New Free "Radiant Skin Summit" Starts Soon...

OoOOoooo lala, there's another *free* online raw-friendly summit coming up very soon - the "Radiant Skin Summit" is being hosted by Mark Perlmutter, creator of the "Simply Raw" DVD and starts on September the 13th. The summit runs for 15 days, and features free interviews with various yumsters such as:

...Myself ;), Mr. Monarch, David Wolfe, Mike Adams, Victoria Boutenko, 

Gabriel Cousens, Kevin Gianni, Shazzie, Brendan Brazier and others...

There will be one free interview per day from September the 15th...sign up HERE to register and access all this glowing free info on beautiful radiant skin and health :)


on August the 29th I appeciated:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice
a peach and two plums
water of a young coconut
decadent picnic with Mr. M featuring frozen durian and donut holes from Au Lac - WOW ;)
3 cups water

One reader, Kristina, recently sent me *such* a sweet message about her experiences reading the "Anastasia" book that I asked if I could share her message here - she agreed...so here we go:

"I ordered the Anastasia book from your 32% off special recently (thank you for that financial gift) and began reading it a few days ago. I knew it would affect me because you speak of it so often with such inspiring energy, and it truly is having an affect on me. Not the kind I thought though. I thought I would read it jubilantly and delight in every word. But I find it puts me in quiet contemplation of many things on many levels and it seems almost as if an energetic change is happening on a vibrational level that I won't fully understand for many weeks, months or even years. I find that it makes me more centered in my meditations which is something I have been striving for on my own for a while and not achieved.
Well, I just wanted to share this with you. I will pass the book onto others and hopefully they will get the benefit that I am and we can all share a better connection and experience life in more profound ways.
 Many Blessings to You and Matt.
  LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  Kristina

NICE...I love this ;) Thanks for sharing, Kristina ;) ...and if *you*, dear reader, have also been contemplating reading the Anastasia book(s), maybe now is the time to dive in and start exploring - profound shifts may await you ;) We have the whole series of these remarkable books available HERE...enjoy ;)


on August the 30th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
fruit salad of cherries, blueberries and figs with a little almond butter
2 cups water
3 cups greeeeen juice
freeze-dried durian chips with a fresh peach + nectarine ;)
mug of Horchata tea
1 cup water


on August the 31st I bid August a fond farewell and delighted in:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
a peach, a nectarine and some cherries
*YUMMY* "greeeeen potion" ice cream at Erewhon, with a chunk of a new bar from Ms. Magic called "Truth" and a few fresh figs
2 cups water
3 cups watermelon juice
1 cup water


A new month is upon us...Happy September :) ...and with September comes a whole new spectacular selection of special deals from Mr. Monarch, over at TheRawFoodWorld.com...some amazing bargains to explore this month - check out the list below and...ENJOY ;)

The following specials are available until September 30th...

Creamy Raw Almond Butter, 16oz - $13.97, Normally $19.95 - with 7% coup0n $12.99, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $12.29

[3-pack] Creamy Raw Almond Butter - $37.71, Normally $59.85 - with 7% coup0n $35.07, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $33.18

Chia Seeds, 16oz - $4.87, Normally $6.95 - with 7% coup0n $4.52, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.28

[3-pack] Chia Seeds - $13.14, Normally $20.85 - with 7% coup0n $12.22, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $11.56

Tahini, 16oz - $10.47, Normally $14.95 - with 7% coup0n $9.73, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $9.21

[3-pack] Tahini - $28.26, Normally $44.85 - with 7% coup0n $26.28, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $24.87

Cafe Gratitude Chocolate Fudge w/Candied Walnuts, 2.6oz - $5.57, Normally $7.95 - with 7% coup0n $5.18, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.90

Cafe Gratitude Lemon Cookies, 5oz - $5.57, Normally $7.95 - with 7% coup0n $5.18, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.90

Cafe Gratitude Thumbprint Cookies, 3.6oz - $5.57, Normally $7.95 - with 7% coup0n $5.18, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.90

[3-pack] Cafe Gratitude Cookies (1 of each flavor) - $15.03, Normally $23.85 - with 7% coup0n $13.98, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $13.23

