The Blooming Grove Guide to

Macrobiotic Resources and Information


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CLICK LIST OF RESOURCES

Educational & Mega-Sites | Natural Artists | Teachers and Consultants |
Restaurants and Lodging | Publications & Videos | Food Production & Distribution |
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Educational and Mega Sites

The Kushi Institute of Europe The Kushi Institute of Europe is a center for Macrobiotic education located in the heart of Amsterdam, Holland.

Their site provides general information about their educational programs including the yearly European Summer Conference. They have a new recipe every week, information about macrobiotics in many languages and a free monthly newsletter with original articles, recipes and more.

A MULTI-LINGUAL WEB SITE


Regenerar - O projecto Regenerar tem como princípios a criação de uma vida sustentável. Esse caminho para nós passa pela utilização de uma dieta tradicional baseada nos princípios da macrobiótica, quietude, práticas de Fortalecimento Interno e a simplificação da vida nos seus variados aspectos.

The purpose of the Regenerar Project is the creation of a sustainable life, through the use of a traditional diet based on the principles of macrobiotics, stillness, Internal Strengthening practices and the simplification of life in its various aspects.


Christina Cooks - A practical way for everyone to learn about and get involved with macrobiotic & vegan cooking.

Christina Pirello is the host of this website and the host of the wonderful "Christina Cook's" television program on PBS. Check your local listings!

Her relationship with food began as a child, cooking with her mother and later, while she was living in Florida, working as a caterer. But the real pivotal point in her life came later, when after being diagnosed with terminal leukemia, she decided to forgo conventional medical therapies and turned to a nutritional approach - macrobiotics - and cured herself.


Ignoramus Makrobiotik - Blooming Grove This stands among the very best web sites devoted to the macrobiotic way of life. Hats off.


Makropedia.com - The online encyclopedia of diet and health. Everyone knows that too much sugar, white flour, fat, and salt contribute to tooth decay, obesity, and heart attacks. But did you know that the modern food pattern is also a main cause of breast cancer, attention deficit disorder, and Alzheimer’s disease?



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Natural Artists


Cheri Glaser Pottery- A true artist, in every sense of the word. And one of my favorite teachers. Too bad this site isn't holographic..... two dimensions don't give justice to her work, but it is, still, a marvel to behold!




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Teachers, Consultants & Commentaries

Introducing The Cooklets! - A Series of 12 small cook books written and self-published by Melanie Waxman; macrobiotic writer, cook, massage therapist and Feng Shui consultant.

Cooklets Site


Will's Macrobiotic Services - My goal in working with you is to help you experience just how powerful food can be. With my comprehensive understanding of the various dimensions and possibilities within cooking, I create a more balanced and healthy meal. Healing, regeneration and prevention of illness is achieved through cooking with care, purpose and knowledge. Over time, you will apply your intuition to the fine art of cooking. This will inspire and energize you and others.



Virginia Worrell's Macrobiotic Page - Virginia is very active in the macrobiotic community in Connecticut. Click here for her information and services!



SHA Wellness Clinic- WHEN BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT ARE IN HARMONY, THE RESULT IS HEALTH AND HAPPINESS, ONLY THEN CAN WE EXPERIENCE OUR TRUE POTENTIAL

The SHA Wellness Clinic has been created to help its guests care for their mind and body through a combination of Macrobiotics and other ancient Oriental techniques and advanced Western medicine, thus re-establishing a harmonious balance between body, mind and spirit.

SHA´s objective is for its guests to leave after a pleasant stay, feeling renewed inside and out, more alive and energetic with a much healthier appearance, and with the knowledge that will allow them to continue on the path of balance and health.


The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts- More than just a professional cooking school, we are deeply engaged in the local natural foods and macrobiotic communities. Globally, our students and teachers engage others across cultural boundaries. As a cooking school, we are ranked as one of the top 15 career and technical schools by Austin Business Journal. Our vegan and vegetarian cooking classes focus on healthy macrobiotic cuisine.


