Archive for April, 2011

Kristina on Great Day Houston!

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you have had a wonderful holiday weekend! I had a Hoppy time! :)   I thoroughly enjoyed being able to spend time in the sun at co-op this week, and I look forward to a bright and sunny week again! We enjoyed fresh strawberries, apples, and more! Since summer is approaching, we will see more fruit in the shares! I have just been informed by Gundermann Farms that peach season is not but two weeks away! HORRAY! I cannot wait!

I have MORE exciting news for everyone! I have been invited to be on television this coming Wednesday morning on Great Day Houston hosted by our wonderful Debra Duncan! I am being brought on to talk about not only Rawfully Organic, but also to share my story and the importance of eating healthy, raw foods! A renown doctor from Chicago is also being brought onto the show to discuss healthier food options with me. We hope to create a special episode that brings hope to individuals and families who may struggle to eat healthier and that introduces them to the raw foods diet. I will be reminding everyone on Tuesday as well so that we can all remember to set our DVRs! If you miss it, I will also post the video clip on our you-tube page shortly after so that you cannot miss it!

Here are the details for my appearance on the show:

Wednesday,

April 27th

9-10 AM

www.greatdayhouston.com

(KHOU Channel 11)

Lastly, you may be asking yourself, “No newsletter or inspiration from Kristina this week?!” Sadly, the answer is yes. I normally write an inspirational for everyone to stay motivated in eating raw and in being healthy, but I really wanted to gain everyone’s attention so that he/she can be excited with me about my appearance on TV! I am really trying to spread the word and gain awareness for this event! Last week’s email entitled “A Garden of Faith” is extremely special to me, so if you have not yet read it, please take the time to do so. If you struggle with having faith or confidence in yourself, then hopefully those words of wisdom will help to change your life!

This week is going to be a huge week, and I am sure that many are returning from Easter vacations! I cannot WAIT to see everyone, and I am sure that we will have many new faces to welcome and hug! If you want to come and volunteer, there is nothing as fun as sorting fruits and veggies in the middle of your week! It turns crazy into zen, and we will most definitely need the extra hands! We are bagging all greens to keep them crisp and hydrated in the Houston heat! Eventually, I will need to begin raising money for more biodegradable bags, so if we all give $1, we will raise it easily and quickly! :)   Lastly, I am working to get my Thursday drop-offs a bit earlier. We have new box stickers that will display your name so that you grab the correct box from the designated porch. Enjoy! :)

I hope that you are as excited as I am about my appearance on the show! Please show your support for our ROC’N co-op by either watching or spreading the word this week! We love our co-op so much, and I know that we are all SO blessed to be able to create an awesome change in this city and in the world!

I literally cannot wait to see everyone this week!

Blessings and hugs,

Kristina

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A Garden of Faith

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Hellooooo Co-op Family!!

I hope that you have had an awesome weekend! The weather the past few days has been epic! I hope that you have had time to spend outside soaking up some well-needed vitamin D and listening to the birds sing their praises! We have a special week coming up due to the Easter celebration, and I want to invite ALL parents to bring along their children to come and sort the fruit and veggie shares this week! I consider it JUST as valuable an experience for kids to be able to play with their food as it is for them to hunt for Easter eggs! Plus, it is WAY healthier to get them excited about eating fruits than it is to feed them chocolate eggs!

I hope that you read this entire newsletter because it holds so much significance to me, and I believe it is a message that EVERYONE needs to hear. This week particularly holds a lot of meaning for many different individuals. It is a week that celebrates life, death, Spring, family, colors, food, nature, and communities. We celebrate the blessing of life! You don’t have to be Christian to cherish this gift or even to celebrate it with others. You simply have the choice to appreciate the life that has been given to you! Yes, YOU!  A popular topic lately that I have noticed has been one of having confidence. So many right now lack confidence, or faith, in themselves. Everyone gets it: that nervous feeling in your gut that makes you question, “Am I good enough?”

Everyone has different insecurities or triggers that bring out a lack of faith in themselves. Even if we consider ourselves to be a master, we may not perform our best at all times. We are human, and we live in a world where not everyone is as compassionate in a time of need as we may hope to find. That is OK because that is where we find our inner strength, and that is how we learn to have faith and confidence in our abilities!

Learning to grow faith is a lot like learning to plant a garden. For anyone who is ever having issues related to trust or faith, I tell them to work in their garden or immediately begin planting one. Being 100% raw since 2005, I have learned to have faith in food for infinite reasons. There is so much significance behind planting a garden, depending on its bounty for life, learning from its cycles, and trusting that it can change the world. Here are a few lessons that I have learned that have infinite layers of significance.

One must trust that a planted seed with sprout.
One must trust that this sprouted plant will grow fruit.
One must also trust that this fruit will grow abundant fruit, enough to sustain you and nourish you.
One must trust that the beautiful food from the earth will heal your body, mind, and soul.
One must trust that this food will FEED you to be strong.
One must trust that this food will help you to help others.
One must trust that this life given to you will change the world.

