The Sundance Film Festival 2012 has wrapped up, and we have a short video documenting the various Aseda co-sponsored events with Whole Foods Marketplace. The film is the creation of Salt Lake City native, and Aseda film producer, Fletcher Hukari.
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Aseda Means Gratitude.
Aseda is grateful for the art of filmmaking. Every year, the world converges upon a well known mountain town in Utah for the world renowned Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute was founded in 1981 by Robert Redford. Sundance is dedicated to actively advancing the work of risk-taking storytellers worldwide. The Institute has always provided a space for independent artists to explore their stories free from commercial and political pressures.
This year the festivities are from January 19th through January 29th and held throughout the streets of Park City. Every space on Main Street will be bustling with film makers, celebrities, media, and spectators. Aseda will be front and center at several events, including a few high profile film premieres. The progressive spirit at the core of the Sundance Film Festival speaks directly to the social missions of the Aseda Tribe. This festival brings Aseda Wild Honey and the Aseda Tribes Social Missions to the world stage.
We are proud to be aligned with such films as “Chasing Ice,” “The Invisible War,” “Ethel,” and “Ready to Fly.” We feel these projects represent a dedication to fostering awareness and diversity through the art of storytelling. What better way to express our gratitude than by sharing Aseda Raw Honey with Sundance, while carrying Aseda’s message of social responsibility and sustainability. Our participation includes partnering with Whole Foods Market and Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli. We are excited to offer the taste of Aseda Wild Honey, paired with some of the finest cheeses around. Keep checking back with us for all of the latest news as we kick off 2012 in a big way, at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Aseda means Gratitude.
Aseda us at Sundance! By Bessie McIntosh
The Mexicue restaurant group, catering company and food truck based in New York City has created a BBQ dipping sauce using Aseda Wild Honey for their corn dogs.
Check it out on Mexicue’s website >
Look around… you know them… Almost every family, every neighborhood, and every circle of friends has a least one. If you are lucky, your community has more than can be counted. What do you get when you mix a co-operative mentality with the need to change the world around you, a dash of activism and the unwillingness to conform?
A hippie! That’s right. You may be one yourself without even knowing it. In the 60’s and 70’s, it was easy to spot a hippie. Free loving, tie-dyed t-shirt wearing, music listening, idealist. In the 80’s… I agree, harder to spot. In the 90’s it was easy because the hippies of this day and age, were the children of the wider known hippy generation, copying the attire, the attitude of mind expansion and music, yet no one took them seriously.
Now, hippies are undercover, they are in disguise. These kids are all grown up and some of the people from their parents’ generation are taking the ideas of these “kids” seriously. Together, they are creating businesses, sharing ideas, mentoring and learning from each other. There’s no need to hide away your children or your checkbooks. These people are modern day pioneers, like all the “hippies” before them… At the forefront of changing the way America works.
We have developed into a global economy. Our young people are competing in the world market for jobs. The fact that we are all connected is becoming more prevalent every day. A new form of capitalism is emerging that focuses on the whole of humanity, treading lightly on Earth, for the benefit of everyone, the idea of co-operative first… yet still profitable.
Yes, it can be done. Indeed, it is being done right now! You can have an extremely successful business without harm…Socially, environmentally, and ethically responsible… This is the new capitalism… Next time you see a sharp looking business woman or man in a suit, or a totally creative guy or gal that is dressed like they just made their way back from Burning Man, send some thoughts of gratitude their way. They may be hippies in disguise, working feverishly to enhance our human experience. Bee Creative, Bee Proactive, Bee *Aseda. Go ahead, embrace your inner hippie and proudly join the ranks of the “Hippies in Disguise.”
Hippies in Disguise By Bessie McIntosh
*Aseda Means Gratitude.
Our Aseda Bee Keepers t-shirts are on the way to our Aseda Bee Keepers Co-operative in Ghana.
They were hand printed by a local Utah silk screening artist Prescott McCarthy. We are thrilled by the golden shirts lined up and ready to go to the front lines of our sustainable bee-keeping operations.
The shirts will travel over the ocean through the cities of Ghana and into the wilderness where it is common to see elephants and monkeys. They will cross over the great river that separates the pristine Molè National Forest from the rest of the world. The precious cargo left Salt Lake City on Friday, snuggly secured in the suitcase of Aseda’s Chief of Operations, Thomas.
The t-shirts accompanied his family’s holiday travel to Thomas’s homeland; where they will be contributing their time to the numerous humanitarian efforts, which are dear to their hearts.
One stop includes a visit to the villages of the Dagombas, also known as Aseda Co-operative. The organic cotton yellow shirts, consciously and lovely created, are meant to bring many smiles to the faces of the farmers who make up the Aseda Bee-Keepers Co-operative. These are a small gift to our Ghanaian Team.