The International Macrobiotic School- is based in its own purpose built kitchen and lecture room in a converted barn, on a farm in idyllic Devonshire countryside in the south west of England. We offer a range of courses in cooking and nutrition to empower people in taking much greater control over their health.

Our main approach is the Oriental model, understanding food as different qualities of chi, ki, or energy. This system gives us a detailed knowledge of the affects of foods on our physical health, and on our emotional and spiritual life.


Denny Waxman - In Philadelphia, PA. Denny Waxman was an internationally known health counselor and educator with decades of experience in guiding and teaching others the enduring benefits of macrobiotics. The School of Strengthening Health and Macrobiotic Counseling was founded in 1997 by Denny Waxman. Denny was an internationally known health counselor and educator with twenty-five years of experience in guiding and teaching others the enduring benefits of macrobiotics.


SHI Macrobiotics- Thank you for interest in SHI Macrobiotics. We are happy to come along with you on your journey to health and happiness.



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Restaurants & Lodging

Victoria Samuel's Earthwise Cooking - Macrobiotic catering, takeout and delivery in the Boston area.


Maple Ki Forest Retreat; Ontario, Canada - Featuring macrobiotic cuisine and a peaceful setting.



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Macrobiotic Publications & Videos

Matrix of Nutrition, by John Dudley Harmon - I'm delighted when the macrobiotic lifestyle is presented as it has always been intended. As a way to create balance in our food and environment by using the Unique Principle — through our understanding of yin and yang.

It's inspiring to see that this valuable information continues to be distributed in a helpful, meaningful way — in the 21st Century. This is an excellent book for anyone who practices macrobiotics or is interested in learning.


George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation - is a non-profit, public service organization chartered in 1971 to educate the general public about macrobiotics.



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Food Production & Distribution


the Non GMO Project - The Non-GMO Project is a non-profit collaboration of manufacturers, retailers, processors, distributors, farmers, seed companies and consumers. Our shared belief is that everyone deserves an informed choice about whether or not to consume genetically modified products, and our common mission is to ensure the sustained availability of non-GMO choices.


Natural Import Company - Out here in the boondocks, we often shop Natural Import when we don't have a local source. They have a good selection of condiments and pickles and they fill orders quickly, even for the less expensive but longer UPS ground deliveries. On the downside, it's pretty much all Mitoku, Mitoku, Mitoku, which is great quality but has shoved other excellent brands, like Oindo, out of the international marketplace. (You can still find some Oindo Family products if you surf.)


Amazon.com Organic Food - We added this resource in 2017, when their price and selection became competitive with traditional organic markets. You can search for short grain brown rice, organic beans, sea vegetables and more.


South River Miso- We decided that if we were going to be so bold as to make miso in New England, we wanted to do it in the inaka tradition. In 1981, We hired Jerry Sawma, a local, master timber-frame builder, and constructed a post-and-beam shop out of native timber. The design is based on a small traditional miso shop and features a massive masonry stove (built by Albie Barden of Maine) with a wood fired cauldron with which we steam the grains, boil the beans, and also, heat the shop.


Eden Foods - Eden now has a great online store for all of their products. There are no minimum orders and shipping is inexpensive. Check it out!

Eden’s Clinton, Michigan headquarters – 26 contiguous acres with native woods, wetlands, and organic gardens – is home to our main offices, warehouse, organic mill, and production line. Here we make freshly ground flour, bottle vegetable oils, soy sauces, and vinegar; craft and bottle Gomasio (sesame salt), roast tamari almonds and seeds, mix and package snacks, and prepare our whole grains and dry beans for bulk sale. Eden West, our warehouse and offices in San Francisco, is a vital link to our western U.S. and Canadian customers and the Pacific Rim.