We can only use our lives to change the lives of others. Just like a small seed that can grow into a massive tree, we never know the impact that we have on this planet or in the lives of others. Knowing that what you have to offer the world is epic and essential to our world growth. We must gain enough confidence in ourselves to move forward when all cards may tell you differently. What does your heart tell u? When things are truly right, the will faithfully be placed before u. You must pick up these opportunities up and run like the wind with them. All we have to fear is our own lack of faith in ourselves…so lettuce gain some confidence! No idea or thought is too small; no person is incapable of greatness.

Ask yourself, “What can I do to change my perception? How can I grow from this? How can I unite this world?”

We all have infinite possibilities to offer this world. Treat others as you would like to be treated, and have faith in your capabilities as a person. If nothing else, trust your ability to love. One can never give too much love. One learns to love in a garden, and one can learn to love themselves here.

This is going to be a huge week, and I cannot wait to share a box of love with each of you!

Hugs and blessings,

Kristina

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Our Most Valuable Resource = FOOD!

Monday, April 11th, 2011

1358I hope that you have had a restful and SUNNY weekend! It almost felt like summer, and I LOVED every moment of sunshine! As the heat comes in, so will more fruits! We are hoping to have more strawberries and blueberries for everyone this week along with a few other surprises! As the sun feeds my skin some Vitamin D, I think about all of the other nutrients that the sun provides. The sun is our utmost life giver, and it provides us with beautiful food that we can literally not live without.

More and more you will hear people start to realize the importance of eating LOVE (local, organic, vegetable eating!). When we cannot get local, we ALWAYS have organic, and we only get the most fresh organic produce in Houston. I had a FANTASTIC conversation with a friend the other day about our MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE = FOOD!!!  More often than not, people take food in general for granted. Getting food can be a very easy thing to do; however, many people do not think about the quality of their food or from where it is sourced. Is it GOOD food? Food exists in a million categories, but is all of it really FOOD? Do chemicals and processed, packaged good count? In my opinion, NOPE.

People worry about oil, paper, gas, plastics, money, wars, Obama, gold, silver, cars, etc. Yet, I never see FOOD quality as the topic of IMMINENCY or importance in the news. Why do we not place more importance on the importance of high quality food? But what about rich soils, home-grown foods, co-ops, and farmers who grow truly nutritious food? Where’s THAT dirt??

red leafVery few are currently addressing the grave issue of terrible food quality. If you eat poor quality food, you will feel average, sluggy, down, energy-less, possibly depressed, insecure, hungry, dissatisfied, and horrible to say the least. Before I ate raw, I felt that way everyday thinking it was simply a part of my nature. I don’t know that person anymore!! When you don’t physically FEED your body properly, your mind is not fueled properly to perform your daily tasks or even handle emotional issues that may be going on around you! High quality food is essential for us to feel our best. It also tastes MUCH better! The richness of our food brings richness to our lives!

Our co-op is SO blessed to be surrounded with the absolute best quality organic produce in Houston. We get the food FRESH from the trucks the day of co-op. There is NO storage because it is delivered straight to our sites. When the local food comes, it is most likely picked the day of or within less than 24 hours of co-op! For us who have been in the co-op for a few years now, we don’t branch outside of co-op too much because we have found a gem in the middle of the desert. We have found the best quality food for the best price. We are spoiled! After recently scouting out grocery stores in the area, I was shocked at not only the quality, but also the price of the produce offered. There were some items that were SUPER pricey, and there were some that were SUPER cheap. Those that were super pricey looked average, and those that were super cheap looked…SUPER CHEAP and empty of quality.  Nothing looked like the sprinkle-in-your-face fresh that comes in our boxes. The experience of going to the store was so different for me. Where was my box? Where are my friends?  :(

I plan to change the face of our planet with our co-op!!! One tiny seed can lead a movement and live as an example for millions and billions to follow! FABULOUS quality produce AND excellent price still exists, and we are proud of it! Even if we do pay a few cents more for truly LOCAL and organic produce at times, the quality is BEYOND worth it, and it supports OUR LOCAL economy and COMMUNITY! We value resources that are essential to our daily life functions. The co-op offers one of the most essential resources on our planet: RICH QUALITY FOOD!

There is no resource more valuable than the food that we place within our bodies. Also, I believe you all to be the most amazing individuals with whom I get to interact. You have become more than my community: you have become my friends and my family. We cannot live without either of these support systems. With best quality nutrition and support, we function at our best!

Food is our most valuable resource.

We cannot live without it.

The better quality food that we get, the better individuals we become.

We must never take any of our blessings for granted. We are surrounded by so much abundance and by such beautiful, colorful produce. Lettuce spread this with the ones that we love, with ourselves, and with the world…one fruit and veggie at a time!!

Hope to see you all this week to celebrate our bounty in the sunshine!

Hugs and love,

Kristina

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