2 days ago
Long Term Food Storage Revisited
Long Term food storage isn't a new invention, but Quite the opposite!
And it sure does help us to eat it and use it... and it helps if there is variety (short term storage is great at variety, but has to be rotated). Here are lots of whole food ideas that double as long term or even indefinite storage.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai3zK3S0SNBWdDg0RHlHckRuejZ3N1JfVkxMWU5ZZnc
New Garden Product!!
Ok, so the previous post was just so I could say this post in a simpler way!
Now take what you know now about whole foods and what happens when they are fermented, esp compared to cooked, And how they benefit OUR bodies.
Now think of the soil = that living breathing system underneath your [future] garden and/or lawn. (Remember Prerequisites to Gardening 101 [my style] are to watch Dirt The Movie (also on Netflix) and Back to Eden)
Life of any type requires certain environments and foods and is killed by certain environment and toxins. The soil should be a location for an abundance of life, seen and unseen by the naked eye. And a soil that is such, is a source of life for that which grows above. It is inevitable... Soil Life supports Plant Life! (and likewise, Soil Death supports Plant Death.)
And just as the energy of food is what gives energy to our bodies, it is the energy of the soil that determines what will grown from it. (check out Reams)
The health of the soil is mirrored above the ground. Weeds can tell you what the soil is like, But also, the pests and diseases, vs the health/energy and abundance of life above the soil. I don't want to constantly be fighting the vultures off. I want to instead enjoy abundance to the fullest. I can't do that from just above on my own. I have to rely on the soil and the life I can support in it.
Lots of foods support this soil life, such as Kelp and other seaweeds and fish feeding the life in the soil. Raw milk has also been used as a great soil food. The fish products I've mentioned before were partially cold processed, and were from part or whole fish instead of the typical unknown and heat processed byproducts that are largely useless and potentially contaminated with a multitude of chemicals.
With all this in mind,
There is a new product available from Green Pasture that I'm very excited to try!!
http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Products/Byproductsfarmproductsfishandbait/index.cfm
Let me know if any of you try this! I'd love to hear about it!
Side Note:
NPK is the sequence most commonly associated with gardening: It can stir up quite the conversations! Here is my favorite tidbit regarding the "N" :
Nitrogen is found in nature and is changed into a usable form by Volcanoes, Lightening (,...comes down in rain), and Microorganisms! (Nitrogen fixation! such as with legumes)
If the soil is rich with life, then we are blessed up top by the nitrogen :) - And I love a good Summer storm's rain for greening up my garden :)
Now take what you know now about whole foods and what happens when they are fermented, esp compared to cooked, And how they benefit OUR bodies.
Now think of the soil = that living breathing system underneath your [future] garden and/or lawn. (Remember Prerequisites to Gardening 101 [my style] are to watch Dirt The Movie (also on Netflix) and Back to Eden)
Life of any type requires certain environments and foods and is killed by certain environment and toxins. The soil should be a location for an abundance of life, seen and unseen by the naked eye. And a soil that is such, is a source of life for that which grows above. It is inevitable... Soil Life supports Plant Life! (and likewise, Soil Death supports Plant Death.)
And just as the energy of food is what gives energy to our bodies, it is the energy of the soil that determines what will grown from it. (check out Reams)
The health of the soil is mirrored above the ground. Weeds can tell you what the soil is like, But also, the pests and diseases, vs the health/energy and abundance of life above the soil. I don't want to constantly be fighting the vultures off. I want to instead enjoy abundance to the fullest. I can't do that from just above on my own. I have to rely on the soil and the life I can support in it.
Lots of foods support this soil life, such as Kelp and other seaweeds and fish feeding the life in the soil. Raw milk has also been used as a great soil food. The fish products I've mentioned before were partially cold processed, and were from part or whole fish instead of the typical unknown and heat processed byproducts that are largely useless and potentially contaminated with a multitude of chemicals.
With all this in mind,
There is a new product available from Green Pasture that I'm very excited to try!!
http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Products/Byproductsfarmproductsfishandbait/index.cfm
Liquid Fish Soil Rescue
This is a by-product of fermentation of the fish livers. The product is liquid and can flow through both residential and commercial sprayers. It can be applied on the soil or directly on foliage. It is most commonly sold in 1 gallon, 5 gallon, 55 gallon drums, 250 gallon totes or tankers.
Discussion: It is run through a 100 mesh filter prior to shipping. Most view products to apply to the soil in terms of N P K. But the real secrete, in this living soil additive, is it stirs the discussion pot on the topic of true soil fertility. is it NPK or is it bacteria.
