The Little Sprouts Crew will be in person at Easy Valley Farm for the afternoon of Thursday 12/31 to give out free samples of our sausages and meats, as well as answer any questions about our farm and products. We encourage you to take this opportunity to meet us and try these meats.
Place: Easy Valley Farm Stand
Address: 2557 E Evans Creek Rd, Rogue River
Time: 1pm till Dark
We welcome Easy Valley Farm to the growing list of spots to carry our meats. Please show your support for them!
Follow along our adventure as we make the transition from corporate city life to the world of natural farming. Each day brings a new experience and brings us to a deeper understanding about the life and spirit that made America great. At our farm we do our best to give the animals we raise a natural, free, happy, stressfree lifestyle. Our mission is to learn and share how to manage a farming operation that is both profitable and humane.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Article in the Rogue Valley Messenger
We are pleased to appear in a local publication available at food stores around the valley, the Rogue Valley Messenger!
http://www.roguevalleymessenger.com/your-local-organic-christmas-ham-or-pork-loin-live-the-new-american-dream-with-little-sprouts-farm/
http://www.roguevalleymessenger.com/your-local-organic-christmas-ham-or-pork-loin-live-the-new-american-dream-with-little-sprouts-farm/
The Evils of Cheap Food
Last night, a friend and long time colleague of mine put his two young twin girls to bed, alone for the first time. His vibrant young wife passed away yesterday from a short months long battle with cancer. It is heartbreaking, but not uncommon in our world today.
Cheap Food, something sought after for decades, is killing us, one at a time.
I am not saying that cheap food is the cause of cancer alone... there are many contributing factors, but all the evidence clearly shows that cheap food is at root of many, if not most health issues. Food devoid of nutrients and filled with toxins. Food with a long shelf life, cheap selling price, pretty packaging, easy transportability, and... death.
Food is life. What we eat determines our health. Food can be a source of healing or a source of damage. What determines this? largely... price. Cheap food is both devoid of nutrients and filled with toxins. Pesticides and herbicides are easily found in the urine of children and pregnant women who consume cheap food. It is not found in the urine of those who consume expensive food.
The difference? Farming styles, processing and packaging.
Conventional farming has been driven for decades to produce food more cheaply. Demand for lower prices at the store drive the farmer to lower his standards and find ways to produce food at lower costs. Chemicals manufacturers filled the gap with innovative ideas on using chemicals to produce artificial growth, artificial food, at lower costs.
And the cancer rate in america climbs. Disease takes off and goes from rare to common in only a few decade. The common denominator? cheap food.
This is all BEFORE gmos, we can not blame gmos on the current health issues where families are torn apart by death and suffering. Things will only get worse, much worse, as gmos infiltrate the food supply. But the battle is NOT with gmo's... if we banned all gmos across the nation, we would not get any less sick, no less death, because the death and sickness we have today is not from gmos, it is from plain conventional agriculture focused on price, efficiency, prettiness.. rather than nutrition and pureness.
Bottom line... cheap food is conventionally produced food, filled with poisons to artificially make it appear more attractive at lower prices. IT is a lie. Safe money on food, and pay with your life.
There is a direct relationship between the price of food and how much good or bad that food will bring you. The lower the price, the more damage it causes. The higher the price, the more health it brings. We can forget about gmo's.. labeling issues, etc. Its not about that.. it is about price. If the food is cheap, corners were cut, and nutrition, the hidden aspect of food, has suffered.
Little Sprouts Farm will not compromise, will not produce nor sell cheap food. We offer the highest possible nutrition, doing everything we can to increase the healing qualities of our food. We do not cut corners. As a result, our foods are perhaps the most expensive around... not because we are getting rich... but because we care about your health first. We are part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Our philosophy is.. "all of the above".. meaning... we do everything we can to each type of food to increase health benefits. No longer do you have to choose between "cage free" , "pastured" , organic", "soy free" , "high omega 3" in your eggs... we do it all at once. We treat animals humanely, improving genetics with each generation. We dont spend money on fancy packaging... we put all our investment inside.
My own children eat what we make. It is our life. We do not buy cheap food, and we do not sell cheap food. We avoid it like the plague. Our food budget is huge... we have had to shift our family priorities around and drastically change our lifestyle to accommodate. But we are very glad we did.
IT is hugely saddening to have parents come by to hear our story of how we beat many serious health conditions with nothing but good real food, only to leave uncommitted because of price or convenience. Often, these same parents that refuse to spend money on good food for their children leave in a fairly new car, with a Starbucks cup inside. IT breaks our heart to watch over and over.
Priorities, cheap food is evil. It kills.
As my heart hurts for my friend, waking his girls up to a motherless day today, the start of the rest of their life, I am proud to have never compromised on food quality. We will never make excuses for our food prices. They are fair based on the value inside and cost to produce. Our commitment to you, is to bring you the best food possible, at a reasonable price.
Know your farmer... ask questions... demand answers.
Food is your life.
Cheap Food, something sought after for decades, is killing us, one at a time.
I am not saying that cheap food is the cause of cancer alone... there are many contributing factors, but all the evidence clearly shows that cheap food is at root of many, if not most health issues. Food devoid of nutrients and filled with toxins. Food with a long shelf life, cheap selling price, pretty packaging, easy transportability, and... death.
Food is life. What we eat determines our health. Food can be a source of healing or a source of damage. What determines this? largely... price. Cheap food is both devoid of nutrients and filled with toxins. Pesticides and herbicides are easily found in the urine of children and pregnant women who consume cheap food. It is not found in the urine of those who consume expensive food.
