official opening. Other above-average wines will be specially mentioned in a recommended list. The award at this year’s exhibition is also preceded by a public tasting session by internationally recognized members of a jury in November/early December 2005. All the winning wines will naturally be presented in guided tasting sessions at the exhibition.
Signs of a new era dawning: Quality and opening up of the market
The top-quality growers are creating a strong impetus for organic viticulture. More and more renowned winegrowers are basing their production on environment-friendly organic methods. In the elite German wine club VDP (Verband der deutschen Prädikatsweingüter), 10 % of the member firms already work to organic guidelines – tendency rising. Three top firms from the Rhinegau and Palatinate regions are currently converting to certified organic cultivation.
Organic wine producers have long ceased to be exotic creatures. Working with natural fertilizers and pesticides and doing without herbicides are also recognized by conventional producers as a way to achieve higher quality, which some of them have adopted.
Quality improvement through biodynamics
The events of the "Vignerons d’Exception" (exceptional winegrowers) attract great attention at international level. This loose union of Loire winegrowers was founded by Nicolas Joly, the philosopher of biodynamic viticulture. His creed is to improve the terroir, i.e. the origin character of the wines, through biodynamic methods. Besides the natural processes, this works with fertilizers and pesticides with special preparations for strengthening the plants and takes planetary forces into account. Today, biodynamics is on the up among top growers throughout the world.At a time when the world's wines are becoming increasingly similar due to the standardization of cellar techniques, the terroir argument naturally attracts a great response. The "Vignerons d’Exception" meanwhile include organic producers from Europe, America and Australia. The presentations also take place around the globe. The concentrated presence of top firms from all over the world contributes substantially to improving the image of organic wine.Organic viticulture: Italy leads, Spain and France are catching up
Italy heads the organic wine statistics with approx. 30,000 hectares of vines. France and Spain, where there have been large increases in the past years, each account for about half as much. Just under 2,000 hectares of vines in Germany are grown by organic methods.
Organic viticulture is growing rapidly in countries overseas: California leads with about 3,000 hectares, but the current shooting star in the organic wine sky is Chile, where some well-known producers are converting large parts of their vineyards. They will soon be among the largest organic wine producers in the world. There are also significant organic winegrowing areas in Australia and Argentina. A visible indication of this trend is the growing presence of wine producers from overseas at BioFach every year. The European market is of maximum importance for these producers.
Organic wines now fair traded, too
Parallel to this trend, wines from overseas are gradually becoming socially acceptable in the organic trade. The wines from California play a pioneering role here, but these are restricted to the high-price segment. However, more and more low-cost organic wines from Chile, Argentina and South Africa are now attracting attention.
The successful combination of organic and Fair Trade certificates is now also arriving on the wine scene. The Fair Trade label distinctly reduces the reservations that still exist about wines from overseas because of the long transport routes. A South African organic wine producer has already been granted Fair Trade accreditation, and a small farmers co-operative in Argentina is about to be accredited.
Wine profits from the organic boom
There is currently also a strong impetus from the demand side. Worldwide organic turnover in 2004 grew by some 6 % to about 26.5 billion US $ (equivalent to approx. 21.7 billion EUR), according to estimates by the London marketing and consulting company Organic Monitor. In Germany alone, last year’s organic turnover rose by as much as 13 % to 3.5 billion EUR (ZMP, Zentrale Markt- und Preisberichtsstelle für Erzeugnisse der Land-, Forst- und Ernährungswirtschaft), which also boosted organic wine sales. The trend to organic supermarkets continues, which also pushes the demand for organic wine, as a broad range of 100 to 200 wines are offered in stores with 500 to 1,000 m² of shop space. Here the share of turnover for wine is 2 to 5 %. "Alternative" outfits for wine are now out and more and more organic wines appear in an elegant outfit. The consumer can then recognize the special value of the product more easily and tends to accept the slightly higher price.
