Archives for 2014
Heart Disease Health Claim for Soy Not Supported by the Science, Foundation Claims Washington, D.C. — December 17, 2014—[ GlobeNewswire ]–Weston A. Price Foundation filed a lawsuit today […]
Healthy Nation Coalition Details Persistent Failures of Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Washington, D.C.–December 12, 2014–[GlobeNewswire] In an open letter to government officials, the Healthy Nation Coalition describes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) as a failed policy. The letter […]
December WAPF Member Information Alert
DECEMBER 2014 MEMBER INFORMATION ALERT MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Please join us for our end-of-the-year membership drive! We ask each member to try to sign up one new member this […]
Rally to protest HR 4432, a bill to kill states’ rights to label GMOs
Last week we announced we’re organizing a massive protest and media event in Washington D.C. on December 10 to stop the attack on the constitutional right of states […]
Membership Drive
[/su_column] [/su_row] JOIN NOW and RECEIVE BONUS COUPONS: We are delighted that during our membership drive we have nearly 1000 new members. Since some were too busy to focus on membership […]
FSMA Sample Letter to FDA
Subject: Keep Small Farmers and Food Producers in Business Take Action on FDA’s 2014 Proposed Food Safety Regulations! If you are a farmer or food business who may […]
Background On The Issues With FDA’s Proposed FSMA Rules
Background On The Issues With FDA’s Proposed FSMA Rules And Questions To Help Farmers & Food Businesses Personalize Their Letters 1. Issue: Definition of a “Farm” Background: “Farms” […]
Journal, Fall 2014, What Causes Heart Attacks?
Get the Flipbook and PDF Versions Read all of this Journal’s articles on any device, online and off. Get Both for $8 FEATURES What Causes Heart Attacks? Tom […]
Staying Involved With Congress, FDA, and the USDA
FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS: SHOULD DAIRIES HAVE TO PREPARE FOR TERRORIST ATTACKS? As WAPF members know, the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) poses many challenges for our farmers […]
Tell FDA to be Fair to Farmers
The Weston A. Price Foundation, our members, and thousands of people across the country fought hard for the Tester-Hagan amendment to exempt small-scale, direct-marketing farms and artisan food […]
Raw Milk Symposium 2014
RAW MILK SYMPOSIUM WILL EXPLORE RAW MILK SAFETY ISSUES Symposium Free for the Public and Government Officials through Live Streaming http://www.westonaprice.org/press/raw-milk-symposium-will-explore-raw-milk-safety-issues/ The annual raw milk symposium presented by […]
Letters, Fall 2014
A TANTRUM FOR BUTTER I had a funny experience I wanted to share with you. I live in northern India, just outside Delhi, and last week, my sister-in-law […]
Raw Milk and Allergies
Over the past ten years, a half dozen studies out of Europe all point in the same direction, namely that consumption of raw milk during childhood provides protection […]
A Positive Impact
Researchers in Kenya have published findings that should give pause to those promoting vegetarianism in children. The study looked at four groups of children. One group received a […]
Pesky Weed
In one of the worst examples of scientific speculations we have seen, researchers have proposed that seeds of a pesky weed called nutsedge helped prevent cavities in prehistoric […]
The Switch to GMO-Free
“Non-GMO” is one of the fastest growing label trends on U.S. food packages, with sales of such items growing 28 percent in 2013, to about three billion dollars. […]
Back to Butter?
