Growing fast Thus were the beginning years. Between 2000 and 2005 the company grew so dramatically that father and son Van Looy decided to expand and diversify their activities. Apart from producing and selling crops, BIO GOURMET LIFE FOOD started catering parties with organically grown food. They became specialists in raw food lunches and dinners: life food basically means that all food is raw or heated at maximum 120°F / 50°C. Life food nutrition is a diet consisting of fresh raw fruits and vegetables – organic, ripe and seasonal. Life food chefs use mainly fresh wild produce that is teeming with life force and grows well without cultivation.
Apiculture Honey is good for you! For centuries, honey has been used all over the world in different cultures as a natural cure for many ailments. Honey contains natural antioxidants which can destroy biologically destructive chemicals that have been linked to many diseases. Not only does it help free the body of free radicals, honey also supplies essential nutrients for growth of new tissue. Honey is the only food in the world that will not rot. So it can’t be missed in an organic farm. Gerben and Victor Van Looy took on a beekeeper in order to produce their own honey. Beekeeping is a very individual process. There are as many ways to keep bees as there are beekeepers. There is no “right or wrong” way to manage honey production or to rear queens. The best practice is to share techniques and knowledge with other beekeepers. Therefore, they turned to a regional beekeeper with many years of experience. Honey will never spoil. It will do what some people call “turn into sugar”. But in reality honey remains honey. Left in a cool dark place for a long time it will crystallize. And it will then be as good as it ever was (you only need to put the jar with honey au bain Marie till it liquefies again). Never boil honey or put it into the microwave because you would kill the enzymes in it.
Bio Gourmet Life Food goes International From 2004 onwards the company started developing detox workshops and programs, launching even its own cookbook. Halfway 2009 they decided to take it one step further and opened an office in the North of France and one in the South West of the UK. In close collaboration with local organic farms they there set up an office from which life food catering was managed nationwide. Today they are looking at Italy and Spain, where they would like to open offices as well.
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