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community

It's been a dream of mine to have a raw food community - one that is working together in local, organic, sustainable & fun ways. When I moved to VT, I realized quickly that raw food wasn't widely-known. It's becoming more prevalent which is awesome but in my mind, it's still in its infancy (maybe it's a toddler now).

What will raw food communities look like here in VT? My own thoughts are of permaculturists, herbalists, mother earth lovin' peeps & local farmers might all see the connections & want to join this greater dream of a healthy planet while supporting local farmers, local environment & local economy. And how to have a community when there is so few that really understand this way of eating/ living? Well, that is where the fun begins...

Please join me in whatever way works for you. Start a raw food potluck. Sign up for my weekly (or so) newsletter. Take a class or workshop, read some books on the subject, send me an email. Try this easy recipe below & email me your feedback.

Chocolate Pudding recipe
by Linda Wooliever

This was among the very first recipes that I made when I experimented with raw food. I ate this for breakfast sometimes. How can you feel deprived when you eat like this?

• 2 bananas
• 1 avocado
• 1-2 Tbsp raw cacao powder (or raw carob)
• 1 tsp raw honey or agave (optional)

Mix in a food processor until it becomes smooth like pudding.

Serves 2.

Take some raw action!

Thank you for your good words, thoughts & deeds.

Love & many blessings,

Linda

greater community • events • action

There's great things happening in our extended New England raw food community. One site to check out is Optimum Health Solution for their information and calendar of events.

Another event packed place to check out is the Raw New England Community. They started with a small potluck at someone's house and it has grown quite large in a relatively short time. Inspirational to see what they are doing. Their calendar of events is here.

We post as many things as we have time to post in our area and surrounding areas. Please check us out at our meetup site here.

Joshua and Carrie Anne are super fun people. They have a great monthly raw food potluck and I want to support them as much as I can. Here is the link to their meetup.

links to some raw food information & resources

• my weekly (or so) raw food emails

• my friend Terry's recipe demonstrations: Todd's Waldorf Supreme,Garlic Dill Dressing, Sesame Avocado Dressing, Mock Turkey & Cranberry Sauce, Southwest Kale Salad, Chocolate Mousse Cake, Banana Ice Cream

• YIPPEEE!! There is a raw permaculture place out there! My dreams are also others dreams!

• Cornerstone Permaculture - Matthew Delorey, the reggae permaculture man who came up with a beautiful design for the gardens around our yellow house. He's the man!

• Worcester Woods Farm - Bonnie and Seth grow some kick ass veggies! Check out their CSA if you live in or near Worcester, VT.

• Vermont Birth Network - not food related but definitely lifestyle related. Imagine a directory of everything to do with birthing right here in VT!

• Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism

• www.earthwalkvermont.org - my kids have been a part of this wonderful organization - taking steps to reconnect us to the earth.

• www.awareparenting.com - not food related but certainly lifestyle related: attachment style parenting, democratic discipline, etc.

• Vermont Dietetic Association - I'm doin' my raw food thang for them in May 2008!

• www.wholelifegreens.com - a Vermont based source for fresh cut organic wheatgrass and sprouts, organic sprouting seeds and beans and a variety of tools and informational resources.

• www.thedailygardener.com - another Vermont based source for sprouting & indoor gardening kits and information.

• In Defense of Food - an excellent interview on Democracy Now with Michael Pollan. He talks about everything including the localvore movement,  the fossil fuels used in transportation of food, processed food. Everything. This looks like a great book.

• Green Bags - expensive but came to me as a good recommendation.

• Evert Fresh Bags - cheaper and virtually the same as the Green Bags. I have these and daggonit they do work!

• www.therawvegannetwork.com

• Raw New England Community

• "The Raw Superiority Complex" by Frederic Patenaude - I like this one because it's all about guilt and shame surrounding the food you eat, that is NOT having it!

• "Fanaticism in the Raw Food Movement" by Frederic Patenaude - long article but good.

• "Kicking the Caffeine Habit" by Caroline MacDougall

• Lynda Carter's raw food website

• Natural Zing (store)

• Joseph Lucier's live food website

• Ann Wigmore

• Hippocrates Institute

• Alissa Cohen

• Gabriel Cousens Tree of Life Rejevenation Ctr

• Rhio's informational raw food site

• Weston Price Foundation

• About Enzymes and the work of Edward Howell, MD

• Ann Wigmore Chart for Raw & Living Foods

• Article on eating raw in the winter

• Victoria Boutenko was on Gabriel Cousen's radio show and it was pretty interesting to listen to. She was on on the 27th of October, 2006. Here's the link to the archives

• Alissa Cohen's radio interview is episode 16 (scroll down.)

• Gabriel Cousen's radio interview is episode 14 (scroll down on the page.)