Variety of products and steady prices
The international wine market has been marked by overproduction in the past years. The result is heavy pressure on the prices. For many a producer, conversion to organic cultivation was a way of escaping this pressure. The large conversions especially in Southern Europe and recently also in countries overseas have, however, shifted the weightings. Today, every buyer can choose between many offers. The price pressure is now also growing in the organic wine market. This is mainly encouraging for consumers, as they discover that prices remain steady, and even drop in some cases. The difference over conventional wine prices is becoming smaller and smaller and even tends towards zero for high-quality wines.
Discreet organic labelling for wine
The German retail food trade has been active in the organic market for a long time. The large chains operate successfully with their own organic labels. Wine has been the only product until now that they are conspicuously reluctant to stock. There are now increasing attempts to pick up points in this market as well, but most companies do not use their organic labels here. On the contrary, they focus on the regional origin of the wines, as organic cultivation is regarded as an added benefit particularly for wine, more or less the icing on the cake after the taste and outfit factors.
The best survey of the international organic wine market is offered by BioFach in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 16-19 February. The 2006 event will again do justice to its outstanding reputation as the world’s biggest organic wine exhibition. Altogether, the World Organic Trade Fair expects a good 2,000 exhibitors and 33,000 visitors.
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Appellation Wine & Spirits Debuts in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood
New Boutique Wine Shop Focuses on Organic and Biodynamic Wines
NEW YORK, September 2005 – Appellation Wine & Spirits, a new wine shop located at 156 10 th Avenue between 19 th and 20 th Streets (212.741.9474, www.appellationnyc.com), has just opened in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. Appellation will carry predominantly organic and biodynamic labels and aims to provide a relaxed and cozy neighborhood setting in which to learn about the vast world of wine.
“Appellation is the kind of store that new and aspiring wine lovers can feel comfortable in,” says owner Scott Pactor. “We hope to be a resource for the neighborhood and beyond and look forward to exploring the largely uncharted waters of organic wine with our customers.”
Almost two-thirds of Appellation’s inventory (approximately 1,800 bottles) will skew towards the organic and biodynamic wine category, a segment that is gaining currency with experienced and novice wine drinkers alike. Organic wine is made from organically grown grapes and shuns added sulfites; Biodynamic wine pays special attention to nature’s rhythms and the self-sustainability of the vineyard by utilizing homeopathic sprays and fertilizers to enhance the life of the soil.
Appellation’s store design will encourage on-the-spot learning and dialogue. In addition to on-site wine and epicurean books for customers’ perusal, description cards will be located above each wine on display. The wines will be organized by geography and ordered from “light” to “full,” and frequent in-store tastings and winemaker events will be offered. The store will carry wines from Spain, Portugal, Austria, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina (45%) as well as the USA (20%), France (20%) and Italy (15%) so customers can sample a wide array of different grape varieties from New and Old World producers.
Personal attention will be a hallmark of this family-run operation. The store will deliver orders of even a single bottle of wine within a 5-block radius for $3.50 ($10 for greater Manhattan), and will waive delivery fees for orders greater than $100. The dedicated staff will source rare or hard-to-find bottles upon request, and have a mandate to be a helpful resource for all wine lovers who enter the store.
Homeless kid opens organic orphanage for HIV children
The Chick Grant Foundation is proud to announce the opening of an organic orphanage for HIV children in Port Au Price,
Aaron Jackson, the 24 year old founder that is homeless himself, went on to say the orphanage will start out with 7 beautiful orphans that have been infected by HIV. Our goal is to treat the children through a holistic approach that will include the support of a healthy immune system. This will include eating organic foods and using shiitake and mitake mushrooms to fight off the HIV virus.
