With the change of seasons come all of the scrumptious fall harvest foods! Most people tend to think of hot soups, stews and breads. However, there are a lot of great ways to warm yourself up with raw foods! It is a simple matter of using the right ingredients and knowing how to prepare them.
Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by Marie-Claire Hermans to discuss how you can kick off the fall harvest season and warm yourself raw!
It’s biblical, it’s nutritious and it is a key ingredient in many cuisines, including Italian, Spanish, Greek and Middle Eastern. Figs are an ancient fruit that can be enjoyed fresh, dried, fermented and cooked. The United States of America is ranked 3rd in world for production for dried figs with an annual volume of approximately 11,000 tons. While figs are grown in many parts of the United States, California produces 100% of the nation’s dried figs and 98% of the fresh figs. It is a fruit that is truly sustainable!
With the growing demand for organic food production, more and more people are looking at sustainable models that will produce a high yield without necessarily having to farm a large acreage. The perfect solution is aquaponics, which is a great sustainable method to “grow it yourself organically!”
When I was initially approached by social media environmentalist and aquapon, Tom Cooley, I took a quick glance at aquaponics and passed. I simply didn’t think it was for me. I do not eat fish and wanted no part of a system that appeared to give new meaning to farm raised fish, organic or not. However, as I delved deeper into this method of agriculture, I became intrigued. Tom explained to me that you do not have to eat the fish, so I decided to dig a little deeper and discovered a fascinating new world of organic sustainable farming.