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February 14, 2018

Frosty Lethbridge-14

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant:

if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,

prosperity would not be so welcome.

-Anne Bradstreet

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Construction Update

The Freezer's in the Building

The guys moved the huge upright freezer into the store last week. You can read how it was done by going to the video. It was challenging but ended up fitting perfectly where we needed it.

The electricians have been getting the wiring done and Martin has ordered doors.

Of course, the wood-fired oven is constantly hot for baking bread and James' bagels as we experiment and learn. They made a dessert pizza the other night, which was reportedly exceptional.

freezer doors
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Back to Basics Personal Care Products

tallow products

Have you tried Jeannie's Back to Basics personal care products, yet?

These tallow-based creams are made from organic ingredients, without hormone-disrupting chemicals, or petroleum products.

Tallow is uniquely compatible with the biology of our cells because it consists of 50 to 55 percent saturated fat, just like our cell membranes. The result is healthy toned skin that looks, feels and is, good.

Tallow contains skin-nourishing ingredients that plant-based oils do not, like the abundance of fat soluble vitamins (A, D, K, and E) that naturally occur in pastured tallow, along with the potent anti-inflammatory conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and anti-microbial palmitoleic acid.

Feel good about your skin. Let your skin feel good about you!

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Grander Living Water

In the previous Harvest Haven Happenings, we shared a video about the effects Grander had on wheat grass in an experiment done by a high school student.

Here's an exchange Martin had with someone who was sceptical about Grander. His answers may help you with the sceptics you encounter.

K: Whaaaaa? The water "learns" how to be spring water again???
Am I the only one who understands how crazy that sounds? Show me repeated peer reviewed data... when inquiring minds want to know HOW something works, it is insulting to pat us on the head and tell us that it's too complicated for us to understand. Come on... tell how the heck this supposedly works.....????

Martin: The trouble with your reasoning is that you're failing to acknowledge that you're surrounded by phenomena that you don't understand every day.

You know that when you drop something, it will fall. You can even reasonably predict how fast it will fall. But it's been millennia, and nobody is even close to telling us why or how it falls.

I can do the same for Grander. I can tell you that it will make seeds sprout faster. I can also tell you how much faster. But I can't tell you why or how.

The trouble with the "scientific" community is that they've deceived themselves into believing they understand why the natural world behaves as it does, just because they can predict what will happen.

Animals know well enough to predict objects fall, but that doesn't make them one bit closer to understanding how.

It was clearly demonstrated in the video above that Grander DOES HAVE a positive impact on plant growth. We've even learned HOW MUCH to expect. Is that not the study of repeated events?

I'm so tired of people swinging their "peer reviewed" baseball bat at our heads. What you're saying is that you and your "scientific" community are the self-ordained authority on Truth. The priests and priestesses of science if you will. No-one has the right to discover or utilize any natural phenomena without your approval, even if it's effective.

Essentially, you're saying that the incredibly complex marvelous creation we exist in is only permitted to manifest its design if it gets permission first from you and your peers.

For the record, the same peers you're demanding that I answer to have collaboratively agreed that chemotherapy and gouging out internal organs is the only effective cancer treatment.

We don't answer to ignorant barbarians.

K: Harvest Haven dude... I actually do understand gravity. I do not understand an inorganic molecule "learning" how to be spring water. Give me the benefit of the doubt, and just for one fleeting moment do not assume that I am an ignorant barbarian whom you seem to think is attacking your product. Just explain how it works. No need to call me names... unless that sort of thing turns your crank?

K: an... if you could repeatedly show me that wheat grass sprouts better with your water as opposed to any water with the chlorine removed... that would be great, too. I'm simply curious about your product. Why do you seem to think that makes me a barbarous threat?

Martin: I didn't call you a barbarian. I called the scientific community, barbaric, although at this point I'm becoming more comfortable lumping you in with them.

You demand that I show you peer-reviewed studies. This is the anthemic cry of the scientific community when somebody demonstrates a phenomenon they don't understand or don't agree with. The Grander family and their community can study water for 40 years and have their technology used effectively worldwide, but they're still answerable to these so-called "peers" who can't and won't understand their work.

We have repeatedly demonstrated that Grander stimulates plant growth as opposed to any water with the chlorine removed (we've been using Grander on our irrigation lines for over two decades). In fact, if you watch the video carefully with an "inquiring mind," you'll note that the unfiltered city water with Grander grew significantly better than the chlorine-free water with no Grander. The final control that used filtered water and Grander technology did the best. I designed the experiment to account for these variables because I wanted to know the answer. That's why there are four controls.

