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The all-natural power of Turkey Tail Mushrooms!

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TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOMS: (Trametes versicolor – pictured here growing at Half Hill Farm® in Woodbury, TN) have been used for centuries for better health & well-being with modern science validating its substantial health benefits.

Immunity – Turkey Tail mushrooms are used mostly for its immune-boosting polysaccharides (polysaccharide K and polysaccharide peptide) that enhance the immune functions of white blood cells. Polysaccharide K improves survival rates of patients with certain types of cancer when used as an adjunct therapy by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and enhancing the body’s ability to fight cancer.

Gut-Health – The natural prebiotics found in turkey tail mushrooms help nourish beneficial bacteria in the gut for a stronger immune system and better digestion.

Inflammation – Turkey Tail mushrooms are also rich in antioxidants, which reduce inflammation and oxidative stress. This helps prevent damage to cells which lowers the risk of chronic diseases while promoting longevity.

You can take fully mature Turkey Tail mushrooms as an encapsulated powder. You can also decoct it into a tea or liquid dual extract which removes the indigestible chitinous biomass.

How to make sauerkraut – fermenting veggies

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FERMENTING VEGGIES: This small haul from the Murfreesboro Saturday Market got made into some tasty sauerkrauts we hope will be ready late next month. These are recipes with ginger that we make at home for ourselves and decided to add to the krauts we currently offer at Wellness Emporium – Woodbury. One is Ginger Beet. The other is Carrot, Ginger, and Turmeric.

HOW TO MAKE SAUERKRAUT: Sauerkrauts are easy to make and so good for you. They are rich in dietary fiber, nutrients, andgut-healthy probiotics.

All you need to do is chop up a blend of 75% cabbage with 25% other veggies and 2% salt added. Weigh all your cabbage and mulitply the weight time 0.33. The resulting number is your 25% of other veggies. After chopping or shredding your ingredients, mix them together and weigh it. Multiply the total weight with 0.02. This is how much salt you need to add, which is 2% of the total weight.

Mix all these together kneading the veggies in a bowl. You should see brine dripping from each fist full. Let it sit for about 20 minutes, then place in a fermentation vessel for about three weeks making sure all the veggies are completely submerged in its own brine. You can use fermentation weights to hold your fermenting veggies below the brine surface, or fill ziplock bags with water and place on top.

Fermentation will go through a couple of phases. If you use an airlock or airtight lid, you will need to burp the ferments. This will take about 3 weeks. When it’s done, jar it up and refrigerate to slow or stop fermentation. It should be a crunchy, tangy, probiotic bite of fermented goodness you can add to most meals!

Seasonal Honeysuckle Kefir now on tap!

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HONEYSUCKLE KEFIR: Our first seasonal of the year goes on tap Thursday (May 25)! Our Honeysuckle Kefir brings back childhood memories of growing up in the South and tasting the sweetness of late Spring right from the vine.

We harvest the flowers right here in Cannon County for a wonderful Memorial Day weekend treat. Our Honeysuckle Kefir will be on tap for cup and growler refills.

Don’t forget, Thursday is also our very first bread day. Grab a loaf of locally baked sourdough bread with your growler of Honeysuckle Kefir while they last at Wellness Emporium – Woodbury!

Seasonal Mulled Pear Kombucha now on tap!

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MULLED PEAR: Y’all need to break out the ugly sweater because it’s time for Half Hill Farm’s seasonal Mulled Pear Kombucha! This annual favorite was our very first seasonal and is probiotic for good gut health with all the Fall – made with organic cold pressed pear, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and allspice with hints of bonfires and Daylight Savings Time. Get a free sample, or a whole growler refill on tap for the Winter at Wellness Emporium – Woodbury!

REMINDER: Growlers are 64oz glass jugs you can buy at our store. Your first growler is $15 with which ever beverage you choose on tap. You can bring back your growler over and over for $10 refills!

Seasonal Honeysuckle Kefir now on tap!

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HONEYSUCKLE HARVEST: What an unbelievable year for honeysuckle here in Tennessee! We got an early start picking bucket loads at Meg & Brett’s place this morning – almost a week before last year’s peak. The smell and memories of picking as a child are unforgettable.

  

Honeysuckle Kefir is one of our favorite and most short-lived seasonal flavors. It’s also good for you! We make it by floating the flowers in our fermented kefir for a day. Stop by for a growler of cup while it lasts exclusively at Wellness Emporium Woodbury!

NEW FLAVOR: Introducing our Grapefruit Kombucha!

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NEW FLAVOR: We are so happy to introduce Half Hill Farm’s new Grapefruit Kombucha! This gut-healthy flavor replaces our Blood Orange with the same organic cardamom and clove spices.
Grapefruit is high in vitamins C and A and has many health benefits including satiating appetite to support healthy weight management and healthy immune support. Ask your doctor whether grapefruit will interact with your medications. Learn more about the mighty grapefruit: https://youtu.be/B7FK3BLsNt8
Our farm’s grapefruit Kombucha is available now on tap for cup and growler refills at our stores:

COVID-19 Pandemic and our commitment to better health & well being

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Our wellness advocates are committed to your better health & well being no matter what life throws at you. During public health emergencies, our advocates are vigilant with cleaning procedures designed to disrupt transmission from touch surfaces and providing you the very best natural products to boost your immune response. We are closely monitoring CDC guidelines for businesses and will remain open with capacity limits set at 10 people in our retail spaces. We are here to arm you with knowledge, confidence and nature’s best tools to defeat fear and the health challenges fear can amplify.

While there is no known cure for COVID-19, there are a couple of ways to make transmission more difficult especially for those at higher risk. Both of them require acting on shared knowledge. The first option is entirely up to you – creating physical boundaries. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Stand at a distance from others. Regularly clean your cell phone. The second option is a more elusive knowledge of natural remedies that can help amplify your immune response. Supplement your gut health with probiotics, locally fermented foods and beverage, whole food sourced vitamin and mineral supplements, elderberry, essential oils, immune boosting mushrooms and herbals.

 

We can’t be there to remind you to wash your hands, but we are here with knowledge of nature’s remedies and hand crafted quality products for better health & well being.

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SHOP OUR STORES: Stop by Wellness Emporium at the following locations and learn more.

UPDATE 3-21-20: We’ve moved to curbside service only to further protect our employees and customers. We’ve temporarily closed our Bell Buckle location. Our Jackson store has normal business hours. Below are our temporary curbside hours and locations. Thanks for your understanding!

Multi collagen protein for joints, skin and gut health

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COLLAGEN MAKEOVER: Adding a scoop of collagen to smoothies or baked goods gives our aging body essential protein building blocks for better joint, skin and gut health.

Dr. Axe’s Ancient Nutrition Multi Collagen provides types I, II, III, V and X that improves mobility and flexibility, relieves minor muscle aches and pains, and repairs joint cartilage and connective tissues of the digestive tract. Stop by Wellness Emporium in Woodbury, Murfreesboro, Bell Buckle and Jackson and learn how this important dietary supplement can help you on your path to better health and well being!