Butter is definitely in the news these days. Time Magazine featured a cover article entitled “Eat Butter. Scientists labeled fat the enemy. Why they were wrong” (June 13, […]
Longevity Food
Born in 1899, Miss Susannah Mushatt Jones has survived two World Wars, twenty-two U.S. presidents, the Great Depression, the Cold War and the birth of the telephone, radio, […]
Toxic Toilet Paper
We all know about hormone-like compounds in plastic water bottles. Chemicals such as BPA, PCBs and phthalates have been linked to conditions like endocrine disruption and cancer. But […]
Behaving Well
The same Norwegian study cited above suggested that the diet of children may affect their behavior. Children who ate more unhealthy foods, defined in the study as chips, […]
Mom’s Diet and Future Behavior
More and more research is confirming what WAPF has been saying all along—that a pregnant mom’s diet affects not only the growth and physical health of her infant, […]
Vitamin A and Hearing Loss
In these pages, we often report on vitamin A—that most necessary of all nutrients, found in very high levels in primitive diets but declared toxic by modern dietary […]
Penn State Extension conference addresses raw milk safety
November 14, 2014, 9:00-5:30 Ramada State College Hotel and Conference Center 1450 S. Atherton Street State College, PA 16801 Session topics include: Protecting Your Herd from Disease; The Bad […]
2014 International Conference Options
If you cannot make it to Indianapolis for the November 7-10 conference, now you can still join us! For the first time ever, the Weston A. Price Foundation’s annual conference […]
Sano de por Vida
Sano de por Vida en PDF La Fundación Weston A. Price propone un plan dietético a manera de un pequeño libro que presenta cuatro grupos de alimentos: alimentos […]
Raw Milk Symposium Will Explore Raw Milk Safety Issues
RAW MILK SYMPOSIUM WILL EXPLORE RAW MILK SAFETY ISSUES Symposium Free for the Public and Government Officials Through Live Streaming Washington, D.C.–October 21, 2014– [ GlobeNewswire ]The annual […]
Focus on Food Conference Bonus
FOCUS ON FOOD Fifteenth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation Friday, November 7 – Sunday, November 9 Plus special activities Thursday, November 6 and Monday, […]
Become an Advocate for Our Farms and Food
We’re passing this important message on from our friends at the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance The food freedom movement is growing by leaps and bounds, but so […]
Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines
NURSES AGAINST MANDATORY VACCINES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS On November 1st, 2014 join thousands of nurses nationwide as we march in protest in our home cities against mandatory vaccines. On […]
WAPF Updates
OCTOBER 2014 MEMBER INFORMATION ALERT CONFERENCE November 7 – 10: International Conference – Indianapolis, IN See details on our conference pages: http://conferences.westonaprice.org/ Please let us know if […]
Want to Win Airfare to Indianapolis WAPF Conference
Want to Win Airfare to Indianapolis Weston A Price Foundation Conference NOVEMBER 7-10TH 2014 http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Blog/index.cfm You could be the lucky winner. Simply write your story in comment area […]
Exciting Fall Gathering in Biglerville, PA
We have a really neat event coming up on October 4th which many of you may be interested in. Here are the details: Fall Gathering at Oylers Organic […]
Mary Enig, PhD, founding board member of Weston A Price Foundation
Dear Members, It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Mary Enig, PhD. Mary was a founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation […]
Nutrition Education Conference Comes to Massachusetts
Nutrition Education Conference Comes to Massachusetts Non-profit brings experts to share alternative health information Southbridge, Massachusetts – Health professionals and laypeople alike will learn why butter is healthful […]
Food Freedom Fest
September 5-6, 2014 Shenandoah Valley, VA Grow Your Agtivism Skills at Food Freedom Fest! Food Freedom Fest is a fun, educational gathering for anyone who celebrates and appreciates […]
USDA Coup Undermining Organic Governing Board
WHITE HOUSE PETITION: Ask President Obama to Reverse USDA Coup Undermining Organic Governing Board and Shifting Power to Agribusiness Lobbyists Stop allowing corporations to add gimmicky and risky […]
Journal, Summer 2014, Nutrition for the Elderly
Get the Flipbook and PDF Versions Read all of this Journal’s articles on any device, online and off. Get Both for $8 FEATURES Nutrition for the Elderly Sylvia […]
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity by Alison Johnson
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity—A Life-Altering Condition Produced and directed by Alison Johnson We have inundated our environment with thousands of chemicals, many known to be toxic and many more […]