A piece of sunshine to let them know the gratitude we have for them. We can’t wait to see the pictures from this trip. I imagine that Thomas’s family will have an unforgettable journey, making many new friends.
Lined Up and Ready to Go By Bessie McIntosh
Aseda means Gratitude.
Honey will forever guide us through a multitude of home remedies. Look to honey for hundreds of easy to prepare remedies for common ailments.
Try this one: mix 1 tablespoon of Aseda Wild Honey in 4-6oz. of warm, filtered water. Drink slowly before bed. Honey has been studied as a sleep aid inducing deeper levels of regenerative sleep. Catch the buzz!
Aseda is introducing itself to the world. As a wonderful outlet for information on various topics ranging from honey to health. Join us as we discuss the myriad of topics relevant to our bodies and the nature that we are apart of.
Join as we “Follow the Path of Pollen…”
Aseda’s participation at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close. Aseda applied a unique layer of sweetness to the parties in Park City this year. We were enthusiastically received by many. We shared our gift of Aseda with the media, stars, producers, insiders, and spectators. We are already seeing the effects of the buzz we created at this festive gathering. It is spreading across the country and growing the Aseda Tribe like a natural bee colony.
We would like to give a special thanks to Geralyn Dreyfous, maker of many movies and the master connector who invited Aseda to sponsor a dozen or so Sundance Events. We feel blessed to have been an exciting and intricate part of the experience that is Sun-dancing. The private celebrity parties in honor of Ethel Kennedy and the movie Ethel, the premiere parties for Invisible War and Chasing Ice, and the Mary J Blige talkback were incredible! A spontaneous connection sparked at Wholefoods, with the lovely ladies of Elevate led us to the Skullcandy Mansion. We were featured and treated like Queen Bees! Check out one of their hilarious video on YouTube called “the Sh** New Age Girls Say”.
Our video featuring Sundance is in the editing process and will be posted soon. As part of the Aseda Tribe, you will be able to experience first hand ” Aseda Sun-dancing in 2012″. In the meantime, check out our facebook page for pictures and glimpses of the busy bees of Aseda.
Sun-dancing with Gratitude! By Bessie McIntosh
Aseda Means Gratitude.
Aseda is grateful for the art of filmmaking. Every year, the world converges upon a well known mountain town in Utah for the world renowned Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute was founded in 1981 by Robert Redford. Sundance is dedicated to actively advancing the work of risk-taking storytellers worldwide. The Institute has always provided a space for independent artists to explore their stories free from commercial and political pressures.
This year the festivities are from January 19th through January 29th and held throughout the streets of Park City. Every space on Main Street will be bustling with film makers, celebrities, media, and spectators. Aseda will be front and center at several events, including a few high profile film premieres. The progressive spirit at the core of the Sundance Film Festival speaks directly to the social missions of the Aseda Tribe. This festival brings Aseda Wild Honey and the Aseda Tribes Social Missions to the world stage.
We are proud to be aligned with such films as “Chasing Ice,” “The Invisible War,” “Ethel,” and “Ready to Fly.” We feel these projects represent a dedication to fostering awareness and diversity through the art of storytelling. What better way to express our gratitude than by sharing Aseda Raw Honey with Sundance, while carrying Aseda’s message of social responsibility and sustainability. Our participation includes partnering with Whole Foods Market and Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli. We are excited to offer the taste of Aseda Wild Honey, paired with some of the finest cheeses around. Keep checking back with us for all of the latest news as we kick off 2012 in a big way, at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Aseda means Gratitude.
Aseda us at Sundance! By Bessie McIntosh
The Mexicue restaurant group, catering company and food truck based in New York City has created a BBQ dipping sauce using Aseda Wild Honey for their corn dogs.
Check it out on Mexicue’s website >
Look around… you know them… Almost every family, every neighborhood, and every circle of friends has a least one. If you are lucky, your community has more than can be counted. What do you get when you mix a co-operative mentality with the need to change the world around you, a dash of activism and the unwillingness to conform?
A hippie! That’s right. You may be one yourself without even knowing it. In the 60’s and 70’s, it was easy to spot a hippie. Free loving, tie-dyed t-shirt wearing, music listening, idealist. In the 80’s… I agree, harder to spot. In the 90’s it was easy because the hippies of this day and age, were the children of the wider known hippy generation, copying the attire, the attitude of mind expansion and music, yet no one took them seriously.
