Exciting Investment Opportunity in the Raw Foods Community

Check out this exciting investment opportunity!

The New York Times Gives Cafe Gratitude a Rave Review

And this is great for all of us, because Cafe Gratitude is expanding and, as you can see in the photo of the blueberry cheesecake that runs with the review, is bringing luxurious awesome idyllic raw recipe food to the world!

Kucinich is the Only Vegan Running for President

Kucinich is the only true peace candidate--the only one who voted against the war from the beginning, and never voted for any funding. He is the creator of The Dept. of Peace. He also wants to do away with our trade agreements, to bring jobs back to America. He has a 100 percent positive record on how he has voted on environmental and animal issue bills. He's vegan, meditates, is a pacifist. He's an amazing man, truly one of a kind. Please check out his website.

THANKS!

Marr Nealon
Volunteer, Kucinich for President Campaign
www.kucinich.us

List of Foods with Most and Least Pesticides

Have you seen the Environmental Working Group's list of the produce containing the most and the least pesticides?

Stop the US from Pasteurizing All Almonds!!!

The FDA recently announced plans to begin pasteurizing all almonds. Have you signed this petition urging them not to, and urging them to label the ones that are? Also see action link at bottom of article excerpt.

Here's an excerpt from an article giving all the sordid details:

It is The Cornucopia Institute's contention that even if independent research concludes that treated almonds are in fact safe, labeling them as “raw” is misleading and deceptive to consumers, many of whom wish to purchase truly raw, unprocessed almonds. “Raw foods are increasingly in demand. The new rule is another case of the public being deprived the opportunity to intelligently choose their food supply,” said Jimbo Someck, who owns and operates four of the country’s leading independent natural food stores, in the San Diego area.

The new regulation to sterilize almonds coincides with the recent announcement by the Food and Drug Administration that it intends to relax its labeling requirements for irradiated food. The FDA proposal will also allow irradiation, the controversial ionization process, to be called pasteurization—a reference that is troubling many food safety watchdogs.

“Consumers deserve to know how their food has been processed,” said Food and Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter. “Mislabeling irradiated food as ‘pasteurized’ or treated food as ‘raw’ is an industry attempt to make consumers buy products that they otherwise might avoid.”

In light of heightened public concern, the Cornucopia Institute has appealed to USDA Secretary Mike Johannes to postpone implementation of the new regulatory requirements and reopen the almond docket to public comment. Only 18 public comments—all from the almond industry—were received on the proposal.

Unlike consumers, retailers, or other organizations concerned with food safety, all almond handlers received a personal letter or fax from the USDA alerting them to the sterilization proposal and inviting them to comment. "The industry and the USDA tried to slip this through quietly, under the radar, without adequate public scrutiny," Cornucopia's Kastel lamented. "We are asking the Secretary of a unit of government that Abraham Lincoln referred to as the ‘People's Department’ to intervene so concerned citizens can have a say. The close collaboration, away from the eyes of the citizens and the media, we are sure, is not something the Secretary will feel good about." An action alert with instructions for contacting the USDA, and a sample letter interested consumers can send to the USDA and California Almond Board, can be found on the Cornucopia Institute Website: www.cornucopia.org.

This New Kitchen Appliance Makes It Easy to Grow Vegetables Indoors!

Teeravit Hanharutaivan and his VEGE

Let's hope some manufacturer buys this brilliant invention by a young Thai student named Teeravit Hanharutaivan. Called VEGE, it lets you grow up to 40 different vegetables hydroponically in your kitchen. Congratulations to Teeravit Hanharutaivan for inventing such a wonderful appliance. It will improve the health of everyone in the world! Teeravit Hanharutaivan deserves a huge prize for this!

My letter re: Utah Newspaper's Excellent Raw Foods Article

See my letter to a Utah newspaper about their reporter's excellent article about a geophysicist who became a raw restaurateur.

Eating Fruit May Prevent Colon Cancer

Here's an article that came out the other day touting the cancer preventing qualities in fruits.

I haven't posted in days because my computer kept crashing, dozens of times a day, like every few minutes! So far today it hasn't crashed in several hours!

