Home Harvest Farms challenge NEWSLETTER November 2012

Energising lights during these dark months

One of the things I like most about growing good food in my home is the full spectrum light from my Home Harvest Farms Planters. I’ve thought: “How cool would it be to have an edible Christmas tree!” My new Aeroponic Tower Garden is begging to be decorated with all the lights and decorations that I’ve watched friends pulling out at this time of year. http://homeharvestfarms.mybigcommerce.com/tower-garden-pay-only-50-...

The Tower Garden in this picture has been temporarily installed at The HiVE.

Home Harvest Farms on Dragon’s Den (almost)

We’ve been invited to pitch to a more compassionate group of potential investors atLiving the New Economy.
This event is a grand hands-on experiment about the new economy. Find new collaborations and project partners, accelerate your work, tune your work to align with your values, be inspired by the ideas of others and unearth new ideas of your own. If you are misemployed, underemployed, or unemployed, Living the New Economywill expand your idea of what is possible.

Anchor speaker Charles Eisenstein will set the tone and open the conversation for the week drawing from his work for the book Sacred Economics, a lucid, clear and practical discussion of the history, issues and resolutions of our current economic state.

Living the New Economy is hosted by the Healing Cities Institute – a not-for-profit society dedicated to making cities places that enhance our physical, social, mental and spiritual health. Much of the Institute’s focus is on the importance of physical place, such as those things being explored in the program’s design charrette and walkshop. Since cities are made up of people and few things impact our social and mental health more than money, exploring ideas for different dimensions and approaches to the economy is key to the diversity, sustainable prosperity and health of any community.

Home Harvest Farms will be presenting as part of the opportunity fair on Tuesday, November 20th and we invite you to support our pitch at the Fish Bowl eventon Saturday, November 24 between 1:30pm and 3:00pm.

The warming flavours of fall by Natasha Vaz

No matter whether you're using acorn, spaghetti, or winter squash...here is a recipe that brings out the warming flavours of fall: Around this time of year, our stomachs begin thinking of warming, hearty dishes to help keep the encroaching cold at bay. Some of the spices that do this extremely well are cinnamon and nutmeg. They help to encourage circulation in our capillaries, the tiniest of arteries, that are found in our eyes, brains, and in the outermost layers of our skin...so having more circulation out there, will definitely help keep you feeling warm.

Good ol' Canadian maple syrup is extremely high in b-vitamins which is a group of vitamins that help our bodies use dietary sugar and convert it to energy, along with their many other functions. This is a great seasonal sweetener.

I am a huge fan of coconut oil since it is a really stable fat for cooking at high temperatures and seems to bring out the sweet in dishes. Be sure to use an organic, raw or cold pressed, extra virgin coconut oil, sold in a glass jar to preserve the quality of the fats.

For each half:

1/2 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 tbsp maple syrup

1/3 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp gogi berries, raisins, currants or dried berry of your choice

Cut the squash lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Carefully use a knife to lighly scratch a grid or a tic-tac-toe pattern in the bottom to help the flavours seep deeper in the squash.

Rub some coconut oil under the spot where you will be placing your squash. The quantities given are for a medium sized squash and can be adjusted to your preference.

Bake in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for around 40-45 minutes, basting the squash with a spoon or natural bristle brush every 10 minutes or so. Let cool about 5 minutes and serve.

What will it take before you are ready to grow food inside?

1. Beef recall

2. Hurricane that leaves you without power for several days

3. Learning howbad GMO’s are for our health.