Back to Mexico!

Well...when your mind and body are fueled on Living Foods,
you tend to do everything BETTER than before.

When I was working in Mexico two weeks ago,
the hours were long, the clothes were VERY warm,
and because it was a commercial, it was many things over and over again.

BUT...I kept my mood elevated, and was grateful for
just being there and being able to work.
I gave them 100% all the way until 9pm,
and stayed cheery and helpful.

They must have noticed, because they are having me
back to do some more stuff on Thursday.
I am flying out early tomorrow morning
and will be back on Friday. A much quicker trip.

Keep feeling that gratitude...
I'm on the hunt for black sapotes again...can I bring
them back to the states??? Ah...I want to so bad.
You have no idea how insanely good and creamy they are.
No joking...the chocolate pudding fruit.
Seriously...you cant even make this stuff up!!!

AND...I am going to be speaking at Raw Spirit Fest in September!
I just sent over the contract yesterday so it might take a while for
everything to be put into their computers,
but they assured me that I have a spot on that Friday afternoon.

Its not a main stage talk, but a workshop that I'll be holding.
I hope to see you all there...it will be my first time at RSF.

I had a Brazil Nut Milk from Jubb's an hour ago.
Once you have tried theirs, its hard to have anything else like it.
Theirs is by far the best that Ive had.
Its such a good value too...the water they use is so good
and the milk is so smooth and silky. Highly recommended.

Alright, I have to be up at 530 tomorrow so its an early night.
Lots of progress happening with the Permaculture project too.
The excitement builds...

Eat your greens everyone.

Anthony

A Snapshot of the Daily Diet

I've been not-so-good about updating people about
what I've been having for FOOD lately.
This is supposed to be about food I suppose...

So what did I eat today...

3 oranges for breakfast...WITH SEEDS.
Avoid Seedless...these are hybrids that can't reproduce.
Not exactly natural...right? Seedless anything is no good.

Made a big brazil nut milk and dumped 2 tbls of Bee pollen into the middle.
Looked like an over-easy egg. NOW we are getting GOOD protein.

Some "raw-foodists" are into eating eggs and meat raw.
This is probably a part of the ancient diet, but I would like
to believe that we have better options now than eating raw flesh.
THIS IS ABOUT LIVING PLANTS AND VEGETABLES.
Dont confuse "raw" with this. Most of the time "raw" means LIVE plants,
but there is a small minority that still likes to gnaw on DEAD carcasses.
It might be RAW, but its not ALIVE. "Raw" usually means Raw Vegan.

I'm not going to judge...Im not going to judge...to each their own.

Still...want to slurp down a nice raw unfertilized chicken embryo? Hmmm...

Ill have the bee pollen and hemp seed. Thanks.

Speaking of Hemp Seed....
I did one apple, cut in slices and eaten with hemp butter
and honey with some cacao powder mixed in. An easy and super
nutritious snack. Don't over-do that one though...too many apples
with nuts and seeds can mix poorly and cause some...AIR.

Later on we made this wonderful salad. Everything was DICED.
Cucumbers
Mango
Red Bell Pepper
Mature Coconut Meat

with a dressing of honey and lime juice.
Took a while to dice everything, but it was so good.
This is my favorite thing to do with the mature ORGANIC coconuts.


Then around 8pm, we made a massive juice.
I call it the tear-jeaker. The one not-so-enjoyable thing I consume
is my heavy (bitter) green juice. Its over quick though, and its a mighty chlorophyll
explosion...so everyone is happy. Especially my cells.

Here is the tear-jeaker. Listen up Juice-feasters.

4 BLACK Radishes. BLACK. SPICY. Full of the beauty mineral called Sulfur.
2 bunches of Collard Greens.
3 Lemons.
1 Cucumber
4 ribs of Celery
1/8 lb of Ginger

Now...I never said this was enjoyable. But that is the lovely
thing about juicing...it can be quick and then you can get on
with the rest of your day. I like to have this as my dinner,
because for some strange reason...Im not too hungry afterwards.
Go figure...right?

Everything else I consume tastes SOOOO good and I love it all.
But my juicing is a labor of love.

Britanie of Raw Faith
asked me if I blend my juices or just juice them.
That pic of me with the 64 oz of green liquid is all "Juiced" juice,
except for some wild greens that I blended in at the end.
They are too valuable to me to be juiced up...so I get all of the
magic in with the vita-mix. That 64oz was probably the
most green juice Ive drank EVER in one sitting. I had
a bunch of greens on hand and had to make due.

The amount of greens I get in, in my experience,
is very congruent to how alert and how GOOD I feel.

Its really about finding out how you can get 2lbs of greens
into your system every day without going crazy. If you can
figure that out and do it consistently, you will very likely
know what I am talking about.

Ok...thats it. Finished the day up with a big juice.
Try to keep it light in the evenings and wake up with tons more energy.
Lots of good stuff throughout the day.
Started off with oranges (FRUIT)...remember that one.

Big Raw Spirit Fest news coming up too...

Anthony

Foraging Concerns

It didnt even occur to me until recently,
but someone could totally eat something crazy
and blame me because I somehow inspired them to
get into wild foraging.

SO...here is the disclaimer.

I eat wild foods. I have gone on wild food walks
with the Wildman Steve Brill, and own
various wild food manuals and flash cards.