Stainless Steel Water Bottle, 1L - $11.89, Normally $16.99 - with 7% coup0n $11.06, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $10.47

[3-pack] Stainless Steel Water Bottle - $32.11, Normally $50.97 - with 7% coup0n $29.86, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $28.26

Overcoming the Food Imprint DVD, Valya Boutenko - $5, Normally $19.95 - with 7% coup0n $4.65, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.40

Raw Food Works, Various Authors - $9.95, Normally $22 - with 7% coup0n $9.25, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $8.76

Medicinal Herbs

[9-pack] Medicinal Herb (1 of each Herb) - $95.08, Normally $150.92 - with 7% coup0n $88.42, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $83.67

Mucuna, 2oz - $9.24, Normally $15.40 - with 7% coup0n $8.59, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $8.13

[3-pack] Mucuna 2oz - $24.95, Normally $46.20 - with 7% coup0n $23.20, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $21.95

Mucuna, 16oz - $58.57, Normally $117.14 - with 7% coup0n $54.47, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $51.54

[3-pack] Mucuna 16oz - $158.14, Normally $351.42 - with 7% coup0n $147.07, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $139.16

Shilajit, 2oz - $12.61, Normally $21.02 - with 7% coup0n $11.73, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $11.10

[3-pack] Shilajit 2oz - $34.06, Normally $63.06 - with 7% coup0n $31.67, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $29.97

Shilajit, 16oz - $72.22, Normally $144.43 - with 7% coup0n $67.16, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $63.55

[3-pack] Shilajit 16oz - $233.97, Normally $433.29 - with 7% coup0n $217.59, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $205.90

Amla Extract, 2oz - $8.30, Normally $13.84 - with 7% coup0n $7.72, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $7.31

[3-pack] Amla Extract 2oz - $22.42, Normally $41.52 - with 7% coup0n $20.85, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $19.73

Ashwagandha Extract, 2oz - $5.20, Normally $8.66 - with 7% coup0n $4.83, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.57

[3-pack] Ashwagandha Extract 2oz - $14.03, Normally $25.98 - with 7% coup0n $13.05, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $12.35

Bacopa Monreri, 2oz - $16.56, Normally $27.60 - with 7% coup0n $15.40, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $14.57

[3-pack] Bacopa Monreri 2oz - $44.71, Normally $82.80 - with 7% coup0n $41.58, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $39.35

Holy Basil, 2oz - $7.70, Normally $12.84 - with 7% coup0n $7.16, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $6.78

[3-pack] Holy Basil 2oz - $20.80, Normally $38.52 - with 7% coup0n $19.34, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $18.30

Tribulus Terrestris Saponins, 2oz - $4.87, Normally $8.11 - with 7% coup0n $4.53, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $4.28

[3-pack] Tribulus Terrestris Saponins 2oz - $13.14, Normally $24.33 - with 7% coup0n $12.22, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $11.56

Valerian Extract, 2oz - $9.56, Normally $15.94 - with 7% coup0n $8.89, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $8.42

[3-pack] Valerian Extract 2oz - $25.82, Normally $47.82 - with 7% coup0n $24.01, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $22.72

Turmeric, 2oz - $19.26, Normally $27.51 - with 7% coup0n $17.91, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $16.95

To access these offers, click the link below, or type - hnymn - in the search box at the top right hand corner of www.TheRawFoodWorld.com.

Click Here For "At Cost" Specials
Additionally, you can redeem this coup0n at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com by typing in - HONEYMOON - in the coup0n number section, to get an additional 7% off your order. This coup0n will be good through September 30th, 2010 and can be redeemed at: www.TheRawFoodWorld.com

You can get 12% off your order and ALL FUTURE ORDERS by joining the Inner Circle Community HERE for ONLY $9.97 a month.




All love and gargantuan ripples of yummmmmm...
Angelalalaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

"Anastasia" Interview Playback Available NOW :)

WOW, did you listen in live to the radio show interview Mr. M did with Dr. Leo Sharashkin on Friday night? Mmmmmm, what a wonderful inspiration Dr. Leo is, stepping from a projected path of corporate business life into becoming the editor of the phenomenal "Anastasia" books into English, moving onto a plot of land, homebirthing and raising three vibrant children with his lovely wife, co-creating their kins' domain garden and now sharing workshops worldwide based on Anastasia's simple and profound message - to get to the land and start growing ;) Well, in truth, she shares a *lot* more than that in these books - this is the core message that I took from this life-shifting series though and it was SUCH a blessing to be able to speak with Leonid directly about this revolution...