Help Spread the Word: Stop Global Warming; GO VEGAN

I'm a raw vegan and I believe it's a great way to eat, for so many reasons:

• It's nutrient dense and free from toxic and harmful ingredients, so it boosts our health;
• It keeps us lean and energized;
• When made by talented professional and amateur chefs, the food tastes fabulous.

Most people in the world are carnivores and omnivores. When those people become vegetarians and vegans, they're moving closer to raw vegan. A United Nations report reveals scientists found that when people switch to a vegan diet, it does more to prevent global warming than even switching to a hybrid car. I've created bumper stickers, t-shirts and other items that say:

Stop Global Warming

GO VEGAN!

Help save the earth! Buy t-shirts and bumper stickers, put them on your vehicles, wear them, send some to politicians and journalists and spread the word!

Raw Recipe Book Author to Give Demo at March 25 Washington State VegFest

Jenny Cornbleet, the author of Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2, will give a recipe demo on Sunday, March 25 at 1:50 p.m. at the Washington State VegFest.

If you go, please let us know how it was!

OK Magazine's Feature on Raw Foods

The celebrity news magazine OK has an article in its current issue on raw foods. I haven't seen it yet, but here's how they promote it on their website: CELEBS’ HOT NEW DIET: RAW FOOD!

Inspiring Raw Weight Loss Article

A Denver Post article relates how a one-time obese guy lost more than 100 pounds in six months by switching to a raw vegan diet. Inspiring!

Happy Green St. Pat's Day to All

I'd like to take a moment here to say that we at RawFoodGrrl and RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com are green 365 days of the year, not just today! Ecologically and dietarily green! Join us!

Raw Version of Vietnamese Roasted Banana Dessert

Here's an online video demo of raw chef Vanessa Sherwood's adaptation of a Vietmanese Roasted Banana dish. It looks delish!

The Fruit with the Most Protein

Did you know that avocado has more protein than any other fruit?

Tennessee Raw Chef Signs with Local Whole Foods Market

According to this article, a (beer-drinking !) raw vegan chef has signed a contract to make prepared raw foods for her local Tennessee Whole Foods Market. She also sells her food products at other local venues. I hope her entrepreneurial efforts will inspire raw vegan chefs everywhere to do the same. The more raw takeout-food there is for consumers to buy, the better!

Ben Vereen to Appear at Raw Film Festival

The Broadway and Hollywood dancer, singer, actor Ben Vereen will be making an appearance at the first Raw Film Festival, on Saturday for the screening of "Supercharge Me," which he appears in.

Preview of Film "Interview with Sergei"

The film Interview with Sergei, featuring Sergei Boutenko, of the raw foods Boutenko family, will be shown at the upcoming First Annual Raw Food Film Festival in Los Angeles. Here's an excerpt.

First Annual Raw Foods Film Fest in LA March 16-18

The First Annual Raw Lifestyle Film Festival featuring films about the raw vegan diet, organics, healthy lifestyles, and natural living aims to catapult the information gathered and experienced in the Raw, Vegan, Living Foods Communities into mainstream culture. This event caters to raw vegans as well as all people interested in healthy eating and living.

The event will take place at the MOA Japanese Healing Arts Center, phone: (310) 657-7200, at 8564 Melrose Ave. (between La Cienega & San Vicente), in West Hollywood, CA 90069, diagonally across from the Bodhi Tree Bookstore, from Friday March 16 to Sunday March 18. The Festival is being organized by Serenity Spaces.

Oklahoma Library Held Raw Foods Talk and Buffet Meal

It's great to see raw food events in small towns in the middle of the country!

The Tahlequah, Oklahoma library featured a talk recently about raw foods and many raw dishes, as part of its monthly "Books Sandwiched In" series. Here's an excerpt from what the Tahlequah Daily Press reported about the event, quoting the organizer, George Kilmer:

People also should encourage the produce managers in their grocery stores to stock more organic fruits and vegetables, he said. “It’s not only the health of our bodies, but the health of the planet that’s at stake,” he said. Among the benefits of raw foods is that they contain their natural enzymes. Cooking destroys these enzymes. “They’re little proteins, and proteins are heat sensitive,” he said.

Kilmer plans to organize a local farmer's market next.