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Grocery & Perishable Curator Jessica Hill [email protected] Turn to page 10 for some of our favorites! 20 Bulk Matt Trickey Flowers and green shoots pushing up in fragrant soil and [email protected] days with clouds scuttling across blue sky outnumber days Produce that still hold on to the gray sky of winter. The glory of Spring Jimmy Vaughn is here once again! [email protected] In this issue of News in Natural, Desta offers some timely Beer & Wine tips on shedding winter blues and embracing the lift in spirit Liam Stary that many feel with the coming of Spring. Ben delves into [email protected] the broad reaching environmental ramifications of GMOs. Hannah shows us how a plant-based diet can be complete Wellness 22 and satisfying. This is just a sampling of what we’ve offered Kathy Biskey up this issue, and as always, we have some great recipes, staff [email protected] favorites and new products. On the Cover 4 Drink in the Beauty of Spring 16 Environmental Impacts of Deli We absolutely love Are you looking for a new Genetically Modified Crops We hope this Spring finds you with a smile on your face. Eat Eric Chappell Catherine’s recipe for spot to explore this Spring Perhaps the greatest risk in Well and Be Happy! [email protected] veggie hand pies! Savory that is both beautiful and genetically modified foods is deliciousness wrapped not too far from home? not in how they were created, but in the purpose for which Enjoy! Mercantile · Health & Beauty in a pie crust. Whether 9 What’s New? Zira Michelle Brinton you eat them warm out Find out what’s fresh at they were designed. [email protected] of the oven or make LifeSource! 20 Community Matters them ahead for on-the- LifeSource does a lot of work with go meals, they’re sure to 10 Staff Favorites Marketing & Outreach Three of our staff share kids in our community—enriching satisfy. 6 Tiara Good some of their favorites from our Outreach Coordinator’s life! Kathy Biskey · Editor [email protected] the LifeSource shelves. 22 The Oregon Pasture Network The OPN connects producers, and Recipes 12 Grow Your Garden Mailing List & Editor with LifeSource the growing crowd of consumers Vegan Mac Kathy Biskey 14 Spring is here! Bringing warmer who care about the source of their food and want to purchase [email protected] & Cheese days, sunny weather, lots of their meat, eggs and dairy 21 Veggie Dip rain—the perfect combination for all of your favorite veggies. from pasture-raised animals. @LifeSourceNaturalFoods Thrive on a Plant Based Diet 2649 Commercial St SE Salem, OR 97302 · 503-361-7973 14 It’s easier than you think! www.LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com @LifeSourceFoods

The material contained in this newsletter is for informational purposes only. Always see your healthcare provider before beginning a self-treatment program. @LifeSource_Foods New research on our gut microbiome has been pointing to Don’t Forget to Hydrate! an association between spending time in nature around healthy soil Drink in the and increased diversity of beneficial OXYLENT bacteria in the gut. It is possible that 3-in-1 Performance Supplement Drink we may need to come into regular 1. A great tasting electrolyte blend that promotes contact with certain healthy soil hydration. It also has B vitamins, citruline, and Riparian hardwood forest at Luckiamute Landing Beauty of Spring creatine for ATP energy support. I especially like organisms to be able to internalize the berry taste this powder gives to my water them and maintain beneficial without adding any sugar or carbohydrate. A Lovely, Local Spring Hike relationships with them in our gut. GARDEN OF LIFE Written and Photographed The Must Haves Raw Organic Perfect Food Energizer by Desta Moore · Wellness Walking through the Luckiamute’s 2. A refreshing option for when you want a little bright meadows in the warm spring caffeine energy (7mg) for your walk, but don’t sun can feel so good after all the want the hot coffee. This greens blend with yerba re you looking for a new Vista Road. cold winter days. Remember though mate supplies about 7 grams of nutrient dense spot to explore this Spring The Willamette Watershed Council that skin that hasn’t seen sun since superfoods per serving along with probiotics that is both beautiful and is actively restoring the natural last September can burn quickly. Be and enzymes. It can be hard to make so much Anot too far from home? My new floodplain and riparian hardwood sure to protect sensitive areas with concentrated chlorophyll taste good, but they got the flavor right on this one. Salmonberry favorite destination for a deep dive forests of Oregon ash and bigleaf a broad spectrum, natural mineral into Willamette Valley beauty is the maple. You will walk through newly sunscreen. These wetland areas are Luckiamute Landing State Natural planted areas on your way to a jungle also home to biting bugs like gnats, FOUR SIGMATIC Mushroom Coffee Mix Area. It is located south of Buena of ancient maples dripping with moss ticks, and mosquitoes. I like to use a Vista at a very special place along the and ferns. Watch along the path for nice smelling herbal insect repellent 3. I love to take these lightweight packets on my overnight hiking trips. Convenient for when Willamette River. emerging native medicinal plants like to discourage them from coming too you want to start the morning with a hot cup of stinging nettle, Oregon grape, and close. Bring plenty of drinking water organic coffee but are far from a kitchen. Just add The Lay of the Land miner’s lettuce. on your walk to stay hydrated. On the this instant coffee mix to hot water and sit back If you visit, you will see the You could also visit the Landing by following page I call out some of my to watch the sunrise over the mountains. The convergence of three large rivers boat. Those who float the Willamette favorite supplement powders to add to chaga, cordyceps, and eleuthero extracts provide surrounded by lush native riparian River Water Trail can even spend the my water bottle to support energy and endurance support for the hike ahead. Oregon Ash and Bigleaf Maples along the trail areas. The slow moving Luckiamute night at the boater-only camp site remineralization during exercise. River meanders in from the coastal within the park. Back in the days when I hope you get to visit Luckiamute ANCIENT NUTRITION foothills and farmland to the west. The the rivers were our highways, the Landing soon to get your daily dose of Multi Collagen Protein Strawberry Lemonade cold, clear Santiam River brings in Luckiamute Landing area was a major nature’s medicine. 4. Collagen is great support for active joints. This snowmelt water from the mountains intersection and it is rich in cultural powder dissolves well in water and gives it a to the east. These two smaller rivers history for both native peoples and for sweet lemonade flavor. It also supplies 9 grams of protein, almost as much as eating a protein pour into the larger Willamette River, the traders, trappers, and farmers who bar, without any sugar. almost opposite from each other, and came through and chose to stay. create a unique floodplain area to MITOMIX Ketogenic Blend explore. The Healthy Perks & DR. FORMULATED Organic MCT Powder There are two sections to the park. Scientific research is continuing 5. When I want to supercharge my good tasting

