Can Elderberry Help with Weight Loss?

New research from Washington State University says yes! In a recent clinical trial published in Nutrients, researchers from the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine shared their findings about how elderberry can benefit weight management and metabolic health. Specifically, they found that consuming 12 ounces of elderberry juice every day for a week can […]

How to Enjoy our Elderberry Products

Let’s talk elderberry! We often have customers ask when or how to take our products for the maximum effect. We hope these tips below help to answer your questions. How often should I elderberry? I like to take it every day for immune support and inflammation. Peer-reviewed published research studies show that the anti-inflammatory effect […]

Local value-added products aren’t cute. They’re insurance.

Lionberry 's Weekly Delusion and Re-illusion Update.

People act like small batch is a hobby.

Nope.

Every bottle from a small farmer is a value-added product inside a value food chain.

That chain is made of humans, not container ships.

If global trade gets tariffed to death, or the truckers strike, or a war kicks off, or a fuel shortage hits, or a natural disaster…guess what?

Walmart will not be driving to Thailand for pineapple juice.

Local food is the only thing that can actually disrupt the global supply chain — in a good way.

And here’s the delusion:

Everyone thinks “we’ll connect with the local farmers when we need them.”

Nope.

If the shelves go empty, it’s already too late.

Now is the time to get the relationships built. The value chain in motion. 

Now is the time to slot locals in the stores — even if it’s as “novelty items” at first on a local farm shelf.

Because when the global pipeline hiccups?

The people who will actually feed your region

aren’t the ones with the biggest warehouses.

Shop local or… we’ll be learning how to season cardboard and call it rustic.