Last Call at the Oasis by Jessica Yu
Last Call at the Oasis by Jessica Yu Docurama Films We start the show off by taking a quick tour around the world and looking at a few […]
Grounded by Steve Kroschel
Grounded Produced, written, and directed by Steve Kroschel The old-fashioned custom of maintaining close contact with the earth is gaining new interest. A group of people in Haines, […]
Betting the Farm by Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann
Betting the Farm Produced and directed by Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann In 2009, ten dairy farms in Maine were dropped by their milk company, H. P. Hood, […]
Take Back Your Power by Josh del Sol
Take Back Your Power Josh del Sol Big Pitcher Films Smart meters are spreading across not just the United States but the world like a swarm of locusts. […]
A Childrens Book about Weston Price
As a community we don’t have a children’s book … yet. So I have partnered with Mohammad Naser, a 3D Modeler and Illustrator, to create The Adventures of Andrew […]
Caustic Commentary, Causes of Violence
The malaria drug Lariam (mefloquine) is linked to grisly crimes like that of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who murdered sixteen Afghan civilians in 2012; and the murder […]
Caustic Commentary, McDonald’s Nutrition
Dietitians go to professional conferences to get continuing education credits. At the recent conference of the California Dietetic Association (CDA), attendees had only one choice for food—McDonald’s, the […]
Caustic Commentary, Collateral Damage
The war on germs, which uses antibiotics indiscriminately and keeps babies and children from exposure to the real world of germs, has created a generation of children with […]
Caustic Commentary, World’s Oldest Person
The world’s oldest person is Peruvian Filomena Taipe Mendoza, who has led a secluded life in the heart of the Andes mountains. Her government identity card puts her […]
Caustic Commentary, GMO Updates
Russia was expected to allow GM food production and distribution after entering the World Trade Organization. However, in March, Russia’s President Putin said the country would stay GM-free […]
Caustic Commentary, New Flavors
DairiConcepts flavoring company has introduced seventeen new “topical” seasoning blends. These include organic tomato chipotle cheddar salsa seasoning, beefy nacho, tikka masala, spiced caramel yogurt, garlic butter and […]
Caustic Commentary, Vegetarians not Healthier
While American health officials trumpet the putative benefits of a plant-based diet, researchers in Austria have concluded that people consuming a vegetarian diet have poorer health generally, poorer […]
Caustic Commentary, Unvaccinated Children Healthier
A study from the 1990s has come to light, proving that compared to unvaccinated children, vaccinated children are more likely to suffer from asthma, eczema, ear infections, hyperactivity […]
Caustic Commentary, Polio Like
When vaccines have wiped out polio and people still get polio, what happens? Medical personnel call the paralytic symptoms something else, in this case Non-Polio Acute Flaccid Paralysis […]
Caustic Commentary, Tylenol and ADHD
In a disturbing study published in JAMA Pediatrics (2014;168(4):313-320), researchers at the University of Aarhus in Denmark found a strong correlation between acetaminophen (found in common pain killers […]
Caustic Commentary, Cracks in the Saturated Fat Dogma
A large, exhaustive new analysis of nearly eighty studies by a team of international scientists has found no evidence that eating saturated fat increases the incidence of heart […]
Caustic Commentary, Butter Consumption Rising
Americans are eating more butter—consumption has risen 25 percent in the last decade. Americans now eat 5.6 pounds of butter per person per year, up from a low […]
Letters, Summer 2014
GMO VICTORY I live in Jackson County, Oregon, where local people recently passed a GMO crop ban initiative that made national news. Here’s what happened: Over two years […]
Earn Money for WAPF
You can earn money for the Weston A. Price Foundation with every internet search and Amazon purchase. For internet searches, instead of using Google, go to GoodSearch.com. Sign […]
WAPF Calendar Archive 2014
January 9 Johnstown, PA A chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, January 9th, at 7:00 p.m., at Panera Bread, Richland Town Centre. Theresa Hutzel, D.C. will discuss […]
Caustic Commentary, Good News
A growing number of farmers are abandoning genetically modified seeds, but it’s not because they are ideologically opposed to the industry. They are switching back to non- GMO […]
Caustic Commentary, Mercury Poisoning From Dental Fillings
The FDA has long denied any harm from amalgam (mercurybased) dental fillings but a new study cites FDA data to demonstrate the fact that dental amalgam may indeed […]
Caustic Commentary, GMO Solution?