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Each section has its of developing the tangles and plaques are protective to mitochondria, the little energy own parking area accessed off Buena that contribute to cognitive decline. powerhouses in our cells. Willamette River - Photo by Matt Trickey - Photo by Willamette River 4 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 5 SPRING VEGGIE HAND PIES Spotlight on Makes 20 Hand Pies Source Naturals Ingredients • 2 Tbsp olive oil • 1 cup peas, fresh Nature and Science: • 1 small leek, diced or frozen Our Formulation Philosophy • 1 medium carrot, diced • 4 small red, yellow, We respect nature’s intelligence. Our • 2 stalks celery, diced or purple potatoes, bodies continually seek equilibrium and a • 1 small fennel diced and blanched healthy balance. We believe many health bulb, diced until just tender concerns arise out of structure and function • 6 crimini mushrooms, • 3 sprigs fresh imbalances related to poor nutrition, stress, and pollutants in our environment and that diced thyme, chopped carefully chosen nutritional compounds • 1/3 cup dry white wine • 2 sprigs fresh can support this healthy equilibrium. We • 2 tsp whole grain tarragon, chopped study science. We base our formulations mustard • 2 pkg thawed pie on a deep understanding of the underlying • 2 cups vegetable stock crust, 4 crusts total mechanisms our bodies use to maintain • 2 Tbsp corn starch, • 1 egg, beaten with 1 balance. We choose scientifically optimal whisked into ¼ cup tsp water (optional) nutrient forms and potencies that work water or broth at the cellular level to bring the body’s • 1/2 tsp sea salt interdependent systems into balance. We • ¼ tsp pepper call this unique formulation strategy Bio- Alignment™. Advocacy Directions We are advocates for a wellness revolution. 1. Preheat oven to 425°F We call for a radical change in the way our communities think and act about health. 2. Heat olive oil over medium heat We stand for a new health care model in a large skillet. Sauté leeks until focused less on disease care and more on translucent and fragrant, about 5 early intervention to address metabolic minutes. Add carrot, celery, fennel structure and function imbalances that and mushrooms. Sauté until carrots can impact wellness. This new model are nearly done, about 8 minutes. called SystemiCare® embraces the health 3. Add wine to the vegetables, cook until enhancing value of nutritional compounds reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Add the body already recognizes. We call this shift to a more in-depth, holistic mushroom stock, corn starch, salt, and ◄ In the lab at Source Naturals view of health, the wellness revolution, pepper. Bring to a low boil, stirring until and it is gaining momentum as a social thickened, about 1 minute. Gently fold in movement. New scientific studies continue peas, potatoes, thyme and tarragon. Taste and to validate the benefits of nutrition, a adjust seasoning if desired. healthy lifestyle and diet. More consumers 4. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment are taking a proactive role in their health. paper. Leaders in medicine are championing a new integrative model combining 5. Roll out pie crusts on a lightly floured board. serious nutrition with the best of other Using a glass or 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut about disciplines to deliver optimal health. These 10 circles from each crust, re-rolling scraps if developments mean that each of us has necessary. more opportunities than ever to enhance 6. Spoon 1 Tbsp veggie filling on half of the pastry our personal well-being and vitality. rounds, to within ½ inch of the edge. Using your Quality finger, wet dough edges with water. Cover with We honor the trust our customers place in another pastry round, crimp edges with a fork. us with an unwavering commitment to the Transfer to parchment lined baking sheet. highest standards of quality. Our Quality Control team rigorously tests our products 7. Cut 2 slits into the top of each pie, brush with to ensure they meet our specifications. egg wash. Bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.