Contact: Scott King
Company name: Chick Grant Foundation
FIRST Official Lamaze® Guide Helps Women MAKE INFORMED CHOICES
International birth advocate and author, Sheila Kitzinger says, “This is a superb book. Though it’s called ‘official’ it isn’t written in bureaucratic language and isn’t heaped with instructions. It’s humane, funny, tender, down-to-earth and joyful. Essential reading for all pregnant women who seek autonomy in childbirth.”
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GOOD FOOD AND GOOD HEALTH THRIVE IN QUEENS
Mitrata Coffee Blend
We are announcing the new organic Mitrata Coffee Blend, which has been custom blended and air-roasted by the Hartford Coffee Company in
Coffee Characteristics
This new blend has been medium roasted to highlight its medium body and acidity, delicate flavor and sweet undertones. Coffee production is Fair Trade Certified by Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), www.transfairusa.org. We thank our sponsors, the Hartford Coffee Company, www.hartfordcoffeecompany.com, for their generous support!
If you wish to place an order, please contact Hazel A. Tamano, Research and Development Officer, at tel. 314/534-9251 or at e-mail HTComGroup@sbcglobal.net. Each 1 pound coffee comes in regular, de-caffeinated, and espresso; and is $10 if you order directly from us. Add $4 for shipping.
New Study Reveals Thousands of Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Crops Across U.S.
375 Tests Conducted in Maine
Experiments a Threat to Public Health, the Environment, and Farmers
PORTLAND- More than 47,000 field tests of genetically engineered crops were authorized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1987 and 2004 despite serious environmental threats and inadequate regulations in place to monitor their impacts, according to a new report released today by Environment Maine Research & Policy Center and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). Three hundred seventy-five of these tests were conducted in Maine, mostly for genetically engineered potatoes.
Both the National Academy of Sciences and the General Accounting Office have criticized the USDA for inadequate oversight and expertise in authorizing the release of genetically engineered crops.
Nevertheless, this new study reveals substantial increases in 2003 and 2004 of testing of crops engineered to produce pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals, as well as of many new crops never before released.
- The report, Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S ., highlights potential risks associated with the release of genetically engineered plants. The results of large scale field trials conducted over many years were just published in the March 2005 Proceedings of the Royal Society demonstrating adverse effects on wildlife, but experiments conducted in the United States continue to be piecemeal and short term. Scientists have criticized research in this country as deliberately designed to hide any harm.
Coincidentally, this report is released on the heels of three Maine towns, Kennebunk, Brooklin and Kennebunkport considering opposition to genetically engineered organisms. Kennebunk selectmen rejected a petition from citizens to place a ban on genetically engineered organisms, Brooklin citizens voted in favor of a non-enforceable measure to declare their town a GE Free Zone, and Kennebunkport is considering a measure identical to Brooklin.
“Our environment is being used as a laboratory for widespread experimentation on genetically engineered organisms with profound risks that, once released, can never be recalled,” said Environment Maine Advocate Matthew Davis. “Bt corn plants have been found to be toxic to monarch butterflies and other non-target species. Until proper safeguards are in place, this unchecked experiment should stop.”
Findings of the new Environment Maine Research & Policy Center report include:
- As of January 2005, the fourteen states and territories that have hosted the greatest number of field test sites are: Hawaii (5,413), Illinois (5,092), Iowa (4,659), Puerto Rico (3,483), California (1,964), Nebraska (1,960), Pennsylvania (1,707), Minnesota (1,701), Texas (1,494), Indiana (1,489), Idaho (1,272), Wisconsin (1,246), Georgia (1,051), and Mississippi (1,008).
- Since 1991, USDA has received 240 requests for 418 field releases of crops engineered to produce pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, or other so-called biopharmaceuticals; the number of requested field releases of “biopharm” crops increased from 22 in 2003 to 55 in 2004.
- Nearly 70% of all field tests conducted in the last year now contain secret genes classified as “Confidential Business Information,” which means that the public has no access to information about experiments being conducted in their communities.
