The Benefits of Organic
Organic food is typically higher in vitamins and minerals. This food has been grown without the use of chemicals or pesticides. This is better for all living beings; from the wee bugs that help to pollinate, to the animals, and certainly for the humans. The land that grows organically also benefits, as the soils are able to build up, with special attention given to maintaining a healthy and diverse micro-environment which helps to create food that is full of the nutrients that we need to be healthy, and that has a full spectrum of flavor.
What do we mean by "holistic"
Holistic for us refers to having diverse herbs, flowers, shrubs and trees growing symbiotically together, and of using only the very natural of sprays in a timely fashion that keep the orchard and it's inhabitant's, healthy and we hope, content. This allows for a comfortable home for beneficial insects that help to pollinate as well as work tirelessly against potential disease and pests. When working closely with nature in this way, it is creating the abundance of healthy soil, lush edibles, and healthy and robust flora and fauna is attainable.
Why Elderberry?
The Elder Tree and Elderberry bush, as it is commonly known in the U.S., has a centuries old history as food and as "medicine", or as Hippocrates coined it "natures medicine chest." Through the ages the Elderberry, along with it's leaves and flowers,have been used to treat a host of illnesses, disease and to help heal wounds. The extensive lore of of healing that surround the elderberry has begun to be replaced by scientific evidence of the same. The elderberry, along with the elderflower, are indeed more than just basic ingredients to a tasty condiment or wine or as the stuff of legendary or even mythical tale. The research into this amazing fruit and it's flower, show they aid in decreasing the frequency and duration of colds, and the flu. One way this is done is by helping to build the immune system. This beautiful flower and berry are even showing remarkable ability to help with the unpleasant effects of too much time in the sun by healing a sunburn, or diminish a chronic sinus difficulties, or congestion associated with the cold or flu.
These latest findings indicate the elderberry has antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties, meaning it works to prevent damage to the body's cells and as such may provide anti-cancer cancer qualities...
Thus, the berries of the elder/ or elderberry bush, are part of a class of nutritionally dense food, that science has deemed, "super-fruit".
The Benefits of Organic
Organic food is typically higher in vitamins and minerals. This food has been grown without the use of chemicals or pesticides. This is better for all living beings; from the wee bugs that help to pollinate, to the animals, and certainly for the humans. The land that grows organically also benefits, as the soils are able to build up, with special attention given to maintaining a healthy and diverse micro-environment which helps to create food that is full of the nutrients that we need to be healthy, and that has a full spectrum of flavor.
What do we mean by "holistic"
Holistic for us refers to having diverse herbs, flowers, shrubs and trees growing symbiotically together, and of using only the very natural of sprays in a timely fashion that keep the orchard and it's inhabitant's, healthy and we hope, content. This allows for a comfortable home for beneficial insects that help to pollinate as well as work tirelessly against potential disease and pests. When working closely with nature in this way, it is creating the abundance of healthy soil, lush edibles, and healthy and robust flora and fauna is attainable.
Why Elderberry?
The Elder Tree and Elderberry bush, as it is commonly known in the U.S., has a centuries old history as food and as "medicine", or as Hippocrates coined it "natures medicine chest." Through the ages the Elderberry, along with it's leaves and flowers,have been used to treat a host of illnesses, disease and to help heal wounds. The extensive lore of of healing that surround the elderberry has begun to be replaced by scientific evidence of the same. The elderberry, along with the elderflower, are indeed more than just basic ingredients to a tasty condiment or wine or as the stuff of legendary or even mythical tale. The research into this amazing fruit and it's flower, show they aid in decreasing the frequency and duration of colds, and the flu. One way this is done is by helping to build the immune system. This beautiful flower and berry are even showing remarkable ability to help with the unpleasant effects of too much time in the sun by healing a sunburn, or diminish a chronic sinus difficulties, or congestion associated with the cold or flu.
These latest findings indicate the elderberry has antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties, meaning it works to prevent damage to the body's cells and as such may provide anti-cancer cancer qualities...
Thus, the berries of the elder/ or elderberry bush, are part of a class of nutritionally dense food, that science has deemed, "super-fruit".