Fermented and Raw! Written by Gayle Most commercial pickles and sauerkraut are cooked and pasteurized to assure a long shelf life, but when you buy or make raw sauerkraut, you get to reap the probiotic benefits of fermented foods. (Click here to read about some of the benefits of eating fermented foods.)  The sour taste is

Cuppa Joe Doesn’t Have to be Java Written by Gayle Caroline MacDougall is no amateur when it comes to the Natural Foods industry.  I had a great time visiting with her in Santa Barbara and learning about her company, Teeccino. Caroline started working in a health food store in the 1970s in Palo Alto, and

Add Some Fermented Food for Your Health! Written by Gayle We have a problem in our modern society.  Our guts are not healthy.  Digestive disorders are placing a growing burden on Americans, according to Stephen Bickston (an American Gastroenterological Association fellow and professor internal medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, and quoted in USNews Health website here.)

Are You Tired of Saying “No”? Written by Gayle Abigail was.   Faced with family allergies and dietary reactions, Abigail had stood on her counters tossing everything on the floor that her family couldn’t eat.  Frustrated by being the family that sat off to the side eating the food that they had brought to the

Big News in our Ventura Store! Written by Gayle Lassen’s Ventura is proud to announce a new juice program!  Every day Ray, Thomas, and Ezra select fruits and vegetables to make a tasty and unique blend of raw juices!   They have designed their juices around the detoxifying, immune boosting, refreshing taste of Burdock Root,

Organic, Sugar-Free, and Delicious! Written by Gayle As I have mentioned more than once before, I am super picky about my apples.  I have thrown away far too many apples in my lifetime because after one bite I have rejected a less-than-crisp orb.  And though the apples are great this time of the year, sometimes