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Hailed as “the UK’s leading raw chef,” Russell James is also publisher of TheRawChef.com, a great raw food and philosophy resource.

Chef Russell James

“I first came across raw foods in Koh Samui, Thailand, when I was on a 7-day detox fast a a spa there,: says Russell James. “I was on day 5 of the fast and can remember sitting in the beach-side restaurant reading a raw recipe book from their library. Now, it may have been the fact that I hadn’t eaten for 5 days but I was amazed by the recipes in there. I read a description of what raw food is and why it is beneficial, it made so much sense and I had one of those life-defining moments, an epiphany.”

Russell James quickly got excited about the vibrancy and creativity of raw foods and the health benefits they bring. He felt a strong desire to share his discoveries and started food-blogging as a hobby,  posting pictures of his food. People started to notice and comment on how great the food looked.

Russell discovered a personal artistry in his capacity to create beautiful raw recipes from widely available ingredients and he started teaching people in his local area. News spread and he soon found himself teaching people from all over the UK and even people from other countries who came to learn from him.

He now teaches thousands of people world-wide about raw foods, both through his blog, a YouTube channel, live classes and his recently released homestudy DVD course. He has a recipe book to be released 2011/2012 and a great collection of raw food recipes in his blog.

Bring a canned food donation for Feed My People to ‘Lost in Woonsocket’ an amazing story about human transformation, Thursday, January 27 at 7 pm at Greens N Grains Deli.

Lost & Found in America

Lost in Woonsocket

Lost & Found in America (LAFIA) is a non-profit organization focused on documenting positive, humanitarian stories on film.  They believe in educating and inspiring viewers to create positive change for themselves, their neighbors, and the world. LAFIA is currently supporting a national tour of the film Lost in Woonsocket.

Directed by John Chester, this award-winning film documents the story of two alcoholics living together in the woods, estranged from their families and in desperate need of help. After being discovered by a film crew of random philanthropists, the two men are given a chance at recovery, a chance at reconnection and a second chance at life. The resulting film is a testament to our power as individuals to make a difference in the lives of one another.

Lost in Woonsocket offers two distinct messages to its audience:

• One person can make a difference.
• There is hope for those who appear hopeless.

In 2007, Lost in Woonsocket premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and became an instant sensation. Since then, the film has screened throughout the nation at colleges, high schools, homeless shelters, treatment facilities, recovery groups, prisons and churches. The reception has been overwhelming as thousands of addicts and their families have joined forces to spread the message of hope and recovery shared in this film.

Lost in Woonsocket

Following the lead of the DCA, we ask you to consider bringing along a canned food donation that we will contribute to Door County’s Feed My People.

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Green Door Film Society meetings. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 25 people – call 920.868.9999 to reserve a seat.

The dinner special is available to anyone BY reservation, AND our film seating is limited, so a film and or dinner reservation is recommended.

“Lost in Woonsocket is an amazing story about human transformation. It demonstrates the power of being of service to a stranger and how it is never too late for anyone to make a change for the better.” – Orlando Suarez, Covenant House, Homeless Shelter for Teens, CA

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on Film Society screening nights when they will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at 920.868.9999 or by email at info@greens-n-grains.com.

“Our most recent food investigation has found that many ‘blueberry’ cereals, pastries, bagels, breads and bars are not made with real blueberries at all!” says the Natural News Insider.

Instead, the blueberries are faked using artificial colors (Red #40, Blue #2), partially-hydrogenated oils and liquid sugars like high fructose corn syrup.

Watch this 7-minute mini-documentary exposing the blueberry fraud in the food industry…

Please help share this message especially with moms and parents who buy foods for their children. They may think they’re buying health-enhancing blueberries for their kids, but much of the time they’re actually buying artificial coloring and chemicals, some of which have been linked to an increased risk of ADHD symptoms.

Natural News investigators even found that Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal contains no blueberries and no pomegranates!

