Update on the Raw Milk Situation at Dee Creek Farm, WA
December 29, 2005 1. Summary of Dee Creek Farm Raw Milk and e.coli 0157 H7 Outbreak by Chris Ostrander On December 12, 2005 a quiet controversy in Washington […]
2005 Action Alerts
Foundation Update
December 19, 2005 1. The fall edition of the Wise Traditions journal will be mailed to you by the end of this week, according to our printer. As […]
Raw Milk in Florida
December 13, 2005 The Tampa Bay Chapters of the Weston A. Price Foundation are pleased to welcome MARK MCAFEE, owner of Organic Pastures dairy in CA and nationally […]
Raw Milk Updates from Florida and Washington
1. Local Florida Farmers to Meet About Raw Milk Regulations Local Florida farmers are going to Florida State Representative Dwight Stansel to try to amend regulations for selling […]
WAPF 2005 Conference Discs and Tapes Available
Orders for Weston Price Wise Traditions Audio/Video Seminars are now being taken at ConventionRecorders.Com Fully Loaded with ALL Wise Traditions – 2005 Audio Seminars! To qualify, simply […]
U.S. Organic Agriculture in the U.S., 1992-2003, Now Available
U.S. Organic Agriculture in the U.S., 1992-2003, Now Available November 20, 2005 USDA’s Economic Research has just released “U.S. Organic Agriculture in the U.S., 1992-2003, at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Organic/index.htm. This […]
Local Harvest Event – DC
Local Harvest Event – DC November 19, 2005 EVENT: RESTORING LIFE, HONOR and CRAFT to AGRICULTURE December 1, 2005, Washington DC AFTERNOON EVENT: December 1, 1:00 p.m. American […]
Delivery of Fall 2005 Wise Traditions Delayed
November 18, 2005 We regret to inform you that the delivery of the Fall 2005 edition of Wise Traditions will be delayed for several weeks. Our printing company […]
Solae Withdraws Soy/Cancer Health Claim Petition!
November 10, 2005 The FDA confirmed on October 4 that the Solae Company has withdrawn its petition for a soy protein and cancer health claim. Had this health […]
Last Day for Conference Pre-Registration is November 4
October 31, 2005 Register now and avoid higher at-the-door fees. To register, go to http://www.westonaprice.org/conference/ conference2005/registration.html We are looking forward to seeing you there! Wise Traditions 2005 6th […]
Calls Needed to Help Fund Pasture-Based Animal Research
October 20, 2005 Federal funding for research on pasture-based animal production systems is included in the recently approved Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill for FY2006, but is not included […]
Florida Raw Milk Action Alert Update and Correction
October 19, 2005 Thank you for the letters you have written to Florida officials regarding the situation with Full Circle Farm in Florida. Unfortunately, the contact name and […]
Make your Voice Heard! USDA 2007 FARM BILL LISTENING SESSIONS October 18 – November 16
October 18, 2005 The US Department of Agriculture is continuing to hold Farm Bill listening sessions to gather inputs for the next US Farm Bill which will define […]
Conference Discounted Hotel Room Rates Extended to October 28!
October 17, 2005 2005 Wise Traditions Conference discounted room rates have been extended to October 28. If you make reservations for your hotel room before October 28, your […]
Update on our Membership Drive
October 14, 2005 I am thrilled to announce that you have enrolled 265 new members into the Weston A. Price Foundation since the inception of our membership drive […]
Florida Raw Milk Needs All of Your Help
October 10, 2005 Message from Sally Fallon: We are very grateful for how our members have responded to urgent situations, such as submitting testimony to the FDA on […]
Help Stop Attacks on Organic Standards!
October 6, 2005 The organic consumers community needs your immediate help to stop Congress and the Bush administration from seriously degrading organic standards. After 35 years of hard […]
WAPF Membership Drive!
WAPF Membership Drive! September 8, 2005 LAUNCHING FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIP DRIVE…. The Weston A. Price Foundation proudly announces its 2005 Membership Drive. Our goal is to expand our membership […]
Family Farm Festival, September 11, in High Falls, Mid-Hudson Valley, NY
Sunday, September 11, 11am-6pm Join us for a day celebrating sustainable agriculture, slow food and New York family farms. Epworth Camp, High Falls, Mid-Hudson Valley, NY General admission […]
Supporters of Legal Sale of Raw Milk in Wisconsin Your Help is Needed!
