Michigan Raw Food Directory

 Ok, here is the link section again! If you do not see your link here, please resend it to me. I had problems with changing or adding links when I  had this on www.michiganrawfood.com I should not have any trouble adding links now to this post! Thanks :)

Michigan Raw Food Support

A place for Michigan raw and living foodists.

Links relating to the Raw and Living Food Lifestyle

Email any link ideas to: michiganrawfood@yahoo.com

Blogs/Personal Websites:

Chesterfield Township:https://home.comcast.net/~morn/mornsum.html

Caterers/Home Meal Delivery:

Ferndale: http://organikiss.biz

Royal Oak: https://www.purefood2u.com

Chefs:

http://www.macroval.com

Chef Certifications:

http://www.rawteacher.com/teachers_usa.html#Michigan

Chiropractors:

http://www.karlholistichealthcare.com

http://www.tlcholisticwellness.com

Charitable Organizations:

Source of Universal Love: http://www.sourceofuniversallove.com

United Peace Relief: http://www.unitedpeacerelief.org

Coaches:

Raw Food Coach
The Skinny on Raw
Canada Fitness Trainer

Erin Reas, RPh. 313-429-3214 http://www.circleoflife.net

Colon Hydrotherapists:

Diane Stankiewicz: 734-536-9416

Nancy Gurney: http://www.creativelifeflow.com

Community Organic Garden:

Dearborn: http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/na/garden.html

Community Supported Agriculture:

Davisburg: http://www.rockygardens.com

Yale: http://www.maplecreekfarm.com

Cosmetics(organic)

Sherrie's Organics: http://www.sherriesorganics.mionegroup.com

Dentists (Mercury Free):

Canton: http://www.allaboutsmiles.com

Farmers Markets:

Chelsea, MI: Chelsea's Farmers Market
Detroit: http://www.detroiteasternmarket.com/

Kalamazoo: Bank Streets Farmers Market:1200 Banks Street
Manchester: http://www.oldpinefarm.biz/

Muskegon: http://www.sweetwaterlocalfoodsmarket.org/

Port Austin Farmers Market: State & Line Streets and State & Arch Streets
July-Oct, Sat 9am-1pm
Royal Oak: Royal Oak Farmers Market
Food Co-Op’s:

Ann Arbor: http://www.peoplesfood.coop/

East Lansing: http://www.elfco.coop

Waterford: http://www.naturesfinestorganics.com/
Ypsilanti: http://www.ypsifoodcoop.org/
Health Food Stores:
National Chains:
Better Health: http://www.thebetterhealthstore.com/
Whole Foods: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/
Trader Joe’s: http://www.traderjoes.com/
Local Stores:
Ada: http://www.harvesthealthfoods.com
Bay City: http://www.grainsandgreens.com/

Detroit: Goodwells

Zaccaros Market

East Lansing: http://www.FoodsForLiving.com
Grand Rapids: http://www.harvesthealthfoods.com

The Healthy Path (No website)1503 Lake Dr , Grand Rapids

Lake Orion: Lake Orion Health Fooods(No website) 195 North Park Blvd,, Lake Orion 248-693-8330

Lucky's Natural Foods (No website) 101 S. Broadway, Lake Orion 248-693-1209

Hudsonville: http://www.harvesthealthfoods.com

Livonia: http://www.zerbos.com

Saginaw: Grains and Greens/

Whitehall: Healthy Pantry (no website) : 3295 Colby Rd Ste H, Whitehall

231-893-3438. Selection of natural and organic products. Low carb/gluten free foods, teas, soaps & lotions, vitamins, herbs, special orders and much more. M-F 9-8, Sat 9-7, Sun 11-6

Woodland: We do special orders and the public is welcome. hours are: M and F 12-5pm and on Wed 1-6pm the co-op has been in operation for 20 years! Located around 30 miles west of Lansing. 116 Main Rd, Woodland, MI. 269-367-4188

Herbs:

Sterling Heights: http://www.pureherbs.com/

Information:

http://www.living-foods.com/index.shtml

http://www.all-creatures.org/health/breaking.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/

http://vegmichigan.org/

Juice Bars:

Ann Arbor: Seva Restaurant: http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3716039079

Grosse Pointe Park: Atom's Juice

Shelby Township: (no website)Inside Sweet Jane Coffee, at 45929 Hayes Road.