Eden has continuously nurtured relationships with organic growers and traditional food makers in our back yard and the world over. We have dedicated employees and business associates who share our goals, and are grateful to be supporting, as they support us, more than 300 family farms with over 40,000 acres of vibrant organic farm land.



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Local Macrobiotic Organizations

Peninsula Macrobiotic Community - "Gourmet Vegetarian Dinners" !


Macrobiotics in Cleveland - The Macrobiotic Center of Cleveland was established in 1988 as a resource for people interested in learning about the macrobiotic diet and way of life. Regular activities include cooking classes, lecture programs and community dinners.


The London Co-op Store; London, Ontario - The London Co-op Store is a non-profit food co-operative in London, Ontario. As a member-owned health food store, we carry organically grown food as well as other products for healthy, natural living and social and environmental responsibility.



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Macrobiotic Help Wanted / Classifieds
(Topmost listings are the most recent)
(For privacy- some information is not 'clickable')

Seeking Macrobiotic Contacts in Virginia

Posted June 22, 2017

I have been practicing a Macrobiotic Lifestyle for over 30 years. I recently moved to Virginia and have been trying to connect with macrobiotic friends in the Virgina / West Virginia area.

With Love and Blessings,

Laura

Lswmaxwillow@verizon.net


PERSONAL CHEF WANTED

Posted November 9, 2014

We are a professional family of three living in NYC/lower east side on houston street between ave b and c. We are looking for a personal chef who CAN prepare macrobiotic and vegetarian meals DAILY. We'd like our chef to prepare dinners as well as to shop. WE HAVE BEEN MACROBIOTIC FOR 35 YEARS.

Our kitchen is a chef's kitchen. We do live close to several groceries and food stores that sell fresh, whole, organic, vegetarian and macrobiotic foods. Salary will be negotiable, but will include all time for shopping, and cooking.

Please contact us!! 610 256 0347

Thanks, Josephine


Macrobiotic Chef Wanted in Vermont

Posted December 11, 2012

Macrobiotic Chef wanted in exchange for room and board. Seek experienced chef or well started macrobiotic chef. Mom and 10 year old daughter, living in rural Vermont. Seek 5 meals a week, a few shared breakfast meals prepared, and lunches for busy full time working mom. Plenty of time for job outside home for income. Dogs, cat, and gardening. Near Ski areas, nature, mountains. Some child care needed as well. You would be living with a experienced macrobiotic family, teaching, lecturing, consulting, and creating a sustainable lifestyle. Rice Huller on site. Community Dinners to start this new year in the home, Saturday Nights- with Music.

Please call 802-457-9441 Thanks LC


MACROBIOTIC COOK Available in Connecticut, NYC, RI & MA

Posted November 12, 2012

My name is Bill Klar I have been cooking macrobiotic for about 6 years I have completed the levels at the Kushi Institute and I am looking for a job where I can cook for people that would need my help. I am very diverse in my field and love working with macrobiotic counselors. I do some consultation but not on anyone that has a serious condition. I have been a chef for 22 years in high end French food but I found macrobiotic food to be the real medicine in our lives. I would love to speak with you. I live in CT but would be willing to work in NYC, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

Thank you very much,

Bill Klar

Please contact me at wklar@comcast.net or by phone at 203-430-1035.


MACROBIOTIC CULINARY

Posted October 18, 2012

I'm 32 years old, portuguese and I live in Lisbon, Portugal. Although I'm a psychologist (still working in that area), I recently finished the Annual Course of Macrobiotic Culinary in Lisbon (IMP), worked as a culinary assistent in many places and events and I work, now, as a natural food cook at people's houses, besides organising natural cooking activities. I'm searching for more and more opportunities of work in macrobiotic, vegan and natural cookery, all over the world, especially in Europe. If you need any service in this area or have a proposal, please :contact me:

Thank you!