Now, hippies are undercover, they are in disguise. These kids are all grown up and some of the people from their parents’ generation are taking the ideas of these “kids” seriously. Together, they are creating businesses, sharing ideas, mentoring and learning from each other. There’s no need to hide away your children or your checkbooks. These people are modern day pioneers, like all the “hippies” before them… At the forefront of changing the way America works.
We have developed into a global economy. Our young people are competing in the world market for jobs. The fact that we are all connected is becoming more prevalent every day. A new form of capitalism is emerging that focuses on the whole of humanity, treading lightly on Earth, for the benefit of everyone, the idea of co-operative first… yet still profitable.
Yes, it can be done. Indeed, it is being done right now! You can have an extremely successful business without harm…Socially, environmentally, and ethically responsible… This is the new capitalism… Next time you see a sharp looking business woman or man in a suit, or a totally creative guy or gal that is dressed like they just made their way back from Burning Man, send some thoughts of gratitude their way. They may be hippies in disguise, working feverishly to enhance our human experience. Bee Creative, Bee Proactive, Bee *Aseda. Go ahead, embrace your inner hippie and proudly join the ranks of the “Hippies in Disguise.”
Hippies in Disguise By Bessie McIntosh
*Aseda Means Gratitude.
This last year for Aseda has proved to be a year of many stones overturned, challenges, learning and balancing, sprinkled in with Aseda celebrations of accomplishments. As we tuck 2011 into bed, we would like to take a moment to reflect.
We are grateful for all of the people here in the states and the people in Ghana who have joined the Aseda Tribe. It is as if the wild honey of the Aseda bees has seeped into their blood, now a part of them and inspiring them to do this work.
2012 is looking to be a great year for Aseda. We are kicking January off with our PR campaign, headed by one of our beautiful bees, Nadine Christine Hamdan. You can learn more about Aseda and our founder Anthony Baron Kirk in several publications. First, learn about the beginning story of Aseda in our locally owned publication Catalyst-one of Utah’s gems and my favorite publication of all time. Nationally, find us in OM Times, Men’s Health, and a few other magazines to be announce soon.
Our very own Geralyn Dreyfous, has engaged us in the Sundance Film Festival. We are sponsoring several movie premier events in the month of January. We encourage all of the Aseda Tribe to be a part of Sundance. Park City and Salt Lake City have many screenings of the new world premiere movies and now would be the time to purchase your tickets. We have already had the opportunity to view “Ready to Fly.” This film is all about women’s ski jumping and our local Park City athlete Lindsey Van. This story will resonate with the hearts of anyone who loves snow.
Aseda is currently building out our Aseda Athletes Program, which sponsors athletes by providing health education and Aseda Wild Honey for energy and endurance. We are also creating a Backyard Bees Program to educate people on the plight of the honeybee, and how to become part of the solution by raising your own beehive. Aseda retail distribution is expanding into Hawaii, and will be in many other states soon. We are working on new products and co-branding with some of our favorite companies.
Our intentions are to spread Aseda far and wide in 2012, for the bees, for the Earth, and for the Aseda Tribe.
2011 and Beyond 2012 By Bessie McIntosh
Our Aseda Bee Keepers t-shirts are on the way to our Aseda Bee Keepers Co-operative in Ghana.
They were hand printed by a local Utah silk screening artist Prescott McCarthy. We are thrilled by the golden shirts lined up and ready to go to the front lines of our sustainable bee-keeping operations.
The shirts will travel over the ocean through the cities of Ghana and into the wilderness where it is common to see elephants and monkeys. They will cross over the great river that separates the pristine Molè National Forest from the rest of the world. The precious cargo left Salt Lake City on Friday, snuggly secured in the suitcase of Aseda’s Chief of Operations, Thomas.
The t-shirts accompanied his family’s holiday travel to Thomas’s homeland; where they will be contributing their time to the numerous humanitarian efforts, which are dear to their hearts.
One stop includes a visit to the villages of the Dagombas, also known as Aseda Co-operative. The organic cotton yellow shirts, consciously and lovely created, are meant to bring many smiles to the faces of the farmers who make up the Aseda Bee-Keepers Co-operative. These are a small gift to our Ghanaian Team.
A piece of sunshine to let them know the gratitude we have for them. We can’t wait to see the pictures from this trip. I imagine that Thomas’s family will have an unforgettable journey, making many new friends.
Lined Up and Ready to Go By Bessie McIntosh
Aseda means Gratitude.
Team Aseda hopes each of you created and enjoyed a beautiful holiday. Thanksgiving is the holiday with the sole intention of expressing our gratitude.
A day to give simple thanks for the people in our lives, the situations we have created throughout the year, the achievements, the personal growth, the triumphs, the reactions to the world that have made us proud, the thoughtfulness of our relationship with food and everything else we can be thankful for in our lives.