6 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 7 Grocery What ’s in Season? Sleep and Stress WHAT’S NEW? Spring Onions By Travis Elmore · Wellness QURE · 10ph Alkaline Water Ever wanted something a bit stronger in Qure water goes MEADOW GROVE flavor than scallions, but less intense than here are many natural ways to combat through a, nine- Quail, Duck & a regular onion? Spring onions are bulb stress—diet, yoga, meditation, and some stage reverse Chicken Eggs onions harvested young, and have a nice unique adaptogenic herbs that support osmosis purification Free range and intermediate flavor. The dark greens can Thealthy stress levels. process to make sure absolutely delicious! to be tough though, so stick to the lighter In my twenty years of working in the it’s pristinely clean Raised in Salem. portions for cooking. supplement industry I have noticed many and free of harmful changes, but one has stood out in the last five contaminants and Broccoli Rabe years. Many people come in with sleep problems impurities, including While this spring vegetable resembles broccolini, Broccoli Rabe and ask for supplements to help with this issue. sodium, bpa and (also known as Rapini) is actually most closely related to the It’s difficult to talk about sleep problems without fluoride. Next, turnip! Try sautéing with good olive oil and Italian herbs for a talking about stress. There is a direct correlation Qure is run through delicious side. between increased stress and lack of sleep. This is several layers of due to cortisol, a hormone that is released in the natural ionic alkaline body when under stress. When cortisol levels rise, minerals—similar to it causes our body temperature to elevate. Are you Mother Nature’s method for creating waking up in the middle of the night not knowing spring water. It is then cured then why? The slightest shift in temperature will upset passed through coconut and mesh your body’s nocturnal sleeping patterns and cause filtration for a silky smooth taste. you to awaken. The entire process is zero waste. Perishables & Freezer There are many products that contain JULIAN BAKERY AMY’S adaptogens that balance and support cortisol CAULIPOWER · Baking Mix Paleo Thin Asian Dumpling levels. We have many to choose from, including This Paleo Almond Bread Bowl LifeSource CortiResponse, which is made for us cauliflower 6g of carbs and 5 Made with organic locally in Mt. Angel. It contains the adaptogens based grams of fiber per vegetable dumplings, rhodiola and ashwagandha both of which support baking mix serving. Paleo and noodles & tofu. Quick healthy cortisol levels. is dairy and Keto friendly! and yummy. With the rapidly changing world around us gluten free, it seems as though many people have reached low carb, all time high levels of stress in their life. Stop and replaces CADO by and talk to our flour in any recipe cup for cup. Avocado Frozen Dessert knowledgeable staff Vegan, plant based ice cream that is creamy and low in sugar. about adaptogenic Three flavors to choose from—Dark Chocolate, Mint Chocolate herbs that just might Chip, and Simply Lemon. Delicious and sure to become a help support healthier favorite! stress levels and a NANCY’S Health & Beauty better night’s sleep. Oatmilk Yogurt SILVER FALLS SUSTAINABILITY CO. A creamy and delicious plant-based yogurt alternative, made Sustainable, Local, & Zero Waste Body Care Products from gluten-free oat milk, and offering 6g of plant protein per Silver Falls Sustainability Co. body serving. And of course, each serving has billions of LIVE dairy- care products give excellent results free Probiotics! with nothing left behind. No plastic! LATE JULY · Popcorn LIMITLESS WATER The shampoo bars last for up to 60 Organic, Non-GMO and low in Caffeinated Sparkling Water washes, as much as 16 oz of liquid. calories! A perfect movie night snack Cool and refreshing lightly caffeinated sparkling water to give We offer shampoo and conditioner or crunchy and enjoyable treat for on you a lift! bars, deodorant and lip balm—all in the go lunches. Try all three flavors, Clean caffeine from green coffee beans and zero sugar and recyclable paper packaging, made Kettle, Sea Salt, and White Cheddar. zero artificial ingredients. with organic oils, in Silverton.

8 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 9 KII NATURALS · Raisin, BEANFIELDS Rosemary & Pumpkin Jalapeño Nacho Bean Chips STAFF FAVORITES Seed Artisan Crisps One of her favorite snack foods are the Beanfields Jalapeño Nacho bean chips. Not only By Waylan Barber · Custodian According to Steve, are these chips free from gluten, corn, and animal products, they contain the Kii Naturals Raisin, four grams each of protein and fiber. Hannah loves the fact that Steve is our beverage buyer. When Rosemary & Pumpkin Seed LifeSource regularly stocks the Jalapeño Nacho variety, a he’s relaxing at home with his kittens, Artisan Crisps are one of the best flavor she frequently has a Steve enjoys reading classic science snack foods he’s ever tasted. Each flavor hard time finding. fiction and listening to afro-beat. Steve rests in perfect balance with each other flavor, is originally from Minnesota and his rosemary harmonizing with the sweetness of raisins. favorite food is Hotdish. To date, he Whole dried fruit delightfully interrupts the thick has developed three distinct variations crunchiness of bulgur and pumpkin seeds. Eat these of this Midwestern staple. When asked versatile crisps alone or combine them with just what his secret is, his response is about anything to make a memorable hors d’oeuvre. always, “Just add a little salt.”

