Elderberry and Regenerative Farming

Photo of an elderberry plant. It's a light green color with white flower buds.

Elderberry is an EASY way to start Regenerative Farming Practices! Elderberry plays a beneficial role in REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE! 1. PREVENTS SOIL EROSION because elderberry has an extensive root systems that help stabilize soil and prevent erosion, especially in areas prone to runoff. 2. Suitable for Marginal Lands: Elderberry can thrive in soil considered less productive […]

Can elderberry juice improve cognition?

Photo of elderberry branches in a pile.

Researchers from the University of South Florida, the University of Missouri, A.T. Still University, Indiana University, and the Children’s Hospital Colorado asked that exact question in their recent study. Focused specifically on patients with mild cognitive impairment, they concluded the following: “Preliminary findings show that daily elderberry juice consumption for 6 months in patients with […]

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 […]

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.