Lansing: http://www.thebetterhealthstore.com/menus/Frandormenu.gif

Livonia: Zerbo's

Novi: http://www.thebetterhealthstore.com/menus/NoviMenu.gif

Royal Oak: http://313rd.com/biz/tasi-juice-bar

Magazines (Local):

Body, Mind, Spirit Guide: http://www.bodymindspiritguide.com

Freedom Press: http://www.freedompressonline.com/StoreLocator.asp

Healing Garden: http://www.healinggardenjournal.com

PhenomeNews

Michigan Healthy Living

Massage Therapy:

Southfield: http://imieducation.com/index.htm

Media:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/health/15345024/detail.html

Nutritional Counseling:

Clarkston: http://www.thedowningclinic.com

Bath: http://www.healthmatterslansing.com

Eastpointe: Khalil Family Wellness & Intervention(Holistic Addiction Treatment) 586-771-7600

Livonia: http://www.michiganwellnessassociates.com/

Oxford:http://www.TCFHH.com

Rochester:http://www.nutritional-solutions.com

Southeastern Michigan:

http://www.theskinnyonraw.com/

http://www.michiganhealthcoach.com

http://www.macroval.com

John McLaughlin, MA,LLP, MS,D.Hom and Lee Rossano-McLaughlin 248-652-4160

Soutfield :http://www.bornforhealth.com

West Bloomfield: http://www.centerforholisticmedicine.com/

http://www.macroval.com

Organic Directory:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc/BuyingGuide.cfm

Organic Farms:

Michigan Directory: http://www.eatwild.com/products/michigan.html

Fennville: http://www.evergreenlanefarm.com/

Organic Clothing/Products:

Ann Arbor: http://www.sleeping-lion.net

http://www.treecitydiapers.com

Southfield: (gift shop) http://imieducation.com/index.htm

Royal Oak: Mattresses and Beyond 248-554-9205

Ypsilanti: http://www.organicclothes.com

Directory:http://www.organicconsumers.org/

Personals:

http://www.veggiedate.org/state/MI.html

http://www.living-foods.com/personals/

Personal Trainers:

Fitness Objective

Pharmacists(holistic):

http://www.countrysidepharmacymi.com

Potlucks:

Ann Arbor: A2 Raw, potlucks held monthly
Ellen Knott Bogard, (734) 995-0875

Canton, MI:
Living on Live Food - RawDwyer Monthly Potluck
4th Monday of the month, 6:00-7:30 PM
http://www.rawdwyer.com
* rawdwyer@rawdwyer.com
Michael Dwyer : 734-812-9137

VegMichigan: http://www.vegmichigan.org

Raw Food Teachers(MICHIGAN):

Lexington: http://www.rawrevue.com/

Various Locations: http://www.rawteacher.com/teachers_usa.html#Michigan

RAW FOOD TEACHERS (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL):

Boston: Alissa Cohen

California: David Wolfe http://www.thebestdayever.com/

U.K.: Shazzie http://www.shazzie.com

Raw Milk:

http://realmilk.org

Restaurants:

Ann Arbor: Silvio's: Silvio's Organic Pizza /

Sevat: http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3716039079

Ferndale: http://www.omcafe.com/

Lansing: http://magdalenasteahouse.com/

Royal Oak: http://www.vegguide.org/entry/1569

Traverse City: Homegrown Organic Easter

http://www.diningoutnutrition.com

Retreats/Learning Centers:

Detroit:http://www.detroitevolution.com/evolvedetroit/060308.html

Rose Lake: http://www.bbonline.com/mi/roselake

Union City: http://www.creativehealthinstitute.com/

Watervilet: http://rawfoodvilla.com

Recipe Sites:

http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/

http://goneraw.com/

Supplements:

Sunfood Nutrition™ MsoNormal">

Support:

Lansing: http://www.livinghiho.com/

http://www.meetup.org

http://www.rawfoodnetwork.com/

http://www.rawfoodchat.com/

http://www.myspace.com/michiganrawfood

Yoga:

"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art."
- La Rochefoucauld

No more Michiganrawfood.com

I got rid of the website www.michiganrawfood.com and have decided to just keep the blog. There were a lot of reasons for the decision. The main one was that despite many attempts to fix the link section on my website, it refused to update. So, I will still have the directory of places in Michigan, but it will only be in my blog. I don't think this should make much of a difference, and now when people email me with updates and new places to add to the directory I can actually add them!The only problem is the blog is a bit of a longer name to remember.  I love blogger so far, and it's free! Why pay money for the website when it really didn't add any value. In fact, my blog had a higher page rank than my website. I do think this change will be for the best. I hope it doesn't inconvenience anybody too much. I will be readding the directory of raw food, and vegan places in Michigan soon.

Kids know best....

