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Farm to Fork to Farm. Kirsten Serrano. A Farm to Fork Story. The Storyline. 2000 2004 2006 2007 2014 2015. La Scala. Restauration. What We Do. Local Sourcing Heritage Grains Fair Trade Seasonality Whole Foods
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Farm to Fork to Farm Kirsten Serrano
The Storyline 2000 2004 2006 2007 2014 2015
What We Do Local Sourcing Heritage Grains Fair Trade Seasonality Whole Foods Creative Allergen and Special Diet Friendly
Meat Suppliers Sheepdog Farms Fischer Farms Thistle Byre Farms Miller Chicken This Old Farm Viking Lamb
Produce Suppliers Small Wonder Farm Longhouse Farm Cooley Family Farm Silverthorn Farm Sun and Moon Farm Thistle Byre Farm Howard Orchard
Local Food Producers Smoking Goose Local Folks Cornerstone Bread Fermenti Artisani Indiana Pickle Tulip Tree Creamery and others Hubbard and Cravens Tea
What it’s really about—Real Food Theirs Chocolate [unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla], Sugar, Eggs, Butter, Water, Margarine [vegetable oil (soybean & palm oils), water, salt, mono & diglycerides, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, natural flavor, vitamin A palmitate, beta carotene], Glucose, Evaporated Milk [milk, vitamin D3], Maltitol, Coconut Oil, Madagascar Vanilla, Salt, Sunflower Lecithin. Ours: Fair trade organic chocolate (*Organic raw cane sugar, *Organic chocolate liquor, *Organic cocoa butter. *Fair Trade Ingredient) Pastured local eggs, organic cane sugar, coconut oil, organic fair trade espresso, organic vanilla, sea salt
Your Farm The little guys make all the difference
You are an Ecosystem • Microbiome • We’re Outnumbered • Gut Farm
Redefining what it means to be human! 500-1,000 species gut Up to 10,000 species About 3 pounds of us
Protective Structural Metabolic
The Second Brain Recent evidence indicates that not only is our brain “aware” of our gut microbes, but these bacteria can influence our perception of the world and alter our behavior. It is becoming clear that the influence of our microbiota reaches far beyond the gut to affect an aspect of our biology few would have predicted—our mind. Drs Justin and Erica Sonnenburg
When it Goes Wrong--Dysbiosis Intestinal dysbiosis (an imbalance in the gut microbes) leads to many deadly disease states, including inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, heart disease, autoimmunity, mood disorders, and even cancer” Dr. Jill Carnahan Almost exclusively, these are disorders of developed countries and they are on the rise wherever Western culture is taking hold
Autoimmune conditions are connected by one central biochemical process: A runaway immune response also known as systemic inflammation that results in your body attacking its own tissues. – Functional Medicine doc Mark Hyman, MD
What’s the Problem? DYSBIOSIS Why Our Microbiomes Are Under Attack Modern life is wreaking havoc on our gut Toxin Exposures Poor Diet Pharmaceuticals Poor Digestive Function Overly Sterile Living Lack of exposure
Soil Microbiome & Your Microbiome Microbes sort friend and foe and send alert signals Microbiota produce a stronger “host” Break down toxins • Teaming with microscopic life • Flourishes through diversity • Strength through symbiotic relationships • Depressed by toxins • Breaking down organic matter and making it bioavailable
Learn More Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome University of Colorado Boulder & University of Colorado System Take the course for free from Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/microbiome/home/welcome References and recommended reading available at: www.smallwondernutritionfarm.com