T-Shirts for Raw Almond Activists!

This online store features T-shirts and other items to send the message that we want the USDA to allow the sale of raw organic almonds!

New Raw Foods e-Group for Fans of Jewish Cuisine

There's a new raw recipes e-mail group called Jewish Raw Food.

It's for all fans of Jewish food who are also raw foods enthusiasts. You don't have to be Jewish to belong to this group. This group is for discussing ways to make raw vegan versions of tradition Jewish recipes from all regions of the world.

Here's a link to the group's home page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JewishRawFood

Radio Show Featuring RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com

Here's a podcast of RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com's editor and founder, Judy Pokras, on the radio show Truly Sustainable Sarasota, hosted by Emily Berno and Vicki Chelf, and featuring interviews with singer/songwriter Nellie McKay and Debbie Goldsmith.

Dennis KuSpinach and a Host of Other Candidates!

A Christmas Tree Made From Nothing But Raw Veggies!

Here's an article about (and great photo of) a Christmas tree made entirely from raw vegetables!
It's gorgeous and edible!

Raw Vegans for Dennis Kucinich

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RV4DK/

Dennis Kucinich is the only vegan running for president, and the only candidate proposing universal free health care for all. He's a peace and environmental activist and has many great values and ideas! His wife is a vegan also. Check out his platform.

The Salad Song!

We now share with you The Salad Song, thanks to the awesome indy radio station wfmu.org
(Just ignore the word "ham" in this song!)

Dennis Kucinich FEEDING a Turkey on Thanksgiving

Dennis has the compassion to make a fine president. He is electable!

The Little e-Book of Raw Holiday Recipes, by Judy Pokras

Photo by Judy Pokras, copyright 2007

I'm excited to announce the arrival of my brand new e-book of holiday recipes!

It celebrates food that’s interesting and tasty, with complex flavors and textures and unexpected ingredients, and plated with flair. Food that’s good for us!

Vegetable Orchestra--All Their Instruments Are Veggies!!!

The Vegetable Orchestra video on FoxyTunes Planet

[via FoxyTunes / The Vegetable Orchestra]

This Cartoon Should Be in All Supermarkets

How to Buy Organic Apples (comic)

This brilliant cartoon needs to be in all supermarkets. It would make a great T-shirt and should also be on placards that protesters hold up for TV cameras to blast across the world's TV sets.

Interview with Funny Raw Song Video Guy

If you've seen Joel J. Jacobs' hysterical YouTube video about eating raw foods, you might wonder, as I did, what inspired him. Look no further! Here's my exclusive interview with this funnyman. If you haven't seen his video yet, there's a previous blog post here (June 20) with a link to it. You can find it easily in this blog's list of labels (tags) under Joel S. Jacobs.

A Really Raw Celebration in Spain

Spainiards take it further than US raw foodists when they get down and dirty with their annual tomato fight (tomatina)! Think of mud wrestling, but in raw tomato sauce. (Don't miss the fabulous photos!)

Our Heroes--Cafe Gratitude

I'm grateful for Cafe Gratitude, and I wish there were one in every town!
Their philosophy is awesome. I haven't tried their food yet, because they're 3,000 miles away from me. Here are the owners/founders talking about their vision.

David Wolfe's Deep Love for Trees

In this video, raw foods personality David Wolfe talks about his deep love for trees. Very sweet.

A Film About Raw Foods As Sexy

Here's a trailer for Markus Rothkranz's upcoming film about how sexy the raw foods lifestyle is.

New Hydroponic Growing Cylinder

This is the coolest invention I've seen in a long time! It produces very strong plants, they can be grown indoors, and it equals the growing space of a much much larger area than the space it takes up.

Funny Video Guys Sings: I Will Eat Raw!

One guy's funny video parody of I Will Survive, raw food style.

Hillary Orders Raw Carrots in Restaurant!

In this adorable video, Hillary Clinton tells husband, Bill, she ordered him raw carrots instead of onion rings because she's looking out for him. This is a must-see! Is Hillary into raw foods?!

An Open Letter to Michael Moore

Dear Mike,

I'm very impressed with Sicko. It's brilliant! Maybe you'll be president some day; but then again, maybe you have more real power as an indy filmmaker than as someone who would need mega millions for a campaign.

Here's hoping you'll take on the food industry next. There are so, so, so many things wrong with it. In no particular order, here are just a few:

-- Non-organic food contains toxins--pesticides and herbicides and industrial chemicals in ground waste--that are making people sick.

-- Genetically engineered food is being sold without our knowing it's been GE'd, and without our knowing what ill effects it may have on our health.

-- Congress doesn't allocate enough money for enforcement of the Organic Labeling Law; this in itself is a crime! We're paying extra for foods we believe are organically grown, and they might not be at all.

-- Most of the produce we find in supermarkets nowadays comes from other countries, not our own. Even when it's labeled organic, we can't know the conditions in which it's been grown. Food from places like China has been shown to be contaminated with all kinds of awful toxins.

-- We consumers don't know what's been done to fresh produce before it's allowed into the US; it might be fumigated, heat-treated, hot water treated, etc.

-- Non-local fresh produce is often coated with wax and various other substances to keep it intact during long trips. We don't know what those ingredients are or how they affect our health.

-- Organic Raw Vegan food promotes health so much more than processed, cooked foods. This is a fact that needs to get out more.

-- Research from The Picower Institute in the early 1990s and the Swedish Academy in the early 2000s showed that cooking food creates acrylamides--harmful chemicals that cause aging and chronic disease.

-- When food is heated over 118 degrees Fahrenheit, the food's digestive enzymes are destroyed. We're born with digestive enzymes but as we get older they decrease. The work of digestion takes a lot of the body's energy, and as a result there isn't as much energy left to fight off disease. We're better off eating raw food, whose enzymes are intact.

-- Raw vegan food is not only delicious (and it is!), it keeps people in excellent health, energized, slim and youthful.

-- Interest in raw vegan food is growing and will soon reach the tipping point. When I first launched RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com, in 2001, media mentions of raw vegan recipes, restaurants and books were rare. Now they're commonplace.

-- I'd be happy to recommend some fabulous raw vegan restaurants and books, and to work on this film with you. I'm a longtime journalist (having written for many publications, including The New York Times) with a background in film and video.

Judy Pokras
Editor/Founder/Publisher
RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com