I often deliberate whether people like you are worth talking to or whether we should just delete comments like yours. But I've had it! People like you just see something briefly on Facebook and have no problem assuming they're the authority on the matter. You don't bother to watch the experiment carefully and think it through. You don't bother to ask for details to help you understand. In fact, you figure that if you can't comprehend something instantaneously then it isn't real.

Why should we give you the benefit of the doubt when you won't give it to us? You entered the scene treating me like an idiot because I don't presume to know more than I do. Did I get your benefit of the doubt? I sign my name and you call me "Harvest Haven dude." I can't even get good manners and common decency from you, but you can demand "benefit of the doubt"?

And then you completely ignore the substance of my response and accuse me of calling you names! How daft are you to be telling me you "understand" gravity? Read the following. https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question30.html.

If you understand WHY masses attract and what mechanism CAUSES that, I hope that you'll share that with me and the rest of the scientific world. You tell me HOW gravity works and I'll tell you HOW Grander works (by how, I mean what causes it to work). How's that for a challenge?

As for any molecules "learning" a behavior, I'm referring to water's properties changing which in turn affects the way the water "behaves." Much like magnetizing a nail so that its behavior changes. The magnet "teaches" the nail how to behave like a magnet.

There are those who appreciate a simple explanation and aren't so proud that they take a simple explanation as an insult to their intellect. Do you think that because I offer a simple explanation that I have no understanding beyond that simplicity? Again, where is MY benefit of the doubt? Why not ask questions with some semblance of humility instead accusing me of insulting your intellect?

Don't tell me that you're simply curious about our product. "Simple curiosity" doesn't manifest itself aggressively as you have in your original comment. Curiosity asks questions; it doesn't demand answers. We're not falling for your innocence charade. You're lying. You're a know-it-all and a very unpleasant person and I have no problem saying it out loud. Calling people names doesn't "turn my crank" but saying it like it is sure does! It doesn't just turn my crank, it runs my motor!

If you think you can just show up and shoot off your mouth disrespectfully without resistance then you've come to the wrong place. Smarten up!

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30 Days of Food

This has been fun. Getting to know our customers a bit better and meeting new ones has been great.

Be sure to click "Follow" and "See First" our Facebook page to participate in this contest, February 1 to March 2.

All you need to do is like and comment on our daily Facebook post to be entered to win $10.00 towards your next grocery purchase. There will be a new winner every day for 30 days, with the winner being posted on our page the day after they've commented. Winners will be chosen randomly.

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On Sale...

Top Sirloin Steak- Sale $13.49/lb Reg. $14.99/lb (See Recipe Box)

Beef Smokies- Sale $11.99/lb Reg. $12.99/lb

Bone-In Chicken Breast- Sale $9.99/lb Reg. $10.49/lb (See Recipe Box)

Raw Sauerkraut, 1L- Sale $14.49 each Reg. $15.49 each

Cooking Onions- Sale $6.49/ 3lb bag Reg. $7.49/ 3lb bag (See Recipe Box)

Beets- Sale $1.79/lb Reg. $2.49/lb (See Recipe Box)

Nuts to You Crunchy Peanut Butter, 500 g- Sale $9.49 each Reg. $10.39 each (See Recipe Box)

White Basmati Rice, 795 g- Sale $8.49 each Reg. $9.99 each (See Recipe Box)

Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk, 400mL- Sale $4.29 eah Reg. $5.19 each (See Recipe Box)

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The Recipe Box

Please note, all ingredients in our recipes are organic.

pepper steak

Pepper Steak

3 lbs Harvest Haven sirloin steak, whole serving-size pieces or sliced into 1/4" strips
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 clove Harvest Haven garlic, minced
1 cup Harvest Haven beef broth
2 bell peppers, cubed
2 Harvest Haven onions, sliced
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
5 stalks celery, sliced diagonally
1 tsp pepper or to taste
2 Tbsp cornstarch
Tomato wedges

Marinate steak in soy sauce, garlic and 1/2 cup beef broth at least 15 minutes.

Drain, saving the liquid.

Heat oil in frying pan. Quickly brown steak on each side.

Add vegetables and cook until tender. (If using strips of steak, remove them from pan before adding vegetables to the pan.)

Mix cornstarch with reserved liquid and remaining beef broth; stir into vegetables and cook until thickened. (Add meat strips and spoon sauce over them.)

Place tomato wedges on top for garnish.

Serve with rice.

Makes 8 servings.

