What The World Eats...

Have you ever seen the amazing set of photos from the book called "Hungry Planet: What The World Eats"? I remember seeing these for the first time years ago and it was fun to see them resurface again recently in my inbox via the lovely Courtney Pool from The Tree of Life...she sent over these two links for picture galleries of what families worldwide eat in a typical week - I LOVE projects like this (watch out for the super-smiley Ecuadorian tribe ;)...check it out:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1645016,00.html

I would love to know how they chose which families to feature worldwide...
Can you identify with any of these pictures? Whose intake would you most like to experience or emulate...? Which family spread looks the scariest to you...? Who looks the happiest and healthiest to you? How much money does *your* family spend on food in a week? Is it nearer the $5.03 of the Namgay family in Bhutan or the $500.07 of the Melander family in Germany...? ...and where are the raw foodies in any of these pics...? ;) Maybe someone would love to do a project like this featuring just raw foodies worldwide? Now THAT would be interesting to see, methinks... ;)


on June the 16th I loved:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 Tbsp bee pollen, 1 Tbsp spirulina crunchies
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a yummmmmmmmy papaya :)
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie
2 cups water
an avocado mushed together with sauerkraut and dulse, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by a little bowl of 'batter' for coconut-banana jerky (coconut meat, banana, maca, coconut nectar, Franky G's Dessert Spice, raisins)
1 cup water


on June the 17th I appreciated:

1 quart water
a papaya, 5 granadilla fruits
2 tbsp bee pollen, water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeen smoothie: banana, papaya, strawberries, greeeens rom the garden
1 cup water
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
1 cup water
an avocado mushed with dulse onto one of Mr. M's coconut-flax breads, samples of raw 'falafel'and spicy mango sauce from Maria, a chunk of coconut-banana 'jerky' from the dehydrator
mug of resihi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


Happy Father's Day to all you padres and fathers-to-be out there :) Here is a cover video of one of my favourite father-daughter songs to enjoy - love this guy's voice...we celebrate you, delightful men everywhere :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0h_6UG4oTY

on June the 18th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a papaya, 6 granadilla
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a papaya
2 cups water
shared yummmmy cucumber/jicama salad meal with Mr. M, followed by a hand-stirred yumpot of brazil-nut butter mixed with maca, honey, Franky G's Dessert Spice
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


on June the 19th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeeen smoothie: banana, papaya, strawberries, greeeeeens from the garden
water of a young coconut
2 tbsp spirulina crunchies
bowl of avocado mushed with sauerkraut and dulse, stuffed into nori sheets, chunk of coconut-banana 'jerky' from the dehydrator
3 cups water

Tomorrow is Summer Solstice in the North and marks the first wedding anniversary for myself and the lovely Mr. Monarch :) YAY :)
We have a few fun celebration surprises up our hempy sleeves for y'all...which will be revealed in our newsletters tomorrow...
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We love you all and wish you all a joyful time of celebration, whatever you may be honouring... ;)

All love,
Angelalaalalaaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

WIN a copy of 'Birth As We Know It' :)

Mr. Monarch and I just spent an absolutely inspiring, blissful, explorative weekend at a workshop on conscious parenting/birthing, with Elena from BirthIntoBeing.com...(now before you all get excited, I am NOT pregnant and my preference would be to not bring children in yet for another couple of years or so, just to be clear ;)
We first met Elena a few years back at the Raw Film Festival, where she was showing her hugely inspiring film 'Birth As We Know It' – we fell in love with her work, vision and message right there...this is without doubt one of the most inspiring and moving documentaries I have EVER seen...AAAAAAND Elena has now very generously offered a copy of the Educational Edition of her DVD to one very fortunate winner, for this month's RawReform giveaway - read on for details below :) (The winner of last month's contest to win Sarma's new raw recipe book will be announced soooon ;)

We filmed Elena for TheRawFoodWorld TV Show and ended up with an hour of footage...lol – she has SO much to share...YouTube only takes 10 minute clips, so stay tuned over at TheRawFoodWorld.TV in the coming few days to check into Elena's incredible message...here is the first clip for now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJZMIq9Zgb0

on September the 4^th I enjoyed:

1 quart water

shotglass of orange juice

8oz sunflower greens/sprout juice

2 cups greeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, endive, fennel, parsley, romaine, ginger, lime

bowl of energy soup with coconut crisps on the side, followed by a handful of Incan berries – yummmmmmm :)

1 quart water

1/2 cup concord grape juice

2 cups greeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, zucchini, endive, fennel, parsley, romaine, ginger, lime

2 apples, a handful of sunflower greens, a few brazil nuts mixed with a few purple mulberries

3 cups water

Elena has a profound, simple, healing message and vision of conscious parenting, which she is sharing with the world and I am THRILLED to help spread this message far and wide too...so, with that in mind, to be in with a chance of being the very fortunate winner of this month's giveaway prize, please send in your answer to the following question, to angela@rawreform.com:

"If you were the winner of the Birth As We Know It DVD,
who would you share this inspiring documentary with and why?"

Maybe you'll open your heart to showing this DVD to a local women's group, or share it at a potluck gathering, with a group of teenagers, your extended family, your local school or arrange a whole event around showing the documentary...whatever resonates for you, we'd love to hear about it - the more people who receive this information, then all the better :) ...and it is my sincere hope that whoever is picked to win the DVD around the start of October follows through and does actually share the DVD with those around them - this is vital, life-shifting information... ENJOY and we look forward to reading your suggestions for outreach and connection...you have until October the 5th to send your yummies in... ;)

(You can also get Elena's DVD from our store HERE if you just can't wait... ;)

on September the 5^th I was blissed with:

1 quart water

3 cups goji/green juice mixture – made green juice in a blender/nut milk combo, using goji juice instead of water as the base ;)

½ bowl of energy soup with dill crackers, followed by sample bites of two new raw bars

3 cups water

½ bowl of energy soup with a piece of Lydia's sunflower bread, followed by sample bites of two new raw bars

2 cups water

2 cups coconut water/Greener Grasses/Merlin's Elixir/Marine Phytoplankton

little bowl of chia pudding with concord grapes and FROZEN FIGS – WOW, had never tried that before – like eating fig ice cream :)

3 cups water

on September the 6^th I loved:

1 quart water

3 cups goji/sunflower green juice

2 cps water

bowl of energy soup with crackers, followed by sample bites again of two raw bars

mug of peppermint tea

3 cups water

3 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses, Merlin's Elixir and Marine Phytoplankton

bowl of chia pudding made with blended concord grapes and lucuma powder and a little creamy almond butter swirled on top – WOW :)

3 cups water

Continuing with the theme of raising vibrant loving beings, I am completely in LOVE with this song right now from John Mayer – 'Daughters' – enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f38Ne96R3iE

Yummmmmmmy,

All love,

Ms. Stokes-Monarch. xxx