Dengue fever, which aff licts from fifty thousand to almost four hundred million people in tropical regions annually, is said to be an infectious disease caused by the […]
Caustic Commentary, Autism-Thimerosal Connection
In February of this year, through a Freedom of Information request, Dr. Brian Hooker finally obtained long-awaited data from the Centers for Disease Control proving the connection between […]
Caustic Commentary, Guilty Verdict
In an historic verdict, an Italian tribunal in Ferrara, Italy has awarded two hundred thousand Euros to the family of Francesco Finessi, a twenty-two-year-old soldier in the Italian […]
Caustic Commentary, Dangerous Pasteurized Cheese
It’s kind of embarrassing. the FDA and state health departments are constantly warning us not to consume raw cheese, yet all the most recent dairy outbreaks have involved […]
Caustic Commentary, Butterfat And The Waistline
The foes of full-fat dairy products like to warn consumers that butterfat and other animal fats will cause weight gain. But two recent studies have concluded that the […]
Caustic Commentary, Butter And Bacon
Butter sales are up! Per capita consumption is now at a fortyyear high of 5.6 pounds per person—a long way from the eighteen pounds per person consumed in […]
Caustic Commentary, Food Tech Startups
What’s the solution to a chicken and egg production system that wastes energy, pollutes the environment, causes disease outbreaks, uses routine antibiotics and confines chickens to tiny spaces? […]
Caustic Commentary, Father’s Diet May Affect Development
Remember that primitive peoples made sure that men (as well as women) consumed special nutrient-dense foods before conception, and science is confirming this practice as well. A study […]
Caustic Commentary, Prenatal Vitamin A Deficiency
When discussing the scourge of tuberculosis that plagued mankind during the 1930s, Price speculated that the same factors that resulted in underdevelopment of the face also caused the […]
Caustic Commentary, Craniofacial Development
The narrowing of the face that occurs after a population has abandoned its native diet and embraced Western processed food continues to perplex the medical and dental establishments, […]
Bottom Line Wellness Conference
Bottom LineWellness: A Real Food/Real Health Conference Saturday July 12 10 am – 5 pm featuring Sally Fallon Morell Nourishing Traditional Diets Dr. Ella McElwee Food as Medicine […]
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Biggest Weight Loss Secret in the World by Jason Christoff
The Biggest Weight Loss Secret in the World Jason Christoff www.biggestweightlosssecret.com Disk One in this set of eight CDs discusses mental programming. Your beliefs define the boundaries of […]
Wise Traditions Conference, Focus on Food
WISE TRADITIONS 2014 Fifteenth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana FOCUS ON FOOD Friday, November 7 – Sunday, November 9 Plus […]
Why Butter is Better: Nutrition Conference Focuses on Healthy Fats, Traditional Foods
The Weston A. Price Foundation Press Contact: Kimberly Hartke, Publicist For Immediate Release International Wise Traditions 2014 to be held in Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, IND – May 29, 2014—[ […]
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Progress in the Continuing FSMA Saga and GMOs Heat Up For 2014
The debates over the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) started back in 2009 and appear nowhere near a conclusion. While one chapter of the story closed with the […]
Farm to Fork: Wyoming Dairy Herd Shares
Farm to Fork: Wyoming Dairy Herd Shares Produced by Wyoming PBS Wyoming recently revised regulations to allow herd shares in that state. State regulators still maintain that raw […]
Rethinking Cancer
Rethinking Cancer Directed and Edited by Richard Wormser Produced by Linda Goldman & Richard Wormser This video was produced back in 2009 when cancer was a big problem […]
Phantom of the GMO
The Phantom of the GMO By KFP Productions Available at http://kfpproductions.bandcamp.com/track/the-phantom-of-the-gmo-a-parodyof-the-phantom-of-the-opera Or on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EamEFdUz1E For those who enjoy dabbling with DNA for dollars by the dump-truckload, […]
Earthlings