If you missed the call, the free interview *PLAYBACK* can still be heard over at TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com until midnight Pacific time tonight (Sunday) - the special book offers on the call are also available until midnight Pacific tonight - enjoy :)))


on March the 26th I appreciated:

1 quart water
1.5 cups carrot juice blended with Vitamineral Green
1 tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with carrot juice
bowl of blended lucuma/coconut pudding with dulse and flax crackers
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
3 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with carrot juice
bowl of broccoli salad (chopped broccoli, avo/basil sauce, dulse, chopped tomatoes), followed by a few slices of dried plantain
2 cups water

Mmmmmmm, I hope y'all enjoyed the recent 'WISH' Summit as much as I did - in fact I'm *still* listening to the calls now, there were so many of them and soooo much amazing info to absorb...if any of you missed the Summit or didn't hear as much of it as you would have loved to, this is a little reminder that the RawReform Giveaway prize this month is a full 'back-stage-pass' for the WISH Summit, so that the blessed winner can access the call playbacks whenever they want - yeeeeeeeeee-HAH ;)
This giveaway closes this Thursday, April 1st, so...don't be a 'fool' ;) ...get your entry in before mid-week to potentially secure your own back-stage pass to an absolute bounty of enriching interviews. Just send in your A to the following Q, to be in with a chance of winning:

"What is *your* brightest wish for the young girls of today?"

Send your entries in to angela@rawreform.com and the winner will be picked at random and with love around the start of April...thanks, we love you :)


on March the 27th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with carrot juice
bowl of leftover broccoli salad (chopped broccoli, avo/basil sauce, dulse, chopped tomatoes), followed by a few macadamia nuts with raisins
3 cups water
chunk of pineapple
shared yummy meal of guacamole, veggie crudites & flax crackers, followed by half a banana
2 mugs reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water

I mentioned Anastasia's message above, to 'get to the land and start growing food' and wow, things are unfolding for us with such joy in that direction right now - we've been planting trees almost daily the last few weeks, plus getting the veggie garden beds ever-nearer to planting stage - YAY :) Today we picked up a whole new set of trees to plant too: dragon fruit, mulberries, macadamias, almonds...and many more on the way - we LOVE it :)))

On the subject of planting, many of you have been writing recently too, to let us know how *your* gardens and plant babies are coming along - it's especially exciting to hear how many of you have been planting up the heirloom tomato seeds that were offered last week, plus so many of you seem to have been having GREAT success with the outrageously prolific Ice Cream Bean seeds ;) Here's a message from one reader, JoAnn, about her experience so far with the Ice Cream Beans:

"I purchased two pods and planted all the seeds from one pod. I am pleased to announce I am now the custodian of more than twenty little new seedlings. I started them shortly after receiving them from you folks in late Feb they emerged March 10th.

You are so right they are prolific. Twenty something little seedlings from one pod. Now I'm waiting for at least two sets of true leaves to appear so I can move each new seedling into it's own 2 gal nursery pot. Care for the seedlings in my heated greenhouse until the weather is warm enough. Weather conditions prevailing set them out side for the summer. As I live just north of Seattle, Washington (not exactly tropical weather) it will not be until July I can safely set them out. The Ice Cream Bean trees will need to overwinter inside a greenhouse until next year. Then to new homes with really big greenhouses.

I bet I'm the only one on my street with an Ice Cream Bean forest. Thanks !

