Alternative to Organic Shop locally at a CSA farm

Certified Naturally Grown as an alternative to Certified Organic
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) producers use only natural sustainable methods in growing produce and raising animals. This organization is run by framers and does not have the high fees or other items that raise the costs of products. There fields have been in hay for some time with no chemicals or pesticides used on them. The poultry is pasture fed with no hormones or antibiotics.
"Farming cannot take place except in Nature, therefore, if Nature does not thrive, farming cannot thrive. But we know too that Nature includes us. It is not a place into which we can reach from some safe standpoint outside it. We are in it and are a part of it while we use it. If it does not thrive, we cannot thrive. The appropriate measure of farming then is the world's health and our health and it is inescapably one measure." Wendell Berry
Support your community (local producers) and the environment (uses less gasoline to get good food on your table) by buying locally. Become a LOCAVORE.
Here is a link to a local CSA farm in Lower central Michigan. It is called TwoCreeks Farm

How to improve your health

How to improve your health

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Advanced Scientific Health (ASH) is a membership organization dedicated to the education and implementation of the ever expanding orthomolecular health knowledge base founded on research and discoveries of nobel prize winning doctors and scientists.
In 1997, at the age of 53, land developer Barney Folger of Marietta, Georgia, was being scheduled for his fourth heart surgery since being diagnosed with heart disease in 1990.
To fully understand what was going through Barney's mind after being told by his cardiologists that they needed to operate on his heart again, one must appreciate the months of agony associated with post-operative recovery. Rather than endure another heart surgery, Barney put his clothes back on and went home. The last words from his cardiologists after he fired them and walked out the door was, "You could die, Barney."
Through his research he discovered the works of Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling, Nobel Laureate Otto Warburg, Dr. Keith Brewer and others. Their common thread was "Orthomolecular" medicine which is the study of health through nutrition at the cellular level. Orthomolecular protocol could be described as giving back to the body that with which it was born and the body will heal itself. Through that knowledge he found the cure for his hearth disease.
Barney is more alive than ever and desires to share his life changing discoveries with others. He founded Advanced Scientific Health (ASH) in October 2002 to do just that. ASH Members reside in every state in the United States and many other countries. All ASH Members are themselves researchers. ASH Members share their research so that more lives can be saved. Through the study and implementation of "Orthomolecular" science, diseases such as Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons, to the common cold can be prevented simply by giving the body the nutrients it need.

Advantages of Organic Produce

A short article in the June 2008 Prevention Magazine (pg 79) stated that the percentage increase of antioxidant activity conventional apples increased from 9 to 34 percent for organic apples. WOW!!! How can you find organic produce to take advantage of this increase. When you shop the produce section of your grocery store look for the sticker that id's the item. If it has a four digit number it is conventional, HOWEVER if the number starts with a 9 and is 5 digits long it’s Organic, Check to see if you can find items starting with 9 that are your favorites. The local stores here in lower central Michigan are carrying several items of produce. Ask the produce manger for help if you can not find them. They are very willing to help and will order if enough requests are received.
Eating Better -- Clare