Read the full report on this investigation of Kellog’s, Betty Crocker, General Mills and Target Stores at NaturalNews:
http://www.naturalnews.com/031054_blueberries_artificial_colors.html

Real blueberries are great for your health and an amazing source of antioxidants. But fake blueberries are made with chemicals and should always be avoided. Read the ingredients labels and avoid buying any foods using Red #40, Blue #1 or Blue #2.

This research was conducted by Mike Adams under the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center: www.ConsumerWellness.org

For several seasons, Carmon’s Gardens has been supplying Egg Harbor’s Greens N Grains Natural Food Store and a number of restaurants in Door County with his fresh produce – including The Whistling Swan and Mr. Helsinki’s.

Carmon Mabrey

Carmon Mabrey has been a gardener for many years. This year, he is hosting a 35+ member CSA to serve the Door Community. Carmon’s Gardens will provide CSA members with a real organic food experience, equivalent to those springing up all across Wisconsin and in communities all over the world.

From the start, everything in Carmon’s Gardens has been grown under sustainable agricultural practices, fully vine ripened using no synthetic fertilizers, chemical herbicides or pesticides. Food grown this way not only tastes better and lasts longer, but contains all of the nutrients that real food should provide.

Throughout the 18-week season you can expect a variety of herbs, leafy green vegetables and root crops that include many heirloom varieties. Carmon’s Gardens will grow: beans, broccoli, beets, basil, carrots, cilantro, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, fennel, garlic, head lettuce, kale, leeks, lettuce mixes, peas, peppers, potatoes, spinach, squash, sweet corn, rosemary, Swiss chard, sunflowers, tomatoes and zucchini.

A CSA seasonal share subscription at Carmon’s Gardens costs $500 and provides shareholders with a weekly minimum half-bushel of the best quality sustainable produce as harvested for 18 weeks – 1/2 bushel is equal to a standard grocery bag filled 3/4 full.

A share will abundantly feed 2 people. Half-shares are also available for $300, providing the same quantity on a bi-weekly basis. Shares will be available for pick up at the farm in Jacksonort, at Greens N Grains Natural Foods in Egg Harbor or at the Nelson Healing Center in Sturgeon Bay. There is also a possibility of  a Sister Bay pick-up if enough people sign up. The season begins in mid- June and lasts until late October.

A typical early-season half-bushel will include mixed greens, peas, garlic scapes and spinach. Mid-season offerings will include beans, new potatoes, sweet corn, summer squash, tomatoes, garlic, Swiss chard, broccoli, cabbage, beets and eggplant. Late season boxes may have broccoli, eggplant, kale, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, winter squash, potatoes and pumpkins.

Available “add-ons” include:

• Local eggs by the dozen laid by pastured chickens at either Cherrydale Farms in Sevastapol or Sunset Farm in Brussels.
• A variety of fresh artisan bread from Island Breads of Washington Island – baked for the most part with locally grown organic wheat flour in a wood-fired brick oven that results in delicious hearty breads.
• A pound of Wisconsin-roasted, organic, fair-trade coffee – sourced from Alterra in Milwaukee. The coffee varieties are available in regular or decaf.

CLICK for a sign-up form… Questions? Call Greens N Grains at 920.868.9999.

“Casino Jack and the United States of Money,” a probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.

This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff, from his early years as a gung-ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah, confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, and a mob-style killing in Miami, this is the story of the way money corrupts our political process.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney once again wields the tools of his trade with the skill of a master. Following the ongoing indictments of federal officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s capital, Gibney illuminates the way our politicians’ desperate need to get elected, and the millions of dollars it costs, may be undermining the basic principles of American democracy. Infuriating, yet undeniably fun to watch, Casino Jack is a saga of greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate.

The film making process of Casino Jack was a monumental work…

Digitalfilms blogger Oliver Peters says “Like most documentary film editors, Alison Ellwood, has travelled that road from the start. Casino Jack was a three-and-one-half year long project, with hundreds of hours of archival and original footage in a range of formats, like DVCPro, Betacam-SP, HDCAM, DVCAM, DVD and QuickTime movies.” He discussed the process with her to find out how she was able to wrap her head around this much material and develop the story arc.

