Thursday, April 10, 2014

Review/Giveaway - Norms Farms Elderberry Products


Spring is here and with it the spring cold season.  We seem to have some pretty nasty bugs going around our town as well! One way I help my family is by using elderberry syrup or other products.   Never heard of elderberries?  Well they are a berry found throughout most of America and have been used for thousands of years to boost the immune system and kill germs, as well as make delicious pies, jams and jellies. I often have harvested elderberries in the mountains around our home in the late summer. If you would like to know more about how elderberry can help you fight the cold and flu go HERE and HERE for just some of the information out there.  As always I recommend you do your own research!

Norms Farms produce a large selection of elderberry products. From jams and jellies and most important to my mind their Elderberry Extract and Wellness Syrup.  Norms Farms provides elderberry products that taste great!  Not only that but they also sell elderberry bushes so you can grow your own.  How is that for a cold and flu remedy, something that actually tastes good and you can eat every day for prevention?

Norms Farms sent me a sampler pack of their products for review.  I tried  all of it and must say I am impressed with the flavor and quality.  I love the extract for making healthy Italian sodas and the jam and jelly were amazing on toast and English muffins. As to it helping with illness I do have an experience to share.  My five year old son suddenly developed a huge lump on the side of his neck in a place I don't normally associate with a lymph node.  Concerned I took him to the doctor and she told me that there are lymph nodes there but it could also be a tumor!  I was to watch it over the next weeks and if it got bigger to bring him right in.   Most likely it is a lymph node though and she said it could take months to go away.

Well that day I started giving my son the elderberry wellness syrup as directed and after a week the lump was gone!  I believe the elderberry's helped to boost his immune system to flush the lymph node out~

Price wise the syrup and juice are less than what you pay for other elderberry products in the health food store only you know these are being produced in the USA.  The jam and jelly is priced as other gourmet preserves at less than $6.00 per jar.

I would recommend Norms Farms product to anyone looking for USA Produced elderberry products.  They are delicious, nutritious, and have health benefits!

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The Giveaway!

Norms Farms has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a Sample Pack of their products .  This includes Elderberry Jam, Elderberry Jelly, Elderberry Ginger Pecan Jam, Wellness Syrup, and Elderberry Extract!  A $50.00 value!  Use the Rafflecopter below to enter, all entries are verified.  Good Luck!
 
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The Thrifty Housewife was not compensated for this post, I did receive a sample product(s) for the purposes of review. This did not influence my review or my opinions. My views are 100% my own. This giveaway is not affiliated with facebook, pinterest, twitter, or any other social media website.  The winner will be chosen through the rafflecopter form which uses Random.org.  Winner will be notified by email within 48 hours of contest end.  Winner has 24 hours to respond to the  email.  Failure to respond will result in a new winner being chosen.  Open to US only.  All Entries are verified. 

13 comments:

  1. Wow! I love that they sell cuttings and plants as well as the syrup. Looks cheaper than what I have found other places also.

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  2. I'm going to have to look into purchasing plants from this company!!

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  3. I learned that it's family owned. :)

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  4. I learned that elderberry is a superfruit!

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  5. Love that's is a family business!

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  6. They make their products in small batches.

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  7. The jams and jellies have two key points to maintaining a brain-healthy diet.

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  8. I learned that Norm's Farms was started by a North Carolina family!

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  9. Thank you for the giveaway. I like that it is family owned.

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  10. Our starts are in pots and growing like crazy. We'll plant them out soon... Great quality!

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  11. Norm’s Farms is working hard to improve the supply of American elderberry products in the US. Plants are grown naturally and sustainably by family farmers, and Norm’s Farms products are made with love.

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  12. I learned that, surprisingly, only 10% of the elderberries consumed in the U.S. are actually grown here. The other 90% are grown in Europe.

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  13. It was interesting to find how elderberry sounds in different languages

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