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INFORMATION ALERT -
Fall 2006 Update
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: The deadline for our membership
drive is November 8th. Anyone signing up 15 new members receives full
registration to our 7th annual conference; anyone signing up 5 new members
receives a signed copy of the deluxe edition of Nourishing Traditions.
And lots of members signing up just one or two new members will be contributing
to our growth and ability to get our message to the millions. For a
membership
form, go to www.westonaprice.org/membershipform.pdf.
Be sure to put your name on the "Membership Introduction"
line so that we can acknowledge your efforts.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: If you have not yet registered
for Wise Traditions, 2006, our 7th annual conference, we urge you to
do so before October 23. Prices go up after that date. The Saturday
evening banquet is almost sold out, so don't delay! The cut-off for
hotel room reservations is October 19. Call (800) 635-5666 or see cwp.marriott.com/iadwf/westonapricewiseconf/
for details. Continuing Education Units are available for many health
professions. Check our website for details.
SOILS AND HUMAN HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
A symposium on Soils and Human Health will be held on Wednesday November
15, 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The symposium will explore a wide
range of connections between soils and health including mineral nutrition,
heavy metals, livestock grazing versus confinement, global dust, deserts
and human social behavior, nature contact for physiological well
being, and history of organic and holistic theories. The symposium was
organized by the Council on History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil
Science and is sponsored by the Soil Science Society of America. This
would be an excellent follow-up to our 7th annual conference. The complete
symposium program list of speakers, titles, and abstracts can be viewed
on the web: a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2006am/techprogram/S2890.HTM.
The public is welcome to attend the symposium but registration is required:
www.acsmeetings.org/registration/.
ORGANIC PASTURES UPDATE: Organic Pastures (OP) raw
milk is back on the shelves in all California stores after a state recall
two weeks ago. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
found zero pathogens in any samples of pasture manure, milk or even
products consumed by two children that became part of the state's excuse
to attack raw milk. In spite of reports in the press, only two children
got sick, not
four. Two additional children were claimed to become ill but the state
cannot identify them. They were never hospitalized and recovered without
medical care at home in two or three days as best OP can determine.
One of the parents of the sickened children even went on TV and told
the world that it was not the raw milk that caused her child's illness,
but probably raw spinach or sushi.
Even after being released by the Fresno County Health Department on
Friday October 6th, the Organic Pastures Farmers Market team was heavily
harassed by LA County Health Department inspectors on Saturday October
7th. The inspectors demanded that OP stop selling raw milk even after
dairy personnel showed them the required release documents. OP threatened
them with personal lawsuits and they backed off. The inspectors spent
two hours obstructing sales and scaring away consumers. One consumer
told the inspectors...."give me my raw milk or arrest me!"
Organic Pastures is developing long-term strategies to change the paradigm
and connect consumers with a well-funded and directed voice. News on
this front will come in a few days. Mark Arax of the LA Times is working
on a huge expose on the recall and the dairy plans to file lawsuits
this week. Please visit organicpastures.com
for updates and details.
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