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Apr
28th

How to eat raw food when travelling

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Eating raw food on the go has never been easier

Airports, layovers, hotels and long car journeys with service stations – they don’t seem to have any actual raw food in them, do they? Or do they? Let’s have a closer look at how you can eat delicious raw food even outside of your home.

Raw food for when you’re in the car

This is an easy one as all you need is a little preparation and a cool bag. If you’re going on a long journey, dehydrated raw foods are perfect — as long as you keep them in an air-tight container (and they don’t even need to be kept cold!) Bring crackers, kale chips, fruit roll-ups, bars and cookies. There can be something for everyone, but you may want to hide your raw chocolate in a different compartment!

In the cool bag, keep the bars of raw chocolate, a day’s worth of green smoothie, alfalfa sprouts, berries, avocados, cashew cheeze and nachos, a bag of greens and any powders you want to mix into your drinks once your rations of green drinks are long gone.

In your handbag or manbag, keep trail mixes, nuts and fruits like apples, bananas, pears and oranges.

No need to go hungry and if you’re truly stuck at the service station, raw foodists can opt for lots of fruit, salad, nuts and dried fruit and water. There is often freshly squeezed orange juice if you look hard enough.

Raw food for when you’re in the airport

Depending on which country’s airport you’re in will depend on the produce available! Most airports these days have restaurants that sell salads (which you can tailor to your own personal raw food needs) or at a push have shops that sell ready-made ones — just try and get them as natural as possible with no gloopy dressings on!

Always bring a superfood green powder with you that you can shake into any juice or water that you buy, pre-flight and on the plane.

Be prepared before your flight to hydrate yourself with amazing coconut water! A natural electrolyte, this will keep your body not only watered but balanced.

There are all sorts of rules and regulations now for taking water bottles onto planes so drink lots beforehand, go to the shops after your security check to get two litres of water (in glass bottles if possible) and don’t be afraid to keep asking for water on your flight.

Steer clear of the highly processed salty and sugary products they serve as meals as much of it will lead to you being dehydrated. Pre-order before you fly and if they don’t have a ‘raw food’ box option (some airlines do!) then tick vegan and see if they come up with any creative ways to serve you salad! You can also see your flight as a time to engage in a water fast — and if you’re allowed, stock up on crunchy high water content apples and a nibble of raw chocolate laced with superfoods!

Raw food for when you’re in the hotel

I have stayed in quite a few hotels over the years (actually I have a weird obsession with them!) and one thing that rings true for all of them is that yes, they serve croissants and jam and cooked brekkies with black pudding but they ALSO always have a good selection of raw foods in the form of fruit and greens. It’s about choices here. Yes, you can go for the former but think how good you will feel ALL DAY long if you choose the latter!

Go big on bananas at breakfast — eat three if you like! Check out their fresh juices, you may be amazed. One hotel I stay at has a fresh organic vegetable juice on tap. WELL! Take a couple of apples for the bag! Look at the buffets in hotels. There are often raw food options that aren’t labelled as such. One hotel I stayed at had a mountain of mini avocados, medjool dates and masses of pre-cut fresh fruit, celery, cucumber and tomatoes… for breakfast! Well, I was in heaven and ate for more than two!

Make Hotel soup. Me and Evie thrived on this for years when we were doing mucho hotels. Take fresh organic broccoli with you, some fresh miso, some shelled hemp seeds, a jar of raw almond butter and some Blue Manna. Use the glass bottled spring water that’s in your hotel room or bring your own to boil the kettle. Stop it before it’s actually boiled though, it just needs to be finger hot. Add a teaspoon of almond butter, a capsule of Blue Manna, some very small florets of broccoli, a teaspoon of hemp seeds and a teaspoon of miso to your hotel cup and mix it all together. Add a tiny amount of the hot water and mix again. Add the rest of the water, slip into the bath or pop onto the balcony and enjoy. Nobody makes soup in a cup like…

If you’re a regular at a particular hotel, ask them nicely if they will serve you up a nice smoothie or raw food salad or even put it on the menu for other guests!

Check out the menus when at a hotel and see what ingredients the have. With the biggest smile you can muster, ask “Please could you do me a salad with the following ingredients, that are all on your menu? I’d love it to be huge and I’m happy to pay extra for your effort.” If they aren’t smiling back, tip them BEFORE the meal, rather than after. How to win friends and get a raw food meal anywhere in the world in one easy move.

Always be one step ahead when you’re travelling. Always ask (because if you don’t ask, you’ll never get!) Be prepared and buen viaje!

Finally, print out Raw Britannia, my Make Raw Food Mainstream FREE guide. You can give it to any restaurant on your travels and let them know they can experiment with the recipes in there to create an infinite possibility of raw food recipes especially for you.

Bliss U

PS: Check out my pictures below to see what raw food does to a person!

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Apr
19th

Raw food tips for newbies

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Don’t eat banana peel and nine other raw food tips for newbies!

When you’re new to raw it’s easy to get excited and to want to taste and try everything, to seek out durians, crack open coconuts with machetes and see how long you can dehydrate a cracker for. Here are my top ten tips for newbie raw fooders for a smooth transition!

1. Eat raw chocolate every day — but not ALL day!

When you first realise that raw chocolate can be on the raw food menu every day you might get a little excited. The only thing is, if you eat raw chocolate all day long, you will become over-excited so remember that ‘a little of what you fancy’ is still in order, even with a raw food diet. Base your day around green juices, smoothies, herbal teas, elixirs, wild leafy greens, superfoods and smaller amounts of nuts, avocados and raw chocolate and you’ll be many steps nearer your ultimate health goal!

2. Start composting! Raw foodists have a lot of leftovers!

You’ll soon discover that with more raw comes more peelings, more pulp and more waste. But don’t chuck it in the bin — if you have a garden or an allotment, put it all to good use and compost away to your heart’s content. If your garden is teeny tiny or you only have a window sill ask neighbours or friends if they will take some of the load for you. Not only will this help you with excess waste but it will help them to nurture their garden! Some people get wormeries so they can compost in their own kitchen!

