In This Issue:

• Freedom Butter...a mediation.
  
• Aromatic Mango Cheeks
  
• Pistachio Olive Pesto
  
• Heart and Sol, Almond, Walnut, Cashew Halvah.
• Walnut Tahini
• UNHULLED
• John Muir Trail Mix
• July Macadamia Sale
• Living Tree Essay Contest -We’ve got a winner!
  

Dear brothers and sisters,

It happened. In September it happened. 1.3 billion pounds of almonds were harvested. We estimate that about half were exported with the remaining 600,000,000 pounds fumigated. Both organic and commercial were fumigated, the one with with steam, the other with propylene oxide. We can use this as a sort of window to see into the soul of this America. No elected official,no elected body authorized this, rather it was done largely by bureaucracies. Of course there was the usual window dressing of a public hearing... at the last minute... to merely ratify what had been decided upon, long before, behind closed doors. There was no time for those concerned about the liveliness of their food to protest. Most heard about this iniquity only long after it was perpetrated.

This did not have to be. There were so many alternatives. For example, organic could simply have been made exempt- maybe with a warning sign:-Who ever partakes of these almonds, does so at the risk of becoming more rhythmically and pulsatingly alive!!! What have we come to... that in America, almonds are fumigated?!

That is why we call it Freedom Butter. Our almonds are grown with intentionality and devotion by family farmers. Here in Berkeley, brothers and sisters working together transform them into alive almond butter. We never do it all at once but over a period of several days. It is both costly and labor-intensive. Could it be that an almond.... is not an almond.... is not an almond..... but that the intentionality of the people who grow them and the people who process them make a real difference. Think about it for a moment... whom would you like to have in your kitchen, a family farmer and a brother or sister or a character out of Kafka ? We invite you then to put Freedom Butter on a slice of cucumber and meditate on the loving care and devotion that has gone into it . Gaze at its texture, savor it’s aroma and come to the realization that it is a prologue to the new world that one day you will build.

New at Living Tree Community Foods

Aromatic Mango Cheeks - New Crop! Just Received!

Fill your kitchen with the fragrance of vivacity! Dried at 95 degrees Fahrenheit.New Crop! Just Received!Moist and Chewy. Very sweet. Will fill your kitchen with a fragrant living aroma.

Alive Organic Pistachio Pesto-New!

Only at Living Tree would someone have the audacity to combine California pistachios and California sun dried olives, sun dried tomatoes, tahini and seasonings!

Heart n' Sol Almond, Cashew, Walnut Halvah

Heart n' Sol is a delightful halvah from organic almonds, cashews, walnuts, sesame seeds, raw cacao, sundried raisins, Tropical Blossom Honey, our Alive olive oil, coconut oil and a dash of Himalayan Pink Crystal salt. We've also added Golden Flax Seeds and Chia Seeds, excellent sources of omega 3 essential fatty acid.

Where else but at Living Tree Community would anyone have the audacity to combine organic almonds, walnuts and cashews into a halvah? Where else would anyone dare add chia seeds and golden flax seeds to a nutbutter?! Tasting is believing!

Living Tree Alive Walnut Tahini 8oz - New!
With Raw Cacao and Sundried Raisins

Organic walnuts are complemented with organic sesame seeds, Living Tree Alive Organic Olive Oil, sundried raisins, Tropical Blossom Honey, raw cacao from the rainforests of Amazonia and a dash of Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt to bring you an ecstatic taste experience.

Walnuts are rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids and even richer in omega-6 essential fatty acids. The combination of generous amounts of both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in Walnuts enhance the benefits of both, promoting healing, health and vigor.

UNHULLED Tahini

Our UNHULLED tahini is made from the whole sesame seed. It is more nutritionally rich than tahini made from hulled sesame seeds. Since hulled tahini does not use the whole sesame seed, it does not contain as much calcium protein,and vitamins as UNHULLED seeds. Unhulled seeds tend to be more bitter, so we've added Alive, Organic Brazilian Honey. We've also added our Living Tree Alive Olive Oil - unfiltered, unheated, UNPRESSED to help with spreadability.

John Muir Organic Trail Mix

Now with organic macadamias and sun dried prunes!

Ingredients: Organic almonds, organic cashews, organic walnuts, organic pecans, organic macadamias, organic pumpkin seeds, organic sunflower seeds, organic cacao nibs, organic sun dried raisins, organic sun dried tomato slices and organic sun dried prunes.

Alive Almond Bonus

*With a purchase of	You get a free bonus of
$50	4 oz. organic raw almonds
$100	8 oz. organic raw almonds
$150	12 oz. organic raw almonds
$200	16 oz. organic raw almonds
$300	20 oz. organic raw almonds
$450	**Free Shipping plus 24 oz. organic raw almonds

Extra Bonus for orders over $150

One Heart n’Sol, Alive Almond,Walnut,Cashew Halvah.

