Saturday, December 26, 2009

Rudolf Steiner and Biodynamic Agriculture

Rudolf Steiner and Biodynamic Agriculture site to visit: http://www.biodynamics.com/biodynamics.html

Thursday, December 17, 2009

City Farmers Nursery

Super yummy recipes taught by Jessica of Yum! Superfoods

Carrot-Walnut Dip: Combine 3-4 cups of Cooked Carrots, approx. 1 cup of ground toasted Walnuts, 1 bunch of dried Thyme, small hand-full of Garlic (crushed or shredded), approx. 1 cup Olive oil, approx. 1 tsp hot chili powder, sea salt, and water from carrots to thin. Combined at your descretion. Mix together in food processor, or blender. Makes excellent dip or spread for cooked or raw veggies or to put in collard wraps or ravioli.

Pesto: Fresh Basil (chopped), macadamian nuts (ground), toasted walnuts (ground), 1 zest of lemon, approx. half cup of almond butter (if it's on hand), olive oil (approx. half cup or more), garlic (shredded), sea salt. Combine at your descretion. Mix together in food processor or blender. Makes excellent dip or spread for cooked or raw veggies or to put in collard wraps or ravioli.

Sweet Beet Dressing: 1 boiled skinned Beet, Fresh Dill and Parsely, Dried Coliander & Paprika, Almond Butter, Olive Oil, 1 Lemon Zest, Garlic, Onion, Tomato, Honey, Sea Salt. Combined at your descretion. Mix together in food processor, or blender. Makes excellent dip or spread for cooked or raw veggies or to put in collard wraps.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Books of Interest

I'm very interested in purchasing Richard Wiswall's newly released The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff—and Making a Profit. In this article he is interviewed about the book: http://www.grist.org/article/richard-wiswall-on-the-business-of-organic-farming/
I am also looking forward to reading:
-Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats Yes! I got this for Christmas and it really is a GREAT resource for understanding nutrition and how to best prepare traditional dishes !!
-Weston Price's second edition of his pioneering work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
-The One-Straw Revolution: An Intro to Natural Farming http://www.amazon.com/One-Straw-Revolution-Introduction-Natural-Visionary/dp/0553247395
The Fourfold Path to Healing: Working with the Laws of Nutrition, Therapeutics, Movement and Meditation in the Art of Medicine by Thomas Cowan, MD http://www.amazon.com/dp/0967089794?tag=drthocowhol05-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0967089794&adid=17YZEM9P0PN4YPAKXWDA&
Rudolph Steiner's lectures http://www.steinerbooks.org/detail.html?id=9781855841482