Honored to hold the light of awareness, joy and magic 

Thank you, JoAnn"

;) LOVE it ;)

All love and lightning blessings of divine alignment to you all,
Angela Stokes-Monarch. xxx

Anastasia Books at *20% OFF* Until Feb 15th :)

There are some *very* special deals going on over at TheRawFoodWorld.com this month, including 20% off the Anastasia books for everyone, until Feb 15th :)

Yes, we drew the winner of last month's Anastasia book giveaway a few days back (Natalya Hayes, congrats, see HERE :) ...and I felt so strongly that I wanted EVERYONE to be able to access these books inexpensively if they'd love to, that I asked Mr. M to put them into the special 'Honeymoon Suite' area on the site, where they currently await your attention, at 20% off for either the single 'Anastasia' book OR the entire set of nine books (which is a *phenomenal* bulk deal, btw, as the set of 9 books is already discounted, before the 20% off... ;).

You can find both options at the reduced cost HERE, for the next 2 weeks - offer ends Feb 15th - ooooo, you could get these as a Valentines gift for someone - they will surely love you forever if you do so... ;)There are also many other fabulous February deals to be found at that link, such as 'at cost' raw carob powder, olive oil, msm caps, pine nut butter and tooth soaps - enjoy :)

on February the 4th I enjoyed:
1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice
2 cups greeen smoothie: apple, sunflower greens, parsley, chia flour, acai powder, with 4tbsp acai powder on the side
2 cups greeen smoothie: apple, sunflower greens, parsley, chia flour, acai powder, with 4tbsp acai powder on the side
3 cups water
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups greeeeeen juice
handful of *amazing* fresh Ojai carob pods, relished with acai powder
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water

More Raw Job Opportunity News :)
Well, today we have two more, potentially exciting job opportunities to share with you...one in California an one in Arizona...
First up:

*Setting Up The New Raw Food World Warehouse
We recently expanded The Raw Food World warehouse to 3 times the size and our lovely manager, Zack, would now love to call for assistance from some strong muscly people to come and help get everything in place in the new spaces.
This will be a short-term job, just until everything is set up and ready to go...most likely it will be a job for 5 people max, for a few days, moving boxes of products, setting up shelves and so on... The warehouse is based in Ojai, California and the job would be during business hours, M-F, starting some time in the next couple of weeks, when they're ready to activate this project... Ideal candidates will be physically strong, active, able to lift heavy weights, efficient, preferably with some hardware skills, willing to work in a team and...fun ;) Payment is $10/hour and it is not necessary to bring any tools with you for the job...if you or anyone you know is interested to know more, you can connect with Zack about this by emailing zack (at) therawworld.com - thanks :)

on February the 5th I loved:
1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice
2 cups greeen smoothie: papaya, persimmon, cilantro, sunflower greens, chia powder, water, with 4tbsp acai powder on the side
3 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups water
glass of 'sweet greens' smoothie at Rawvolution in Santa Monica, handful of fresh carob pods from Ojai
2 cups water
bowl of fruity salad of pineapple, cherries and blueberries - yummm :)
mug of herbal tea
1 cup water

*Second Exciting Raw Jobortunity: Kitchen Assistant for Vivapura in Arizona :)

Here's the info:
Vivapura, a yummy superfoods company located in Patagonia, AZ is in search of a Kitchen Assistant. The job description includes:
*Packaging & Labeling products
*Hand-crafting in-house products such as coconut cremes and nut butters
*Recipe development
*Organizing and cleaning our professional, raw food kitchen.

This job is for kitchen assistant, with the possibility to expand into the kitchen manager position within six months.
Qualifications: Joyful spirit, open to guidance and feedback, detail oriented, grounded, passion for raw food diet and cuisine, creative and drug-free. The ideal candidate will preferably be someone with prior raw food kitchen or production experience. Hours: 8:45-4:30 Monday-Friday.
If this sings to *your* heart, you can connect with Vivapura and send your resume in to: info (at) vivapura.net...

