Rogue Valley Resources
I LOVE our beautiful, bountiful Rogue Valley here in Southern Oregon! I want to share some of my favorite Rogue Valley resources for locals - or for those blessed to be visiting.
Enjoy all the goodness of local, organic, home-cooked REAL FOOD meals, with none of the work! I hear over and over from my patients that a lack of time or culinary skill can get in the way of following my dietary recommendations. I'm excited to be able to offer a solution for those living in the Rogue Valley: Chef Kristen! Order online and pick up meals, sides, bone broth and/or nourishing treats from her Jacksonville location, or have them delivered to your door. Tell her I sent you by writing "Referred by Summer Waters" in the "Order Notes" field of the online checkout, so that I can deepen my relationship with this fabulous local business, and receive a credit toward my own order of ready-made nourishing food. CLICK HERE to order from this week's menu of local goodness.
Rogue Valley Food System Network is one of my favorite local resources because of the wide variety of local farms.
Thrive provides so much to our Rogue Valley! and ranches and other area businesses they list in their Rogue Flavor Guide. Thanks RVFSN for all
you do for our local farmers, consumers, and business owners!
Rogue Valley Grower's and Crafter's Markets are such a rich resource for connecting with your local farmers and ranchers to source as much food as is feasible from our local foodshed. This translates into better quality, fresher foods (more flavor and more nutrition) with some fun community interaction while sometimes soaking up some valuable vitamin D from the sun while you do your outdoor shopping. AND, Rogue Valley Grower's and Crafter's Markets have been voted one of the top 10 farmers markets in the US by USA TODAY!
Folks, it just dosn't get any easier to take care of your health! As always, I recommend and encourage you to ask questions of YOUR farmers and frequent the stands of those who are raising foods in the way you want.
Our awesome area food cooperatives include the long established Ashland Food Co-op and the newer, Medford Food Co-op (MFC). Oh, how I LOVE our area co-ops! I am a proud member of both of these businesses and enjoy the benefits of 10% off coupons and $5.00 off coupons regularly. Everyone can shop and anyone can join! Please consider an investment in your food and community by becoming a co-op member today!
Project Rogue Valley (PRV) is another local treasure. I appreciate the work this growing organization does to "make a major difference in the quality of Rogue Valley life for years to come." Just imagine what we can accomplish at our local level if we all help support this type of community led, grassroots activism!
The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) is a nonprofit that disseminates the research and teachings of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price. Price’s studies of isolated non-industrialized people determined optimum characteristics of human diets. As the Volunteer Chapter Leader for the Rogue Valley Weston A. Price Foundation (RV WAPF) Chapter, I hope you will join me at one of our regular meetings! For more information regarding our RV WAPF local chapter activities, you can join us at one of our meetings or see our Informational Handout.
Foods made with genetically-engineered ingredients pose a threat to our health and our environment. Our Family Farms is one organization working to protect family farms and traditional seeds from the threats of genetically engineered (GE) crops here in the Rogue Valley and beyond. Through education, collaboration, and legislation, Our Family Farms is promoting the benefits of farming practices that keep genetically engineered crops out of designated regions - GE-free agricultural zones.
Click the image to the right to learn more about Our Family Farms. Click here to educate yourself about the dangers of GMOs!
That's all for now folks, but there's plenty of other local gems. Please let us know if you really think something needs to be listed here under the Rogue Resource Page. Just send us an email to [email protected] and we'll check it out. Thanks!