Back in my wannaberawfood days, where I tried making two raw food recipes a day (sigh, I really do have unrealistic expectations for myself sometimes lol) I made a raw lasagna and banana and basil smoothie for a very special nine year old. He seemed to enjoy it, but I figured he was just being nice-not to mention in his family he doesn't eat until around 9pm at night (if that) and he is a growing boy. I can't imagine what that would be like-when I was a kid if I didn't eat dinner by 4pm I was STARVING. Yet, he is very sweet about it. I'm not worried about him, I think problems when you are younger make you a better person IF you allow it to. (there are plenty of people, such as his MOM who play the victim role instead though) To this day he commetns on how I need to make him "healthy" food again, and how much he loved it. It's just the purest, sweetest thing ever. I also babysat for a 1 year old who refused and was disgusted by the little sausage links, yet couldn't get enough of the apples and oranges I gave her. Obviously, she was too young for me, a raw foodist (ok, wannabe raw foodist!) to influence her. She just "knew" that meat was not the best food for her. It reminds me of when I was little and I went to sleepovers. Bless my mom's heart, she really did try to feed us healthy even though her idea of healthy was frozen veggies (not sure if organic was really popular when I was little!) and many other frozen foods. She was on the right path though, because I remember being made fun of for being disgusted by pizza and ice cream. I couldn't understand why adults made such a fuss over me hating those foods and why they were so proud of me for liking raw vegetables. (I've NEVER liked cooked veggies.) I just thought everyone should like them. It doesn't stop there though-in junior high and high school, whenever I had friends over, they would act like our bowl of fruit on the kitchen table was a bowl of halloween candy. Since we always had fruit in our house (and many of it went to waste) I didn't think anything of it. In fact, by this point, I thought my friends were a bit strange at how they devoured the fruit in our house like they had never seen it before! I had forgotten how much I loved that food as a young child. Oh, and my neice, you should SEE her eyes light up whenever we give her fruit or water! She just LOVES it, like we are giving her candy! I guess I just find it amazing how children seem to gravitate towards healthy foods. If that doesn't prove that processed foods are merely an addiction, and not necessarily what we "want" than I don't know what would??

Happy belated Turkey Day! Are Turkeys dumb?

I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving with lots of raw or vegan treats ;) I didn't have time to make anything, so I just brought fruit. You have to love how easy the raw food diet is! Although I would have loved to wow everybody with healthy and great tasting raw food. Oh, well. Maybe next year I will be the raw foodist June Cleaver. Maybe. lol

After the festivities a few of us were watching a food network show and they were talking about Turkeys. I started wondering if they were stupid, since I had recently learned that chickens were actually very smart on a vegan website. When I brought up this question, somebody said that turkeys are so dumb they actually drown by looking up at the sky when it rains. This just didn't sit well with me so I googled it.

Turns out that Turkeys are very smart. Many of you might know that we almost named our national bird here in the United States,you guessed it, the Turkey!
 

Ok, so why do people think Turkeys are so stupid? Well, in the wild they are actually very smart. The problem is, you probably guessed it again, factory farms. Yeah, put turkeys or chickens in disgusting, overcrowded conditions, torture them, starve them, etc. and than wonder why they are acting weird?! It makes me sick.

You should see the pics at Go Veg of factory turkeys. It just breaks my heart. They look like mutants. They don't even resemble turkeys anymore.

Now, I know in nature animals kills other animals and eat them. But they do it instantly. They don't slowly torture them for months, and than slowly, brutally kill them. And we don't NEED them to live like animals who were designed to hunt. We also should have a conscience. Now I don't care about people eating meat if they want. I don't think it's healthy in the amount most people eat, but once in awhile is fine, and probably even healthy (yes, a raw foodist admitting meat is healthy. I only say this because our quality and choice of fruits and veggies is so limited that I think we may need meat once in awhile)

BUT if you are going to eat meat, at least eat meat from creatures that were not tortured.

And if you still think you are too good to worry about these poor, defenseless creatures, if THAT is not enough for you...if you think I'm just some hippy ranting about saving stupid animals (I hope none of my readers think that way!)than I ask you to do it for YOURSELF. Why? Because what you put in your body effects you also. Don't think you can eat a living creature that suffered, and your body won't know. Not to mention it is low quality meat.

Do yourself and the turkeys a favor...if you are going to eat turkey or any other animal, eat quality not animals from factory farms!

Yeah, I was a bit of a party pooper reading over the procedure for turkeys in factory farms on Thanksgiving, but people need to know what happens! We need to stop acting like this isn't happening!

Of course, I wouldn't post this without giving you a site on ways to help out so check out Free Range Turkey

Women Go Raw-Mimi Kirk

Shelby Farmers Market-Indoors Farmer Market starting THIS saturday!

What a cool idea-an indoor farmer's market! We definitely need more of these in Michigan during the colder months! Shelby Farmer's Market will be starting that this weekend. Here are more details:
Starting this Saturday 9am - 2pm the Special Holiday Indoor Farmers
Market will run for the 4 Saturdays in November - no more weather
worries!! Lots of great local vendors, farmers, crafters and artisans
+ activities for the kids & a visit by Santa (from 11-1) take your own photos in time for Christmas cards - hope to see ya there! Or check out their site here.