- The ten crops authorized for the greatest number of field releases are corn, soybean, cotton, potato, tomato, wheat, creeping bentgrass, alfalfa, beet, and rice. Potatoes have had 143 field releases in Maine.
- USDA authorized field tests on several crops for the first time in 2003 and 2004, including American chestnut, American elm, avocado, banana, eucalyptus, marigold, safflower, sorghum, and sugarbeet.
- These experimental genetically engineered crops are grown in the open environment to test the outcome and environmental impact of certain gene combinations. The groups charged that field testing genetically engineered crops in such a widespread way poses serious threats to the environment and neighboring farmers.
“For over a decade, MOFGA has called for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act prior to any field testing or field release of GE plants or other organisms. We're still waiting,” said Sharon Tisher, Chair of the MOFGA Public Policy Committee. “Not only the distinguished National Academy of Sciences, but also the staff of the U.S. Department of the Interior, have raised serious questions about the risk of GE crops and animals becoming harmful invasive species. Also, GE crops that present a risk of genetic contamination of organic crops are a direct economic threat to certified organic farms.”
A major goal of the field tests is to obtain information about potential ecological risks associated with genetically engineered organisms. However, independent reviews of the data collected by the USDA demonstrate that very little information has been gathered. As a result, despite the large number of field experiments that have occurred, fundamental questions about their impact remain unanswered, including long-term impacts on the soil and non-target species.
“The evidence continues to mount that the U.S. regulatory system is based on the principle of ‘don’t look, don’t find,’” said Davis. “Conducting field tests that are poorly designed is taking large risks without any benefits.”
Environment Maine Research & Policy Center and MOFGA called for a federal moratorium on genetically engineered foods unless:
* Independent testing demonstrates safety,
* Labeling for any products commercialized honors consumers’ right to know, and
* The biotechnology corporations are held accountable for any harm resulting from the products.
Environment Maine Research & Policy Center researches problems, proposes policy solutions and educates the public about clean air, clean water and open spaces.
MOFGA’s mission is to help farmers and gardeners grow organic food, to protect the environment, and to recycle natural resources; to increase local food production, to support rural communities, and to encourage sustainable farm economies; and to illuminate for consumers the connections between healthful food, environmentally sound farming practices, and vital local economies.
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“THE EARTH DINNER™” SPROUTS UP
AS A FUN, NEW TRADITION FOR EARTH DAY!
Connects People to the Earth, Their Food and Each Other
La Farge, WI – Mon., March 7, 2005 If your favorite food could win an Oscar, what would be its acceptance speech? Who in your life really understands how to make the food you love? Do you know the name of any person who grows the food you eat?
These are just three of 107 riveting questions people of all ages will be asking one another this Earth Day (April 22 nd) as they take part in The Earth Dinner, a new way to celebrate the life-giving natural resources and beauty that the Earth provides – something too often taken for granted!
“The Earth Dinner is a way for family and friends to come together to appreciate the remarkable role food plays in our lives, in our family’s histories and on our planet,” said Theresa Marquez, the catalyst behind The Earth Dinner. “How and what we eat determines the health of the Earth.”
Get The Earth Dinner Creativity Cards by Douglas Love– Available Free!
Anyone can host their own Earth Dinner. It’s easy, thanks to “The Earth Dinner Creativity Cards!” Available for free at www.earthdinner.org, the deck is made up of 50 beautifully designed cards that can be used as a free-form dinner table “game” that keeps dinner guests focused on the theme of the meal. Each one has been written by award-winning author Douglas Love to spark stories and memories of the foods and people we love, and inspire new thinking about the foods we choose everyday.
The Earth Dinner Creativity Cards are divided into four suits: Storytelling, Imagination, Inspiration and Fun Facts.
- One of the Storytelling cards asks guests to “describe the very first time you tasted something that you picked off a tree, vine, stem or pulled out of the ground.”
- Fun Facts covers everything from “who invented the fork?” to the number of times the average human burps in a day and how long it takes a hen to lay an egg.
