Give a man a basket full of fresh veggies and he can eat for a day, give a man (or woman) a copy of Recipes For Reciprocity : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Table and a handful of heirloom seeds and he (or she) can not only feed himself (or herself) for a lifetime, but also send out ripple effects of abundance, resilience and hope into his (or her) local community.

Recipes For Reciprocity : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Table is an excellent gift as it is in essence a fractal seed that aligns with the inherent regenerative capacity of the Earth. When planted within a fertile mind, that seed can unlock a great many gifts which are accessible throughout one’s entire lifetime.

Thus, in the spirit of the holiday season I am offering a limited time 40% discount on the digital (ebook: payhip.com/b/6P5Ab) version of Recipes For Reciprocity : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Table and a 20% discount on physical copies of my book (physical book link: recipesforreciprocity.c… ) (from now until December 24th).

The limited time offer discount code for both is:

the gift that keeps on giving

I will also be throwing in some bonus Hopi Red Amaranth or Goji berry seeds with each physical copy of my book that is purchased from now until Christmas Eve.

Amaranth is very nutritious, versatile in the kitchen and fun to grow in the garden. Both the leaves and the seeds are edible and highly nutritious I gathered over 11 pounds of seed from our self-sown Hopi Red plants this year (and used the leaves in a wide array of recipes such as the Minestrone recipe I shared in august and more recently in a pumpkin soup I made more recently).

Even a small handful of Amaranth seeds could create over one thousand plants and perhaps cultivate an acre (if one was companion planting with something like the three sisters system). That handful of seeds (if tended with love and purpose) could produce over one thousand pounds of seed the following year.

Amaranth is an important ‘ancient grain’ because it is gluten-free and contains about twice the crude protein of wheat, rice, and maize and is high in fiber (8%), lysine, iron, magnesium, and calcium.

On top of all that, Hopi Red Amaranth (foliage and seeds) contains high concentrations of anthocyanin (which is a compound that offers it’s own extensive range of health benefits).

Goji Seeds have Immense potential within them to produce nutrient dense food and medicine for many years. Each seed contains within it the potential to produce hundreds of pounds of Goji Berries in the vine’s lifetime. If some of those berries are used to save seed and those seeds are shared, the abundance that becomes accessible in one’s local community within only a few short years is exponential.

Thank you to those of you who already purchased a copy of my book and thank you to those who that have decided to gift a copy to someone else, I am grateful you have chosen to take this journey with me. Together, we will make this world a more beautiful, hopeful and equitable place, one regenerative garden at a time.

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Last year Sheila (of Bell Gardens) from Tennessee wrote me to share the following thoughtful review :

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 "𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲" 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬!!!

𝐈𝐧 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 (𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥) 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 - 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 - 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠-𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠!”

- Sheila Bell