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Green Door Film Society meetings. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 25 people – call 920.868.9999 to reserve a seat.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on Film Society screening nights when they will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at920.868.9999 or by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. The store’s Website features news and special monthly discount flyers at Greens-N-Grains.com.

“In Wisconsin’s Door County, a number of restaurant chefs go out of their way to serve local foods – organic whenever possible,” says Laurel Kallenbach. “Here are five restaurants that deserve special mention.”

Inn at Kristofer’s in Sister Bay, Bluefront Café in Sturgeon Bay, T. Ashwell’s in Ellison Bay, White Gull Inn in Fish Creek and last but not least… Greens ‘n’ Grains Deli in Egg Harbor.

“On a December visit, I ordered a Zucchini Panini,” says Laurel, “featuring crisp slices of raw zucchini and radish with pesto and cheddar. The soup of the day was a Thai Sweet Potato and Red Pepper soup: very warming and satisfying.”

Read her Greenwala feature, Sustainable Dining in Door County, Wisconsin to learn about all of he top picks.

Hollywood plus Bombay (the former name of Mumbai, India) equals “Bollywood” – with its origins in the 1970s, when India overtook America as the world’s largest film producer.

Bollywood’s worldwide success has brought forth a wealth of family-friendly, heart-wrenching musicals recognized as equal to anything from Hollywood in terms of quality, cinematography and innovative story lines as well as technical advances in areas such as special effects, animation, etc. But Americans have missed out on most these global hit films.

On Thursday, December 30 at 7 pm the Green Door Film Society will see and discuss “Taare Zameen Par” (“Like Stars on Earth”), a classic 2007 Bollywood epic that centers on a chronic daydreamer, 8-year-old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary).  His life take a turn for the worse when his parents, frustrated that he keeps getting into trouble, send him away to a boarding school in hopes he’ll become more disciplined. But Ishaan’s misery abates when the unconventional new art teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh (Aamir Khan), decides to try to help his imaginative young student discover his true identity in this charming Indian drama.

“Screenwriter Amole Gupte and his wife, Deepa Bhatia, were inspired to create a script that would show how not every child thrives in the rigid school systems, basing their original concept on the youth of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, who, like so many geniuses, struggled in school,” says reviewer James Plath. “The message is heartfelt and the pay-off heartwarming. It’s the kind of movie that can be watched and appreciated by American families because there are so many things to spark discussion among parents and children.”

In classic Bollywood manner, the film contains eight songs…

Like Stars on Earth (Taare Zameen Par)

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Green Door Film Society meetings. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 20 people – call 920.868.9999 to reserve a seat.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on Film Society screening nights when they will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at920.868.9999 or by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. The store’s Website features news and special monthly discount flyers at Greens-N-Grains.com.

Drinking 500 milliliters of beet juice a day may significantly lower blood pressure, says a British study that found that healthy people’s blood pressure decreased within an hour of drinking the juice, BBC News reports.

The reduction in blood pressure was even more pronounced three to four hours after drinking the beet juice, and some degree of reduction continued for up to 24 hours. The findings were published online in the journal Hypertension.

NaturalNews reports that Beetroots, also known as beets, are packed with blood pressure-reducing, heart disease-preventing nutrients that help maintain healthy active function and boost overall endurance levels in those that consume them. And a new study out of the University of Exeter (U of E) has found that not only do beets benefit athletes by boosting their performance, but they also help the elderly and people with heart or lung diseases to live more active, physically-functional lives.

Published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, the study builds upon a previous one conducted by the university that found that beet juice increases exercise capacity by 16 percent in athletes that drink it. Except this time, these same benefits were found to apply to non-athletes as well, including those that have trouble performing everyday physical activities.

“As you get older, or if you have conditions which affect your cardiovascular system, the amount of oxygen you can take in to use during exercise drops considerably,” explained Katie Lansley, a Ph.D. student from the Sport and Health Sciences department at UofE, and author of the study. “What we’ve seen in this study is that beetroot juice can actually reduce the amount of oxygen you need to perform even low-intensity exercise.”