3. Juice your apple, blend your banana!

Juicing is fun, easy and quick for superb nutrition but a word to the wise — not every fruit and veggie needs or wants to be juiced. Bananas and avocados should always be blended and others such as apples, lemons, pineapple, soft fruits, carrots, celery and so on can go through the juicer. Choose a good juicer or if you’re feeling even fruiter, try blending your food in a high speed blender and strain through a nut milk bag (as seen here in my kitchen) – the choice is always yours! I always recommend that all sweet fruit is juiced with green leaves. Try apple and celery with a dash of lemon. Or how about pineapple and spinach with garlic, a tomato and a touch of basil? Oh yes, it tastes just like a Hawaiian Pizza!

4. If you’re on a budget, make your own raw food

When you’re new to raw, it’s easy to be enticed by all the delicious products on the market and yes, they are wonderful and yes, you should and must treat yourself from time to time. But learn to make some simple yet delectable treats yourself and you’ll be quids in! Check out our extensive range of raw superfoods, fruits, nuts and seeds so that you can make chocolate and cakes and cookies and crackers until they come out yer ears!

5. Be kind to yourself in easy raw food steps

Don’t feel you have to go the whole (vegan) hog to raw. Why not start out by having one raw meal a day, then two and incorporate more as each month passes. It’s not about percentages and who is more raw than everyone else, it’s how you feel, from the inside out that is most important. If you fancy some cooked food, then consider lightly steamed vegetables, sweet potatoes, lightly warmed soups and some wheat-free bread served with a big fresh salad.

6. Keep it clean

Get into the habit from the word go at cleaning the blender, the juicer and dehydrator sheets. It’s easy to think ‘ah I’ll do it later’ but then it just makes more work for you and you’ll start to associate the raw food diet with hard work, which it isn’t. Just because it’s raw doesn’t mean it won’t eventually become mouldy and soggy so apply all the same health and safety kitchen and food prep rules as you would normally!

7. Keep in the flow

One common pitfall for raw food newbies is to smell or taste cooked food and then abandon everything that’s fresh and crunchy! Do not despair if you’ve been to a wedding or Auntie Mildred’s 80th birthday party. Bring in the raw every day to your life and you will notice the difference. If you allow the raw food goodness to disappear altogether, you will also notice a difference and fast. If you know you’re not going to have a chance for much raw-ness one evening, fill your day with veggies and dips and check out these free raw food recipes here. Don’t give it all up… we’re all in this together and there is an abundance of support and love for you!

8. Be creative

Your friends and relatives might think all you eat are lettuce and tomatoes… and I sincerely hope you have discovered that when eating raw, the world is for the taking! You can make raw pasta from courgettes, craft your own marinara sauce and crumble cashew cheese on top! You can make it simple or fancy, you can eat iceberg or rocket… there are hundreds of fruits, veggies, nuts, dishes, meals and recipes… imagine you’re on Masterchef and get creating! And make sure you share the recipes with me!

9. Read, read and read

Keep reading about why it’s good to go raw. Check out the magazines that champion this way of life and eating, seek out the wealth of books and articles that we offer from Detox Your World. Look at photos of transformations and read people’s personal stories and testimonials. Get a good feel for what’s going on in the raw food community and become involved. Sign up for events, retreats and get in touch on Facebook with like-minded people — it’s a lot of fun and you’ll get support too!

10. Don’t eat banana peel…

…or make nut mylks in sieves, or blend smoothies without the lid on, or eat five bars of raw chocolate before bed, or forage in the wood without a guide… but most importantly, DO eat food that you love, that is full of life and that nature provides for us all on this wonderful green earth!

Bliss U

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Apr
17th

My new temple

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The Heart Centre opens its doors

Wow. Dreams are sometimes so mixed up and crazy that you wonder if it would be possible for them to come true. But when you dream the dream of life in the big bold colour of love, it can’t do anything else but come true…

A few years ago, maybe four or five years ago, I registered the domain name “The Heart Centre”, I think it was .org but I can’t remember now. I made a simple web site with a logo and I wrote my intention on there. To create a community and make a place for things to happen. Real things. Big things. Love things.

Fast forward to now. For the past three years, I’ve lived in a wonderful community which is almost the exact opposite of what I was intending to create. I didn’t have £10m to start a community of my own but that web site vision board was powerful enough to give me what I needed I slotted myself into a community that had already been set up, and got the benefit of my own gorgeous eco home, stacks of land, freedom for Evie and wonderful neighbours. It’s more like a village and we even have our own shop, but we have join responsibilities and cross words sometimes and that makes it a community

Next door to my house is a studio. It used to belong to a famous artist but I took it over a couple of years ago. For a while, I had my home office in there, but once the building work had been completed on my house, I realised I didn’t need it. It was a bit excessive, being so large. I don’t need that much work space because I don’t work enough, and I don’t want to!

You may know that my karma work involves mopping up people’s puke when doing our shamanic ceremonies. It’s so very glamorous. We do some of these ceremonies our community building. It’s great because it gives the community money, and brings mucho light and funky people to the area. Yes, we even get properly well known rock stars hanging out with us. It’s one of my favourite things and I’m happy to be the hostess and the nurse.

I do this work alongside my shaman, Sean. He’s one of my favourite ever megabeings and features heavily in my life. Without him, I’d have lost my way over the past few rough years. I love him beyond measure. He’s one of my rocks.

After much thought about what to do with the studio, Sean and I decided to turn it into a temple. A place where people can come and experience self enquiry meditation and all kinds of taster sessions. It felt like it made sense. It’s a gorgeous space, all white and high ceilings. It’s another way to bring more light to the area, too, which I love.

And to top it off, we called it… The Heart Centre. My dream, my mixed up dream finally came true. I hope yours do too.

The Heart Centre is in Sussex, UK. If you want to visit The Heart Centre for meditations (usually the last Wednesday in every month, but sometimes will vary) or work with Sean, please leave your comment below. Add your real email address as you leave your comment and it won’t get shown publicly. I will see it when approving your comment and will pass it on to Sean.