YAY :)

All love,
Angela.la.lalalalalaaaa. la. xxx

P.S. tomorrow we'll be playing at the Raw Living Bazaar in Los Angeles all day, holding a booth and speaking too - this event is *free* and open to all - details HERE - hope to see you there if you're around :)

The Biggest Flares in the Business ;)

OooOooooo, I'm so happy, I found a GREAT new (to me), free online inspiring resource to tune into while I'm doing 'mindless' work on the 'puter – it's called the Conscious Media Network and they have a BIG archive of old interviews going back to 2005, with all kinds of people on all kinds of intriguing topics, from spirituality and 2012, to love and relationships, energy healing, alternative therapies, astrology, prophecies, reincarnation and much more...I even found an old interview with David Wolfe on there, from January 2008 ;) You can visit their archive HERE and enjoy... ;)

on November the 5th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, ginger, lemon
bowl of energy soup with fermented seed cheese flax crackers & mixed prepared raw veggie dishes from GreenLife in Asheville (WOW ;), followed by a few raw cookie samples
1 quart fresh spring water
2 apples cut into chunks with some raw cereal scattered on top
mug of spicy tea
3 cups water

OMGODDESS, I am absolutely LOVING my new hemp flares from Texture Clothing. I first bought a hemp 'market' skirt from Texture a few years back at a Green Fest show and have probably worn it about half the time ever since then ;) Recently they brought out a new line of BEAUTIFUL hemp/organic cotton flared trousers with the tag line 'Good Luck Finding This Kind of Flare Elsewhere…' ;)
Now, I am an eco–flares aficionado and I will confirm these are indeed the yummiest hemp trousers I've met in a long time – these gals just make clothes that fit GREAT :) Love them...you can check out the Texture collection at www.textureclothing.com and I hope you enjoy their wonderful creations as much as I do :)

on November the 6th I loved:

1 quart water
2 goji juice with Marine Phytoplankton and Merlin's Elixir
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, parsley, lemon, ginger
2 Tbsp bee pollen, 3 tsbp spirulina crunchies
1 quart water
raw dinner party/potluck meal: creamy soup followed by zucchini pasta and salad, rounded off with a plate of amazing dessert samples, including raw chocolates – eeeeeeeeeeeeek ;)
mug of peppermint sun–tea
3 cups water


on November the 7th I appreciated:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, parsley, lemon, ginger
plate of party leftovers: salad/pasta/sauce, followed by some apple–flax dessert
1 quart water
25 chlorella tablets
rest of leftover apple–flax meal with a fresh apple
3 cups water

Upcoming FUN Anastasia–inspired events in Europe:

Mmmmm, if you're tuned into the Anastasia/Ringing Cedars of Russia books already, you'll hopefully feel them as a huge inspiration in your life, just as I do :)
On November the 17th, Dr. Leonid Sharashkin, the translator of the books from Russian into English, is giving a talk in Brighton, England on this amazing series of books that are inspiring such shifts in consciousness and action, all over the world... Dr. Leo will be speaking for ONE NIGHT ONLY, at the Friend's Meeting House...this event is very likely to sell out fast, so if you'd love to be there, you can secure your ticket online HERE: www.ringingcedars.co.uk/workshops
They have also just announced a second two–day workshop in London with Dr. Leo, on Nov 19th–20th, as the first workshop sold out – see that same site for more info ;)

Three new pilgrimages to the sacred Dolmen sites of Russia have also just been announced, for 2010. The three tours will be in April, May and September 2010 and all the details are HERE: http://www.spaceoflove.com/dolm_tour.htm.
...and if somehow you are not tuned–in yet to the amazing Anastasia books and you're wondering what this is all about, you can see the books HERE – nothing has inspired me more in recent years than these books ;)

ENJOY :)

All love,
Angela Stokes–Monaaaaaaaarch. xxx

Raw Food Gardening - Grow Your Own :)

WELL, after the Equinox on Friday, it truly feels like Spring is here now :) LOVING IT :) It also happens to be Mother’s Day here in the UK today:

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mummas :)

In honour of all this, I feel it’s prime time to get out in the garden, give gratitude to Mumma Earth and get planting some food for the coming months – which is precisely what you can see me and my mum doing in today’s episode of ‘The Raw Food World TV Show’ HERE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3PIvCPwfG8

on March the 20th I had:

1 quart water
mug of pau d’arco tea
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, parsley, ginger, lemon
2 cups energy soup with okra and tahini
mug of spicy teaaaaaa
3 cups water
½ a delicious pineapple
3 cups hemp milk with cardamom/cinnamon
1 cup water