You’ve probably seen Hannah behind MITICA DE OVEJA one of our demo tables. She firmly Sheep Milk Cheese believes that you don’t have to stop Steve’s perfect pairing recommendation is the Mitica being a foodie just because you’re on De Oveja sheep milk cheese. The tangy brightness a specialized diet—she loves helping combined with a creamy texture make this cheese people find delicious foods that fit particularly good with their dietary needs. Two of her favorite crackers or fruit flavor profiles are lavender and rose. In like pears her other life, Hannah is an amazing and apples. painter and gifted yoga teacher. Her favorite pose is tied between eka LIFESOURCE DELI pada rajakapotasana (one-legged king pigeon pose) and Raisin Bran Muffin savasana (corpse pose). When he’s looking for something One of our most verbose grocery more substantial Grant prefers to clerks, Grant uses his complex and visit our in-store bakery and grab exploratory knowledge of language a Raisin Bran Muffin. For him, this to improve the morale of each muffin is the perfect mid-morning team member he encounters. As a pick-me-up. His favorite part of the professional musician, Grant finds muffin, besides its great flavor is great pleasure in discovering and the crunchy top—that extra texture listening to all kinds of experimental takes the muffin eating experience music. His dream is to one day play to an entirely different level. drums for a math jazz metal band. At the end of a day spent immersed in JUSTIN’S · White Chocolate experimental sounds and witty banter, Peanut Butter Cups FROM THE FIELDS Grant loves cracking open a great local craft beer. One of Grant’s favorite snack foods Refillable Catnip Mouse NEW CASCADIA is Justin’s White Chocolate Peanut Bayla’s favorite toy, maybe even her best Bayla is Catherine’s cat, though she Everything Bagels Butter Cups. He feels that the friend, is From the Field’s “Shelby the Refillable might tell you that Catherine is her Hannah’s all-time favorite bagel is the chocolate in other chocolate/nut Hemp Mouse.” She has never enjoyed the human. She spends her days like New Cascadia Everything Bagel. She butter confections is overpowering. mouth feel of synthetic materials, so she really many cats sleeping in the sun, or used to drive to Portland from Salem Not so with these peanut butter likes the fact that these mice are made with in the laps of her human servants. just to get them. She loves that these cups. Grant describes them as all-natural hemp. There are no small parts, so At night, she runs as fast as she bagels are free from both gluten and perfectly creamy and rich, a delicacy Bayla doesn’t have to worry about accidentally can through her house to keep the animal products. Everyone Hannah to be savored. There are two in each eating part of her best playmate. These mice invisible forces of darkness at bay. serves them to, both gluten-free and package, so they are great for sharing have a secure, refillable pouch for catnip that gluten-tolerant individuals, love them. with a friend or special someone. Bayla wishes Catherine would use more.

10 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 11 have the start times, advised growing impact their growth for the whole GROW YOUR temperatures, and other valuable season. You want to transfer your information on the back of the packet plants to bigger pots if the temperature that you should follow as close as you outside is not optimal, and transfer GARDEN can. Lots of people start their seeds your plants outside when you can. By Chris Bair · Produce in DIY containers made from yogurt Seeds and plant starts are just the pring is here! Bringing with it many cups and other household containers, exciting beginning as far as gardening SPOTLIGHT ON Sexciting things—warmer days, although you can buy pre-made starting goes! Luckily for you, sunny weather, lots of rain. This is pots if you aren’t the DIY type. Make LifeSource has a great CHOSEN FOODS the perfect combination for all of our sure you use soil made for starting, selection of organic favorite flowers, fruits, and veggies to some other soils may not provide the seeds and starts. If start to grow in our gardens. You can right nutrients, and soil from outside you have any further pick up all of your seeds, starts, and can introduce diseases and other questions about plants here at LifeSource. Remember unwanted hazards to your fragile starts. gardening, that you can put in special orders for Maybe starting from seeds is a little be sure to any seeds from the Territorial Seed too intimidating if you’re a beginner. ask our lovely staff catalogs that we don’t already carry. LifeSource has you covered, as we in the produce Here’s some information to help carry plants and starts of all the most department, and you get a start on your gardening popular garden varieties that you can we will do our journey. When starting plants from purchase at the perfect planting stage! best to assist you seed, there are a few things that you Make sure that you don’t let the plants in your gardening need to get right. All of our seeds outgrow their pots—if they do it can journey!