September 3, 2005 A Public Hearing on AB 453, regarding the sale of unpasteurized milk, will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at 10AM in Room 415 […]
Upcoming Conferences
September 2, 2005 (Note: if you are attending the Wise Traditions 2005 Conference Nov. 11-13, we suggest you purchase your airline tickets as soon as possible as airfares […]
Clout Growing, Small-Scale Natural Farmers are Being Courted by Big Food
Third annual National Workshop on State and Local Food Policy: Creating Opportunity Through Joint Producer Initiatives September 8-9, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa A farm-raised law school professor […]
Please Help Restore Farm Food Freedom: HB2903 Study Group “Listening Sessions”
July 25, 2005 Wednesday AUG. 24 & Wednesday AUG. 31ST 1:00 – 5:00pm Patrick Henry Building, HR1 [House Room 1] 1111 E. Broad St. Richmon, Virginia Attend One […]
Continuing Education Credits for Wise Traditions 2005
August 17 2005 We are proud and pleased to announce that The Weston A. Price Foundation has obtained continuing education approval from eight health professions for our annual […]
The Rome 2005 Codex Supplement Guidelines Aftermath: Risk and Opportunity
July 27, 2005 The international CODEX delegates adopted global guidelines for vitamin and mineral food supplements as one of its first decisions. The guidelines recommend labeling that contains […]
Take Action to Defeat HR 3156, Limiting Availability of Dietary Supplements
July 25, 2005 We need your help to put the brakes on a bad bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 3156, otherwise known as the Dietary […]
Correction to Whole Milk Information Alert
Correction to Whole Milk Information Alert July 21, 2005 In a previous Action Alert (July 10, 2005) we described a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and […]
Low-Fat Milk Causes Weight Gain; Full-Fat Milk Does Not
July 9, 2005 **Read the correction to this Information Alert** A study that followed 12,829 children ages 9 to 14 years found that weight gain was associated with […]
Change in Sally Fallon’s Speaking Schedule for Vancouver, Canada
Change in Sally Fallon’s Speaking Schedule for Vancouver, Canada July 7, 2005 The seminar by Sally Fallon in Vancouver, BC Canada has been changed from August 10 to […]
Dangers of CODEX, WTO AND CAFTA!
July 6, 2005 This new film by Kevin P. Miller exposes imminent dangers posed by CAFTA, Codex, and the WTO, and urges people to action. A new documentary […]
Upcoming Events: Iowa and Minnesota
June 30, 2005 August 11 – 14 Minneapolis, Minnesota: Conference of the American Community Gardening Association.More than 125 community gardeners from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Nigeria, and Australia […]
Invitation to 2005 Seeds and Breeds Conference September 11-14 2005, Ames, Iowa
June 28, 2005 A Conference to Reinvigorate Public Breeding of Seeds and Animals for a Healthy 21st Century Agriculture Friends and Colleagues, Please accept this as your official […]
Take Action Today on Codex
June 28, 2005 You have heard about the international rulemaking process known as Codex Alimentarius, or “Food Code” through previous Action Alerts. This July, commissioners from all over […]
Upcoming Events: CA and WA
June 27, 2005 July 16 Campbell, California: You are invited to attend the Primal Diet Workshop given by Aajonus Vonderplantiz on July 16th at the Pruneyard Inn in […]
A Groundbreaking Conference on Essential Shifts for Personal, Social and Global Transformation
June 20, 2005 From July 6 to 11, 2005, the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) will hold its 11th International Conference in the Washington DC area. The conference […]
Action for U. S. Consumers to take to maintain access to Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
June 18, 2005 Action for U. S. Consumers to take to maintain access to Vitamin and Mineral Supplements “Codex” is a broad, rambling, quilt-like enterprise managed by […]
Farm Food Voices
June 5, 2005 FOOD TASTING AND SEMINAR “Emerging Agricultural Ideas: Session I, The Trend Towards Raw Dairy and Opportunity Development for Farmers and Consumers.” Wednesday June 22, […]
Upcoming Events Regarding Raw Milk and Cheese-making: NY, PA and VA
1. CHEESE DAY! Cheese Day! A Festival from Grass to Milk to Table 10 AM – 4 PM, Sat., June 11, 2005 This festival takes place at Sprout […]
Support From City Folks Take Root on the Farm
by Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY A new way of farming is quietly sowing seeds of change. It has brought new life to family farms in Illinois, let city […]
Raw Milk in Arizona
raw dairy consumers, We’ve been sidelined by something totally unexpected. The United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA) just rescinded their decision to permit the bottling of raw milk by […]
