Ground Breaker Brewing at May GIG meeting 5/9 10am-noon

Ground Breaker Brewing will be at our 

next GIG of Portland meeting 

on May 9, 2015

10am to noon. 

Owner James Neumeister will be speaking about the brewery and will be bringing along some tasty samples! If you don't recognize Ground Breaker, it's our beloved 100% gluten-free local Portland brewery formerly known as Harvester Brewing.

A selection of Ground Breaker Brewing's beers. Soon to be available in cans. 

 We'll also have Hol-Grain Taco Mix fixed up with some ground organic turkey to try with organic corn tortilla chips and some Beanfields Snackscorn-free, rice & bean chips! 

Thanks to Conrad Rice Mill Inc & Konriko Company Store for mailing samples for our group to try! They'll be perfect with our Ground Breaker beer samples.

Beanfields Snacks are certified gluten-free, non-GMO, Kosher, vegan and free of the top 8 allergens. 

Hol-Grain seasonings are certified gluten-free, Kosher, non-GMO, MSG-free.lngredients: Brown Rice flour, granulated garlic, sea salt, chili powder, paprika, granulated onion, ground cumin, oregano and evaporated cane juice.

Gluten Intolerance Group of Portland - meets every 2nd Sat 

(except in December)

Providence Portland Medical Center

4805 NE Glisan Portland 

in the basement of the HOSPITAL (not the Professional Plaza)

HCC (health classrooms) 2 & 3. 

Free parking off of NE Glisan entrance.

See map here. 

Check out these great companies:
Ground Breaker Brewing and Gastropub

http://www.groundbreakerbrewing.com/gastropub/

Beanfield Snacks (GF, vegan, corn-free)
http://www.beanfieldssnacks.com/

Hol-Grain, Konriko & Conrad Rice Mills
http://www.conradricemill.com/Results.asp?category=0

March GIG Mtg: Optimal Wellness - More Than Just Going Gluten-Free

Special speaker for our March Gluten Intolerance Group Meeting on March 14th, 10am to noon. 

Optimal Wellness: More Than Just Going Gluten Free!

Our March topic: Optimal Wellness: More Than Just Going Gluten Free!

Our March speaker: 

Dr Chip Halverson of Selah Natural Medicine 

Dr Halverson is the board president of Healthy Schools Network. He is a primary care physician with a special interest in managing patients with chronic illnesses, including autoimmune disease, endocrine disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, neurological conditions, hormonal imbalances, allergies, integrative cancer support and environmental illnesses. 

More about Dr Halverson 

Next GIG of Portland meeting is March 14, 

10am to noon 

at Providence Portland Medical Center 

(in the hospital not the Professional Plaza),

on the lower level in HCC 2,3, a classroom. 

4805 NE Glisan St, 

Portland, OR 97213

Save the date: April 25, 2015

Gluten-Free Food Fair

10am to 3pm 

DoubleTree by Hilton

Lloyd Center NE Portland

1000 NE Multnomah Blvd

MAX stop: Lloyd Center

For the most current updates, always 

refer to our Facebook page: GIG of Portland. 

Best way to stay in touch with GIG of Portland --> Facebook!

Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings to Everyone!

The Gluten Intolerance Group of Portland's blog and website is in need of a volunteer to help maintain it up to date and post events on a bi weekly or monthly basis. 

In the meantime head over to GIG of Portland's Facebook page (click on the link HERE). You do not need to be signed up for Facebook or "on" Facebook to scroll through our page. You will need to sign in to comment. 

It's easy for GIG of Portland to post DAILY on Facebook and to keep all sorts of activities, recipes, events, research, articles and comments going on a daily basis on Facebook. Keep an eye out for everything gluten-free over there until we find a Blog Czar. :)

If you want to receive updates when an entry is made on this page, which we'd like to do about once a month, then enter your email address in the upper right corner and you'll get entered. 

If you want to receive our monthly newsletter by email, then contact Cece, our newsletter editor at ceceglutenfree@yahoo.com and in the subject line write: "add me to the GIG newsletter list." It's that easy. 

If you'd like to volunteer to help out with the Gluten Intolerance Group of Portland, please come to one of our monthly meetings and let's chat about how we can work together to get the word out to help people living the gluten-free lifestyle. 

In the meantime, our monthly meetings are every second Saturday (except every December) at Providence Portland Medical Center (hospital) in the lower level in the classroom (HCC 2, 3). Parking is free and covered in the parking structure off of NE Glisan and 47th. Park on the South side of the parking building, and walk over the covered sky bridge to the HOSPITAL (not the Professional Plaza). Take the elevator or stairs down and we're right there in a large classroom. 

Hope you're wintery days are healthy and happy and as always, safely and deliciously gluten-free, 

~ Lisa Shaver, branch manager GIG of Portland