Farm to Table Festival update

8/13/2019 Farm to Table Festival update

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Farm to

Table

Festival

By, Victor Trejo

Essentials of Nutrition

Thursday 6:30 9:45


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Wellness Book

highlight

Completing certaincomponents of myWellness Book it hadexpanded my knowledge

in certain areas -My #1 Super Food (ChiaSeeds)

Introduced me to MyPlate.com

The D.A.S.H diet for

diabetes

Nutrient dense foods

Pinpointing the nutrients Ilacked in my daily intake.


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My Super Food

Chia

Seeds

Nutrien

t Breakdown:High Natural Source ofOmgea-3 fatty acids

Contains over 30% Insolublefiber & over 5% Soluble fiber.

Very low Saturated fattyacid content.

Gluten Free (highly usedwith celiac patients)

21% Protein

Very Low in Sodium

Vitamins (A&B, Niacin,Calcium, Phosphorous, Iron,Potassium, Magnesium)


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How

Chia

Seeds

are grown:

Growing Chia

Seeds:Harvested during fall and ifpossible used as a double-crop during the winter.

Low-maintenance crop thatneeds to be moderately

fertile and that is welldrained.

Chia Seeds are highlytolerate to moisture and wetsoils and grow from a flower.

Height: A Chia plant can be

over 3ft at maturity. Somegrow to be adult human sizes.

Clusters of blue, purple andwhite flowers develop whenready to be sent toprocessors.


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Growers

association.

There are very few associationsthat grow & harvest Chia Seeds inthe U.S.

Kentucky has one of the few Chiafarms in the U.S.

Chia Plants have high productionpotential that requires efficient

mechanical planting andharvesting.

Chia Seeds are naturally grown inMesoamerica like corn as well. Soknowing that farmers createdChia farms in Kentucky wherecorn had been a great produce.

No large scale processing of ChiaSeeds have yet been created forthe markets of the U.S.

We do have an establishedsystem for chia oil but not chiaseeds themselves.


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Chia

Farms

Takes around 2-4 hoursper acre for production andharvest.

Unlike other grains, ChiaSeeds are stored on sitethen go directly to the

processor.Chia is commercially grownin Mexico, Bolivia,Argentina, Ecuador,Nicaragua and in Australia.

Australia is the worldslargest producer of chia

seeds.Rather then being producedthey also grow in the wild insome states like CA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4wJ1vadUg


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Random Facts

about Chia Seeds:Chia Actually got its name fromthe Mayan word for Strength.

Aztecs and Mayans consideredChia Seeds to be magical becauseof their ability to increasestamina and energy over longperiods of time. (Fiber & ProteinContent)

Per ounce of chia seed we

consume we receive 11grams offiber/ 42% of our fiber intake.

Ounce for Ounce; Chia seedshave more omega-3 fatty acidsthan Salmon!

Chia absorbs up to 12 times itsown weight and expands to curbyour appetite.

Tips: Use in cereals,water/drinks, yogurts, salads,and much more ideas since theyare very small.


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Chia Seed & Hemp Bars

My chia seed dish was created from scratch and containsorganic ingredients. (All found @ Mothers)

Oats (gluten free)

Hemp Seeds Chia Seeds

Flax Seeds

Almonds

Raw Honey

Applesauce

Almond Butter Coconut Oil

Vanilla Extract

Beware: Bar is very Rich with flavor.

http://kitchen.nutiva.com/raw-hemp-chia-granola-bars/


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Life lesson

Ive taken a lot of information in from this course.

Staring from the macronutrients all the way towhat critical nutrients expecting mothers need.(which is quite a few)

The life lesson im taking with me from this course is

that whatever foods I put in my body might makeme full for the moment but in the long haul it willonly affect my health if not taken care of.

I have quote to share with the class that made meopen eyes a bit wider From the bitterness ofdisease man learns the sweetness of health Catalan Proverb.


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Chia Seed

References

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CCD/introsheets/chia.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_hispanica

http://permaculturenews.org/2009/04/06/chia-crop-potential-and-uses/

http://www.doctoroz.com/blog/lindsey-duncan-nd-cn/chia-ancient-super-secret
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