Beet juice not only dilates blood vessels to improve blood flow and lower blood pressure, but it also reduces the amount of oxygen muscles need during physical activity. This muscle effect makes it significantly easier for people of all ages, no matter what their health condition, to perform both low- and high-intensity physical activities. In fact, researchers noted that those who drank beet juice required 12 percent less effort to walk than those who did not drink it.

Based on a comparison between whole beet juice and beet juice that had its nitrates filtered out, the team was able to conclude that the natural nitrates are the primary active ingredient in beet juice that bring about improved overall performance and heart function.

Korkuyorum Anne! (English title: Mommy, I’m Scared!), written and directed by Reha Erdem is brought to Door County directly from Istanbul, Turkey by special screening guest, Mary Tsolak.

Main cast

• Ali Düşenkalkar – Ali
• Turgay Aydın – Keten
• Şenay Gürler – İpek
• Işıl Yücesoy – Neriman
• Arzu Bazman – Omit
• Köksal Engür – Rasih

Alternative title, “What is a human anyway?” is set in modern day Istanbul. Ali, a guy in his late twenties, has an accident while working as a taxi driver and suffers temporary amnesia. Although he partially comes to his senses, remembering many of the people who live in his apartment building, he cannot remember his father, Rasih (Koksal Engur), a retired health officer. During Ali’s struggle to sort himself out we see people all around him joining the same struggle.

The movie seems like an absurd comedy at first look but it explores cultural themes in an unusual circus-like ambiance. In short “Korkuyorum Anne” is not a low comedy which is aimed at belly laughs like other comedy potboilers which have been profusely produced in the last decade in Turkey. It has an intellectual side to be looked into. Sweet,original, and funny even if it looks absurd!

Our guset, Mary Tsolak will talk about the cultural aspects of the film before and afterward. She spends much of her time living in Turkesy and brings the film as a special opportunity for Green Door Film Society members.

Greens N Grains Deli will host a natural and organic dinner special before the Green Door Film Society meetings. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 30 people.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on Film Society screening nights when they will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at 920.868.9999 or by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. The store’s Website features news and special monthly discount flyers at Greens-N-Grains.com.

Controversial, thought-provoking, artistic and independent films are the focus of biweekly film screenings in the loft above Greens N Grains Deli in Egg Harbor.

Last winter we launched the Greens N Grains Dinner and a Movie Series which showed a variety of films from around the world and concluded in March with a local filmmaker’s night. This season we wish to build on the success and expand the concept further with the inclusion of themed discussions as an integral part of the meetings. The chance to engage in thoughtful discussion with others after the screening is an important ingredient of a good film event. Film aficionados in Door County are encouraged to join us in the creation of a new interest group that will help you to pursue your love of cinema at biweekly meetings of the Green Door Film Society.

The Green Door Film Society will have exclusive use of the loft facilities which comfortably seats about 30 people. Every other Thursday, beginning on November 18, we’ll get together to watch and watch and discuss film and the film making process throughout the “quiet season.” Notes and discussion questions for each film will be provided here along with trailers and posters that you can download and hang up to help get the word out.

On Thursday, November 18 at 7 pm we’ll begin the series with Oliver Stone’s latest documentary, “South of the Border.” Eager to explore how the U.S. media has depicted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, director Oliver Stone travelled to South America to interview Chavez and several other South American presidents in the process. Among the distinguished subjects in Stone’s probing and controversial documentary are Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Brazil’s Lula da Silva, Argentina’s Nestor Kirchner and Cuba’s Raúl Castro. The film is certain to provoke dialogue and was not shown in any local Door County commercial venues during its recent box-office release.

Greens N Grains Deli will host a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Green Door Film Society meetings. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 30 people.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on Film Society screening nights when they will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at 920.868.9999 or by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. The store’s Website features news and special monthly discount flyers at Greens-N-Grains.com.