Bliss U Bliss U Bliss U

PS: Do you want become a raw food genius in 23 days? New 2 Raw will guide you all the way, even if you know nothing at all about raw food right now. It’s my entry-level raw food program, for people who are new to raw food, as well as refreshers and restarters. So if you are new to raw food, click here and start eating raw food today. You will love Wake up thinking raw, my exclusive raw food affirmation audio!

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Apr
3rd

Raw food demo at EU’s largest natural product show

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Raw food demonstration pulls largest crowd ever

Hey sparkler

On Sunday I did a rare and unique raw food demonstration at Olympia for The Natural & Organic Products show.

I rarely do public stuff these days so it was a treat to meet old and new “fans” (funny word, but you know what I mean). There was a sea of happy shiny faces. I was told it was their biggest crowd for a food demo ever. Happy heart of mine, seeing raw food go mainstream.

So I promised I’d share the actual recipe ingredients for the two recipes that I did. And here they are for you even if you didn’t attend. In fact, it’s kind of the event in pictures. Well, my last event was sixteen months ago (it takes a lot to get me away from my deck in this weather!), so it’s worth making a big deal about it.

Here you are…

Seeded Asian noodles (raw food recipe)

Noodle mix:
1 courgette (zucchini)
1 carrot
4 shiitake mushrooms, soaked in water for 30 minutes if dried
1 cup shredded cabbage (optional)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup tamari
1/4 cup raw sesame seeds

Using a vegetable peeler, remove all the green from the courgette. Top and tail the courgette and carrot. Using a spiral slicer, slice the courgette and carrot into a medium sized bowl. Add the seeds. Finely chop the shiitake mushrooms (removing the stalks if they’re tough), and add these to the bowl. Add the cabbage if using.

Add the olive oil and tamari to the bowl and gently mix until the vegetables are coated. Allow this to marinate while making the sauce.

Sauce mix:
1/2 cup raw tahini
1/2 cup raw whole almond butter
1 red pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon coconut oil
Juice of one lime
1 mango, stoned and peeled
1 clove garlic
1 medjool date, stoned
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Handful of fresh coriander

Cut the pepper in half and finely chop one half, set this aside with the coriander. Put the other half of the pepper and the rest of the sauce ingredients into your VitaMix/VitaPrep. Blend until you have a smooth sauce.

Mix in the red pepper and chopped coriander by hand, do not blend this.

Garnish:
Alfalfa sprouts
Spinach

Finely slice the spinach into ribbons.

To assemble the dish:

If you want to use the garnish above (for a more green raw food dish), use this at the bottom of the dish. Get your serving plates, and add the required amount of spinach on there. Then sprinkle this with the alfalfa. Top that with the marinated noodles. Top that with the sauce. Add more coriander and lime wedges to garnish even further if required.

Use the left over marinade as a salad dressing another time. Don’t throw it away

This recipe was adapted from my book Detox Your World. Almost 400 pages of detox information, for every single bit of you. Oh, and 100 raw food recipes, too.

Chagachiano, raw food superfood drink

Chagachiano

This is my favourite drink at the moment. Full of things that will help my body as I recover from the tumour on my leg. Also full of omega 3s. Billions of em. If you have a kiddie who’s on Ye Olde 3D Milke, then make chia milk and do the half and half trick with them. They won’t taste the difference but their bodies will breathe a sigh of relief.

This keeps for 2-3 days in the fridge, especially when you add a teaspoon of 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide or a dessertspoon of ionic silver to it.

1 litre chaga
1 litre spring water
1/2 cup lucuma
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract or powder
1 cup chia seeds
1 tsp coconut oil
Xylitol to taste

Chaga method 1:

Get dark powdered chaga and add 2 dessertspoons to a pan to a litre of water. Warm this until finger hot and keep it at that temperature for a couple of hours. If you’re making a lot of this, do five litres in a big pan. It lasts. For this recipe, use 1 litre of chaga and 1 litre of hot water.

Chaga method 2:

Use Elwin’s instant chaga. It has a slightly different taste but it still works in this recipe. For this recipe add 2 dessertspoons of chaga to a litre of boiling water and allow to dissolve. It doesn’t need to boil further.

Drink method:

Add the cold water (whether that’s just water or a cold chaga mix) to your VitaPrep/VitaMix. Add in the lucuma, cacao powder, vanilla, and chia seeds. Blend all this until you have a smooth liquid.

Pour the liquid into a bowl, lined with a nut milk bag. Gently squeeze the liquid out from the bag into the bowl.

Get your other litre of water, whether that’s just water or chaga water. Make it nice and hot. Add the coconut oil to this and wait for it to dissolve.

Add both liquids together and mix.

If you want a frothy drink, like a cappuccino, add this drink to the blender again and buzz for a few more seconds. Pour into cups and sweeten as required with xylitol.

For a very quick alternative to this drink, click here.

More pictures from my raw food demonstration

You didn't get enough of this raw food superfood drink. Soz!

Just tasting. It's my job!

Who was the best helper on the planet? Elwin!!! Three cheers!!!

This is how you stay looking (and acting) 12...

Check out the magic mirror. They could see everything. Even when I dribbled coz the food smelled so good.

OK, so the biggest superstar there was Evie. She gave out so many free gifts, books, bags, fridge magnets, vouchers for Detox Your World and many super foods. She was in her elephant. Love my baby. Even more now it seems I can send her up chimneys so she can earn a crust...

Massive huge thanks to Elwin and Hana for helping me all throughout the night before making food for all the samples, for carrying, helping with Evie and of course for helping me demo the food. Really couldn’t have done it without you guys. Big love!

And HUGE LOVE to all at the show, Viridian gave away 100 pots of their amazing coconut oil during my demo, This is the BEST in the country. I eat it and rub it all over myself. It’s too good.

And big kisses to you if you weren’t there. I hope this little bit of raw food sparkle has brightened your day.

Bliss U

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Mar
27th

10 weight loss tips for busy mothers

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How to lose weight while still having a life

They say time is on your side but you can’t seem to grasp it. Just how do you lose weight when you are super busy mother tasking?

