Living Bread
Often referred to as Essene bread, this sweet, highly nutritious, energy dense food is made with sprouted grain e.g. wheat, spelt, rye, barley. It is blended to a puree, mixed with dried fruit, herbs, spices and seeds then dehydrated. If nuts and seeds are used these should be soaked for at least 8 hours, drained and blended with the grain. Ingredients such as grated carrots or dried fruit should be soaked overnight, drained, mixed well with the homogenised grain, formed into a flattened loaf and baked in a slow oven for 2 hours. For crackers, roll out thinly and dry in an electric food dehydrator, at 40 - 45°C.
Caged Birds and Poultry
Living growing foods like sprouts are excellent for most birds, including poultry. Even just swelling the seeds so they are beginning to show roots increases the nutritional values considerably.
To prepare:
soak seed for 8 - 12 hours in 3 times the amount of water, drain and rinse 3 times the next day, drain for 8 - 12 hours and feed to birds.
Suitable seeds include:
adzuki beans, mung beans, millet, buckwheat (in hull), green peas, lentils, chickpeas, fenugreek, alfalfa, red clover, mustard, radish, quinoa, amaranth and chia.
Green Harvest Clucker Tucker™
a hardy mix of all-important greens to keep your chooks healthy. Includes barrel medic, bok choy, buckwheat, forage chicory, clover, cocksfoot, linseed, lucerne, millet, forage plantain, silverbeet, subclover and sunflower. Where space is limited, it can be grown in a seedling tray and then placed in the chook run or bird cage. In temperate areas sow March - May or August - October. In subtropical areas sow August - September or May - July. In tropical areas sow April - August. Use 1 - 2g per seedling tray.