While we’re on the subject of gardening, I was absolutely DELIGHTED to receive news from a couple of readers this week that it seems Michelle Obama is indeed starting to grow food on the White House lawns :) :) :) How wonderful :)
Remember in this post HERE a few weeks back, I mentioned the 'Eat The View!' campaign from Roger Doiron, to encourage the Obamas to grow food at the White House? Well, it looks like it’s all falling into place, according to these newspaper reports:

New York Times: Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House

and

MSNBC: First lady breaks ground on 'kitchen garden'

Local schoolchildren have been helping Michelle plant over 55 varieties of veggies and fruits, all raised organically :)

Check out some of these quotes from the articles:

“There’s nothing really cooler,” Mrs. Obama said, “than coming to the White House and harvesting some of the vegetables and being in the kitchen...and actually experiencing the joys of your work.”

“You can begin in your own cupboard,” she said, “by eliminating processed food, trying to cook a meal a little more often, trying to incorporate more fruits and vegetables.”

“Mrs. Obama led a cheer with the children, shouting, "Let's hear it for vegetables!" and "Let's hear it for fruits!"”

:O
It really seems there is a raw-friendly lightworker in the White House :) Thank you, Michelle... May your garden flourish and spread inspiration far and wide :)


on March the 21st I had:

1 quart water
mug of pau d’arco tea
½ a pineapple
2 cups energy soup with okra and tahini
3 cups water
3 cups greeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, endive, parsley, ginger, apple
½ an apple with 3 cups of hemp milk w/cinnamon/cardamom
2 cups water

...and it seems the inspiration and joy of growing food is indeed spreading rapidly at the moment – check out another article sent in recently by one reader – Lynn:

Dollars from dirt: Economy spurs home garden boom

You can read the whole article HERE. It’s an insightful and interesting look at the current movement to work with the land, in the wibbly economic climate :)
There are some very cool little stats in this article, such as:

* "The National Gardening Association estimates that a well-maintained vegetable garden yields a $500 average return per year. A study by Burpee Seeds claims that $50 spent on gardening supplies can multiply into $1,250 worth of produce annually."
* "Community gardens nationwide are also seeing a surge of interest. The waiting list at the 312-plot Long Beach Community Garden has nearly quadrupled -- and no one is leaving, said Lonnie Brundage, who runs the garden's membership list."
* "Seed companies say this renaissance has rescued their vegetable business after years of drooping sales. Orders for vegetable seeds have skyrocketed, while orders for ornamental flowers are flat or down... Harris Seed's Web site now gets 40,000 hits a day."

WOW :) I am SOOOOOOOOOO thrilled to see all these amaazzzzzing shifts...we truly are SO blessed :)

Well, I hope this has given you some inspiration to get out there and get planting, if you haven’t got anything in the soil yet this year ;)
ENJOY :)
All love,
Miss Stokes. xxx

Seed Swap Excitement :)

Yesterday was SO FUN - I went to my first ever seed swap event :) 'Seedy Sunday' in Hove is apparently the UK's biggest seed swapping event and it certainly was a FEAST for my eyeballs when I walked in to see an entire hall of people with packets of hand-saved seeds, manuals for growing, compost bins, live plants and masses more...WOW, what a treasure trove - I felt like a giddy five year old... ;) You can see my little video about it on The Raw Food World TV Show HERE. I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo immeasurably, unutterably excited to get to our land and start planting... :) :) :)
I have this huge sense of awe about growing my own food (especially in SOIL rather than sprout bags ;) My mind chatters away: "...really, I really get to do that? that's legal? lol... where will I begin? how will I know what to do? what will happen?" etc etc - so much to learn and tap into and I trust it will all unfold with grace and beauty in its own time...'Anastasia' will be my primary guide for this journey - I tune into her energy every morning in meditation, send her gratitude for the vision she is holding for the world and I also send the energy of love to our land... EXCITING ;)
Google 'seed swaps' in YOUR area if you'd like to play this game too - I'd definitely recommend it :)
Oohhhh, yes, btw, many of you have been sending messages to say how much you LOVED watching the film 'The Green Beautiful' on YouTube, which I recommended in my last post - WELL, I'm delighted to say that I conveniently found a playlist for the whole film, so you can just click 'play all videos' and the whole film will run for you back-to-back in 9 sections - see HERE and enjoy - I loooved it too, especially the last 3 sections - WOW, it's so amazing to me to see some of the things we can do with these human bodies ;)

on Jan the 31st I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, cabbage, kale, local greens, alfalfa sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini
1 quart water
cup of homemade rejuvelac
mug of spicy tea
shot of wheatgrass
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, cabbage, kale, local greens, alfalfa sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
1 cup water