1. Use the power of the minute for weight loss!

You have twenty four hours in the day but it’s sometimes hard to find a block of sixty minutes to go the gym, power walk, horse-ride, hoop or kick-box when you’re caring for your brood. Do not fear! The power of the minute is here! It takes a minute to drop down and do twenty sit-ups, and 20 press-ups. Do the plank every day for one minute. Run up and down the stairs for a minute. Dance like a whirling dervish for a minute. Short bursts of intense activity are sure fire ways to tone up and lose weight! One minute is all it takes. And we all can take just one minute!

2. Get your smoothie on! This is liquid weight loss.

Love your weight loss and it will love you back

Remember the days when roast dinners took about eight hours to prepare and cook (and then eat in about ten minutes!)? Make a big green power smoothie in the morning (it can take one minute!) Save time by making enough for breakfast AND lunch. Serve with a large green leafy salad, sun-dried tomatoes, crispy red onion, flax crackers and avocado. This is fast food at its finest. Fancy that!

3. Eat with your children — just don’t EAT your children!

Ok, what I really mean is don’t polish off what they leave on their plates! Eat your dinner – let them eat theirs. Then you won’t have to spend more time exercising to burn off that extra fuel And if there are left-overs, don’t eat them and don’t throw them away. Let them be part of the next meal which means even less preparation later on! Part of mother-tasking is being efficient, looking ahead and sometimes, just sometimes… plate power!

4. Eat chocolate daily for weight loss

That’s right, eat it every day if you like! But make sure it’s dairy, sugar, wheat, heat and cruelty-free and eat a portion that will fit in the palm of your hand. Enjoy every bite — savour the unique taste and melting sensation on your tongue. Real chocolate can curb your appetite — it doesn’t leave you wanting more unlike the milky sugary varieties of mocklate you may have been used to over-eating in the past. Make your own using ingredients here or indulge in my fabulous range of raw chocolates! Women who spend their time eating a little of what they fancy each day feel good about themselves. FACT!

5. Take five!

Everyone needs at least five minutes in the morning to themselves — to gather their thoughts, to plan their day, to give themselves a pep-talk and to visualise! What are you going to feed yourself today and what will you say ‘No thanks!’ to? Those five minutes of inner-planning will enable your day to unfold with ease and for you to sail through, eating the right foods while being a very busy person!

6. Be prepared!

Going to the park with your little ones? On a play-date? Shopping in town? When hunger strikes, if you’re not prepared then you will find yourself reaching for the snack that is not going to help you with your weight-loss goals. Get used to taking a lovely Bento Box around with you or a mini cool-bag. Pack it full of crunchy, raw veggies and fruits, a small handful of your favourite nuts and perhaps a piece of chocolate and a carton of coconut water. You will save time in the long-run AND you’ll be slimmer before you can say ‘dates are nature’s candy’!

7. Carry on walking

If your babe is still little enough to be snuggled in a sling, then no need to plan extra time for exercise — off you trundle for an hour’s walk with baby strapped on! You’ll build up a sweat in no time and the fresh air will work up an appetite for your next meal! If your child is too old for such carry-ons, then play your favourite CD (that ages me, doesn’t it! You can play a generic MP3 player mix!) and dance with them for 45 minutes! They will love it, you’ll get fit and it may also count as Physical Education if you’re home-schooling

8. Women in the field

Do any exercise you love and dress up however you like for the sake of weight loss

Get your buddies together — women with children, women without, women with slings, women with buggies… go to the nearest park and start jogging! Stretch up high, bend down low. Do 50 star-jumps! Run to the tall tree in the middle of the park and back again five times. Take it in turns to watch the children or let them trundle along with you. Play-date? Check! Time for personal fitness? Check! Hanging out time with friends? Check! Do this three times a week and you’ll soon feel your clothes get baggier!

9. Water yourself to weight loss, lovely flower!

Don’t forget to do this every day. Drink water! Lots of it! Keep hydrated and drink before meals, not during so as to not cause bloating and interfere with the digestive process. Frequent watering will help you feel great, keep you regular and help you shift those pounds. Include herbal infusions and coconut waters, nut mylks and special teas. Don’t waste time searching for water fountains… get a flask or a BPA-free bottle and keep these in your bag at all times. And then you’ll be able to count it as weight-bearing exercise too! (at least until you’ve drank it all!)

10. Sleep early, rise early

If you’re someone who prefers to have a good hour on her own to do some hardcore (or gentle) running, yoga, dancing, skipping or kayaking, and you have someone else around to help, go to bed an hour or two earlier – and get up at the crack of dawn and off you go! If you don’t at present have a lovely person who shares your life then get a (really good) friend or relative to sleep over twice a week so that you can creep off to get your hour in whilst they sleep ‘on-call’ just in case there is an awakening in the household!

We’re all busy creatures these days but the key to getting fit and losing weight is looking at the ways you can fit it all in with what you’re already doing. The other key is support — lots of it. So don’t be afraid to ask for help or to skill-swap in exchange for precious time!

Bliss U

PS: Ok, we all know that diets don’t work. Almost everyone puts their weight back on when they finish their diet, and then some! Then next time they diet, it’s harder and the weight still goes back on. All this is gruelling for your body, it messes with your hormones and it makes you feel like a failure. Why don’t we all make a pact right now to never ever diet again?!

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Mar
23rd

7 Ways To Eat More Raw Food At Work

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How to eat raw food while tied to the machine!

If you’re the type of person who eats like a Goddess at home (green smoothies and raw chocolate all the way!) but then gets lured towards the sandwich van and the vending machines at work, here are seven handy tips for you to ensure you get the good stuff down you all day long!

1. Be about the bento box

These are sweet little boxes, hailing from Japan and are starting to become all the rage in the UK! Fill them with crunchy crudités, raw crackers, kale chips, courgette noodles with a splash of tamari and some minced garlic, sprinkle with cashew cheese and pine nuts and an apple to keep the doctor away. Sandwiches? Pah!

