Kefir is one of the most amazing and powerful addition to my health that I have so far experienced. I stopped taking it for about 6 months or so when I was travelling a lot, I soon started getting every flu and cold that anyone had. When I started drinking kefir again this quickly reversed. Kefir is easy to make, easier than yogurt as there is no need to heat the milk. More information on the amazing health benefits of kefir here.
My mother has been on a diet of microwaved food for the past 15 years or so. It isn't that the food is bad food to begin with. She has lovely meals made up for her with food bought from her local farmers markets. But when she comes home at night she use to heat it up in the microwave for dinner- ...
Great talk by Sharon Venne on language, connection, traditions, law, education, colonialism, religion, grounding, land, women, death, spirituality, children and more. Interview conducted by @jpmontano (one of my favorite peeps to follow on twitter) Click here to listen ...
Killing Diversity -- the Homogenization and Pastuerization of Cultures Over the weekend we were invited to a lovely dinner party with an eclectic assortment of people. I immediately found myself deep in conversation with a lovely lady from Greece who told me of her favorite technique for maki ...
Source: First Peoples New Directions Eating is a political act and eating is also a cultural act that reaffirms identity. In his new book, Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience (University of Arizona Press 2012), ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón artfu ...
San Francisco is once again spearheading the guerrilla cultural movement with the latest in guerrilla gardening -- Guerrilla Grafting in which trees around the city are grafted with delicious, freely available fruits. The following article is from www.civileats.com City Fruit: Guerrilla Graft ...
We recently went on a trip to the desert which began at an oasis. It was a lovely camping trip that was about 3 days and 2 nights. The trip took place in a land cruiser that was fully equipped for rough terrain, including a snorkel, which we didn’t end up needing in the desert. There was a dr ...
With all the fuss going on lately about raw milk, it is a good idea to have a look at the history of the dairy industry and how we have gotten to this point. Let's call it part two of our Factory Farm History 101. Read the first part here about distillery dairies in New York. This is taken from Anne ...
There are various other definitions of sacrament, I like this one because it makes me think of the gut-friendly micro-organisms that grow in milk--uniquely active indeed. This is a post I have been putting off writing and I understand why. I am not sure if I can quite capture what I want to say here ...
The Abkhasians had a way of life that is out of reach for modern man, or so it seems! One of the arguments that is often used to promote modern medical technology (vaccinations etc) is that we are living to be much older than we used to. I must point out that even with all of our advanced medical te ...