On the subject of seeeeeeeeeeeds, I have 10 bags of our yummy chia seeds here in the UK that can be sent to anyone in the UK/Europe area (or beyond, if desired ;). They are £10 per bag (1lb/454g), plus p&p. If you’d love some, just email angela@rawreform.com and I’ll get my postal elf hat out again ;)
If you've never heard of or tried chia, you can read alllllll about it in the article I wrote called 'The Chia Cheat Sheet', which you can see HERE - it even includes 10 raw chia recipes :) We also have printed chart versions of the Chia Cheat Sheet available HERE.

on Feb the 1st I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, cabbage, kale, local greens, alfalfa sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini
1 quart water
40 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 outrageously ripe fuyu persimmons
bowl of chia pudding with hemp milk, lucuma, carob powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maca
2 cups water


on Feb the 2nd I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, cabbage, kale, local greens, alfalfa sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and tahini
little mug of spicy tea
1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, fennel, cabbage, kale, local greens, alfalfa sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, lime
bowl of chia pudding with hemp milk, lucuma, carob powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maca
2 cups water

THANK YOOUUUUUUUUU all for your lovely messages of love, health, support and vibrancy for Mr. M this last week – he definitely seems to be through the toughest part of this healing journey now – YAY :) Enormous gratitude to you all, for all the healing love that has aided his recovery.
While we’re on the subject of rehab with love, I came across this WONDERFUL little YouTube video on a completely revolutionary ‘eco–prison’ in Norway, where all the inmates work with farming/nature, live in houses (not cells), have minimal security, are treated with love and respect, are producing their own food, use solar panels for their power and are HEALING :) Absolutely LOVE it – so so soooo inspiring. These are not ‘petty thieves’ either – these are some of the ‘most notorious criminals’ in the country. THANK YOU so very much to Norway’s government for creating this space and thanks too for sharing this on YouTube :)

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

All love and joyous release,
Angela. xxx

Out with the Old, In with the New :)

If you’re on the main RawReform newsletter list, you’ll know already that there is a new RawReform Giveaway Contest underway - and it's all about creating the ULTIMATE Raw Food Kitchen :))) FUN :)))...here’s the info for it:

This month's RawReform Giveaway Contest is smthg I've actually been intending to put 'out there' for a very long time and...well, now feels like the time for it ;) I'm EXCITED to see the entries that come in for this...
The contest this time round involves designing YOUR 'ultimate' raw food kitchen space :))) Ideally we'd love to see drawings, if you're able to scan smthg and email it in; you could also DESCRIBE your ideal raw kitchen space, or I'm sure there must also be online programmes somewhere that let you design house spaces (oooo, HERE is one, for example)...however you're able to transmit your ideas to us, we're excited to see your input...
Please let your raw imaginations expand on this one ;) Most of us do NOT live in spaces that were designed with raw foodists in mind - so, forget tiny drying rack spaces and boarded over ovens - how would you create the ULTIMATE raw kitchen space, if you were starting with a blank canvas?
We very much look forward to seeing your ideas - please submit them to angela@rawreform.com before December the 20th.
The winner will be whichever design we feel resonates most as an 'ideal' raw food kitchen environment...and the prize will be either a $50 gift voucher for use towards any of the kitchen appliances in the RawReform Store OR a kitchen gift package of a spiral slicer, one of our amazing nut milk bags and a 'Raw Kitchen' permachart.
SO, get your pencils out and get scribbling, friends :)
FUN :)

(BTW – if you’re NOT on the main RawReform mailing list yet and would like to receive our (roughly monthly) newsletters, you can sign up HERE. :)


on November the 19th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice: spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, fennel, endive, celery, cucumber, ginger, lime
15 spirulina ‘nuts’
2 cups water
1 persimmon
2 cups energy soup with okra and flax crackers on the side, followed by a few yummy goji yumballs
little mug of rooibus tea
2 cups water
double shot of wheatgrass juice
a tasty apple
meal of flax crackers, tahini dip and veggie crudités with veggie-stuffed nori rolls, followed by a little raw chocolate spread on sweet flax crackers
3 cups water

