*FREE* Tomato Seeds for the "2010 Biodynamic Cherry Tomato Challenge" - Will You Join Us?

HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX :)

...or I guess Autumnal Equinox for those of us south of the Equator... ;) Certainly doesn't feel like Autumn here in Vilcabamba though... ;) Our gardens are expanding with love by the day and today I am *VERY* excited to bring you all news of a wonderful gardening adventure we're *ALL* invited to participate in, wherever we may live...

It's the 2010 "Biodynamic Cherry Tomato Challenge", wherein anyone can receive *free* seeds to grow their own biodynamic cherry tomatoes from a 20+ year old heirloom variety of tomatoes :)

A wonderful fellow raw foodie gardener friend, Curt Nicholas, has been working with a master gardener in the last years and they currently have a little STASH of supreme tomato seeds that they'd *love* to share with the raw community. Their vision is to have at least 200 people growing these plants this year - our seeds are on the way to us - will you join in the community fun too?

Curt did an excellent write-up on this tomato growing challenge on his "Spiritual Gardening" blog, HERE, so I encourage you to hop over there for all the details and to find out how to register to get YOUR free tomato seeds, wherever you may be in the world...just fill in your address details in the box to the right of the screen and the seeds will be sent to you soooooon...

**NOTE: this Tuesday, March 23rd is the LAST DAY to apply for seeds, 

so get in there QUICK if you want to participate ;)** 

Please also note the Paypal 'donate' button underneath the box where you enter your address. If you feel drawn to send the guys a little 'gratitude' donation for all the amazing love and work that they are channelling into this tomato project, then that will be very much appreciated, to help cover the costs of envelopes, stamps etc...even a $1 donation would be excellent - and what an investment - $1 for a potential whole CROP of biodynamic, love-rich tomatoes that you've grown yourself - love it... ;)

Get your free tomato seeds HERE :)

on March the 18th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
2 cups pineapple juice
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple and sugarcane juices
bowl of fresh fruit covered in green blend of banana, mango, parsley, lettuces and wild greens
2 cups water
3 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of YUMMY broccoli salad: chopped broccoli, dulse and tomatoes smothered with avocado dressing: avo, basil, garlic, salt, followed by a little yumpot bowl of tahini and local honey mixed together by hand
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water

Today, Sunday March 21st, is also the last day to use the massive 13% OFF discount coupon for our beautiful new Raw Food World store. I know that many of you have been havin' a ball with this code already ;) Well, if you didn't dive in with the code "NewStore" yet, the time is now - the discount finishes at midnight tonight, Pacific time - enjoy ;)

Visit TheRawFoodWorld.com to get 13% OFF *any* order today :)

on March the 19th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups pineapple/watermelon juice
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with carrot juice
raw 'pizza' piles of flax crackers topped with avo mush (avocado, basil, garlic, cumin, lime) and chopped tomatoes, followed by a little bowl of hand-mixed raw 'halva'
3 cups water
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
water of two young coconuts mixed with phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
2 cups water


on March the 20th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water with marine phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
bowl of mango/tahini ice cream
3 cups water
3 cups *amazing* fresh green juice from the gardens
bowl of Monarch Mush, involving tahini, honey, banana, raisins - a sugary bliss concoction ext-raw-dinaire ;)
2 cups water

OoOoooooo, I am EXCITED to say that our interview with Dr. Leonid Sharashkin on The Raw Food World Radio Show is coming up THIS week - Friday March 26th :) Leonid is the translator of the "Anastasia" books into English from Russian, as well as a permaculturist, father, teacher and visionary...I think this is the interview I'm most excited about so far - I squealed when Mr. M announced Leonid as the next guest, on last month's show ;) lol...it feels *almost* like a direct connection to the goddess of the Taiga herself, Anastasia ;)

Mr. Monarch reports:
"We are SO EXCITED to interview Leonid!!! I have so many questions for him. The main one being... Of course... "Does Anastasia exist?". We all may have a good idea of what his answer will likely be, however, I don't intend to give up easily with this question. We're going to push some buttons and go DEEP into the truth...

Additionally, we have many other questions for Leonid in regards to the Anastasia way of life and permaculture. Lastly, we heard a rumor that a tenth Anastasia book has been released. I want to know if this is true and if he plans on translating it any time soon!!!"

To listen in free to Matt Monarch interviewing Leonid Sharashkin, LIVE on March 26th, from 6pm Pacific time (9pm East coast), click the link below to sign up:

Click Here to Sign Up for the Leonid Sharashkin Interview

All love and tomato-ey blissings ;)
Angela Claire Stokes-Monarch, MA Hons. xxx

New Store and Q&A Forum for TheRawFoodWorld.com - 13% OFF ANY ORDER :)))

OOOooooo my Goddess, we are *SO* excited to share our news with you that after over a year in the making, TheRawFoodWorld.com has had a complete makeover and is now MUCH more user-friendly, modern-looking and BEAUTIFUL :)))) YAY :)
To celebrate, we are offering everyone a HUGE 13% OFF discount coupon for ANY order at the store, until Midnight Pacific time, this Sunday, March the 21st. The coupon code is "NewStore" and you can use that all this week at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com to get 13% OFF any order :)

The new version of the site went live this weekend and has been attracting lots of lovely feedback already - thank you :) There is a new look for the Store, PLUS our TV and Radio Shows have a gorgeous new home HERE and we even added a totally new "Q&A Forum" area, where you can get your questions answered about the raw lifestyle, in a community setting.

