permaculture

[Jody Troupe <jodyt2@mac.com>]

All, Patrick, LL-

I used to take Sun Chlorella regularly - it had been recommended by my  
naturopath as a method
of helping to remove heavy metals from the body.
http://www.sunchlorella.com/home.cgi

Just read a book (ahem) about a company that has been harvesting &  
making algae supplements
since the late 70's. They focus on a blue-green algae that grows  
naturally near Klamath Falls, OR.
The book was written by someone who came across a celebration sponsored  
by the company every
August in Klamath, called the August Celebration (same name as the  
book). The  celebration was
held in honor of this algae product, and as a celebration of life.

The company was called Cell Tech, but they changed their name to  
Simplixity a year or two ago, as I found
out when I Googled the original name.
http://www.simplexityhealth.com/

The author was initially put-off because the company had structured  
itself as a multi-level marketing
business. But, she got to know the owners, the sales staff, the history  
of the company's development, and
she was impressed by their integrity & enthusiasm for the products so  
she was inspired to write a whole
book about it.

One of the more admirable things the company does is to set aside 10%  
of their algae harvest for humanitarian
aid. They provided free algae supplements to the schools in the poorest  
areas of Nicaragua (I don't know if
they still do. The book was published in 1993). It followed that the  
teachers noticed a marked improvement in
school attendance, test scores, and ability to concentrate.

I am not a distrubutor, but I did just buy 1-months worth of their  
basic product to try. Its too early to make any
comments. I am a believer in green foods being very beneficial to ones  
health though.

My main interest is in learning to grow algae for personal consumption  
without having to freeze it, or using any
fancy equipment. I haven't exhausted all avenues, but the info isn't as  
readily available as I thought it might be.
The book mentioned American Indians consuming algae, and I thought I  
had read that they used it it to grow a
mold that was used to create a type of antibiotic, but I can't find the  
reference at the moment.


Jody Troupe


On May 14, 2007, at 2:51 AM, Patrick McKown wrote:

> Jody,
>
> I second it. Don't sweat your input. What you said does not bother me.  
> Just trying to crack the
> shell so to speak to see what you had on it. Sometimes by defending  
> something it allows you to
> bring it together in a conversational way that makes it clearer to  
> yourself and then to others. I
> have no idea how much thought you have made on it. I understand now it  
> may not be your style to
> defend it, if challenged. But you did mention it as a point of  
> interest and you had some other
> inputs on it so thats not so bad. Its when you don't get any response  
> that can put you out in the
> ozone after all wer'e all talking to the blank screens here.
>
> Spirulinia is very useful. Used to get in a fine milled powder form  
> back in the late 70's. Does
> anyone on the list know of an outfit making this in the powdered  
> format?
>
>
> Pat McKown
>
>
>
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