The Weston A Price Foundation held its regional conference outside Boston this weekend and invited CCB&G to supply our sprouted bread for their meal plans. The Foundation is one of the worlds leading advocates for restoring common sense and traditional wisdom to our food supply system. The first photo is of speaker Beth Lambert who laid out alarming statistics on the skyrocketing rates of chronic illnesses affecting children in this country. Incidents of autism have risen from a rare 1 in 5000 in the late 1970s to 1 in 66 today. This is mirrored by soaring rates of cancer in children, tooth decay in infants and, almost as an aside, she pointed out that the fastest growing group being prescribed prilosec, to treat acid reflux, are infants. Obviously, something has to change in this country. Our current industrial food supply system is by far the greatest threat we face on a day to day basis and yet most of us accept it then expect our bloated profit-motivated health care system to try to repair the damage. The other photo is of myself with Sally Fallon. Ms Fallon is the author of Nourishing Traditions, the cookbook someone lent me in 1999 that got me interested in sprouted grain breads. Ms. Fallon is in her seventies now but conducted the bulk of the seminars where she laid out the foundations core principals of sourcing locally grown, nutrient dense foods. This includes fermented foods, foods rich in butter fats, pastured meats, food grown on fertile soil, raw milk and wild caught seafood are all high priority foods with the Weston A Price foundation because these foods were critical to the overall good health of every traditional and primitive culture. Grains, she said, when properly prepared thru sprouting, soaking and/or fermentation (as we do with our sprouted sourdough starter) were also a critical element of many traditional cultures. Perhaps the most inspiring part of the conference for me was meeting all the people who are working to build a new food supply infrastructure in this country. Chefs, restauranteurs, farmers, food artisans and entrepreneurs who are committed to providing nutrient dense foods from soil healthy fields devoid of gmos and pesticides. We want to be a part of this new food movement and, well, maybe this is a long way around of saying it, but if you find yourself at the Bloomsburg Fair this week and looking for something that isnt deep fried or completely devoid of nutrition, look for us inside Freedom Hall and well be happy to share what we do with you and your family. Doug
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:05:31 +0000
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