Luísa Dias

lui_dia@hotmail.com


MACROBIOTIC CHEF WANTED / New York City - New Jersey

Posted September 1, 2011

Looking for knowledgeable macrobiotic personal chef to prepare meals 3 -4 times a week in New York City or New Jersey area.

Please call 917-597-7523 (ask for Emma) or e-mail evalevich@centuryny.com


Macrobiotic Chef and Educator

Posted May 3, 2011

I am a Macrobiotic Chef with 15 years of professional experience which includes, former Head Cook and Graduate of the Kushi Institute. I have cooked and taught throughout the United States and in Italy, one on one and in group situations. I will gladly forward my Resume, editorial review, and references to serious prospective Clients.

You can contact me at 802-522-8711 or through my blog at, nourishingcuisine.blogspot.com



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Helpful Friends

Although these individuals and organizations may not utilize the Unique Principle in their daily lives, their comments, research and/or services are interesting resources for the macrobiotic community.


Proposition One - is a grassroots movement for disarmament of nuclear weapons and the conversion of the nuclear and other arms industries to provide for human and environmental needs. They link to many disarmament-related web sites.


Lehman's Good Neighbor, Non-Electric Catalog - a "non-electric" catalog on the internet? Sounds like a conflict of interest! Well, maybe. But we're glad that Lehman's is on-line. Providing traditional tools, furniture and housewares since 1955.


Genetic Engineering and Sierra Club - provides excellent commentaries, perspectives and practical ways to speak out against genetically altered foods. If you are concerned about the quality of the ingredients in your food, this is an important site to visit.


Mothers for Natural Law


The Blue Mountain Center of Meditation - offers instruction and guidance in meditation and allied living skills, following the method of Eknath Easwaran. In addition to offering many practical guides to meditation, their Nilgiri Press has excellent english versions of The Bhagavad Gita, The Dhammapada and the Upanishads. They also provide a very thoughtful free newsletter.


National Organic Standards - The United States Department of Agriculture has completed collecting comments from the public, concerning the quality of the food that will be eligible for federal organic certification. The USDA received an overwhelming response that genetically altered foods must not be labeled "organic".

As a result, the USDA has determined that the new federal "organically grown" label will not be allowed on genetically altered food. In addition, produce grown in sludge and irradiated foods have been declined. Thank you all, so much, for helping the U.S. government to reach these important conclusions.


The Organic Trade Association - this trade group represents the organic industry in North America.


The Union of Concerned Scientists - Though not a macrobiotic organization, this group does monitor the utilization of new technologies and tries to steer their application towards more harmonious ends. They are also dedicated towards increasing the public's awareness of the dangers of bio-technology and global warming.

As our needs for sustainable agriculture and sources for safe energy grow, sites like this can provide new ideas and valuable information.


The Netfriends of Tibet - In loving memory of Ritva Nybacka. Her web site, dedicated to Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and to the freedom of Tibet, no longer exists. I'm keeping this here in memorial.

"For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I, too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world"

"The Dalai Lama has one of the most macrobiotic outlooks I have seen. His visions and comments are penetrating, peaceful and whole. His book, Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (Snow Lion Publications) is highly recommended."
-Wayne



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Adding New Links, Addresses and Phone Numbers

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Guidelines for Inclusion

Inclusion in this reference guide is free. If you provide macrobiotic quality foods, macrobiotic counseling or related services, we want to list you here.

This directory is developed by human hearts and hands. We don't use Zeus or any other automated methods to create links. We seek quality, not quantity. We work for the regeneration of humankind, not degeneration.

We are dedicated to maintaining the best, most comprehensive macrobiotic network on the world wide web. Now, and always. Therefore, we want to provide a means of connection to any and all macrobiotic resources, even if you have no web presence. That means we will gladly list your e-mail, telephone or regular address. But, if you maintain a web site that has its own links to other sites, please be thoughtful enough to include a return link to Blooming Grove. You can create a link to:

http://www.9starki.com
or,
http://www.9starki.com/macro.htm

Thanks!



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