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If you aren't on the Flickr photo-sharing-kick, here is your excuse to hop on the bandwagon.
For those of you who have no idea what we are talking about, here is the rundown. Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application, (free too). You take a photo, upload it and tag it, (aka categorize it). Then people, like the readers of this blog, can browse by tags.
Consider this is your call to action for the week. Upload your rawfood related photos onto Flickr and share the wealth.
Whether you are a veteran, novice or idiot to the world of organic gardening, You Bet Your Garden ®, produced by Philadelphia's WHYY, is one of the best tools to keep in your box of organic resources:
"You Bet Your Garden offers fiercely organic advice to gardeners far and wide: Tips on caring for plants, fending off pests, wrestling with weeds, dealing with disease, and all the other fun things we outdoor enthusiasts enjoy sooooo much.
Join host Mike McGrath as he slays slugs, defeats deer, whacks weeds, mispronounces Latin words, and saves gardens across the nation every week on You Bet Your Garden - an hour of horticultural hijinks that takes a breezy, light-hearted, and sometimes (OK - frequently) manic approach to the topic of gardening."
Listen to the latest show from You Bet Your Garden free online.
Much like their are gateway drugs, gateway foods are foods that are mainstream and safe enough to bring the message of raw-foods to the masses. LäraBar, from Humm Foods, is a perfect example of a "raw gateway food". It is cheap (because it isn't organic), simple and widely available, (Whole Foods has taken them national).
Taste: Compared to other raw-junk-food, LäraBars are so, so. Because they can get a little chalky and dry, they make you thirsty. The use of nuts is also heavy, so don't plan on eating more than one at a time.
If you haven't tried a Lärabar, we'd recommend Apple Pie and Banana Cookie. If you have tried a Lärabar and are ready for something else, we recomend Goji Bar.
Most "Health Care" in the United States is actually "Sick Care". That's why most of the nearly 2 trillion dollars spent on "Health Care" every year is spent in the last 60 days of an individuals life. Of the remaining money, very little of that is spent on preventive measures.
If you've been diagnosed with a terminal disease and you want fear, lack of hope, and mis-education - stick with the status quote. Continue reading US News to find the best hospitals in your area, continue learning about the latest and greatest medical procedures from your Nightly News, and continue making bankruptcy plans.
If you are looking for options though, options of hope, abundance, health, understanding & true wellness, think outside the system.
For some individuals that includes self healing, for others, it may require further support. If you are looking for deeper and complete support there are true Health Care centers that can accomidate. One of the highest recomended centers is the Sonaviv Medical Institute (intro video).
"Follow Doug Walsh as he hikes the 3,000 mile Continental Divide Trail on a 100% raw food diet. Doug's amazing hike started on Earth Day 2005 (April 22nd)."
How great is this! Doug is living out the warrior/traveler archetype in us all. Keep posted on Doug's raw journey via: Dough Walsh's Raw-Hike Journal
Tired of un-cook books and web-how-to's? Need some hands on raw-training? Well then you might want to consider calling Karen Kevala Parker of Raw Food For Real People.
Karen is not only a raw-food coach, but she also provides In Home Training for individuals looking to get a deeper understanding of the world of raw-foods:
"Of most importance, though, is an organic shift away from a theoretical model (ie an approach that's based on information-thinking about what one should do rather than undergo the action) towards a whole lifestyle that is hands-on, very practical and based on present situation."