2. Be smooth

When it’s time for elevenses and everyone else is tucking into doughnuts, crack out your fancy bottle of ‘green gloop’ and watch as shocked faces realise you’re enjoying yourself! What they won’t notice until later is that they are slumped over their desks having a sugar crash whilst your energy is still off the scale with all that liquid sunshine in your body! Be more productive in whatever work you’re doing — and think & drink green!

3. Be chocolate wise

Don’t worry — the chocolate bars are not really calling out to you, it’s just that old chestnut, sugar addiction! Get into the habit of saying no to spending your money at the vending machines and instead, bring beautifully packaged raw chocolate or cookie goodies in to work. Perhaps even bring in extra to share and you’ll be flavour and employee of the month! If you don’t want to eat lots of raw chocolate (you are not all like me!) then make raw chocolates with heaps of dried fruits and nuts. You get the chocolate taste, with extra goodies too!

Raw chocolate goes down well at 4pm

4. Be simple

You don’t need to always bring in the fancy foods – how about an apple? A flask of soup? A box of raw crackers? A fruit bar? An handful of dates? A carton of coconut water. They’re all easy to bring into work with not much waste afterwards!

5. Be treat wise

If you’re in a stressful environment, sugar can help you feel momentarily relieved — but then comes the inevitable slump and you’ll only need another sugar fix to fix it! Instead, bring the treat box to work! Dried mango pieces, a bar of delicious raw chocolate, a little jar of olives, or a delicious home-made brownie.

6. Be hydrated

How many cups of tea or coffee can a person get through in a day’s work? It’s usually 5 – 10 cups! (add sugar and milk and you’re half way to diabetes!) Why not try a herbal tea here, a chicory coffee there, a chaga tea in the morning, a hot water and lemon in the afternoon, a home made chia smoothie with your chocolate bar at 4pm. Feel fresh and watered all day long and say goodbye to caffeine withdrawal symptoms and coffee bean headaches!

Hydration throughout the day keeps your brain alert

7. Be on the trail

We do like to snack, don’t we?! Get a bag and fill it up – no, not with aniseed balls and lemon bon bons! With almonds, sliced coconut, goji berries, mulberries, buckwheat, raisins and flax seeds! Munch when you feel you need to crunch! Or if you’re a bit lazier than that, get some ready made stuff here!

You can be raw at work but preparation, as ever, is the key ingredient! Happy Days!

Bliss U

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Mar
20th

Raw food hamper winner

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Hey gorgeous

Back in January, I turned eternally 23 and held a competition to celebrate. Gosh, you don’t make it easy for me to choose a winner, do you? As ever, I loved them all.

The entry that made me cry the most was Jayna who said this:

Beaming Goddess of Lite:

<3 Something of old: When I first got into raw foods 7 years ago, I emailed you about diet and my daugther. And with lightening speed you responded. I read your online blog AS you use to write it. I am a long time admirer, fellow goddess, fan and soul sista. Your advice was as inspiring then as it is now, “Do this with love. I love you because you love you”.

<3 Something surreal: When my daughter was diagnosed with Autism, I contacted you and reached out to me with the loveliest sentiments…at a time when most all others shied away from my life out of fear. I healed my daughter from severe Autism…with love…vegan food…and magic**

<3 Something of miracles: My daughter had brain surgery for a rare condition (Chiari Malformation Type 1) and I lost my job. As a single mom, I could have let my world fall apart, but I attracted to me all that I needed. My daughter has healed miraculously and I sitting in a space of joy, love, and gratitude…forever grateful.

Blessings to you dear goddess.

one last thing…
<3 Something true: Love is all there is…

Jayna… please send me your address via Facebook email and I’ll send you a gift of love that I made xxxxx

The one that made me smile the most was this by Danu:

I have just moved to the south of France having married a Frenchman 21 years younger than me. I look, feel and vibrate youthfulness and vigour thanks to raw and superfoods…. My funny, exciting, surreal and profound comment is that I am now attempting to convert the French gastronomic palate to superfoods and raw and starting a raw dessert company…. and also attempting to have my ninth child at 50 !!!!!! no problem……. winning this hamper would go along way to help me to introduce the benefits of superfoods/raw to my French friends….. besides its really hard to get here…. Happy Birthday Shazzie, shine on….

The one that touched my heart was this, by Anna:

Dear Shazzie,

The elder you get, the more beautiful you grow. Joyful, mature and so deeply satisfied, a great inspiration for the world, for me… Deep respect!

It is said that 2012 is the year of power, of true authentic power. What is built on false pretences will loose its ground and fall apart. What is brought in the world with the power of LOVE can only flourish, as you are flourishing.

I smiled at these words from Carol:

…for RAW to declare WAR on chemically grown fruit and vegetables.

I felt amazed at the miracles you told, such as this from Heather:

Shazzie, your book was the first I read, the one that began the journey that so far has gotten me out of the bed-wheelchair-walking stick phase of my life and continues to help propel me into the jumping-for-joy phase. You are a goddess of truth and beauty and the food you make available is the truest and most beautiful food on the planet. I am so grateful for who you are and what you do. Thank you X

My poem of choice was this from Caro:

orange, pink and yellow
greet me on this goddess site of paradise.
activating in me the desire to follow
your splendid words and ideas that help me realize.
who i really am, how to create joy and laughter,
and become a love master!
little herbs, spices and fascinating plants of gaia’s world are uniting with shazzie’s world,
one love, one heart, one world.
ideas of magic and pure creativity,
launching the conscious field of reality.
entering the timeless space,
and manifesting a cleansed, clean, loving cell base.
laughter, beauty are shining out your eyes,
why would anyone ever want to wear a disguise?
and not show who he/she really is in the expression of eternity,
one love, one way, one being, one family!
your birth is our birth, is the birth of the earth and the universe wouldn’t be, if you wouldn’t be here,
glowing, experiencing, sharing and transforming fear.
so let us all dance and sing together,
weeeee live foreeeeever!!!!!!

And this by Poli:

What Shazzie Taught Me

If people stopped hating and bating and
Did more soul-mating;
If folks were less angry and jangly and
Tried being more pampery;
Then fewer might go hungry.