A bio chemist, that specializes in the production of bio fertilizer, called me and provided the following description of soil and nutrients.
' Soil has x lb's of bacteria in the top 6" . Lets call it 3000 lb's per acre of bacteria for a starting value (soil will be different depending on the amount of chemical used, soil type and weather). When bacteria die off they give 15% of their weight in nitrogen, 3% phosphorus and 1% potassium. When conditions and food are perfect bacteria can double in count every 15 min. It does not take much to put out 200 lb's of nitrogen through bacteria if you feed your soils/bacteria.'
What is the perfect foods for bacteria? They need protein, sugars, water. For explosive bacterial growth vitamin B's and enzymes need to be considered. Liquid Fish Soil rescue is an excellent living food for your soil. We do not destroy the enzymes or change the product through any other heating / processing steps... it purely fermented.
Visit the consulting page if you would like to broaden the discussion on possible ways to use this product on your soil/plants.
Let me know if any of you try this! I'd love to hear about it!
Side Note:
NPK is the sequence most commonly associated with gardening: It can stir up quite the conversations! Here is my favorite tidbit regarding the "N" :
Nitrogen is found in nature and is changed into a usable form by Volcanoes, Lightening (,...comes down in rain), and Microorganisms! (Nitrogen fixation! such as with legumes)
If the soil is rich with life, then we are blessed up top by the nitrogen :) - And I love a good Summer storm's rain for greening up my garden :)
Fermented Cod Liver Oil review needed
Perhaps you're aware of the profound differences between Cod Liver Oil in it's Viking Traditional Fermented Purity and the fake illusion that is typically sold by those who don't know any better yet. oh wait, I can't stop there, so I guess you'll get my rant:
"Typical" Fish oil is just damaged oils, yes there is unmistakable benefit, but it plateaus and only carries limited benefits. It has only a tiny list of actual nutrients much of which has been damaged by heat, processing, chemicals or even the acclaimed "molecular distillation" that ruined it for me. It is a split food, a partial glimpse of the whole fish.
Fish Liver Oil has an increased scope of benefit esp when just compared by label on the bottle.... but it is also a split food that has been damaged and plateaus, hopefully before it causes damage because of and (likely depending on the individual body) via it's synthetic additives. -- Notice: It isn't even just food - Sadly it is another food that has been adopted too much as just a profit making tool and instead of being what it should be it instead has been altered and unwritten on its label attempts to look like the real thing by merely matching some well published number goal.
The real thing is the uncommonly found and strikingly unique Fermented Fish Liver Oil:
This is the kind that isn't included on any comparison in the typical nutrition book or pamphlet and isn't included in the big market studies. This is the real thing that even Norway has stopped most of it's production of. --- Instead, this is the kind that modestly placed itself in World acknowledgment and continuing survival from becoming History, maintaining it's reclaim by it's very real results in those aware enough to take it and discover it's profound benefits!
It is just the real Liver, slowly, 'cold' fermented the way they've done it successfully for thousands of years - learned in the same region and from descendants of this heritage.
The ONLY company I know of still making it completely the traditional way is Green Pasture. They are great! Lately I've been reaping the benefits from the Fermented Skate Liver Oil. I have family members that love it as their joint supplement (and the elimination of their joint pain)
(buy in bulk with friends for a discounted price)
My little one's are "tough enough" to take it and smile. Why do grown men shirk? I'm reminded of Mark Twain's character Aunt chasing down Tom to get him his dose for his own good. Perhaps a little more maturity is needed in our current generation of caretakers.
Perhaps you've learned the benefits of fermentation and/or raw products such as the increase of nutrients and the enzymes and probiotic life in other foods such as sauerkraut/kimchi or yogurt. Well, suppressing that sidetrack, this is similar.
And the list of nutrients is amazing. That slow fermentation process ripe with living organisms has increased and enlarged it's density. It has more than just the Vitamins listed on the label (One has to request which Form of Vitamin D is to be tested when sent to a lab.) This FCLO, of the Vitamin A and Ds tested, is "off the chart" in comparison to typical Fish liver oil on store shelves. But in addition to that, there is over 150 different types of Naturally occurring Vitamin A AND D. Also, Because of the process of that fermented life, It is also a source of Vit K2 - something our diets are severely deficient in as well. (likely the X factor that facilitates the Minerals and such in our bodies - ie. beautiful teeth/ smiles/structures of the "Natives" that are so elusive now)
And that's just a glimpse of the fat soluble vitamins present.... A brief mention of the fat profile is equally impressive. How many types should you be taking? Let's see, Omega 3, maybe 6, DHEA, CoQ, glucosamines for joints, antidepressants, painkillers, hormones, cholesterol control, etc?.....
