windwalker food

Creating Windwalker Food & Why

For over ten years I grew organically certified fruits and vegetables for others. We began in ‘94 as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) progressing to a farmers’ market in Kansas City in 2000, where I continued to sell produce along with some specialized prepared foods until the ‘06 season. I continue to make and sell the prepared foods at the Farmers’ Community Market @ Brookside.

Along the way I spent three years coordinating a salsa project that was as local a product as we could possibly make. Those growing the tomatoes, onions, garlic, and jalapenos also worked in the kitchen prepping, cooking, and canning the product and a great product it was! We just didn’t allow for the amount of time required to market it properly, but we all ate a lot of very good salsa.

I also wrote newsletters for our customers that promoted both the nutrition and the deliciousness of the various vegetables. I researched and compiled tons of good healthy recipes, printing them out to make good food preparation as easy as possible. And in our CSA days I even prepared meals for them, joining together under the oak in our front yard on a warm summer evening for the best kind of community of all.

During this entire time food, in all its various forms from tiny seedlings to a wonderful meal on the dining room table, was my focus and that continues to this day. But somewhere along the way I realized that I harbored the desire to help other people discover this World of Real Food. Jim and I spent 18 years without health insurance believing that our lifestyle (lots of good exercise and really excellent clean whole food) was our best health insurance and it proved to be true. We also saw family members and friends become less healthy due to their poor food choices. After trying to help a few times I realized that I was lacking the necessary specific knowledge to provide the kind of help that was required.

So after much online research, I enrolled in Clayton College of Natural Health which offers a degree in Holistic Nutrition via distance learning. It turns out this was a very wise choice. Their course material is excellent and through the required course projects, I created several in-depth nutritional brochures on various common health conditions and diseases which my daughter, a practicing Nurse Practitioner, is providing to her patients.

I have finished my initial degree with Clayton and I have begun consulting as a Food Coach. Windwalker Food offers Holistic Nutritional Counseling based on the whole person instead of a set of symptoms, thus empowering the individual to take greater responsibility for their own health through education. Together we will create a “team” working toward your greater health and healing.

Joan