If only we weren’t all so stressed
And realized how much we’re blessed;
We might all make-do with so much less…

If our food was less polluted
And our lives not so convoluted;
We could find out which way we’re suited.

If people stopped overheating and
Cheating and bleating
Then the world could start meeting
And consciously eating.

If we did more respecting,
Our souls’ lights reflecting
We might do a lot more connecting…

If more folks went “raw”
We might all learn more
About what food is for.

Bliss you, Shazzie. x

And to all of the above and all those I didn’t mention, I want you to know how much I love your words. I am blissed by the way my work has touched you and so many others.

Yet there can only be one winner, so in true Blue Peter style, let’s put them all into a tombola and pick the one that set Shazziebrain alight and made me want to do and love more than I’ve ever done before.

Drum roll….

The winner of the raw food superfood hamper competition is: Hazel Loveridge!!!! And here’s what she said:

Word up Shazzie, you rawk my world with your imMACAulate boxes of love from the heart of your detox HEMPire, you ramp up my hamper with your PURPLE CORNucopia, you inculcate me with the incalculable benefits of CACAO, lubricatin’ tastebuds with LUCUMA, keepin’ it sweet with MESQUITE, lovin us rawbies with strawberries, grindin’ the axe of flax, cleansin’ cells with potent potions and genius gels, deliverin’ healin’ spoonfuls and inspirational verbosity at ecstatic velocity, delvin’ into the heirlooms of the ancients, sharin’ secrets and spillin’ the sprouted beans, to the CRYSTAL MANNA born, you’re a real raw queen, rawk on!

Hazel, we will be contacting you very soon asking for your address. Please let me know if you don’t get your hamper within two weeks. Well done, and big love and thanks for your fab fab switched on words…

Bliss U

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Feb
10th

How to be an even better parent

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Positive parenting is possible and easy in our modern world

Introducing a parenting-in-your pocket iPhone app that gives your whole family a positive charge every time you use it!

Parents, when you feel you want some advice, support or wisdom, spin the wheel in 97 Parenting Tips and you will unearth a gem that you can put into practise that very same day, even in the moment! When you’ve had a good day and you want to hold onto those feelings of being a super-parent, pick a card and read it, knowing that you are consciously making a difference to the world. And on those days where you don’t even recognise your own voice and being a parent seems an impossible task, pick another card and breathe…. and know that there are thousands of parents out there, striving, day after day, to raise their children in a loving, caring world. You can do it to. Let the tips guide you into your power of being a conscious, loving parent.

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The minefield of parenting

Baffled parents are stumped when it comes to their children’s behaviour. What to feed them, how to raise them, wondering if they love them too much, are they breastfeeding too long (or whether they should start at all), wanting to shield them from the world but also let them experience it. Parenthood can be an amazing journey but it can also be full of doubts, worries and wondering whether you’re ever doing the right thing.

Victoria Leith has had a lot of experience with different styles and practises of parenting. Having also had experience of being fostered as a baby and growing up in a home where her parents frequently fostered or cared for other people’s children, living in communities in Africa, working in a camp for underprivileged children in America and working in the mainstream school sector, leading advisory workshops and having a daughter, she has many gems of wisdom to share with you, with tried and tested tips on positive parenting.

From even before pregnancy, Victoria knew that she wanted to raise her child consciously and with a spiritual focus. She believes that through sharing advice and wisdom (and putting those ideas into action) we can raise our children to be confident, happy, creative, inspired, hard-working and caring children. Children, who feel they have a part to play in the world and who want to serve humanity as well as caring for themselves. Children who can deal with the challenges that life doles out and who can also be positive and mindful of their habitat and environment.

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A note from Victoria

No one can truly prepare you for the epic journey of raising a child. It’s only when you actually do the job that through trial and error you find what works and what doesn’t. However it’s through sharing ideas and helping each other to break old patterns of behaviour, whilst embracing new ones that we can all be better parents and that is why I created this app. I offer these 97 ‘tips’ as suggestions for you — and they are not exhaustive! I have gleaned them from my two decades of working with children of all different ages, backgrounds and cultures, from how me and my husband choose to raise our own daughter, and from observing moments in life with friends and family where I feel they have parented in such a beautiful or effective manner, it was worthy to be noted. I have also looked to sacred writings and philosophies for my inspiration on being a parent, particularly the writings of the Baha’i faith, of which there are some beautiful gems that I wanted to inadvertently share. What we give to our children now will shape them for the future so it’s worth investing time and love into your family as much as possible! I’ll bet you’ve got many more tips and ideas up your sleeve that you feel help to raise a child in this ever-changing world.

About Victoria

Victoria is a qualified teacher (B.Ed Hons) and has worked for over 20 years with thousands of children and youth, particularly with emotional and behavioral challenges, in the UK, USA and Africa. She is a mother to one daughter and offers training days for schools and communities, working with music and movement to address the issues that face today’s society. She also currently volunteers in a Montessori school with younger children, aged two to five years old.

Victoria is the author of four books and is currently working on a variety of apps to help humanity, including a set of story-book apps for children and a series of healthy-living and wellbeing apps for women. She is crafting two albums of music: Tori-Jane and Shine — two projects that will bring healing to individuals who need upliftment, hope and motivation. You will also see Victoria in Shazzie’s VIP Room and writing regularly for Passion ezine.

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About Shazzie

Shazzie is a TV presenter, author of five books and CEO. She loves to bring you the most empowering information of our age so you can make the most positive choices for your life. This is the second in a series of partnered apps, where Shazzie has teamed up with health and wellbeing experts from around the world to bring you even more life enhancing tools.

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Designed for: iPhone. Works with: iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

About Shazzie’s apps

Shazzie has released several apps for iPhone etc. Just search “Shazzie” in your iTunes store, or click here.

Bliss U

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Feb
8th

“Monsanto out” UK shoppers boycotting supermarkets

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Monsanto has infiltrated the UK’s supermarkets and shoppers aren’t taking it lying down!