e all make a number of food using synthetic pesticides and instead W choices every day, and the to use integrated pest management. Plan Bee cumulative impact of choosing organic Protection of the bee’s native habitat By Kathy Biskey · Editor again and again can make a difference! and biodiversity. Lack of habitat and At Chosen Foods, we believe in the power of real food to nourish Organic farming, because of nutritional food sources are key factors ourselves, our families and our communities. From our beginnings You can help our struggling the practices it follows, has been in pollinator decline. Bees need a with the avocado, we created a new way of cooking and eating. It’s bee populations by choosing demonstrated by a number of studies diversity of plants from which to collect rooted in ingredients that are both fresh and ancient. It’s brought to support more pollinators than sufficient pollen and nectar to support to eat organic foods. forth in a beautiful collision of cultures and a shared love of eating conventional farming. Organic their hives. Because organic producers wholesomely. practices have been found to are required to manage their farms in protect and support the health a way that maintains and improves the From the farmers we know and support in Mexico, to the kitchen of bees in two critical ways: natural resources of that operation, Less exposure to toxic chemicals. One organic farms tend to have a more we cook lunch in every day in our San Diego office, it adds up to a of the biggest threats to bee health is diverse landscape with more flowering joyous and delicious celebration of nourishment. We want to spread exposure to toxic chemical pesticides plants to support and feed bees. that sun-soaked magic to the world, and everyone who has chosen through insecticides, herbicides, Think of huge mono crop farms to improve their lives. You can count on us to make the foods that fungicides, and other synthetic that rely on dangerous pesticides, make it easy to choose health, sustainability, and great taste. toxins used in conventional herbicides, and fungicides as Plan A. agriculture. Neonicotinoids, This plan clearly isn’t working for the a widely used class of pollinators that our food crops need. So insecticides, are found let’s move on to Plan Bee, organic and by many studies to be biodynamic farms that sustain the land especially harmful and the incredible diversity that grows to bees. Organic and lives on it. Each time you choose farming standards to buy organic products, you’re on Plan prohibit an organic Bee—and the bees thank you. farmer from www.chosenfoods.com 12 · News in Natural ◄ Honey Bee - by skeeze on Pixabay VEGAN MAC’N CHEESE Ingredients • 4 cloves garlic, minced • 2 small carrots, chopped • 1/2 cup onion, chopped • 2 small Yukon gold potatoes, chopped • 1/2 small cauliflower, chopped • 1/2 cup raw almonds • 1-2 cups unsweetened almond milk • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast Thrive • 1/2 tsp turmeric • 1/2 tsp paprika on a plant based diet • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 tsp pink sea salt • 16 oz quinoa pasta, cooked Directions 1. Place all vegetables in a medium sauce pan. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, cook until soft. By Hannah Jeanseau · Customer Service 2. Place cashews in a small bowl. Pour 1/2 cup boiled vegetable water f you’ve ever eliminated meat from not to eat meat, but still eat eggs and depression, brittle hair, nails, and legumes. Legumes are protein dense, important for babies and the elderly. over the cashews and allow to your diet, you know the most milk, you’ll be happy to know that trouble sleeping. The recommended versatile, and delicious. Maybe that’s For an average adult, we need about soak while vegetables are cooking, about 10-15 minutes. common concern is where to get both are great sources of B12. The amount per day is 1100 mg for women why they can be found in cuisines 1000 mg of calcium per day. Luckily, 3. Put softened cashews and their Iyour protein. For those of us that live recommended minimum dose of B12 and 1600 mg for men. Many nuts, all over the world, from Mexican to we don’t need to be drinking a glass water in a blender, blend until by a plant based diet, we know that is 2.4 mcg per day, which isn’t very seeds, and cruciferous vegetables Indian to Mediterranean. One cup of of cow milk a day like the TV always smooth. all sorts of nutrients are available much, but it is important to note that offer hefty amounts of natural, plant kidney or black beans offers 15 grams tells us. Tempeh offers about 184 mg of 4. Add cooked vegetables, seasonings, and 1 cup of the through a variety of rainbow colored your body can only absorb a small based omegas. An ounce of chia seeds of protein while a cup of tempeh calcium per cup while kale offers about almond milk to the blender. Blend plant life. For years, the meat and percentage of supplemental B12. delivers 4915 mg of omega 3, while (fermented soybeans and grains) has 31 177 mg and almond butter can give until smooth. Taste the sauce. Add dairy industries have convinced us Just one tablespoon of nutritional hemp seeds deliver 6,000mg. Cooked grams. us up to 111 mg of calcium for every more almond milk for a thinner consistency, adjust seasonings to that things such as protein, calcium, yeast offers 4 mcg of B12. So put Brussels sprouts offer 135 mg per half Pair your beans with a rice dish to two tablespoons. Instead of reaching taste. omegas, and vitamin B12 are all only that nooch on everything! I like to cup and an ounce of walnuts provides create a complete protein, containing for your favorite paleo puffs, try 5. Serve 21/2 cups over cooked pasta. available from animal products. The sprinkle it on popcorn, lasagna, salad 6542 mg. Try adding shredded Brussels all nine essential amino acids! Peanut homemade kale chips seasoned with Try leftover sauce on nachos, tater tots, truth is, vegetables and plant based dressings, or anything that could sprouts to a salad, and top that salad butter and almond butter both offer nutritional yeast, or opt for almond or in soup. Enjoy! products offer a variety of healthy use some great cheesy flavor! Just with walnut crumbles for extra omegas. about 7 grams of protein. Almond butter over peanut butter. I like adding nutrients without harming sentient whip up some soaked cashews and I make sure to eat chia, flax or butter has about ½ the saturated fat and both kale and almond butter to my beings. For those few nutrients that boiled cauliflower in the blender with hemp seeds every day by adding them even more calcium! Two tablespoons smoothies for a plant powered boost! we can’t fully access through plants— nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and to smoothies, on top of salads or of hemp hearts will give you the same It is the 21st century, and animal well, we are lucky to live in the 21st salt and you’ve got yourself the easiest sprinkled on avocado toast. I also love protein boost as an egg. Both an ounce products are no longer necessary for century where supplements are vegan mac’n cheese sauce in town. As creating quick, nutrient dense puddings of pumpkin seeds and ½ cup of lentils survival. With products like tofu, readily available. far as supplements go, B12 is offered by using ¼ cup of chia seeds with a cup offer 9 grams of protein. If you’re a nutritional yeast, hemp seeds, and an in a variety of forms, from drops and of plant milk. Whisk them together smoothie person, toss in a tablespoon array of supplements and vitamins on Vitamin B12 melting under-the-tongue tablets, to and leave in the fridge overnight for a of spirulina powder for 4 grams of the market, we are blessed to be able B12 is an essential nutrient that chewables and traditional pills. delicious and quick breakfast the next protein, plus calcium and essential B to not only survive—but thrive!—off unfortunately is only found in animal morning. You can add maple syrup, vitamins. And again with the nooch! of a well rounded, plant based diet. products or fortified foods. This is the Omegas honey, fruits, or vanilla to create a They weren’t kidding when they called So remember, eat the rainbow and one nutrient that people eating a plant Did your mama ever make you take customizable treat. this stuff nutritional yeast—3 Tbsp. sprinkle that nooch on everything! powered diet need to make sure to be cod liver oil as a kid? We all know gives 9 grams of complete protein! conscious of replacing either through omegas can easily be found in fish. Protein fortified foods or supplements. A But if we don’t eat sea creatures or Okay, but, where do you get enough Calcium deficiency in this vitamin can cause take fish oil; how can we get those protein? Easy! Eat legumes. Beans, Got milk? Yup, plant milk, fortified digestive issues, nerve damage, healthy omegas? Without them, peanuts, and lentils are all a part of the with up to 450 mg of calcium! Calcium depression, and fatigue. 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14 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 15 THE HIDDEN COSTS OF GMOS ◄ Honey Bee - Photo by Myriams-Fotos on Pixabay