July Special-Organic Macadamia Sale

We are delighted to reduce the price of our crisp and alive macadamias from $17.75 to $13.99 per pound. Taste and compare!

Living Tree Essay Contest

Here’s The Winning Essay!

Obesity and Live Food
By Brian Burton

Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer are pillaging the natural capital and human wealth of this nation. They derive their terror and power from obesity. The obesity epidemic isn’t just a problem Americans should be embarrassed about. It’s a problem that is siphoning off the life force and vigor of this country and its people. Obesity isn’t just about being fat. It’s about quality of life, self respect, and spiritual development.

Contrary to popular belief, obesity is not a disease of “over-nutrition”. Obesity is very clearly a disease of malnutrition in an environment of high-calorie, denatured, toxic, and highly acidic food supply. The bodies of obese people are crying out for minerals, vitamins, and phytonutrients that cannot be found in the sludge which much of the large corporate body is pushing upon the population. How easy is it to have a binge on white sugar, white flour, and white icing? A veritable “puff cloud” if you ask me. Why don’t Americans binge on parsley or chicory greens? When living, highly mineralized, organically grown foods are consumed, the hunger response is quickly tamed because the body is being fed. The body has what it needs. How many Americans could stay fat if they were only allowed to eat all the kale they wanted? You couldn’t become obese if you tried. For those of us that have educated ourselves on proper nutrition it is easy to see the solution. In fact the cost of obesity to this country could probably pay for living, raw, organic food for the entire population several times over. A sobering thought! A person with obesity however, cannot see this so clearly. the solution does not seem so attainable because a weakened body is only part of the destruction left in the wake of improper diet.

If denatured food is sludge for the body, it is just as much sludge for the mind. One cannot achieve a very high level of consciousness when processed sugar is stressing the adrenals and throwing the nervous system into overload. When denatured protein is clogging the basement membranes and cell membranes are being compromised by free-radicals, trans-fatty acids, and oxidized, rancid oils, it can be very challenging for an obese person to change their diet or even see that such a dramatic change is possible. A chaotic internal biological milieu does not allow her/him to. The body uses fat reserves as a veritable landfill for acids, toxins, and other compounds for which it does not have the vital force to expunge from the body but must buffer from the billions of life supporting cells that must be maintained for life to continue. When a person tries to change their diet, the shock of these poisons being released from burned fat can be extremely difficult to deal with physically and emotionally. Obesity is like a hill that gets steeper the farther down you travel. The determined person can always climb back up, but they made need that help of those of us who are lucky enough to be aware of the potential of raw, living plant foods to heal the body and mind.

Most of us are aware of the profound effect our childhood has on our adult life. When an obese child is laughed at or teased for being fat, that is the very least of the emotional scars that will likely burden the child in his/her adult life. When a child is competitive amongst his/her peers, it builds confidence, self esteem, and the desire to continue to succeed. An obese child who has not had the experience of excelling at a sports or making friends while enjoying physical activity is unlikely to have received the positive reinforcement that drives us to maintain an active lifestyle in our later years. At no time is it more important to encourage proper diet and participation in sports and outdoor activities than when a person is in their childhood years. The statistics on childhood obesity is in this country is a nightmare that makes our national debt look like a mere pot-hole. If physical activity and nutrition were the primary subjects taught in elementary school, American children would easily be capable of making up for the years of lost reading, writing, arithmetic, social studies, science etc. Minds sharpened by proper nutrition and physical conditioning would be worth years of sitting in the classroom in a state of numbness induced by lack of exercise and improper food-choices.

The solution to the problem of obesity doesn’t need to be self-deprivation. Just keep adding things in until the good choices replace the bad. Just as much as we have a glut of bad food choices, the number of good choices we now have defies belief. We have access to super-foods from every continent. Kids are more flexible than any other age group. They can change if we make it fun for them. The transition back to a natural diet should be an adventure. The future of our society depends on it!

Become A Living Tree Investor!

We are seeking investors who can provide the long term, stable capital we need to help our enterprise become the leading manufacturer of alive, organic and kosher certified nut butters. We offer the prospect of asset appreciation in the organic food industry; it’s been growing at the rate of 20% for over a decade. We plan to engage more teamworkers and purchase more productive equipment. If you’d like to learn more, please click here.

Wanna help promote our work? Send this Newsletter to your friends. By Clicking here
If you have questions or suggestions, please write. We want to hear from you!

Please do not click on this email by way of reply, rather click on our email address: info@livingtreecommunity.com

To place an order please go to our website by clicking here.

We invite you to view our Previous Newsletters.

Alive food is saying yes to life! So let’s express our thanks for the gift of alive food by affirming life in everything we do.

This is an occasional mailing by Living Tree Community Foods. If you would like to be removed from this list simply reply with Unsubscribe in the Subject .