Food connects us to our cultural and familial roots and to our community. Leafy Greens believes that food should be local, seasonal, unadulterated, and organic. But most importantly kindness is the best approach all around. Kindness to the soil, water, seeds, plants, farmers, animals and to ourselves. Learning how to eat in today’s world is not easy. That is why we must be kind while we make the journey toward improving our health and quality of life.

What we choose to eat can be a powerful tool to help the environment, support the local economy and those businesses that treat employees and animals humanely. We believe that eating healthy improves the social, economic, political and biological health of our planet. Leafy Greens is about living a life of healthy eating.

Leah Pokrasso is a certified Natural Chef and Nutrition Consultant from Bauman College in Berkeley CA. After putting herself through college as a floral designer, her health declined from the exposure to pesticides and a less than optimal diet. She found that, through proper nutrition, she was able to improve her health and it sparked her passion for cooking and creating a better life through the medium of food. After a decade of creating beauty with flowers, Leah finds that her approach to food is the same. She finds beauty in the community that is created by cooking and eating and believes that this way of life will help create a better planet for future generations.

In addition to working with people one-on-one and leading the Leafy Green Cleanse she also has worked with the American Diabetes Association, San Francisco General Hospital, Birkenstock, Bauman College, and worked at Dr. Cowan’s in San Francisco, a M.D. prominent in the Weston A Price community. She is currently working with Envison, MoGro, Santo Domingo Pueblo and Jemez Pueblo teaching classes focused on the importance of nutrient dense food. Leah also cooks lunch three times a week for a start-up company, Decartes Labs, in Los Alamos. Leah lives in her home town of Santa Fe N.M. with her husband Adam, cat Grandpaw and pup Billie Jean.

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