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In This Issue:
  • Editorial: Mandatory Health Insurance: a modest proposal
  • June Specials at Living Tree Community
    • Alive, Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil
    • Organic Raw Black Sesame Tahini
    • Living Tree Organic Cashew Butter
  • Alive and New At Living Tree Community
    • Mangos are Back!
    • Organic Hemp Seed Oil
    • Alive Black Sesame Oil
  • Living Tree Discounts and Bonuses
  • What's new on the World Mind
  • Find Us On Facebook, YouTube, Twitter
  • Join the Living Tree Community Team!
  • Become a Living Tree Investor

Dear brothers and sisters,

I opened my newspaper to see that there is a proposal in Congress to require nearly all Americans to have health insurance. This is not easy to understand because in the presidential campaign it was argued that it would put too much of a burden on low-income families. This has evidently been forgotten and we are told that mandatory health insurance is just around the corner.

Now in Massachusetts every citizen is required to have health insurance. This program has been in existence for three years. We read that, although advocates of the Massachusetts plan claimed that it would lower health costs and achieve universal coverage, it has done neither. Instead, the plan has increased cost for individuals and the state, reduced revenues for doctors and hospitals, and left Massachusetts officials in the awkward position of having to admit that their "universal coverage is not likely to be universal anytime soon.” I think we can pronounce it a fiasco. Aren’t people overburdened enough? Is it reasonable and fair to impose this-especially in these times?

Now at Living Tree Community we’ve often thought about what a program truly concerned with the health and well-being of Americans would look like. Seems to us that it would have the following lineaments:

  1. In our opinion, most Americans, deep down, have a heartfelt need to create to contribute in a constructive way to the well-being and prosperity of their fellow Americans. We see this as a need every bit as real as the need to satisfy hunger or thirst. We see it exemplified in our team workers and interns. If it’s thwarted or blocked it leads to the sort of frustration that Thoreau described when he said “Most men lead lives of "quiet desperation" and go to the grave with the song still in them”. We speculate that this quiet desperation is a cause of chronic illness. This is bad enough when jobs are relatively plentiful but in these times it’s all the more tragic. According to an article in the New York Times,a researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health came to the conclusion that workers who lost a job through no fault of their own, were twice as likely to report developing a new ailment like high blood pressure, diabetes or heart disease over the next year and a half compared to people who were continuously employed. Think of this as the deep ecology of illness, if you will. People need so much to contribute to the well-being of their fellow Americans and they are faced with so many hoops and hurdles. We propose that every American has the inalienable right to a soul-satisfying vocation and thatit be reasonably and fairly compensated.
    We propose that the fear and terror of losing one’s job and with that one’s livelihood, health and well-being shall be relegated to a museum along with the bronze ax and chariot.
  2. Every American shall have the opportunity to heal this American earth. Be it in a backyard or community garden. Everyone shall have the blessing of being able to grow their own food. What could be more healing than contact with this American earth and discovering, at the same time, that the parsley, kale, lettuce and celery that you grow yourself are the true miracle foods, magic foods and super foods.
  3. We propose that American agriculture begin at once to make the transition to organic and that this be completed within three years. It can be done. The same ingenuity that has gone into bioengineering can make it happen.
  4. We ask furthermore that all food sold in America begin making the transition to organic. This would be completed within five years.
  5. We propose, furthermore,that every American have the right to choose the form of healing that suits them best,be it naturopathy, chiropractic, psychotherapy, live food or conventional medicine.

We believe that the savings in the cost of healthcare that would result from our proposals would be so marked that the government would easily be able to afford to to fund the program.

These are but a few modest proposals.Instead of propping up banks and bailing out car companies with your taxpayers dollars is it not time to get on with a program worthy of you the American people.

Jesse Schwartz, Ph.D.
President
Living Tree Community Foods

June Specials at Living Tree Community

Alive, Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil

Normally $19.95 per bottle. We offer it for $16.95

Pumpkin seed oil is a nutritional powerhouse. It is an excellent source of essential fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and sterols. It contains Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, which are known to enhance energy, brain function, and aliveness. It also contains high levels of Vitamin E, as well as zinc, and other trace minerals and vitamins.

Pumpkin seed oil has been used successfully in preventing and alleviating prostate and bladder problems. It may also be helpful in lowering cholesterol levels. May be beneficial in alleviating depression and in treating learning disorders.

Pumpkin seed oil has a delightful, buttery flavor. Use as an alternative for butter on sprouted bread and wild rice.

Combine with raw coconut vinegar and Himalayan pink crystal salt for an alive salad dressing.

Pumpkin seed oil is absorbed faster and better than the seeds allowing your body to assimilate alive nutrients in just minutes!


Organic Raw Black Sesame Tahini

Normally $11.99 per bottle. We offer it for $10.99

Our Organic Raw Black Sesame Tahini is a glorious, shining black. Made from organic UNHULLED black sesame seeds. The taste is profoundly sesame - robust and enlivening. This is our original creation (others have since tried to copy it). We presented it to the organic food industry at the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California in March 2003. People were delighted, they call it “caviar”!

Black sesame seed is said to be effective in mitigating premature gray hair. An excellent source of calcium for those avoiding cow's milk.

