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August 2015


 

 



NourishMe is a health food market  offering high-end health supplements, organic and gluten free foods, healthy cosmetics, essential oils, as well as organic Idaho dairy, eggs, meat and fresh produce.

Owner Julie Johnson, NTP, a certified nutritionist is available for health and nutritional consultations.
(208) 928-7604, or jjnourishme@gmail.com





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The Lunchbox
Nutritious ideas for your child to pack to camp or daycare.



 

AUGUST

 


 

Guess what?  

We want you to take a break.

Find ready made salads, treats, breads, drinks, soups, snacks and more, all available to-go at NourishMe. 

 



  



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Visit the mini 'Farmers Market'
on Thursdays at  NourishMe. Add yourself to Waterwheel Garden's email list for updates at twigs3700@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

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 Meditation     

at 

Bitterroot Square

208 Spruce St Ketchum 

  

Tuesdays, 12-12:50 p.m. with Beth Chiodo For information 309-0014. 

 

Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. with Diane Crist. For information 720-5138.

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m (silent meditation with video teaching by Anam Thubten).
For information 720-5138.


Sound Yoga

 

Amy Cliffords' Sound Yoga classes focus on creating more space for the breath while integrating breath, movement and sound for greater wellness. All levels are welcome, no experience needed. In addition to group classes. Tuesdays 10:15-11:15 a.m. Studio Move  
 

 









Brands  We Carry 
 

 

Accure 

Bach Flower Remedies

Barleans

Billy's

Biotics 

Boiron

Carlson

Derma-e

Dr. Braggs

Dr. Bronner's

Dr. Schen's

Eclectic

Enzymedica

Flora

Floracopea 

Herb Pharm

George's

Hylands

Idaho's Bounty

Jay Robb

Jarrow

Julie Foods

Kal

Kroeger Herbs

Garden of Life

Green Pastures 

Irwin Naturals

Life-Flo

MayWay

Natures Way

Nativas

Natural Balance

Nature's Life

Nature's Plus

Natures Way

Natrol

New Chapter

Nordic Naturals

NuNaturals

NutraBiotic

Ojio

Organic India

Oshadi

Peter Thompson

Pioneer

Planetary

100% Pure

Pure Essence

Renew Life

Sam-e

Simply Organic

Source Naturals

Spry

Solaray

Source Naturals

Tattva

Trace Minerals

Ultimate Super Foods 

Weleda

Wellgenix

Vaxa

Vibrant Health

Veggie Magma

VegLife

Zand

Zen Matcha Tea

  

 


 

 

Let's Talk about....


Being Locavore

 

When I was a kid we- like many folks with a patch of land - grew most of our vegetables. We had chickens that lay more than enough eggs for our six-person family. In the summers in New Hampshire, we frequented family farms for produce and dairy. We shopped farm stands along rural roads, and picked apples at orchards in the fall. Later, when we'd moved to West, my family raised cattle and chickens, and continued growing our own veggies. We didn't call ourselves locavore, this was just the way we, and a multitude of people, actually ate.  

 
Miriam-Webster Definition of  LOCAVORE: one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible  

One only needs to look back one or two generations to see that the "trend" towards eating local foods has always been a constant. And while, to the larger public and marketers, it may look like a trend it's really a return to simple, healthy and traditional farm-grown.

 

Eating local - farm to table- is a way of life that comes naturally to people in the countryside and takes a little more more work for people in suburbs and cities. But, even there, it's not impossible to be a locavore. 

 

In Gourmet News, a front page story by Lorrie Baumann, says that grocers have more locavore options in their stores due to increased costumer demand. Grocers also say labels such as local and certified organic don't scare away consumers even if the price is higher.  

 

In fact, a new study from global management consulting firm A. T. Kearney finds that a strong majority of U.S. consumers will pay a premium to buy local foods and nearly half say they'll take their business elsewhere if a business doesn't offer them.

 

But local foods do not necessarily have to cost more. Without overhead and staff to hire, pay taxes or health care for, farmers who sell directly to the consumer can actually charge less for the higher quality item. It's about demand and support from the consumer. And fair play from the FDA and state governments, as well as local activism: the Local Food Alliance, Idaho's Bounty the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience, the Wood River Sustainability Center and, of course, NourishMe.  

 

Consider this: The numbers of farmer's markets grew 180 percent from 2006 to 2014.

Customers are interested in local food, as much for the superior quality and taste as for the ability to support family-farmers, to know the source of their food and have a smaller carbon footprint.

 

As well, because of lack of pesticides, GMOs hormones and additives, local foods are healthier for the consumer, translating into less trips to the doctor and/or missed work days.

 

Being locavore just feels right. Because it is.  

 

 

--DD 

 

 

 


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Suggested Reading


 
Barbara Kingsolvers 2007 book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is a joyous, revelatory account of a family choosing to live a locavore life on their farm in Southern Appalachia. Barbara Kingsolver, and her coauthors - husband and daughter- unearth the secret lives of vegetables and the unexpected satisfactions of knowing their food producers - and sometimes their dinner - on a first-name basis.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life, and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. 


"Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed, starting with dirt, seeds, and enough knowledge to muddle through. Or starting with baby animals, and enough sense to refrain from naming them."

-Barbara Kingsolver

 
 

 

 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!

 

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"Our Health Culture"

Radio Show 

 

Julie Johnson and co-host, Dr. Jody Stanislaw can be heard on KDPI's "Our Health Culture" 11 a.m.-Noon,  Thursdays. The radio show can be heard on the Valley's community radio station,
KDPI 89.1 or streamed live at KDPIFM .org.  The show delves into health and nutrition, local farming and sustainability, why people pursue healthier lifestyles, and how we work energetically in those pursuits.     

 

 Questions or suggestions:  

In subject box: Our Health Culture

kdpiproduction@gmail.com   

 

 

Check the KDPI twitter account Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for updates. 

 

   

EVENTS

 

 


 

J oin The Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance,

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 6-8 p.m at the The Community Library in Ketchum to celebrate its first anniversary. Bill McDorman will discuss Seeds: The Future of Foods.

 

The Community Library recently became the new home of the Wood River Seed Library.

 

RMSA co-founder McDorman's presentation will explore the many benefits of seed saving-from economic opportunities and sustainability to social value and community well being. RMSA also will share with attendees its many accomplishments during the last year and present opportunities for the community to get involved.

 

Libations and snacks will be served.

   

 


Read More
on the Local Food Alliance website. 

  

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News

U.S. Court Judge Strikes Down Idaho Ag-Gag Law

"In a major blow to the Idaho Legislature and Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter-and the fortification of the First Amendment-the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho Monday ruled that the so-called "Ag-Gag" law was unconstitutional because the court found it "violates the Equal Protection Clause because it was motivated in substantial part by animus towards animal welfare groups, and because it impinges on free speech, a fundamental right."

Read more in Boise Weekly.

 



 

"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
Hippocrates
Julie Johnson / 151 Main St. N. / Ketchum, Idaho 83333 / (208) 928-7604