El Día del Trabajo, se pretende que en todo el país todos tomemos un descanso del trabajo. Descansamos. Sin embargo, hay un grupo en particular que probablemente no descansará, y ese grupo son los agricultores.

Hablé con un agricultor orgánico hace unos días, y me contó cómo sus cultivos, frutas de hueso y trigo antiguo, casi se han acabado este año. Montana fue fuertemente golpeada por el granizo a principios de este año que arrancó las flores y las hojas de los árboles frutales y aporreó el trigo. Luego vinieron los saltamontes y siguen viniendo. Los agricultores de Montana producen más trigo orgánico que cualquier otro estado y rangos segundo en la producción total de cereales. Es probable que los cambios climáticos continúen ocurriendo y los trabajos de los agricultores serán aún más desafiantes.

However, this farmer was not defeated. Problem solving is in his DNA. He talked about his potatoes doing well and his goals to start an organic farming center in Montana. He's clear that America needs more organic regenerative farmers, urgently. His devotion was awe inspiring.

I was moved to tell him about how important his work is; how our children are especially noticeably different when they eat non organic wheat versus organic. If they eat non organic wheat they get irritable, display erratic behavior, have learning difficulties, get rashes and sometimes they are even aggressive and violent. It matters what they eat! Non organic food can impair their ability to function, do well in school, have friendships and fulfill their potentials and dreams.

What we eat matters to all of us. And what we eat, if we want optimal health and behavior, should be organic. When organic farmers suffer, we all suffer.

So today, as we take some time to rest, I ask you to take a moment to support a small organic farmer. Buy a bag of ancient organic grain flour online, like Kamut International, einkorn, spelt, flax, sorghum or teff.Talk to your friends about "going in" on a cow or pig share if you buy meat, and buy pasture raised, grass-fed and finished meat from a local farmer. Check out sites that connect farmers to consumers, recommend by farmer Joel Salatin, like  Weston A. Price's Smart Shopping Guide, FarmMatch.com and Eatwild.com.

Make every dollar you spend contribute to healthy families, a healthy economy, and healthy planet. Then rest and enjoy your family today, because if 2020 has taught us anything so far, it's that it's time to focus on family and health. 

Con gratitud,

Equipo Zen y MAA

P.S. To find out more about organic and regenerative farming in America, and how it can restore jobs and our health, check out the fascinating book called Grain by Grain by Bob Quinn PhD.