The difference? Farming styles, processing and packaging.
Conventional farming has been driven for decades to produce food more cheaply. Demand for lower prices at the store drive the farmer to lower his standards and find ways to produce food at lower costs. Chemicals manufacturers filled the gap with innovative ideas on using chemicals to produce artificial growth, artificial food, at lower costs.
And the cancer rate in america climbs. Disease takes off and goes from rare to common in only a few decade. The common denominator? cheap food.
This is all BEFORE gmos, we can not blame gmos on the current health issues where families are torn apart by death and suffering. Things will only get worse, much worse, as gmos infiltrate the food supply. But the battle is NOT with gmo's... if we banned all gmos across the nation, we would not get any less sick, no less death, because the death and sickness we have today is not from gmos, it is from plain conventional agriculture focused on price, efficiency, prettiness.. rather than nutrition and pureness.
Bottom line... cheap food is conventionally produced food, filled with poisons to artificially make it appear more attractive at lower prices. IT is a lie. Safe money on food, and pay with your life.
There is a direct relationship between the price of food and how much good or bad that food will bring you. The lower the price, the more damage it causes. The higher the price, the more health it brings. We can forget about gmo's.. labeling issues, etc. Its not about that.. it is about price. If the food is cheap, corners were cut, and nutrition, the hidden aspect of food, has suffered.
Little Sprouts Farm will not compromise, will not produce nor sell cheap food. We offer the highest possible nutrition, doing everything we can to increase the healing qualities of our food. We do not cut corners. As a result, our foods are perhaps the most expensive around... not because we are getting rich... but because we care about your health first. We are part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Our philosophy is.. "all of the above".. meaning... we do everything we can to each type of food to increase health benefits. No longer do you have to choose between "cage free" , "pastured" , organic", "soy free" , "high omega 3" in your eggs... we do it all at once. We treat animals humanely, improving genetics with each generation. We dont spend money on fancy packaging... we put all our investment inside.
My own children eat what we make. It is our life. We do not buy cheap food, and we do not sell cheap food. We avoid it like the plague. Our food budget is huge... we have had to shift our family priorities around and drastically change our lifestyle to accommodate. But we are very glad we did.
IT is hugely saddening to have parents come by to hear our story of how we beat many serious health conditions with nothing but good real food, only to leave uncommitted because of price or convenience. Often, these same parents that refuse to spend money on good food for their children leave in a fairly new car, with a Starbucks cup inside. IT breaks our heart to watch over and over.
Priorities, cheap food is evil. It kills.
As my heart hurts for my friend, waking his girls up to a motherless day today, the start of the rest of their life, I am proud to have never compromised on food quality. We will never make excuses for our food prices. They are fair based on the value inside and cost to produce. Our commitment to you, is to bring you the best food possible, at a reasonable price.
Know your farmer... ask questions... demand answers.
Food is your life.
Our government... Our lives
Our government must be stopped, and returned to constitutional boundaries.
http://bundyranch.blogspot.com/2015/11/facts-events-in-hammond-case.html?m=1
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Monday, December 28, 2015
"Country of Origin" Labeling ends... but is that bad?
I saw this ad on facebook and a thought hit me:
Is this a bad thing? yes.. and no.
Sure.. I understand how people who rely on grocery stores are so concerned with labels. when you don't or can't know the people that produce your food, then labels are all you have. I get that...
BUT
Is not that actually the heart of the problem?
The reliance on the middle man, instead of the producer?
The reliance on labels instead of a relationship with the producer?
The distance between farmer and consumer?
The fact that meat will no longer forcibly carry a label of origin is actually a great boon to a return to local food, to a return to "knowing your farmer". It is true what critics say.. now you dont know where your meat comes from... but wasn't that always true? Nothing has really changed.. unless you were trusting that all american made meat was healthy while all foreign meat was dangerous... but thats not true! It is the american meat system that is at the heart of the real problem.. so knowing hte country of origin at the store is not helpful, knowing your farmer IS helpful.
See, here is the real problem... we tend to rely on labels. Labels are ADVERTISING, MARKETING, controlled largely by the government. There is some prevalent yet silly notion that if the government approves of the label, the product inside must be healthy. Nothing is further from the truth! Consider the GMO labeling effort... sure there may be some value in knowing what is GMO and what is not.. BUT... only for those who are ok with consuming toxic conventionally produced foods anyway... because all those who care about their food are already buying organic or better yet... from a known "beyond organic" farm. IF a person is ok buying a food labelled "non-gmo", then they already conceded health, so why does it matter?
So what does that mean?
I say, we need to forget about labels and push to know the farmer. Dont buy anything "anonymously" at a store if you can buy the same thing from a farmer, or from a farm you know. Take charge of your own life, quit relying on government agencies to protect you.. and get out there to find a farm you trust. Buy from them... support them.. put your trust in yourself and the people you know.
then all the battles over labels are a moot point! Who cares?!? labels no longer matter.
To the activists I say... quit fighting the battle on the terms of big business... you will loose just as we lost the organic vs conventional battle that way. Instead, remove the financial incentive to produce bad food by educating the public to buy from a farmer they know. Take the battle to a whole new level, flank the enemy by moving the battle to what they can not control.. the hearts and minds of your neighbors. Forget government regulations... thats a game that big business plays better than anyone. Instead we take the message directly to the consumer. Buy nothing but beyond organic food, from a farmer you know.
Problem solved.
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