Eating Ethically

So its Nutrition Week in Australia and its all about promoting good health, to foster a better Australia.

Nutrition Australia has released a series of flyers to educate the broader community on healthy eating for a healthy world, one of them is a great one on Ethical Eating. At the Organic Empire, we love the promotion of ethical eating as one of the most important steps forward that we can take as a civilisation, one that can free so many from hunger, foster nutrition and promote a beautiful connection with our own lives and the people in it. Ethical eating forces you to take the slower more conscious path, one where convenience is not the only factor in food, but people matter and the health of our world. Have a read, what are your thoughts on ethical eating?

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Saving Money by eating organics

Did you know that buying organic foods can save you money... what you say...lets clear up a few things.

We know the better you eat the healthier you are, the healthier you are, less you will need to visit the doctor, so first savings on doctors bills, second on medications. Organically grown food is your best way of reducing exposure to toxins used in conventional agricultural practices.

The more nutrient dense your food the less your body needs, note here I said nutrient dense not energy dense (by this I mean highly processed, sugared, inert foods), so you effectively get more carrot for your carrot. Organic foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally grown produce as a rule, 41 studies on organic foods have concluded

• 27% more vitamin C
• 21.1% more iron
• 29.3% more magnesium
• 13.6% more phosphorus

Eating seasonally will save you money, buy in bulk, and preserve. Buying organic in season can be cheaper than buying conventional, especially if you purchase from Organic Empire.

GET HEALTHY GO ORGANIC EMPIRE

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Fountain of Youth

What if organic foods were the eternal, illusive 'fountain of youth'?, what if organic fresh foods held the key to youthfulness and health...look a little closer, the truth is that they do...

The Organic Center is a research facility in the US, they have released an interesting article on organic foods, antioxidants and the fountain of youth, check it out here....

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH FOODS

Organic Blueberries, tea and cocoa, all contain tea and blueberries,catechins, antioxidants that can turn off damaging transcription factors and turn on protective ones. Cocoa contains procyanidin B-2, which can protects brain cells from inflammation and stop the production of pro-inflammatory chemicals that are released in the skin.

Organic Cinnamon is a powerful anti-inflammatory spice that regulates blood sugar and assists in keeping skin wrinkle-free.

Raw fresh organic foods in their natural state, offer a plethora of antioxidants and nutrients to nourish the body and provide anti ageing support and health.

Citrus Fruits–oranges, tangerines, lemons, limes, and grapefruit–all have vitamin C, known to reduce the risk of cancer and cataracts. In addition, citrus fruits contain limonese–a compound that may help the liver detoxify carcinogenic chemicals.

Sulfophrane found in cruciferous vegetables such as Broccoli, cauliflower, kale and bok choy contain a naturally-occurring compound in foods that neutralizes highly reactive, dangerous forms of cancer-causing chemicals before they can damage cells and promote cancer.

Protect our daily bread

Ok people the time has come to act, this could be the biggest injustice to our livelihood ever, never before in human history has our ignorance compromised our food systems as much as the change that is about to occur. The PM has allowed for genetically modified wheat to be grown in commercial quantities in Australia, this is very very scary.

If you are new to the Genetically Modified food debate, please allow me to give you a basic rundown , genetically modified food is foods that are created in a laboratory, by modifying the genes of crops to make it possible to put more fertilisers and pesticides on them that it wont kill them...but possibly us.

Genetically modified foods have never been proven safe for humans to eat, yet our government is allowing this.

Apart from the the nutritional affects, if a genetically modified seed lands on a non GM farm, the farmer then has to pay foreign companies for that germination..... the most ridiculous thing ever... there are many court cases going on around the world as we speak, where little farmers are being taken to court. One such case already exists in Australia, an organic farmer in western Australia is battling these companies after his organic farm was contaminated by GM crops, losing his organic certification and ruining his farm!

So what can you do.....

GET EDUCATED

Check out this video

Boycott wheat, these amazing chefs are on board too , read more about it here

Download the true food kids guide here, published by GREENPEACE

SUPPORT ORGANIC FARMS AND BUSINESSES

Join the True food Network

Write a letter to the PM

Shop responsibly, email the supermarkets tell them you don't want GM crops on their shelves

VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS,

Organic Cheffie

So Masterchef is a phenomenal success that's inspiring people to get in the kitchen, which in itself is a great feat. Lets take this one step further and make it healthier with our version of 'ORGANIC CHEFFIE', please send us your favourite recipe, if we publish this on our site you will receive an 'organic bag', a bag of fresh organic seasonal delights delivered from our farm to your door.

Spread the word tell your friends, lets get creating together...a true masterpiece of health.

SORRY ONLY FOR FOODIES WHO LIVE IN METRO MELBOURNE

EMAIL US tastesbetter@organicempire.com.au

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CARBON TAX V ORGANIC FARMING

All this conversation about the carbon tax can be very confusing, is it right to charge more and penalise for use, or would it be best to teach new ways, foster new methods. Charging people, industry more for use just increases our cost of living, when there are soooo many more methods for positive change, one of them being organic farming. This is known as carbon sequestion.

Through the process of organic farming, carbon is sequested from the environment, this is a process through which carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere is absorbed by trees, plants and crops through photosynthesis, and stored as carbon in biomass (tree trunks, branches, foliage and roots) and soils. This relates to the organic matter in organic soil being mainly carbon. In conventional farming the organic matter is typically depleted.

The Rodale Institute has translated this to if '10,000 medium sized farms were converted to organic production, they would store so much carbon in the soil that it would be equivalent to taking 1,174,400 cars off the road, or reducing car miles driven by 14.62 billion miles.'

Makes good sense...just another reason to GO ORGANIC.

Just another bit of information:

Other methods of carbon reduction would be to stop the logging of old growth forests, tropical deforestation accounts for around 20% of the WORLD's carbon emissions.

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Organic Carrot Cake

250 g melted butter

1 cup organic brown sugar

3 organic eggs

2 tsp organic vanilla

grated rind of one organic lemon

2 1/3 cups organic wholemeal plain flour

1/3 tsp himalayan sea salt

1/3 tsp bicarb soda

2 tsp baking powder

2/3 tsp mixed spice

1 1/3 tsp organic cinnamon

2 cups packed, finely shredded organic carrot, soaked in juice of lemon

Beat sugar and butter, then add eggs one at a time, and vanilla and lemon rind, beat until light in colour. Then add flour and carrot alternating beginning and ending with flour, add rest of ingredients. Mix to combine.

Pour into a lineed cake tin and bake for 45-50(or until skewer comes out clean) at 160-180.

Enjoy

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