IF you are deciding to re-wild, I suggest you know
what you are eating. Dandelion is probably the easiest,
as is Wood Sorrel and Maple Leaves.

I take no responsibility if you get inspired and go
out and make yourself a hemlock smoothie. Sorry.

Here is an old saying:

"There are old mushroom pickers,
and stupid mushroom pickers,
but you will never find an old AND stupid mushroom picker."

Go to www. botanical.com,
learn about what you want to eat
and make sure you know what you are putting in your body.
You wouldnt eat some crazy stuff out of the grocery store
anymore, so please still use the same caution when getting
stuff from the wild.

You might also want to taste little teeny bits of anything
just to see how you react to it.
Dont go out and make a green smoothie of foxglove.
A little foxglove and you would likely still survive,
a green smoothie...adios.

Get a good book. What you spend on it will be nothing
compared to the FREE wild greens you will soon be getting.
Its a small investment considering the skyrocketing health
you can experience soon afterwards.



Cool? Cool. Dont be crazy. Learn and then re-wild.
Glad to inspire...just don't get yourself sick or killed.
We all love you WAY too much.

-Anthony

Gratitude, pt 2

This is what keeps me going...so grateful to have read this. Check it out.

Anthony...

Today my dreams of foraging have come true. i was walking around campus and admiring the flowers and the trees with full blooms. There are cherry blossoms behind my house and trees with flowers in full bloom everywhere! So I was walking around campus and discovered a huge group of dandelion. The flowers and leaves were 3-4 inches long and two inches wide. I crouched down and gathered them in my hand. I foraged about I'd say enough to fill both hands. I looked along the grass and discovered there is dandelion everywhere! I felt a sense of relief and pride. It makes me feel even more connected to life. Abundance is all around. Food is everywhere. I remember while I was growing up in the suburbs of Virginia people looked at dandelion as such a nusance and killed them with chemicals. So sad for them.

I brought the dandelion leaves home and noticed that it's not as bitter as the organic kale, collards and swiss chard. As much as I love those greens particularly kale, dandelion is the best tasting. It is sweet and flavorful and not as bitter. My dad liked it too so I plan on continueing my foraging of dandelion and in the process I'll save so much money by not having to spend as much on greens. I also plan on planting dandelion as well.

Thanks for spreading your passion and zest for life all around.

love,
Rebeka


Talk about liberation. When you can go out into the world and find
your own food without using the money of the system...
when you can feed yourself from the earth without their
supermarkets and farming and packages...
Thats REAL freedom.

Forget about the Yankee Doodle Dandy crap we've been fed
for all of our lives. As long as we depend on the system for food,
they have us totally trapped. We must become smarter animals.

Here are some more pics from a recent Central Park Wild Food Walk.


Word to the wise...watch out for the condom wrappers while
foraging in the parks. I didnt even notice that one between
my legs until I looked at the picture later.

Oh well...cant blame people for wanting to do it in nature again!

Just pick up your wrappers people!!! And your condoms! EWWWW!

I did NOT eat this mushroom...Im not qualified at identifying them yet.

Wild Green Salad with some orange peppers and onions. YUM! FUN!
Make it FUN!! If its not fun...its not worth doing.
Raw food is worth doing, but in order to stick with it early on,
you've got to figure out how to make it fun.

Raw chocolate and wild food foraging are two VERY good ways
to do just that. Its all a big game...make it fun.

-Anthony

Gratitude...pt 1

We've been drinking massive chlorophyll bombs lately,

I did 64 oz today of kale, romaine, radish, celery, and cucumber.
If I drink juice, I drink vegetable juices, especially green leafy vegetables.

In my opinion...and I could be wrong, I feel that fruits should be eaten.

Anyways, lets touch on gratitude.

If I ever do any kind of mediation, its mainly focused on feeling
grateful for all the good things in my life.

When you think about it, we are so lucky to be where we are.
Its really laughable.
Just to be able to read and see and write and talk.
Watch "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and ask yourself if you
REALLY have any problems you should be feeling bad about.

We have access to the best information, food, and people on the planet.
And yet, most of us will feel crappy about our job, or some negative
friends or family members in our life. Those thoughts can really drag us down.
Crazy humans...always thinking about the bad stuff in life.

So as an exercise...lay in bed, and think about all the GOODS.
The GOOD people...The GOOD food you eat...THE GOOD things you do.
Truly let the feelings of gratitude wash over your body.

You have to FEEL it...not just say it.

Think of the Universe as a wise old grandmother.
Now...she has two twin grandchildren. One a boy, one a girl.
She gives them both a gift for their birthday.

The boy says, "Thanks grandma...real nice..."
The little girl says, "Oh Grandma...I LOVE it! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!"

Now...when the next birthday comes around...
will the grandma be more excited to give to the boy or the girl?

And its not all about receiving of course...but you get the point.

The Universe (or WHATEVER you want to name it depending
on what your parents taught you) will give you all the good stuff
when you are genuinely grateful for the good stuff you already have.

Trust me...I know this for a fact. Ive tried it and it does make a difference.
You entire daily existence completely changes when you are consciously
grateful for all the beautiful things in your life. Focus on the positives.


Part 2 to come later today...a good comment from a reader.
It made me so grateful to be able to spread some ideas around.
FEEL IT! LIVE IT!

Anthony