This article is copyright free, please feel free to spread it as far and wide as possible.

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On Monday morning, I was out shopping in my local Waitrose. I spotted a product that I already knew to be from Monsanto and, for a change I had a mobile phone signal, so I snapped it and posted it to Facebook. I carried on shopping, thinking a few people would comment and that’d be that. But that wasn’t that. This “Monsanto is in UK supermarkets” post went viral within hours, and now thousands of customers, soon to be millions of customers are organising boycotts, protests, occupies and complaints to all the major UK supermarkets. Or stupormarkets, which is my term for them. Here’s today’s Facebook snap of the post:

Monsanto products are stocked in all the UK's supermarkets

As you can see, it’s had over 324 comments (there were some that I removed) and almost 500 shares. When a post gets this many shares, it’s viral because every Facebook user who is friends of those who have shared it see it. It’s also been posted in many many other places.

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How you can tell this is a Monsanto product

See the word Bellaverde, and the (R) after it? That’s the giveaway that something’s going on. Google Bellaverde and you’ll get this. Monsanto’s seed division is called Seminis, which is a company they bought in 2005.

Bellaverde (R) is not GMO, so what’s wrong with it being in the supermarkets?

I don’t want to confuse of mislead you, so please first be aware that if you’ve eaten this food in the past, Bellaverde (R) is NOT GMO. That isn’t the issue. The issue is that the British public do not want Monsanto products in their lives, in their tummies or in their shops. Most people look to Waitrose as being the most ethical of all supermarkets, and so this is why there are particularly strong feelings towards them right now. That, and I just happened to snap the picture in Waitrose, not any of the other supermarkets.

Over one BILLION hectares of land are now planted with GMO crops, worldwide Monsanto chemical creates super weeds and causes infertility, birth defects and cancer

Other Monsanto products in UK supermarkets

Monsanto is treading very carefully with its introduction of vegetables to the UK market. In the USA, there are many more, such as peppers, onions and tomatoes. Here, we only have Bellaverde, Beneforté and Dulce Verde. They like the word green, but not for eco reasons If you know of any other Monsanto vegetables being sold in the UK, please let me know in the comments box below and I’ll update this.

So, it’s not GMO, then what’s wrong with it?

Bellaverde and Dulce Verde have very very naughty parents. Ms Seminis and Mr Monsanto are the world’s largest GMO creators and are guilty of mass crimes against humanity and the planet. You do not want these guys living on your estate, lest they bully you into buying their stuff. “This is the thin edge of a very long wedge”, as one Facebook protestor wrote.

Some of you believe that GMO is illegal in the UK, it’s not. It’s just had such a huge amount of opposition, it’s had to creep in, rather than shove its way in. This is one of the ways it can creep in. And once it’s here, it’s here to stay.

The USA has lost organic alfalfa because of Monsanto, and they predict all alfalfa will be GMO infected within a few years. This is the way of the GMO seed. I see it like this. Monsanto goes for world domination with seeds, there are no other seeds left to buy, and then whoopee, they can GMO everything in sight because there’s no other option. Don’t believe it won’t happen, or that’s not Monsanto’s intention.

There is some dark stuff around regarding Monsanto and you don’t have to dig too deep to find it. Here are some starters for you

Monsanto caused the suicides of over 200,000 farmers due to miss-selling its products

Monsanto is voted the worst company 2011

Monsanto created Aspartame, the neurotoxin that is responsible for around 75% of FDA food problem complaints. Oh, and Neotame.

And the worst of all Monsanto’s crimes so far? (GRAPHIC IMAGES WARNING)

Monsanto gave us Agent Orange, if you feel brave, have a look at some of the half million Agent Orange babies

Ask yourself. “Do I want to support a company that does this to people and the planet?” Now ask your supermarket the same.

Is GMO in any foods in the UK? Yes! GMO feed for non-organic animals that are eaten or “milked” is prevalent. There are others, but I don’t have a list because I don’t eat these products. If you want to let people know about them in the comments box below, please do, and I’ll add them here.

What you can do to ensure a Monsanto-free life

Buy organic. As of yet, there are no organically certified products in the UK that come from Monsanto
Buy local, from your trusted farmers. Ask them where their seed comes from. Don’t be fooled by Monsanto’s vegetable seed disguises.
Grow your own, using “heirloom” seeds, and save your seeds. Really, it’s the best thing for all concerned.
Share your seeds with your friends. Check out seed swap and seed bank organisations.
Be aware. This is not going to go away easily.
Love. Even though Monsanto happens to be sneaking into our lives, we can still be happy and live through our hearts

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I found this on Facebook. Exactly the point.

Contact your supermarkets

Public pressure does work. Remember the Anti-South African fruit et al campaigns, that caused the downfall of Apartheid? Your actions make a HUGE difference. Don’t stop until we get results.

LET’S GET MONSANTO OUT OF THE UK FOR GOOD!

Here’s a list of supermarkets you may want to contact, and how to get hold of them on Facebook. You can also contact their customer services departments or go in-store to lodge your concern. Below that is a sample letter you could write, though feel free to be creative, while sticking to the facts. Our message is clear, we do not want Monsanto in our supermarkets, regardless of their guise:

Waitrose Facebook

Tesco Facebook

Sainsbury’s Facebook

A sample letter to ask for Monsanto to be removed from sale in UK supermarkets

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Dear (Supermarket)

You sell Bellaverde broccoli and/or Dulce Verde lettuce. These come from Monsanto’s vegetable company, Seminis. Monsanto is the world’s largest GMO company in the world. I do not agree with GMO or the criminal actions of Monsanto, and therefore am requesting that you refuse to stock these products as of today. Please let me know your decision.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, (YOU!)

OK, that’s it I could write reams on this subject but I don’t want to emotionally invest in it. Wishing you all luck. Keep up the AMAZING work.

This article is copyright free, please feel free to spread it as far and wide as possible.

Bliss U

PS: Do this, but do it with LOVE… Please don’t allow anger to enter this issue, you are worth so much more than that.