Mmmmmmm, I'm going through a BIG stage of physical clearing right now. I find myself house-sitting alone in my parents' house in England. An opportune time indeed to lovingly cleanse out some of the antiquities of my youth ;) My parents moved to this house about 7 years ago, from the house where I'd grown up. I was living in Iceland at the time they moved and as I wasn't around, they simply packed up and brought ALL of my accumulated 'stuff' from that house to this. Eeeeeek ;) Now, I was quite a hoarder extraordinaire...even though my bedroom as a child was rather petite, it was PACKED to the max with stuff. Yesterday and today I have been delving into the process of working through all that stuff and releasing the majority of it.
It's so interesting to me to observe things now, as a 30-year-old, about the choices I made back then as a child/teenager. My book collection from back then, for example, is a peculiar mixture of girlie tales, murder stories, books on the 'paranormal'/after-life/ghosts, comedy books, pasta cookbooks, biographies of my 'heroes' (I doubt anyone could guess who is on that list - I'll give you one clue though - one of them was the English footballer 'Gazza' - LOL ;), travel guides, 'classics' like Jane Eyre and...Mills & Boon novels (??? what are they doing in there, I don't remember ever reading them - I guess I thought they were 'romantic' or smthg... ;)
As you might imagine, the vast majority of that book collection is on its way out of the door now ;) I do find it perturbing though to consider that this strange concoction was what I was 'feeding' my developing consciousness with back then...I'm not sure there was a single book I sorted through today that I would want to encourage any child/teenager to read... ;)
It was also very eye-opening (literally) to find a stack of postcards I used to have up on my bedroom walls - they were an equally bizarre collection of Salvador Dali landscapes, a child crying, pictures of old paintings - a battle scene with someone's head cut off, biblical scenes, people in stiff old clothes, looking rigid for portrait sittings and so on...very odd for me to think that those are the images I was feeding myself daily... ;)
Well, I am LOVING this process as it unfolds - so much to discover and release and enjoy...now, what to do with ALL my old childhood schoolwork - that's my next big question...


on November the 20th I had:

1 quart water
mug of rooibus tea
cup of greeeeen juice – celery, cucumber, cauliflower leaves, watercress, lettuces, lemon
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by some new goji yumballs, rolled in CAROB powder – YUMMMMMM :)
little cup of rooibus tea
1.5 quarts water (VERY thirsty today...)
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, lettuce, spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
2 cups green juice with apple: celery, cucumber, lettuce, apple
2 cups water


on November the 21st I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, lettuce, spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
1.5 cups water
1 HUGE hachiya persimmon – DIVIIIIINE
1 cup water
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by some new goji yumballs, rolled in CAROB powder – YUMMMMMM :)
little cup of rooibus tea
1 quart water
1 cup green juice: celery, cucumber, lettuce, spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, ginger, lime
1 pomegranate and 1/2 a mango
1 cup water

...and if you didn't see this in my newsletter too, there is also currently a new '15 for 15' Sale on at the RawReform Store right now...you can get 15 fun products for 15% off - here's the scoop:

I decided to pick 15 of our products that are either new and shiny OR that I feel would make great Holiday gifts - and we've put them all at 15% off for you... :)

Here's the list of what's on offer (in no particular order):

'Anastasia' book set
Lucuma powder
Dry skin brush
4-quart enema bag
Raw Foods for Busy People 2 - Green Magic
Sprouted cinnamon cereal
Macaforce vanilla spice
Hemp protein 50%
Luna nori crackers
Wild Power tea
Sproutein
Chia moon drops
Brazil nut protein powder
'Birth as we Know It' DVD
The Raw Revolution Diet book

I hope you stack up on any of those that sound yummy to you and ENJOY :)

CLICK HERE for the 15 FOR 15 Sale

MUAH,
All love and shiny cornerstones of joy to you...
Angelaalalaabababaabllalllaa. xxx