.........Well, A tiny little dose of this Fermented Fish Liver Oil just blew your array of supplements out of the water! and with no synthetic attempts, fillers, or partials of a whole. This is a seriously potent and dense whole food source of all them with their cofactors that we're unlikely to even heard of.... let alone understand!
Omega 3, 6, 7, 9, 12 in great ratios
Quinones, Vit E, Vit K, CoQ Enzymes
Vit A, Vit D, EPA, DHA,
Minerals, Life, Glucosamine, ETC!
Try it and discover the famine you've been in.... Every cell in your body and brain needs these nutrients!
"Typical" Fish oil is just damaged oils, yes there is unmistakable benefit, but it plateaus and only carries limited benefits. It has only a tiny list of actual nutrients much of which has been damaged by heat, processing, chemicals or even the acclaimed "molecular distillation" that ruined it for me. It is a split food, a partial glimpse of the whole fish.
Fish Liver Oil has an increased scope of benefit esp when just compared by label on the bottle.... but it is also a split food that has been damaged and plateaus, hopefully before it causes damage because of and (likely depending on the individual body) via it's synthetic additives. -- Notice: It isn't even just food - Sadly it is another food that has been adopted too much as just a profit making tool and instead of being what it should be it instead has been altered and unwritten on its label attempts to look like the real thing by merely matching some well published number goal.
The real thing is the uncommonly found and strikingly unique Fermented Fish Liver Oil:
This is the kind that isn't included on any comparison in the typical nutrition book or pamphlet and isn't included in the big market studies. This is the real thing that even Norway has stopped most of it's production of. --- Instead, this is the kind that modestly placed itself in World acknowledgment and continuing survival from becoming History, maintaining it's reclaim by it's very real results in those aware enough to take it and discover it's profound benefits!
It is just the real Liver, slowly, 'cold' fermented the way they've done it successfully for thousands of years - learned in the same region and from descendants of this heritage.
The ONLY company I know of still making it completely the traditional way is Green Pasture. They are great! Lately I've been reaping the benefits from the Fermented Skate Liver Oil. I have family members that love it as their joint supplement (and the elimination of their joint pain)
(buy in bulk with friends for a discounted price)
My little one's are "tough enough" to take it and smile. Why do grown men shirk? I'm reminded of Mark Twain's character Aunt chasing down Tom to get him his dose for his own good. Perhaps a little more maturity is needed in our current generation of caretakers.
Many of the great historical cultures had one sacred food which they relied on to ensure strong mind, body, and spirit; fermented fish/fish liver oil. The Mighty Roman Soldier was given a daily ration of fermented fish oil. The Stoic Scandinavian Viking had a drum of fermenting cod livers outside the door of his home. Grandma always had a bottle of cod liver oil in the back cupboard. link
Perhaps you've learned the benefits of fermentation and/or raw products such as the increase of nutrients and the enzymes and probiotic life in other foods such as sauerkraut/kimchi or yogurt. Well, suppressing that sidetrack, this is similar.
And the list of nutrients is amazing. That slow fermentation process ripe with living organisms has increased and enlarged it's density. It has more than just the Vitamins listed on the label (One has to request which Form of Vitamin D is to be tested when sent to a lab.) This FCLO, of the Vitamin A and Ds tested, is "off the chart" in comparison to typical Fish liver oil on store shelves. But in addition to that, there is over 150 different types of Naturally occurring Vitamin A AND D. Also, Because of the process of that fermented life, It is also a source of Vit K2 - something our diets are severely deficient in as well. (likely the X factor that facilitates the Minerals and such in our bodies - ie. beautiful teeth/ smiles/structures of the "Natives" that are so elusive now)
And that's just a glimpse of the fat soluble vitamins present.... A brief mention of the fat profile is equally impressive. How many types should you be taking? Let's see, Omega 3, maybe 6, DHEA, CoQ, glucosamines for joints, antidepressants, painkillers, hormones, cholesterol control, etc?.....
.........Well, A tiny little dose of this Fermented Fish Liver Oil just blew your array of supplements out of the water! and with no synthetic attempts, fillers, or partials of a whole. This is a seriously potent and dense whole food source of all them with their cofactors that we're unlikely to even heard of.... let alone understand!
Omega 3, 6, 7, 9, 12 in great ratios
Quinones, Vit E, Vit K, CoQ Enzymes
Vit A, Vit D, EPA, DHA,
Minerals, Life, Glucosamine, ETC!
Try it and discover the famine you've been in.... Every cell in your body and brain needs these nutrients!
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