- A sample Imagination card challenges guests to pretend they’re a worm running for public office. “What would your platform be?”
- Under Inspiration, we’re invited to think about why we use a tree metaphor to trace our family genealogy. In your immediate family, who would you consider to be the roots, the bark, or the fruit?
Said Love, who created and produced Disney Channel’s hit live action creativity series, “Out of the Box,” “I’ve designed the cards to spark imagination, memories and laughter. We hope families will incorporate the cards into their meal to inspire connections they might not otherwise have made.”
Connecting to the Stories Behind Our Food
The host of an Earth Dinner asks each guest to bring a dish to share, potluck style. Each dish provides an opportunity to talk about its origins – a family recipe book, a local organic farm, a backyard garden. Guests try to use local ingredients, so foods are fresh and flavorful, and to do their best to find out about where the food came from and how it was grown.
“The Earth Dinner is designed first of all to connect us with our own wonderful and unique food traditions. And second, to help us connect with the farmer, the real force behind the food we eat. It is very satisfying, to make the effort to know where our food comes from– even if only once per year– and to celebrate that knowing,” said Marquez, an organic pioneer who serves as Director of Consumer Affairs at Organic Valley Family of Farms (www.organicvalley.coop).
The Earth Dinner is presented by Organic Valley Family of Farms, an organic farmer-owned cooperative committed to re-awakening the connection between farmers, the people who produce food with care, and their urban neighbors, the people who depend on quality food for their well being.
“Organic Valley Family of Farms feels great pride in presenting The Earth Dinner. We hope that these cards spark as many memorable stories and realizations at dinner tables across the country, as they have for us,” said Travis Forgues, the Organic Valley dairy farmer from Vermont who heads up the cooperative’s farmer ambassador program.
The Earth Dinner is supported by a broad-based coalition of organizations including: Beyond Pesticides, Bioneers, Chefs Collaborative, Children’s Health Environmental Coalition,. Earth Day Network, Earth Pledge, Environmental Working Group, Music Matters, Slow Food, Organic Consumers Association, Social Venture Network, The Center for Organic Education and Promotion, and Waterkeeper Alliance, among others.
For menu and recipe ideas, suggestions for setting the table and decorations, and your own set of Earth Dinner cards, please visit www.earthdinner.org.
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RECIPE CONTEST TO BE HELD AT CT NOFA CONFERENCE
At this year's End of Winter Conference the Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association will feature a recipe contest and potluck lunch. All recipes submitted will become part of CT NOFA's first ever fundraising cookbook, From Harvest to Table.
"Our potluck's are famous," said cookbook coordinator Erica Myers-Russo, "so we figured what better place to start our recipe drive?" Each person who brings a dish for the potluck is invited to bring a copy of the recipe, as well. Dishes will then be numbered and sampled by the event's panel of judges, including Chefs Ken Bergeron, author of Professional Vegetarian Cooking; Maraiah Bechtold of Stir It Up!, and Mary Lawrence of Well On Wheels.
"Choosing the judges was tough," Myers-Russo commented. "We had too many volunteers willing to sample all that delicious food!"
Three winners will be chosen from all recipes submitted, and each winner will receive a free one-year membership to CT NOFA, valued at $35.
In addition to the receipt contest and "best meal you'll eat all year" potluck, the annual conference will feature a keynote by Russell Libby, Executive Director of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners association, a workshop and book signing by Amy Goldman, author of The Compleat Squash and Melons for the Passionate Grower, and a day full of workshops and lectures. A full farmer?s market will offer everything from produce to crafts, and a teacup raffle and silent
auction will raise proceeds for the organization.
For more information or to register, please contact http://www.ctnofa.org/ or call 203-555-5146.
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STRETCH ISLAND FRUIT INTRODUCES NEW FRUIT LEATHER™ FLAVOR—ORGANIC APRICOT
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