Used in traditional Chinese medicine to nourish and fortify the liver and kidney yin. Said to help blurred vision, tinnitus, and dizziness. Used traditionally to help patients recover from severe illness. Will nourish blood deficiency in the body, lubricates the intestines and deep internal organs. Helps move the bowel. Kosher certified.


Living Tree Organic Cashew Butter

Normally $19.00 per bottle. We offer it for $15.99

Try it on apple slices or carrot sticks. Also be sure to try our cashews. What a delightful addition to school lunches! A profoundly cashew taste!

It's really sweet. It's perfect with cucumbers and celery and even peppers! It's really creamy! Incredible! Made from organic cashews. A great topping for fruits and desserts. Kosher certified.


Alive and New Products At Living Tree

Mangos are Back! New Crop! Just Arrived!

You've been awaiting them for weeks!
Here they are!


Organic Hemp Seed Oil-New!

A smooth, creamy, delightfully nutty & rich flavor! Perfect for all belnded drinks, soups, pasta, potatoes, veggies, or create your own salad dressing:-

Imagine a salad dressing of Living Tree Golden Hemp Oil, Living Tree Alive Olive Oil, Living Tree Black Sesame Oil, Living Tree Pumpkin Seed Oil, and Living Tree Golden Flax Seed Oil.

A great source of omega-3 and omega-6.

Cold-pressed in small batches. Unrefined. Pure 100% Hemp Seed Oil.


Alive, Organic Black Sesame Oil-New!

We are delighted to bring you our newest product created from UNHULLED organic black sesame seeds. This is a most delicious oil, try it on a broccoli bud or celery stick.

Black Sesame Seed Oil CreationWatch Beth create a Black Sesame Oil salad dressing



Living Tree Discounts and Bonuses

Remember you receive a 20% discount on all Living Tree Nut Butters, Olive Oils, Olives and Honey with a purchase of three jars or any multiple of three.

We have created a organic mix of nuts, dried fruit, and edible seeds to honor John Muir, one of America's great prophets.It’s a combination of 5 nuts,3 edible seeds and 4 dried fruits,namely, organic almonds, organic cashews, organic walnuts, organic pecans, organic macadamias, organic pumpkin seeds, organic sunflower seeds, organic cacao beans, organic sun dried raisins, organic sun dried tomato slices,organic bananas and organic plum halves.


*With a Purchase of You Get a Free Bonus of
$50 4 oz. John Muir Trail Mix
$100 8 oz. John Muir Trail Mix
$150 12 oz. John Muir Trail Mix
$200 16 oz. John Muir Trail Mix
$300 20 oz. John Muir Trail Mix
$450 **Free Shipping plus 24 oz. John Muir Trail Mix

Extra Bonus For Orders Over $150
Heart ‘n Sol-Almond, Cashew, Walnut Halvah- With Chia and Golden Flax Seeds

*Purchase amount is the subtotal amount, without shipping fees.
**Free Shipping on purchases over $450 applies only within the continental USA.


What's New on the World Mind

We feature a fine article by Heidi Hanson on understanding the Swine Flu. It is followed by a radio interview with Aajonus, a naturopath. Both will stand on their heads conventional thinking about what viruses are and how they function.

Swine Flu - Key Understandings. Article by Heidi Hanson and interview with Aajonus Vonderplanitz

We hear also that in May for the first time in 25 years, the unemployment rate has reached 9.4%. Payrolls fell somewhat less than in previous months, as one pundant said: "The economy is decaying at a slower rate, and that is the best you can say." The harsh truth is that 14.5 million Americans are out of work. Yet its only just beginning. Here's a tragically sobering video:-

"The Worst Is Yet to Come": If You're Not Petrified, You're Not Paying Attention - an interview with Howard Davidowitz

To both we award our Owl of Hindsight Award. It spreads its wings when night is falling.


Find Us On Facebook, YouTube, Twitter

You can now follow Living Tree Community Foods on your favorite networking and social sites! Our YouTube channel has recently been updated with videos from our Raw Cooking Class held last month, our Facebook group offers the latest topics and updates for the Living Tree Community and our Twitter stream announces the latest updates and additions to our World Mind.

You can find the links to us here:
Our YouTube Channel
Our Facebook Group
Our Twitter Stream


Join the Living Tree Community Team!

Become a Living Tree Sales Representative
We are seeking people to represent us in a number of areas, specifically the New York/New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Miami and Denver areas. You would approach natural food stores on our behalf. This is for people adept at the art of negotiating sales. Especially people who want to build a career in the blossoming Organic Food industry. If interested, please get in touch and send a resume to us.


Become a Living Tree Investor

We are seeking investors to provide the long term, stable capital we need for our projects. We have been introducing new products at a rapid rate. Last year, our hazelnut butter, tomato pesto, pumpkin seed butter and coconut mango butter appeared. This year we've introduced black sesame oil, black sesame croutons, hemp seed oil, and hemp seed butter! We are planning to open a retail store shortly. We support our local economy, and wherever possible, we purchase from family farmers here in California. If you would like to consider taking a strategic position in the organic food industry, please contact us here.

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