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beets

Indian Style Spiced Beets

2 lbs Harvest Haven beets, cooked and cubed
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1/4 tsp. each whole coriander, mustard, and cumin seeds
1/4 tsp. fennel seeds (optional)
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
2 Tbsp. finely chopped parsley leaves, for garnish

Heat oil in a saute pan over medium-low heat. Combine the seeds and bay leaf in a small bowl; add mixture to the hot oil.

Stir spices continuously for 30 seconds (caution: mustard seeds might attempt to pop and escape), then add beets. Continue to stir continuously for another minute or until beets are hot.

Sprinkle salt evenly over beets, then remove pan from heat. Remove and discard bay leaf. Transfer beets to a serving bowl.

Garnish with parsley leaves, if using. Serve hot or allow to cool slightly.

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peanut butter chicken

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

1 tbsp olive oil
2 lbs bone-in Harvest Haven chicken breasts
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt, or to taste
1/2 tsp pepper, or to taste
1 can Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk
3/4 cup crunchy Nuts to You peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup Harvest Haven honey
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp lime juice (or lemon juice)
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 to 1 tsp ground ginger, or to taste
2 Harvest Haven garlic cloves, finely minced
pinch cayenne pepper, optional and to taste
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, optional for garnishing
2 tablespoons green onions sliced thin, optional for garnishing

Drizzle olive oil over bottom of the slow cooker.

To a large, gallon-sized ziptop plastic bag, add the chicken, cornstarch, salt, pepper, seal bag, and toss to coat chicken evenly. Add chicken to slow cooker; set aside.

To a medium bowl, add the coconut milk, peanut butter, soy sauce, honey, rice wine vinegar, lime juice, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, optional cayenne, and whisk to combine.

Pour mixture over the chicken, using a spoon to distribute the sauce if necessary, making sure all pieces are coated. It looks like a lot of sauce but it reduces by at least half during cooking.

Cook covered on high for about 2 hours or on low for about 4 hours. If cooking on high, start checking at 90 minutes and if cooking on low, start checking at 3 hours. All slow cookers vary so cook until chicken is done (reaches 165F on an instant read thermometer).

Add chicken to a plate with as much extra cooking sauce spooned over the top as desired, garnish with peanuts, optional cilantro, optional green onions, and serve immediately. Serve with rice.

Chicken is best warm and fresh but will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days.

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peanut butter krispies

Peanut Butter Crispies

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup Harvest Haven honey
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped

Slowly dissolve sugar, honey and peanut butter on stove. Add vanilla, crispy rice cereal and nuts. Mix quickly and pat into buttered 9-inch square pan.

Ice with chocolate butter icing and cut into squares.

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Down on the Farm

Harvest Haven Certified -What it means for you.

In the January 17, 2018 Harvest Haven Happenings, we discussed our problem with "certified organic." Martin wrote:

"Over the past two decades, we've had many people ask us if we're 'certified organic.' We've also had many tell us that we should get 'certified.' We've even had people look at us skeptically when we tell them our food isn't technically 'certified organic' but our standards are much higher than is required to be certified.

"I can tell you categorically that we have absolutely ZERO interest in paying an organization with lower standards than ours, to put their stamp of approval on our product. Particularly when that same stamp is put on products that are grossly inferior to ours. If our customers don't trust us, they should be shopping elsewhere."

What does Harvest Haven Certified mean?

Harvest Haven Certified means that when you walk into our store, you can pick up any product and know it's safe to eat or use. We've done the research into the products we bring in and will not carry anything that has GMOs or strange chemical concoctions, nor do we carry "organic" products owned by companies that support GMOs or chemical-based agriculture. We don't want to support any of these operations that are just doing organic for the bottom dollar and are okay poisoning consumers with chemical-laden foods.

You can be assured that Harvest Haven Certified requires standards higher than "certified organic." For example, certified organic requires "access" to the outdoors for poultry but doesn't mandate that birds actually go outside. Whereas, our poultry (layers, broilers, turkeys) enjoy fresh air and sunshine from when they are small chicks and spend much of their lives scratching in dirt and eating fresh greens.

Absolutely all aspects of our operation, livestock, fields, and gardens have Grander Living water for better growth and optimum health. These are the products you're purchasing for their goodness and your wellbeing.

You can meet the farmer, as many of you have, and ask him what goes into producing a "garden carrot," or how to raise a tender, grass-fed steak, or why the eggs taste so good. We're more than willing to share with you our experiences from twenty some years of farming according to our rigorous standards.

Harvest Haven Certified means we back what gets our approval with our lives. By God's grace, we live what we preach without compromise. May it always be so, for all our sakes.

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