June 2008 Open House with Afternoon Seminar

The Time is Now For....
Being Truly Cultured

Fermenting Delicious, Healthy Food, Conscious Connections and Full Circles Community

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Presented by author and nationally known wholistic health expert
Nancy Lee Bentley

Author of
Truly Cultured: Rejuvenating Taste, Health & Community
With Naturally Fermented Foods

Co-author of Dr. Mercola’s TOTAL HEALTH Program

Schedule:
10:00 Overview of CSC and community of Stelle
11:15 Tour of community (Solar & wind applications, gardens, etc…)
12:15 Lunch (Made with garden produce and herbs – vegetarian option)
 1:30 Seminar - Truly Cultured

Truly Cultured Workshop 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

• How can we be as healthy as possible to weather upcoming changes?
• What does fermentation have to do with health?
• How can we do everything we need to do in our busy lives and not only survive environmental, economic and other challenges, but thrive and prosper while doing so?

This is a Full Spectrum Feast, but it’s just the start of the Banquet. Nancy’s new book, Truly Cultured, is a tribute to our most ancient, vital and treasured foods that just happen to be cultured or fermented foods. Yet, there’s so much more…which you’ll be able to sample in this two hour workshop..

Some of the topics to be covered:
● Older Than Fire, Essential for Today
● Fermentation Fundamentals
● The Bottom line of Health
● Fermenting Revolutionary Ideas
● Remembering A Circle of Wisdom
● Conscious Connections and
'Full Circle' Community

Benefits You'll Take Home:

• Have fun, test your knowledge, get new insights and ideas
• Understand why the bacteria aren’t the enemy, why our “war on bugs” mentality isn’t working,
  and what we can do about it
• Learn how favorite foods can be more healthy and delicious, as well as
  fundamental preventive medicine and real health insurance.
• See why the ancient principle of fermentation has implications for our
  health and environment today, even our social, economic and spiritual
  future tomorrow

~ PLUS ~
Get Bonus Take Home Materials
and New Cross-Discipline Opportunities
for Networking and Exchange

~ ADDED BONUS ~
Nancy Lee will be preparing lunch using some recipies from Truly Cultured

Purchase a Copy of Truly Cultured

The Writing’s "on the Wall" at many levels -- body and soil toxicity, gut flora, weakened immunity, chemicals, war on bugs,  disappearing bees, GMO's, Pasteurization, globalization, over-consumption and disconnection from self, others and Mother Earth, and on and on.  Our commercial food system is clearly unsustainable, reduced to innumerable combinations of corn, soy and oil.

A practical alternative, Truly Cultured takes a look at the lessons we can learn from microorganisms, how we can liberate ourselves from germ warfare mentality, while proactively and co-creatively bolstering our community connections to embrace the community of all life.

Circle of Wisdom: A long overdue nod to the rich heritage of delicious and healthy foods gifted to us by living micro-organisms, guides us through a full circle of wisdom about essential, yet overlooked fermentation.

The Missing Link: Probiotics are starting to become very popular. Yet, in addition to discussing the importance of the "inner" ecology of the gut, Nancy really goes full distance in covering our "outer" ecology -- how these ideas mirror each other, and how critical this missing piece is in balancing out the two. 

How We Can Get “Around to It” This might seem revolutionary (it is), but it's truly fundamental.  While organic, local and green are getting much press, it’s clear we need to STEP UP our efforts at taking back control of our food and health, re-localizing our food system and rejuvenating sustainable community through local and focal food and other circles. Not only just to survive, but to thrive, prosper, and facilitate the personal and planetary transformation we now need. 

Nancy Lee Bentley:

A dynamic speaker, Nancy Lee Bentley is a pioneering wholistic health expert, professional chef, natural foods marketing and nutrition consultant, teacher, writer and speaker. Her work has appeared in national/regional trade and consumer publications ranging from "Organic Gardening" to "Natural Foods Merchandiser". Before authoring Truly Cultured, she co-authored the successful Dr. Mercola's TOTAL HEALTH Program and has received recognition from Earl Nightingale, the USDA and 2000 Notable American Women, among others.

A former Stelle resident, Nancy Lee has organized and developed organic/natural food products, co-ops, cooking classes, restaurants, healthy food service pilots, start-up businesses, national trade and organic certification associations. She has trained MasterCard® chefs; organized an allergy/specialty foods mail-order business, brokered organic and specialty grains, developed wheat-free recipes for Cher, baked a 3-tiered purple birthday cake for Prince, and catered for Aveda founder, Horst Rechelbacher.

She currently serves on the advisory Board for BioVision2020, Planet Compassion, and Green World Path, is a founding member of Stellar Projects, LLC, an Ultimate Destiny team member, and a communications and development consultant in the natural and organic food industry. Learn more about Nancy Lee at www.TrulyCultured.com and view the Get Truly Cultured video.