13 Holy Nights

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January 8, 2024

December 24^th, the eve of the Sacred Birth, kicked off the beginning of an ancient tradition.

This was the time in the course of the annual cycle to drop into deep contemplation and meditation on our soul’s journey to the earthly plane.

Humans would ask questions like:

Who am I?

Why am I here?

What is my spiritual nature?

How am I connected to the Divine?

We would ask God for guidance and wisdom to support us as we prepare for the light to return.

Whatever your background, it can’t hurt to utilize this powerful time to connect more deeply with the Divine outside of us and the Divine within us and pray for more understanding.

It is as simple as closing your eyes and taking 5 deep breaths and listening to the still small voice inside.

You could go outside and gaze at the starry sky and ask or chant one of the above questions.

Pray for Peace.

Pray for the union of Heaven and Earth.

Anchor ourselves in our power as a Spiritual Being having an earthly experience.

Prepare to let our light shine in the weeks to come.

Here are some tried and true prayers that are wonderful doorways in to the mystery:

Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Prayer of St Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.

During this Holy period, the time the Amish pray and meditate on our spiritual life.

This year, they also celebrated the wedding of the Father of John and Alvin Fisher. During this time, Simply Grassfed and our friends at Miller’s Organic Farm have encountered some challenges from misguided people. This has been unfortunate and has taken a lot of time and energy to address. We are exhausted from responding to these distractions.

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However, we see the positive in it all.

This has also been an opportunity to deepen our connection with God, our divine nature, and the work we are here to do on this planet - Connecting food and health, protecting food sovereignty, and bringing together Heaven and Earth.

So, after licking our wounds, we will be recharging our batteries (so to speak), and preparing to engage 2024 in full force inspired by our connection to the Divine and our dedication to our mission and vision.

Thank you all for supporting us and our other farm allies in bringing our vision into fruition.

May we all sow patience, peace, understanding, clarity, discernment, humility, playfulness, and courage to change the things we can in 2024.

Phoenix and the Simply Grassfed Families

The Greenwashing of Our Foods – Part 2

Last year, I wrote an article titled The Greenwashing of the Organic Food Movement.Click here if you missed it, wish to read it again, or to listen to my podcast with Holistic Hilda. I share many valuable resources that you may want to access.For many years, humans and animals have lived quite robustly without disease, strong and happy on unadulterated animal products and plants in their most natural state. A hundred years ago, there was no such thing as organic because most farms and food were organic.Nowadays, finding food or growing food without chemicals is nearly impossible. We are at war with governments, corporations, media propaganda, and peer pressure. Cancer, auto-immune disease, weak bones, mental disorder, autism, dental cavities, SIDS, Downs-Syndrome, eczema, allergies, depression, diabetes, heart disease, ADHD are epidemic. Every year the AMA announces some new, unnamed unique disease. We have a hard time walking a block, yet alone reproducing.The health of our society and most importantly our children is failing. Disease is epidemic and humans and animals have become dependent on artificial life support from drugs, surgeries, and machines.Click here to listen to my latest podcast with the Appropriate Omnivore. Listen to the Podcast Here I spotlight the allowable exemptions in the USDA organic standards that include chemicals, de-beaking, and irradiation as well as standard practices in the organic produce, grain, meat processing, fishing, and honey bee industry.Did you know that if your organic grains and potatoes won’t sprout, they were likely irradiated?Towards the end, I discuss the current USDA mandated vaccination policy of our American wildlife, the laws in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho that require the vaccination of ALL cattle heifers, and the current air-drop vaccination programs across the U.S. How are shellfish treated? Click Here to watch how our shellfish are “Depurated” ie. sterilized both chemically and with radiation to protect us from harmful microbes. They are bathed in chlorinated, anti-microbial water for 2-3 days and irradiated to kill the bacteria before they ship to your grocery store to ensure we get sanitary, bacteria-free food. What they don’t disclose is that the microbes are there to decompose the toxic chemicals from industry in our waterways. And, their depuration process does NOT remove any heavy metals, petroleum, or chemicals from the shellfish. Thus, it is more likely that if someone was to get sick from seafood, it is from eating the chemical pollutants, not from the fish or the microbes. Scallops without any additives are called "dry-packed", while scallops that are treated with sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) are called "wet-packed". STPP causes the scallops to absorb moisture prior to the freezing process, thereby increasing their weight. So, buy shellfish directly from the fisher or dry- packed, and don't eat from the Gulf of Mexico, near big cities, or toxic waste dumps like the James River in VA or New Jersey or Boston. Best to procure from PEI, Maine, NC, and a few select places in the Pacific Northwest.Currently, oysters are NOT depurated. So, go with oysters over clams, scallops, or mollusks.Clean food and healthy children or going extinct, however, I’m an “apocaloptimist”. It doesn’t look good, but in the long run, good will prevail.It takes vision, perseverance, courage, and hard work to find and grow food that is actually food.Are you down for the challenge? A healthy future for our children, aligned with the wisdom of nature, depends on us. If you want clean food, Burke’s Garden Farm and Alpine Heritage Creamery are both “Beyond Organic”. All our animals are outdoors getting fresh grass, haylage, grubs, sunshine, fresh air, and fresh water from the creeks and springs in a high-elevation circular valley surrounded by mountains, protected from city or industrial pollution. Simply Grassfed animals DO NOT eat GMO feeds or receive Growth Hormones. All our dairy cows are tested A2/A2 Beta-CaseinAll our cheeses are made with NON-GMO-Pfizer rennets. Click Here to read moreAll our cheeses are raw, never exceeding 102 degrees.Our butcher cleans our meat with either apple cider vinegar or water.We ship our products in biodegradable or recyclable cardboard insulated boxes in the Winter and ship with dry-ice when we can to minimize the plastic gel packs filling up the landfill. Click Here for an updated Healthy Products Resource List. In Optimal Health,Phoenix

13 Holy Nights

Humans would ask questions like:

Serenity Prayer

The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

Prayer of St Francis

During this Holy period, the time the Amish pray and meditate on our spiritual life.

However, we see the positive in it all.

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