This may be the perfect time to send positive intentions, without having to attach a specific agenda to the outcome. A time to appreciate whatever is resonating in our hearts. Taking the time to reflect and celebrate the people in our lives. *Bee* them family, dear friends, new friends or people who are just making their way into our lives.
We “Team Aseda” stride to be grateful every day of the year. We challenge you to do the same. Practicing *Aseda* can be as easy as admiring the blue sky, or a flower, the leaves blowing in the wind, huge snowflakes falling on your favorite mountain, saying thank-you more often, or better yet, telling someone why you have gratitude for them. Perhaps practice gratitude as a lifestyle. Gratitude is sweet. Showing gratitude makes your heart smile and puts smiles on the faces of your people.
Aseda is grateful to our supporters and fans. We are grateful that you believe in our missions – Backyard Beekeepers, to bring awareness and education to the disappearance of the honeybees, 5% to the Villages of Mole, with every purchase of Aseda Wild Honey, Aseda donates 5% of the sales to support humanitarian efforts in Ghana – Aseda Beekeepers, to support our co-operative, the Dagombas in sustainable beekeeping practices and to ensure their livelihood in a place where other means for income are far and few – TrueRaw, our label that ensures the contains are truly raw, the way mother nature intended. Your support puts smiles on our faces, the Aseda Tribe, hundreds of faces in Ghana and countless honey bees.
More Gratitude, More Smiles, More Love = More Love, More Peace, More Aseda.
Days of Gratitude By Bessie McIntosh
*Aseda Means Gratitude
Aseda’s Occupy Mission.
Reclaim hives in every neighborhood. Every community needs to depend on themselves for pollination. The easiest way to take back the power from huge corporate food providers is to support the raw food movement, local farmers, community gardens, and your own backyard garden. Maintaining healthy bee-colonies in your local vicinity will ensure the success of reclaiming our local food sources and our community will become closer to food independence.
Bring awareness to the differences of real honey, farmed sustainably, and the “fake” honey found on the stores of big business grocery store chains. The practices of monoculture and commercial bee-keeping are partial responsible for killing off one of the Earth’s most precious resources. Bees. The unnatural honey is another processed, “fake” food, that is causing disease and adding to the obesity epidemic we are facing in our country.
Provide awareness to the benefits of raw, functional foods. Raw honey is a powerful super food. The health benefits and medicinal purposes of honey are endless. By providing our bodies what they need, we have the inherited ability to heal ourselves, thus providing us with plenty of energy and stamina to continue changing our world.
Aseda will Occupy by continuing to grow in a conscious, sustainable manner. Quench the thirst for knowledge that is currently not widely know about honey and the bee/human connection. Continue to grow the healthy bee populations in the Molè National Forrest of Ghana, and provide the world with the sweetness of Aseda Wild Honey.
No Bees = No Humans
Occupy Hives! By Bessie McIntosh
It seems that those three words cannot live in the same sentence. Only a true lover of honey would know otherwise. Raw honey has a tendency to crystallize when it becomes cold. This is the most obvious sign of honey being truly raw and unprocessed.
You can easily re-liquefy it by running your honey jar under warm, not hot, water, (remember to never warm your honey in a microwave; this will kill the vital enzymes that make raw honey so miraculous).
Crystallized honey is easily used in baking because of the firm texture. It is the same honey, just in a different form. Like water and ice.
Try it as a spread on your toast or pancake. Try it as an au-natural facial. Try a spoon full of it and enjoy the same delicious, unique taste that delivers a new experience-with texture.
Aseda Wild Honey is a truly raw honey and behaves in the same manner. Snowboarding and skiing friends of Aseda will tell you how to use the Aseda Wild Energy Packs.
First, you put a few in your pocket. On the snow-capped mountains your packet will begin to crystallize. If you enjoy your Aseda liquid, place your Energy Pack in an inside pocket close to your body. The heat from your body will warm the Energy Pack and it will be ready for the second step. Pull the tab, suck it down, and have the energy for your next killer run down the mountain. Or, as many Aseda “Bees” have said, they like to chew the yummy, gooey, crystallized Aseda Honey. If this is your cup of tea… Chewy chew on that.
Chewy-Crunchy-Honey??? By Bessie McIntosh
Ased'a True Raw™ label shows our commitment to providing unfiltered and unpasteurized raw honey straight from the hive.
We back up this commitment through our bee box quality control process, which extends from bee hive to honey jar.
Aseda practices and honors sustainable bee keeping and honey harvesting. We ensure that the bee hives are healthy and thriving within the wild ecosystem of the Molé National Forest.
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