YOUR RESOURCE FOR WISE TRADITIONS IN FOOD, FARMING, AND THE HEALING ARTS
The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.
LOCAL CHAPTERS
Local chapters help you find locally-grown organic and biodynamic vegetables, fruits and grains; and milk products, butter, eggs, chicken and meat from pasture-fed animals. They also represent the Weston A Price Foundation at local fairs and conferences and may host cooking classes, potluck dinners and other activities to help you learn to integrate properly prepared whole foods into your lifestyle. Local chapters may be able to put you in touch with health practitioners who share our philosophy and goals.
CONTACT Dr. Stephanie Latter, DC at westonapricesc@hotmail.com for more information regarding the Charleston, SC Chapter
WAPF UPDATES
HUGE RAW MILK VICTORY IN CANADA
Michael Schmidt, operator of a raw milk cow share in Canada was found NOT GUILTY of all 19 counts against him in a Canadian court yesterday. The overwhelming victory caps years of harassment by Canadian authorities and a long court case. Your membership dues and donations helped pay for expert witnesses at Michael’s trial. This is a huge victory for raw milk and the momentum gained should help friends of raw milk everywhere. For details and followup, see our publicist’s blog http://hartkeisonline.com/
HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION
There has been some confusion about our Action Alert on health care legislation. The Weston A. Price Foundation has no official position on health care insurance. However, we oppose any facets of the legislation that would coerce citizens into procedures they don’t want, limit access to alternative and holistic medicine or force doctors into methods of care they don’t agree with—just as we oppose legislation that restricts access raw milk and other healthy products, or tells farmers how they must farm. Dr. Gonzalez has posted more details and references on the objectionable parts of the bills at http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/healthcareJan2010extras.htm
NEW WEBSITE
Several members have called in about password use on the new website. Please understand that you do not need a password to have access to the website. All the articles are freely available to the public, as they always have been. The User ID and Password merely allows you access to the Members Only part of the side, which currently hosts our Butter Buddies social network.
If you wish to be removed from our member list, email info@westonaprice.org