enetically modified organisms available genetically modified crop for herbicide resistance: a farmer can tolerance to multiple herbicides at fields would kill any non-Xtend crops. (GMOs), first introduced to is designed to maximize profits spray a field with Roundup, a blend of once. Dow’s Enlist crops, for example, In 2017, according to Kevin Bradley Perhaps the agriculture in a major way in for massive chemical companies, glyphosate and other chemicals, and are resistant to Dow’s Enlist herbicide, of the University of Missouri, at least G1996, now cover at least 45% of US corporations like Bayer AG (which kill all the weeds, but the Roundup which contains both glyphosate and 3.6 million acres of soybeans were greatest risk croplands. In the two decades since purchased Monsanto last year) Dow Ready crop tolerates the herbicide 2,4-D. damaged or destroyed by dicamba in genetically their introduction, many individuals Chemical, and Syngenta. As for-profit and survives. While this originally One of the fastest-growing products drift. The current lawsuit alleges that and groups have raised concerns entities, it’s hardly surprising that led to a decrease in the total weight of on the GMO seed market, though, Monsanto is well aware of dicamba’s modified foods about the potential risks of consuming these companies have designed GMOs herbicides being sprayed in the US – is Monsanto/Bayer’s Xtend line of tendency to drift and is using that these bioengineered foods, none of to increase their profits, but keep in in 1996, Roundup Ready soy used 0.3 soybeans, designed to resist the tendency to gain monopoly control is not in how which have gone through significant mind that these are as much chemical lbs/acre less herbicide than non-GMO herbicide dicamba. In just three years, over the soybean market. Of course, controlled safety testing. Precisely companies as they are seed companies. soy – the huge amounts of Roundup Xtend soybeans have taken over drifting dicamba not only kills or they were because of the lack a serious scientific They have designed their GMO seed in use quickly bred new “super weeds” 60-75% of the US soybean market. damages crops and weeds, but other created, but in study of their impact on human health, to be profitable, yes, but they have that are also herbicide tolerant, weeds According to Bayer, 50 million acres species of plants as well, including trees however, discussions regarding the also designed their seed to increase like pigweed, ryegrass, and marestail. were planted in Xtend soybeans in and shrubs. the purpose for safety of GMOs are contentious at best. their profits on their other products: In an effort to combat these new weed 2018. Xtend use may be growing I wonder, though, if, in focusing on the herbicides like Roundup, Liberty, and varieties, farmers often sprayed more so fast because of one of dicamba’s Built-in Insecticides which they were potential risks of genetic modification Enlist Duo. Roundup, but that had no effect: by major characteristics, a characteristic Besides herbicide-tolerant crops, designed. per se, perhaps we are missing the 2011, farmers were using 0.73 lbs/acre prominently cited in an antitrust there is one other major group of bigger threat. Perhaps the greatest risk GMO Crops and Herbicide Use more herbicide than non-GMO soy. In lawsuit against Monsanto: dicamba genetically modified crops: corn and in genetically modified foods is not The first major GMO crops were addition to the Roundup, farmers now tends to drift. As Dan Charles recently cotton with a built-in insecticide By Ben Martin-Horst in how they were created, but in the Monsanto’s Roundup Ready line of use other, more toxic, herbicides, such reported for NPR’s Morning Edition, commonly referred to as “Bt toxin.” The Customer Service purpose for which they were designed. soybeans, cotton, corn, canola, and as 2,4-D and dicamba. many soybean growers are switching bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has So what are GMOs designed to later, alfalfa and sugar beets. These Today, many GMO crops have to Xtend soybeans because they fear been used to produce insecticides since do? At present, every commercially- Roundup Ready crops are designed “stacked” traits that allow them that dicamba drift from neighbor’s the 1920s, but beginning in the late

