Raw Union Raw Food Festival Part 1
Raw Union was a raw food festival hosted by Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes in Central Point Oregon at a beautiful retreat/farm called Angel’s Farm. It culminated with the wedding ceremony/celebration of Matt and Angela. Some of the more familiar speakers at the festival were David Wolfe, Elaina Love, Kevin and Annemarie Gianni, among other talented and dedicated speakers of the raw vegan movement. I was lucky enough to attend, and here is a brief summary of my experiences at this wonderful festival.
If you would like to skip this and just enjoy the pictures, I posted all the raw union pictures here.
It started out with a road trip with my two of my best friends, John who has been active in the raw movement for 14 years, and Novalee who is a dedicated dog rescuer and she brought one of her sweet foster dogs with us on the trip. I call them my rawntourage:) John filled up his biodiseal fueled jeep with 5 or so cases of coconuts, two coolers filled with greens from his garden among other raw foods to keep us satisfied on our trip. Half the coconuts were for the Raw Union wedding celebration coconut cream pie and the other half were for John’s coconut booth and coconut talk, both which proved to be very popular. We started out on our 6.5 hour trip to Medford, Oregon and stopped at Shasta Lake to eat our salads that we had brought. Nova found a mulberry tree and we snacked on delicious mulberries for dessert.
First Day of the festival John Kohler busily opened and sold young Mexican coconuts at his booth to many while Nova and I explored the speakers and events.
The first speaker I listened to was Dr. Doug ( not Doug Graham) There were so many nuggets of wisdom I received from all the different speakers,so I will leave you with a few from each one. If you vibe with their messages and want to learn more, please click on their names and visit their websites.
- Emphasized the importance of thinking positively
- Recommended the book, The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton
- Recommended muscle testing different foods and supplements for your body before you buy them
- One method of muscle testing he taught was to put the food/supplement in the middle of your chest and if you lean forward your body wants it, and it if it leans back it doesn’t
Favorite Quote from Dr. Doug
“We can eat all the rawfoods and be a hater, but the hate will win.”
It’s almost impossible to list all the cool things I learned from David, so please go to his website to learn more. Here are just a few:
- Studies in Russia have showed that bee keepers live longer because of the consumption of honey
- A great anti candida tea is Horsetail herb, Pau d’ arco, and Reishi mushroom
- Supplements good for allergies are MSM, Nettle, and L-lysine
- Medicinal mushrooms strengthen your immune system
- It is important for our immune system to stand on the earth with our bare feet and be grounded
Favorite Quote from David Wolfe
“You do not have to suffer to be well”
Elaina love talked about natural body care. Here are few cool things she recommended:
- You can shave with honey
- You can make a wash with honey and lemon to wash your body
- You can use apple cider vinegar to wash your hair
- Skin brushing is important
These are just teasers to demonstrate how much information can be gathered at a raw food festival. I highly recommend attending one, not just for the speakers, but also for the wonderful food and sense of community.
There were at least 5 food vendors selling all different types of raw food: smoothies, soups, raw salads, wraps, chocolate, and best of all, raw ice cream! One of the best raw food vendors was Cathy Silver who used to be on Happy Days. Pretty crazy huh? Not to mention all the product vendors that had amazing superfoods and supplements, some that are very hard to come by, yet everything was at our fingertips. I discovered two new raw products that I’ll be writing about in an upcoming post! So exciting.
I was also privileged to meet some people in the raw food movement that I had admired from afar. Meeting them in person confirmed what wonderful people they are and what a positive energy they are bringing to the world! These people included Kevin and Annemarie Gianni, Bunny Berry, and Robert Cheeke.
Already the festival was proving to be worth the trip, and the wedding celebrations hadn’t even started yet! Next post I’ll talk about the amazing raw food wedding of Matt and Angela. To Be Continued . . .
If you want to see all my Raw Union pictures click here
♥,
C
Question for the Day:
Have you been to a raw food festival? If so, briefly share your experience in the comments section.
Speaking of raw food festivals be sure to check out the Santa Rosa Raw Health Expo which is coming up soon:
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