The Real Food Campaign


Organic, biodynamic, local, macrobiotic, raw, vegan… there are so many choices for those of us who are concerned about the quality and vitality of our food, it can almost be dizzying. But one thing is certain: it all starts in the soil. Your food is only as good as the ground it is grown in. Soil that is denuded and has little or no mineral or vitamin content produces food that might fill our bellies, but leaves our bodies craving the bionutrients it needs to build healthy and happy lives. Only soil that is vital can produce food that is vital, providing you with what your body needs for health and well-being.

The Real Food Campaign (RFC) is calling for a return to food that is packed with life-sustaining elements. A hundred years of commercial farming and soil erosion have eroded our health. Once rare or unknown diseases like Parkinsons, ADHD, and Alzheimers are becoming more common and are linked to a deficiency in minerals that were once present in the soil and the crops we grew and ate. The Real Food Campaign is calling for a return to food that tastes better, keeps longer, and replaces our need for a handful of multivitamins.

Toward this goal, the Real Food Campaign is educating and collaborating with consumers, farmers, scientists, retailers, and policy makers about the importance of nutrient-dense food. We are initiating and supporting programs that produce more nutrient-dense crops for a nutrient-rich food supply, working to bring us all together to lead healthier, longer and tastier lives. RFC partner growers are answering the call by growing food that does just that. Will you join us in this important mission? This website is a place for all people to explore the relationship between soil, food and health.

$34,550
raised to date
$265,450
still needed!
12% funded of $300,000 goal

Help Real Food Campaign make the shift to membership-based Bionutrient Food Association, and:

  • LAUNCH our innovative resource website;
  • BEGIN basic research to identify the nutritional disparity in our food supply;
  • and PROVIDE more resources and support for growers and consumers.

Small and large donations from friends, members and sponsors will bring us to our goal of $300,000. Please give now, and check back to see the Bionutrient Food Association logo grow to become more nutrient-dense as we reach our goal.

Thanks to Peter Gillham’s Natural Vitality, the Forrest C. and Frances H. Lattner Foundation, and our individual supporters who have already given so far this year!

Bionutrient Rich Crop Production Course

This fall the Real Food Campaign started 7 two session courses aimed primarily, though not exclusively, at farmers. These were held at MOFGA in Unity ME, the Cornell Extension offices in Riverhead, Long Island, Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY, Nomadic Farms in Wilton, NH, Wishing Stone Farm in Little Compton, RI, Two Rivers Center in Montpelier VT, NHIAF in Jackson, NH, with a full two-session course offered at Overlook Farm in Rutland, MA. About 160 people attended these courses, over half of them with the benefit of financial aid provided by a generous grant from the Forrest C. and Frances H. Lattner Foundation.

The second sessions of these courses will be held in February and March, at which time other courses, originally consisting of four sessions but reduced to just two, will begin. Recruitment for these courses is proceeding at this point, and places remain available at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan, MA, East New York Farms in Brooklyn, NY, White Gate Farm in East Lyme, CT, North Berwick Community Center in North Berwick, ME, Greenfield Community Farm in Greenfield, MA, and Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT.

Those interested in attending one of these upcoming courses should click here for more information and to register for a particular course.

Introductory Videos on Bionutrient Rich Crop Production

Curious about the basic principles and practices of this form of biological and energetic farming and gardening? Open to learning new concepts and practices for improving the fertility of your growing operation, but needing more info about what you’d be getting into?

We have created some videos to answer questions we're getting about these courses, which NOFA/Mass and other organizations around the Northeast are sponsoring in partnership with the Real Food Campaign, a project of Remineralize the Earth.

  • Introduction to Principles
In the following group of six video clips, Dan Kittredge introduces some of the key principles and concepts taught in the 2010-2011 Nutrient Dense Crop Production Course, including soil conductivity, brix, soil and water testing, biological inoculation, and protein synthesis. He explains how this knowledge can help you produce high quality nutrition as well as high yields in your crops.


  • Testimonials about the Course
In these videos, participants in the 2010 Nutrient Dense Crop Production Course describe where they grow food, and how the course has affected their growing practices. These testimonials come from both farmers and gardeners. We are still posting new videos.
Click here to see their testimonials.

  • Dan Kittredge Teaching in the Field
The next video playlist shows Dan teaching the course that is finishing up in October 2010 – just before the 2010-2011 courses began. The morning session covers theory and principles. In the afternoon session shown here, we look at the crops growing at the host site's farm – Lindentree Farm in Massachusetts, and consider how these principles can be applied to understand what's happening there.


You can find links to all of these videos by going to http://www.youtube.com/user/RealFoodCampaign

 

 

The Real Food Campaign is a project of Remineralize the Earth

Thanks to our Sponsor: Natural Vitality