16 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 17 ◄ Glass Jewel Corn - by amykins on Pixabay · Below: Monarch Butterfly - by bbarlow on Pixabay 19 ·

LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com By Roxanne Magnuson · Marketing Magnuson By Roxanne Why Buy Organic Seeds? Organic Buy Why Conventional seeds are grown with seeds are grown Conventional with anti-bacterial, They’re never treated Plants grown for Chemical pesticides, herbicides and of LifeSource sells quite a nice variety chemical systems: using petro-chemical systems: using petro-chemical chemical herbicides, and pesticides. fertilizers, petro- are grown without Organic seeds on soil health, beneficial chemicals, focusing fertilizers. insects, and nature’s coating, allowing anti-fungal insecticide for mycelium, beneficial insecticides, and bacteria for more healthy soil. seed production are grown until the seeds are mature, taking the plant past the young and tender stage. They’re grown longer. Seed plants are not subject to the chemical tolerances of plants grown for food. While there are federal I tolerances for noxious weed amounts, chemical couldn’t find any tolerance limit for applications for seed plants in the federal regulations. fertilizers are generally applied by people. intended The chemicals are, by virtue of their purpose, poison. can also read through organic seeds. You the catalogs of the seed companies we carry and special order any variety you would like. I always find something in those online catalogs that I seem to be unable to resist. Last year it was Glass Jewel Corn. Who knows what it’ll be this year.

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Make a tasty garlicky dill dip perfect for snacking with your favorite veggies.

Blood Oranges Watermelon Radish Ingredients • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt • 1 green onion, minced • 1 Tbsp fresh dill, minced • 1 clove garlic, minced • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice • 1/4 tsp sea salt • 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions 1. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. 2. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour, to allow flavors to mingle. Red Grapefruit Baby Rainbow Carrots

n my life I have been called many be fun. And I was bombing—big time. healthy apple and asked if I was proud thankful, engaged and appreciative. The one farm where she can get organic names. Two of the most endearing are Once they got over the excitement of of him. I said “yes!” and inwardly kids are always so surprised that we are jicama. It’s special. Not like she carries it “Scar Girl” and “Jicima Lady.” How getting free goodies, I no longer existed. thought, I’m proud of both of us. My giving them this food and not trying to in her pocket.” Ithe heck did this happen you might ask? Finally, out of desperation, I pointed husband was just confused and amused. sell it. I believe this allows them to be I was blown away that he remembered I have been the Outreach Coordinator to my knee brace and asked if any of During the school year, LifeSource more adventurous and open to trying this tidbit of information. It just goes at LifeSource for a few years now and them had ever had to wear a brace or partners with the Salem Keizer new things. Sadly, it is heart breaking to show that you never know what will we do a lot of work with kids in the cast. It was quiet for a second and then Educational Foundation. We choose when we can’t give them enough to take stick with a kid. It cracks me up that I community. These interactions have everyone started talking at once. What four Title 1 schools and rotate through home and share with their families no have gone from someone who has never definitely held a big learning curve for followed was 45 minutes of rousing them. A Title 1 school is a school matter how much we want to. been around kids, to someone that loves me as I had actually never hung around discussion about everybody’s previous that receives federal funds based on The most popular items are blood it and wants to be a better example. I with kids before. injuries, accidents, and scars. the average income of the student’s oranges, baby rainbow carrots, sugar could not be happier. I do now! Everything from bike We had a difficult time stopping them households. Each week we take fresh, snap peas, jicama, grapefruit, and I want to thank the entire LifeSource rodeos (teaching kids how to safely ride when it was time to leave. It was a big organic fruits and vegetables to one of watermelon radishes. The least popular community. Without your support, and make sure that their helmets and success, but I felt a little guilty that I the schools and share them with the items are dates and any kind of apple— and the amazing generosity and spirit other gear fit properly), using games to hadn’t really taught the kids anything. kids during lunch. they want to be wowed! of Alex, LifeSource’s owner, I would teach about recycling, and educating A few months later, my husband and I I never would have guessed that these During the summer I was at an event never have this amazing job. Together, kids on how healthy eating can be fun were out and a small boy came running “tasting tables” would become one of when I was approached by a group of we are strengthening community and and tasty. up to me yelling, “Scar Girl, Scar Girl!” the highlights of my job. Don’t get me middle school boys. One of the boys helping to bring up strong, smart, and My very first event with kids was at He firmly attached himself to my leg, wrong—nobody can stare you directly looked at me and said “Yo, Jicima amazing kids. Thank you so much for an elementary school. I was there to looked up at me, and asked if I had any in the face and ignore you like a middle Lady, you got any jicama?” As I started the continued support. I will keep you bring healthy treats and talk with the new scars, and would I like to see his schooler. It’s like being a super hero to shake my head and go into jicama posted about all of the wonderful things kids in the free after school dinner new scab? He then proudly held up an with the power of invisibility. logistics, another boy says “Dude, she we are doing. program about how healthy eating can apple and stated that he was eating a However, for the most part they are already told us at school, there is only