Update to Waitrose, M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Monsanto

I posted a link to this on Waitrose’s Facebook page, and they deleted it in minutes. I added another and it was also deleted. I’m not being abusive or aggressive with them, I just want them to read why their customers are so upset about this issue, so they can decide how to handle it better.

After the second removal, I wrote this:

I also put the same blog link on Tesco and Sainsbury’s Facebook pages. Tesco has deleted it already, too. They are hot at not wanting to attract negative attention, but will they take action? Weds 8th Feb, evening: Tesco has written a really nice letter to me on Facebook saying they understand where I’m coming from and are looking into it.

Thurs 9th Feb, nice email from Waitrose on Facebook. They are taking it more seriously now: “Thank you once again for all your comments overnight on Bellaverde broccoli. We take all your comments very seriously and as we said yesterday we are collating all posts and feeding these back to the buyers, please bear with us as this takes time. We have created a Bellaverde broccoli thread in our notes tab. If you want to continue to let us know what you think on this issue, could you please post all your comments here. This will alert you to any updates we post on this issue and help us keep all your comments collated in one place so they won’t get lost on the wall. We will update you on the notes page of all updates on Bellaverde broccoli. Thank you and have a good day. http://on.fb.me/xtC65p“

I wrote back: “Dear Waitrose. I’m so glad you’re taking these comments seriously. I just want you to know that there is now an official petition to get Monsanto out of our supermarkets. We are not just asking you, we are asking all of them. We are grateful that you always seem to lead the way in your ethical stance, and we appreciate it’s a huge job. I just really want to thank you for listening, and for taking the time to make a decision based on the facts, not just the marketing strategies of Monsanto-Seminis. I won’t link to the petition as I know you may remove it, but I wanted to let you know it exists. Thank you once again, and I hope you have a lovely day. Love xx”

Whatever next? Another Facebook find, thank you to the artist!

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Friday 10th Feb M&S has removed all references to Beneforte broccoli and Monsanto from its customer services Facebook page. Bad move in the age of transparency and love, M&S. I only found this out as I was about to post a thank you to them, and it wouldn’t post. Here’s the snapshot of it:

Monsanto in Marks and Spencer

If you are an M&S customer, I urge you to write further and ask them to cease all connections with Monsanto due to their criminal activities. We are worth more than this. The original post has now been shared over 500 times. Below is the landmark figure. Thanks to all who are sharing it. Please continue to do so, and please sign the petition, we need a thousand for it to be useful. As thousands of people have complained directly to the supermarket and are getting standard responses (this isn’t GMO so it’s not a problem) we MUST become more organised

about this for it to have an effect. Please sign this now. Thank you.

I’ve just made a new logo for our campaign. Please use it freely. If you want a bigger one, just click on the image, and it will take you to a larger image that you can use.

Dated 9th Feb, we’ve made it to the news! The Grocer, the food industry’s magazine has reported on it already, and this is just the start. Read it here, or below. And I’ve also snapped it for my site. THANKS to all for getting this far, now PLEASE SIGN!

Waitrose hit by Facebook fury over broccoli link to biotech giant

09 Feb 2012, by Julia Glotz, (C) The Grocer.

Waitrose has found itself in the middle of a social media storm for selling a variety of broccoli linked to biotech company Monsanto.

Bellaverde sweet stem broccoli is grown from seed sold by Monsanto subsidiary Seminis and is on sale in Waitrose for £1.99 for a 200g pack.

While the broccoli is grown using conventional breeding methods – it is not genetically modified – there have been cries of outrage from Waitrose customers about the supermarket’s decision to sell a product linked to Monsanto, which is involved in developing GM crops.

The supermarket’s Facebook page has been inundated with messages and comments from consumers, expressing their concern about Bellaverde broccoli and urging Waitrose to stop selling it. Waitrose has set up a dedicated Bellaverde broccoli thread on its site in order to deal with the sheer volume of customers’ comments.

One consumer from East Grinstead posted a letter, addressed to Waitrose MD Mark Price, warning of a “gargantuan consumer boycott” if Waitrose continued to sell the broccoli or any other product linked to Monsanto.

“Your company’s retailing of trademarked, ultimately sterile, F1 hybrid vegetables – specifically Bellaverde sweet stem broccoli – produced either by Monsanto UK Limited, Monsanto PLC, Monsanto UK Services Company, Monsanto UK Holding Company or subsidiaries thereof, is disingenuous in the extreme when presenting an ethical corporate face that professes to be anti-GM,” she wrote.

Another poster said consumers understood Bellaverde broccoli itself was not a GM food, but shoppers were “extraordinarily concerned about the obvious relationship between Waitrose and Monsanto”.

Responding to the comments, Waitrose wrote: “This broccoli is grown from conventionally bred seed sold by Seminis, who supply numerous growers, both large and small, in this country and around the world.

“While Seminis is a subsidiary of Monsanto, it uses traditional plant-breeding techniques. This is entirely in keeping with our policy of not allowing any GM ingredients in our own-label food. Conventionally-bred Bellaverde sweet stem broccoli offers excellent growing qualities to our farmers and superb flavour and value for our customers.”

The retailer told The Grocer it had no plans to stop selling Bellaverde broccoli, which has been on Waitrose shelves since 2009 [BrandView.co.uk]. The broccoli is also sold by Sainsbury’s and Ocado.

Sainsbury’s said its stance on GM foods was “unequivocal” and it did not permit the use of GM crops, ingredients, additives or derivatives in any of its own-label products. It also stressed that Bellaverde was bred using conventional methods.

Ocado said it had received no complaints from customers about Bellaverde and added it had a policy not to stock GM foods. “We always continue to reappraise customer feedback on any of the products we stock, but this is a product that is produced using conventional methods and we are happy to sell it,” a spokesman said.

Monsanto said vegetable seeds supplied to its European customers were all developed using cross pollination and selection, and not with GM techniques. This included the Bellaverde variety, the company added.

“Monsanto works closely with farmers and their retailer customers, including those with policies on plant breeding, to ensure consumers get the fresh, nutritious and tasty vegetables they demand,” Monsanto said.

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