Newsletter - December 16, 2025

Dear brothers and sisters,

Last week we did a preliminary re-opening of our website for a few days.We were gratified and encouraged by your enthusiastic response. So this week we are re-opening through Thursday December 18th. 

Our pleasure to  feature in today’s newsletter a pie created with purple sweet potatoes, butternut squash, persimmons and apples. It is enriched and enlivened with our almond  and  walnut butters. The crust is a combination of almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and Medjool dates. It is a  celebration of liveliness-so much needed in an ultra processed world.

In celebration of our reopening we are pleased to offer:-

A one pound bag of organic Pistachios, in shell, now $17.99 (was $20.99)

An 8oz bag of organic Pecans now $12.99 (was $14.99)

A one pound bag of organic Brazil Nuts now $20.99 (was $23.99)

A one pound bag of organic Golden Flax Seeds now $4.99 (was $7.99)

Sale ends Thursday night.

We want to hear from you! Your comments and suggestions are treasured by us.

May we wish you and family a delightful winter of good health, prosperity and success,

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

If you have a love for live, organic food and at the same time possess an entrepreneurial spirit and want to get involved in the organic food industry, why not talk with us? We are seeking a business partner.

If you’re a recent graduate and are contemplating a career in the organic food industry, why not consider doing an internship? We offer hands-on experience in sales, marketing and production of live organic food.

In the past decade, US organic retail sales increased by an average of 8% per year.  

In 2023, the US organic marketplace posted record sales.

For further details email jesse@livingtreecommunity.com

Jesse Schwartz PhD
President
Living Tree Community Foods

by Max Goldberg

Ensuring that children have daily access to pesticide-free, organic food is not just a nutrition issue — it is a national imperative tied to long-term health, academic performance and environmental resilience.

Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported that early-life exposure to agricultural pesticides can cause measurable and potentially irreversible neuro-developmental harm in children, and UC–Berkeley’s Organic Diet Intervention Study demonstrated that switching children to an organic diet can reduce certain pesticide biomarkers by as much as 80–95% within days, directly lowering exposure during critical developmental windows.

Now, in California, that vision is shifting from aspiration to reality.

In a remarkable turnaround, California public schools — which had zero access to organic produce through the USDA’s Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (DoD Fresh) just a few years ago — are now purchasing nearly $6 million in organic fruits and vegetables annually. The state’s rapid progress has become one of the most significant wins for domestic organic farmers in recent memory and offers a clear model for the rest of the country.

Yet, this progress didn’t happen on its own.

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