20 · News in Natural LifeSourceNaturalFoods.com · 21 spotlight on evanhealy Connecting Local Evanhealy skincare is first and foremost rooted in an Farmers & Eaters appreciation for nature. Esthetician Evan Healy, who for decades cared for every kind of skin, observed that the By Lindsay Trant · Oregon Pasture Network Program Manager skin has its own intelligence and responds to ingredients that recognize, rather than challenge this reality. n June 2016, Friends of Family for farmers, for animal welfare, for over 20 producers came out to each Incorporating a love for and understanding of plants, Farmers, a nonprofit organization consumers, and for your health. Local location to learn from one another and evanhealy products bring the skin into optimal balance that supports and advocates for family eaters came out to hear about pasture- talk pasture. One OPN member said utilizing beautiful plant oils and waters, and mineral Ifarms, launched the Oregon Pasture raised beef, poultry, pork, and dairy that they “gained tremendous value rich clays. All skin types can benefit from these simple Network (OPN). The program connects directly from members of the OPN, from attending a pasture walk. It was ingredients. Evan partners with communities all over the Oregon’s pasture-based producers to restaurant owners, health professionals, awesome to see how another farmer world, including farmers here in the Pacific Northwest, each other, as well as resources and and other experts. approaches challenges that are similar who provide pure, efficacious ingredients for her formulations. Oregon Tilth is the organic certifier. expert assistance on sustainable grazing For farmers, being a member of to ours, and to get inspired to try some systems that are healthier for animals, the OPN means access to a number new things.” Since pastures can vary True beauty, in spite of what the beauty industry would the environment, and their farms. The of benefits. We sponsor classes to from place to place and seasonally, these have us believe, is defined from the innate health and OPN also connects these producers to provide expert assistance for producers walks will continue in different parts vitality that comes from a connection to nature and a the growing crowd of eaters who care dedicated to continually improving of the state and at different times of the recognition that who we are, is enough. about the source of their food and want their pasture-based systems and want to year. to purchase their meat, eggs, and dairy deepen their understanding of the art Our long-term vision for the Network from pasture-raised animals. and science of responsible grazing. Last is to include every Oregon producer Two years later, there are now nearly year we worked with Dr. Woody Lane, who raises animals in a pasture-based 60 members of the Oregon Pasture of Lane Livestock Services, to offer an system that places a high value on the Network and the benefits keep growing. 8-week in-depth forage and pasture land, animal welfare, and the well-being Every member of the OPN is listed management course. OPN members of their local communities. We recently in the OPN Product Guide for free got a 50% discount on course fees. One opened up the membership to include (available at www.oregonpasturenetwork. member who took the course said that ‘aggregators,’ those who sell products org), allowing Oregonians to locate and the course inspired him “to get out from other pasture-based producers purchase products raised in a more and do some of things I already knew solely, or in addition to their own. environmentally sound manner— on needed to be doing. Case in point: Get Interested aggregators can now apply! pasture. We plan to keep evolving this an updated soil test! It really helped me If you are a producer or aggregator Product Guide as the program grows. up my pasture management game and it interested in joining the Oregon Pasture Most recently, we made it easier for started paying off in the first season.” Network, you can read more about our shoppers to find pasture raised meat, We also provide a place where program and apply to join at eggs, and dairy directly from OPN pastured producers can get together www.friendsoffamilfarmers.org/OPN producers in their area. and learn from one another. We Please reach out if you have any In addition to upgrading the host a producer listserv to share tips questions. Email us at Product Guide, we hosted a series of and information, and we launched a [email protected] InFARMation events in the Portland Potluck and Pasture Walk series this or call us at (503) 581-7124. area through the Fall of 2018 for a deep summer, hosted by different members look into the benefits of raising animals of the OPN. The first of these were on pasture – for the environment, hosted in Beavercreek and Scio, and

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