My first guest is Mareya Ibrahim Jones, a driven woman of many talents with one of her new endeavors, “Super Food Sprinkles.” This lady is a chef, inventor, author, holistic nutritionist and more!
Mareya is known as “The Fit Foodie,” a nationally recognized food safety and clean eating expert, an award-winning entrepreneur, television chef, author and inventor and body builder. She is the CEO and founder of Grow Green Industries, INC. and the patented co-creator of the eatCleaner®, eatSafe™ and eatFresh™ line of all natural and organic products that help offer cleaner, safer, longer lasting produce. Her book “The Clean Eating Handbook” was released in May 2013 and is being touted as the ‘go-to’ guide for anyone looking to eat cleaner and get leaner. She is a contributor to “The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life” by Rick Warren, Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Mark Hyman. She is a featured chef on the Emmy-nominated cooking show Recipe Rehab, eHow.com, Livestrong.com and is a frequent guest on San Diego 6 and Fox 5 San Diego News. Her back-page column, “The Fit Foodie”, appears in Edible Orange County Magazine. Follow Mareya on Facebook & X @fitfoodie
Superfood Sprinkle ™ is the world’s first chef-crafted functional superfood spice blend filled with over 300 phytonutrients to elevate your plate with a powerful punch of flavor and nutrition. www.mysuperfoodsprinkle.com
“I took the world’s most amazing superfoods and combined them into a power-packed blend to elevate your tastebuds and boost your health. The featured ingredient is black cumin (aka ‘the blessing seed’) – the longevity secret of my ancestors, the pharaohs of Egypt.”
Mareya is also the co-inventor of the patented Eat Cleaner Fruit + Veggie Wash and Wipes line of products. Superfood Sprinkle ™ is made in the USA by a minority woman-owned business.
In the second half I’ll be talking to Tom Brown owner of Meadow Lark Farm Orchard and Cidery.
Meadowlark Farm Orchard and Cidery is a peach and apple orchard, pumpkin patch, & Hard Cidery east of Wichita, Kansas.
Tom says “Meadowlark Farm Orchard and Cidery was started by my wife and I (Tom and Gina Brown) in 2010, with the help of many friends. We have planted about 4000 peach and apple trees and our fruit is sold fresh as well as used to make hard cider; we are unique from other cideries as our cider is from apples grown ourselves. Our orchard has many varieties of peaches and apples (check Facebook for current availability), and our store has hard cider (5% alcohol) on tap and fresh pressed sweet cider (no alcohol) in October. We also grow strawberries for harvest in May. We sell what we grow at our farm and also the Old Town Farm and Art Market in central Wichita. Our pumpkin patch is also “pick-your-own”, as we grow pumpkins here as well. We welcome visitors to the farm all year round. Come pick-your-own fruit, or come out for a draft, snacks, nature trail, goats and games. We want to help your family and friends enjoy nature and create fun memories.”
It takes a full year to make a bottle of hard cider. We produce it from juice of fresh-crushed apples, then ferment with cider yeast to produce a refreshing drink with an alcohol content of around 5%. Grown, made and bottled all at Meadowlark Farm.
Our cidery is the only local estate cidery that produces from apples that we crush ourselves. We are federally and state licensed and sell from our farm as well as other locations. Check the Farm out on Facebook and Instagram!
The farm is located at 11249 SW 160th St, Rose Hill, KS 67133, Wednesday-Sunday, year-round: 10am – 5pm (On Fridays, August through October open until 7:00 pm)
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2020 Bogle Family Old Vine Zinfandel, California
Bright, ripe and intriguing our Old Vine Zin bursts from the glass with aromas of raspberries and pink peppercorns. Cranberries mix well with brambly berries, creating dense fruit flavors framed by pipe tobacco leaf and cedar. Finishing with great structure and moderate tannins, this wine is the epitome of balance and finesse, while never compromising its authentic Zinfandel character. ABV14.5 WE90
Check out the tech sheet to learn more! Get some at Jacob Liquor Exchange.