Food Labeling and Soy
March 23, 2005 1. Correction to March 23, 2005 Action Alert on TN Raw Milk: Mark McAfee actually spoke in Akron, Ohio Monday and was sponsored by Chapter […]
Senate Bill Voids State Laws, Prohibits Health/Safety Warnings, Undermines Your Rights & Privacy
March 23, 2005 Senate Bill 3, introduced earlier this year, uses emotionally charged homeland security language to undermine state’s and individual’s rights and privacy protections while giving pharmaceutical […]
Tennessee Raw Milk Bill – Action Requested
March 23, 2005 After a long day of lobbying I can happily relay to you that the raw milk bill is very close to being passed in the […]
Summary of Raw Milk Statutes and Administrative Codes (as of December 1, 2004)
March 22, 2005 Compiled by Pete Kennedy We have added a new section to RealMilk.com on a Summary of Raw Milk Statutes and Administrative Codes by State, […]
Raw Milk Updates
March 12, 2005 1. Colorado Update The raw milk bill (SB 55) will be heard by the House Agriculture Committee at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 21, 2005. […]
The 2005 Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference: A Celebration of Hope and Opportunity
March 5, 2005 http://www.uvm.edu/wagn/womeninag.html When: October 21-23, 2005 Where: Burlington, VT Who: Farmers, ranchers, growers, service providers, educators, social and political activists, and those who care about food, […]
Tillamook Cheese Rejects Monsanto rBGH
March 3, 2005 Thank you to all who took the time to write to Tillamook Creamy. Your efforts made a difference!!! “Dairy Co-Op Rejects Monsanto Proposal to Drop […]
Three Exciting Workshops in Mid-Atlantic Area
March 1, 2005 1. RAW MILK, LOCAL PRODUCE, PASTURED LIVESTOCK…Reconnecting Farmers and Consumers, March 19, Slippery Rock, PA 2. FERTILITY AWARENESS: Charting a Woman’s Waking Temp and […]
Sign Petition to the National Organic Standards Board to Stop Factory Farm Organics
February 28, 2005 http://www.organicconsumers.org/nosb.htm Now that organic agriculture is a $15 billion industry and growing, it is squarely in the crosshairs of multinational corporations. Major food manufacturers are […]
Raw Milk In Hawaii
February 5, 2005 Testimony being heard in a Senate committee on Monday, February 7, 2005 We still need people to e-mail testimony supporting Raw Milk legislation in Hawaii. […]
Tennessee Raw Milk Alert! Testimonials Needed From All Across the U.S.
February 16, 2005 We need everyone possible to call and write the Tennessee House Agriculture Committee Members giving their support for the new Raw Milk bill and giving […]
Take Action! EPA Offers Air-Pollution Immunity to Factory Farms
February 10, 2005 The Environmental Protection Agency just announced a voluntary agreement with factory farms, which gives them immunity from penalties for violating federal clean air rules over […]
New Executive Director for the Foundation
February 1, 2005 We are please to announce that Bill Sanda will now serve as Executive Director of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Please join the Board and […]
Requests From Hawaii, Nebraska and Virginia Regarding Raw Milk
Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS (from Citizens for Health) FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement […]
Virginia Raw Milk Regulations
January 23, 2005 Beginning Wednesday, Virginia will require that all dairy products produced in Virginia–not just those from cow’s milk–be pasteurized. The new regulations also require anyone manufacturing […]
A Business Planning Course Using NxLeveL Agricultural Entrepreneurship Curriculum
A Business Planning Course Using NxLeveL Agricultural Entrepreneurship Curriculum In three sessions: March 8 & 9, 2005 March 22 &23 April 5 & 6 At Cornell Cooperative Extension […]
Monsanto Assault on U.S. Farmers Detailed in New Report
First-of-its-Kind Analysis Reveals Thousands of Monsanto Investigations, Nearly 100 Lawsuits and Numerous Bankruptcies Toll-Free Hotline Established for Farmers Facing Lawsuits or Threats from Monsanto to Get Guidance and […]
Virginia to Outlaw Small Cow and Goat Cheese Producers!
New repressive regulations recently adopted by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and approved by Governor Warner will drive small cow and goat cheese producers out […]
Urgent Health Alert! Deadline February 1st
Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS (from Citizens for Health) FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement […]
PASA 14th Annual Farming for the Future Conference
The 14th Annual Farming for the Future Conference will be held at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania, February 3, 4, and 5, […]