We are sooooo thrilled to bring you these new sites...and I am especially excited to let all of you outside of the USA know that *finally* the new site is set up to handle International orders smoooothly :)))) This feature of the store has been a long time coming - every day for the last few years, we have received emails from people all over the world wanting to place an order and finding the store process complex and confusing to do so - well, no more ;) Now the Store is finally set up to process International orders just as easily as domestic orders - HURRAAAAAAAAY (I am sure that our customer services team especially are cheering with delight now... ;)

The new Q&A Forum Area has a unique format, developed by computer programmers, which allows anyone to answer and ask questions and everyone gets to 'vote' on which answer they feel makes the most sense...the answers with the most 'thumbs up' float up to the top of the pile, which makes it much easier for those seeking answers to sift out the most useful info...you can join in the Q&A fun at the new site HERE.

I am constantly amazed when I think that Mr. M started the whole Raw Food World site a decade or so ago in his mum's house, doing ALL the work himself...to see how far the site and this community has come in the last 10 years is astounding to me - and it is our hope and desire that these spangly NEW sites will help to keep on supporting the expansion and flow of this vibrant community even more - ENJOY:

The Raw Food World Store - http://www.therawfoodworld.com/

The Raw Food World TV Show - http://www.therawfoodworld.tv

Get Your Questions Answered Here! - http://www.therawfoodworld.com/questions

on March the 12th I rejoiced in:

1 quart water
3 cups *AMAZING* coconut water mixed with Marine Phytoplankton and Chocolate Extract (caffeine/theobromine free ;)
2 cups veggie juice
2 cups water
bowl of veggie yum: blended avocado dip: avocado, cilantro, garlic, cumin, lime juice served with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes and chopped broccoli, followed by a few macadamias with green raisins
2 cups traditional 'horchata' tea
3 cups water
bowl of fresh fruit with leftover "chocolate" coconut/honey sauce = yummmm :)
2 cups water


Next weekend marks the 4th Annual Green Lifestyle Film Festival, in Los Angeles. Mr. M and I attended the first of these events back in 2007 when I'd just returned from Costa Rica - it was *great* fun and I'd love to be there this year too...it's a loooong way from Ecuador though ;) 
This year the festie runs from Friday March 19th to Sunday March 21st and is being held at UCLA's James Bridge Theatre. The festie opens this Friday with a reception featuring top raw chefs, then into the theatre for film trailer previews and Q&A with the film makers. The weekend continues with a packed film schedule indoors, along with live music, live food demos, entertainers on the outdoors stage, lots of prizes and dancing, plus booths to inspire creative choices. This all culminates with a Gala Awards Dinner & Ceremony on Sunday night, the 21st March, in Hollywood - oooooo la la ;) If you'd love to be part of the fun and games next weekend, hop on over HERE and reserve your tickets now :)

on March the 13th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeen juice with pineapple
bowl of blended avocado yum (avocado, cumin, dulse, garlic, lime juice, cilantro), served with chopped fresh veggies, followed by a few macadamias with green raisins
3 cups water
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with carrot juice
2 cups water


on March the 14th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass/greens/apple juice at the Vilcabamba market
chunk of watermelon
1.5 cups coconut water blended with Marine Phytoplankton and Chocolate Extract drops
AMAZING yummy shared "pizza" meal with Mr. M, using our homemade flax crackers as a base, covered with a layer of cilantro/garlic guacamole and fresh chopped tomatoes - WOW :) Followed by freshly made tahini stirred with local raw honey
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple and sugar cane juices
little bowl of mango/tahini ice cream
2 cups water

WOW, have you been listening in to the free WISH Summit? I have and I've been absolutely *loving* hearing some of my biggest heroes share their wonderful perspectives and inspiration...on the weekend I listened to Jules Dervaes from the Path to Freedom site talking about Urban Homesteading, a few days back I loved hearing Neale Donald Walsch talk about love and connection...Gay and Katie Hendricks were *stellar* on Relationships and it was great fun to hear Sonia Choquette (a new name to me), talking about developing our intuitive connections...our dear friend Brian Johnson of PhilosophersNotes was of course outstandingly inspiring and dynamically clear, as ever ;) The lovely Rory Freedman was sharing key info on food sourcing and veganism too and Marianne Williamson on LOVE was profoundly moving - soooo much great info in this Summit...if you haven't been listening in already, the calls continue all this week, so get yourself signed up for free over HERE and if you'd also love to be able to listen back to the interviews whenever you like, you can access their 'upgrade' package. We are also extremely blessed and delighted to be able to offer one of you a FREE upgrade plan for the WISH Summit, as the RawReform Giveaway this month - details for the giveaway contest are HERE... ENJOY :)

All love and abundant blissings,
Angela. xxx