Earthlings Written and directed by Shaun Monson Speciesism is defined in this movie as the human treatment of other species as mere objects. Animal abuse is documented in […]
Journal, Spring 2014, The Scientific Approach of Dr. Weston Price
Get the Flipbook and PDF Versions Read all of this Journal’s articles on any device, online and off. Get Both for $8 FEATURES Dr. Price’s Scientific Approach Chris […]
Saturated Fat Phobia Lacks Scientific Basis
The Weston A. Price Foundation Press Contact: Kimberly Hartke, Publicist For Immediate Release Saturated Fat Phobia Lacks Scientific Basis Experts Urge a Return to Butter and Whole Milk […]
Letters, Spring 2014
INTEGRITY IN SCIENCE I was shocked to learn, in reading the Winter 2013 journal, that the Weston A. Price Foundation had chosen to honor Andrew Wakefield with its […]
New App Makes It Easy to Find Healthy Foods
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – April 16, 2014–Grocery shoppers looking for wholesome, nutritious foods will have an easier time with the assistance of a new app, ‘Find […]
Comments to FDA on the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement
April 11, 2014 Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20582 Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0921 RIN 0910-AG35 Submitted online via […]
Illinois Legislators Honor Right of Consumers to Buy Farm Fresh Milk
Illinois Legislators Honor Right of Consumers to Buy Farm Fresh Milk Nutrition Education Nonprofit Issues Rebuttal to Public Health Assertions About Health Risks Washington, DC –April 10, 2014– […]
Response to the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium, Inc.
RESPONSE TO THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH CONSORTIUM, INC. Prepared by the Weston A. Price Foundation In a letter dated March 24, 2014, the Northern Illinois Public Health […]
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Stanford Study on Raw Milk Digestibility: Conflicting Interpretations
The Weston A. Price Foundation Press Contact: Kimberly Hartke, Publicist For Immediate Release Stanford Study on Raw Milk Digestibility: Conflicting Interpretations Raw Milk Proponents Question Sample Size, Duration […]
March 2014 Members Information Alert
NEW BOOK BY DR KUMMEROW: 100 PERCENT OF PROCEEDS GO TO THE RESEARCH LAB Dr. Fred Kummerow’s new book Cholesterol is Not the Culprit: A Guide to Preventing […]
Taste of Slovenia: A Real Food Experience
May 30-June 9, 2014 Sylvia P. Onusic, WAFP member, speaker, nutritionist and tour leader, proudly announces the second annual premier food tour, “Taste of Slovenia.” Don’t miss this […]
WAPF* Oriented Easter Vacation in Costa Rica
WAPF* ORIENTED EASTER VACATION IN COSTA RICA Sat April 19 – Sat April 26, 2014 http://costaricacamp.blogspot.com/ Starting at $989.00 On a beautiful organic tropical fruits & vegetables dairy […]
Houston Regional Conference
COMING TO HOUSTON! A Wise Traditions Regional Conference March 29-30, 2014 Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport For details click here How can I implement this way of eating? HEAR […]
Food as Medicine Symposium
The National College of Natural Medicine and the Food as Medicine Institute is proud to present the First Annual Food as Medicine Symposium on April 5th and 6th, […]
Who’s responsible for GMO contamination?
It’s a fact: farmers’ crops have been contaminated with genetically engineered crops, also known as GMOs. And as long as the U.S. allows GMOs to be planted, this […]
Polish Farmers in Protest since January
Friends! In Poland the battle to save Polish farmland from corporate buy-outs’ continues. But that’s not all the Polish farmers are up against…See link to film below. Tractors […]
8th WAP Tour to Switzerland
Join Swiss Native Judith Mudrak on the 8th WAP Tour to Switzerland! July 17 – 31, 2014 with 12-20 healthy WAPF members! Come see Cows, Goats, Sheep, Milking […]
Tell the USDA not to approve “Agent Orange” GMO corn and soy
Remember Agent Orange, the chemical from the Vietnam War that caused so many health problems and birth defects? If Dow AgroSiences has its way, one of the main […]
Nutrition Experts Bring Spring Health & Wellness Conference to Houston
The Weston A. Price Foundation Press Contact: Kimberly Hartke, Publicist For Immediate Release Houston, TX– With today’s epidemic of chronic disease, many Americans are exploring how proper nutrition […]