January 6-7
London, UK: Back to the Future – Renewed Health and Rural Prosperity through Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon at the The UK Soil Association annual conference.
January 7, 6:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Come join us at Layne’s house for our next potluck and hear all about…Overcoming the Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse with the NT Diet : Time, Expense, Money, Availability, and Community…a-la Christapher Cogswell of Radiant Life!
“From a certain anthropological perspective, we in the NT/WAPF community are trying to reverse-engineer a native diet in a sort-of backward way. In order to be successful, we must overcome a host of factors such as finding the time to shop for, prepare, and eat our native foods, challenged with locating and affording the higher costs of these foods. Until now, this method has been the best most of us could do. I believe in order to evolve our activism, we must address the imbalances of modern life in the broadest way possible by focusing on creating systemic living solutions that support the realization of our potential, optimal health, and regeneration of our ecosystems. This shift is already beginning to happen, and I would like to share the latest encouraging news!” says this month’s fancy featured potluck speaker.
January 9, 7pm to 9
Santa Monica, CA: Los Angeles chapter meeting at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. We are delighted to start off the year with a fascinating talk and Q&A with Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures Dairy. Mark produces raw milk, cream, butter, and colostrum for sale in California. In addition, he has traveled around the country to support farmers in legalizing the sale of raw dairy products in other states. He is actively involved with several health practitioners who advocate the use of raw milk in treating a variety of health conditions. Mark is a terrific speaker, as well, so this promises to be a lively and highly informative evening — and a great place to bring friends and family new to the Weston Price Foundation! Please join us for this exciting event. If you have questions about how raw milk is produced, about its record of safety, about the difference between raw organic milk and conventional organic milk, about raw milk and health, etc. etc. etc., this is for you!
January 17, 7:30pm
Orange County, CA: 1st Orange County WAPF Chapter meeting at the Laguna Hills Community Center. Please join us to meet other local like-minded people, share some NT foods, and see a short presentation on the work of Weston A. Price.
January 17, 7pm to 9
Santa Monica, CA: Soup, glorious soup! at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. To get us off to a good start, we’ll be making some delicious, nourishing soups to warm up with on a cold winter’s night! Starting with good homemade broth, we’ll teach you the basics of soup-making so that you can head off to your own kitchen and start your own cold-weather specials. Recipes provided, of course, as well as samples of the finished products! Real Cooking was founded to make it easy for you to take charge of your health and reach your goals – one meal at a time. Our goal is to enable our clients to provide themselves and their families with fresh, whole foods, prepared in nourishing ways, on a daily basis. To that end, we provide coaching, menu planning, cooking demonstrations, and assistance at every step of your own personal journey to “get real”.
January 21, 2pm to 4
Santa Monica, CA: DVD: John Cannell, MD—Vitamin D, When, Where, Why and How Much (keynote talk from the 2005 Weston A. Price Foundation Conference in Washington, D.C.) at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. Dr. Cannell discusses Vitamin D, frequently called “the sunshine vitamin.” Learn how to use this vitamin most effectively for good health. Dr. Cannell will address concerns about vitamin D toxicity. An absolutely riveting talk given by an entertaining and thoroughly informed speaker — a must-see! website: http://www.cholecalciferol-council.com/.
January 24, 7:00pm
West Hollywood, CA: Dr. Andre Rafael, PH.D., L.Ac., ND, BS Electronic Engineering presents: “Infoceuticals: The Future of Medicine,” at Bodhi Tree Bookstore Annex, 8585 Melrose Ave. A lecture and demonstration of the new science of Bio Physics and the Body’s Quantum Electro Magnetic Energy Field. NES is the only holographic system that sees the human body as it really is and gives it the ideal template for multi-layer regeneration. Further, NES is able to analyze present environmental toxins, viruses, bacterias, nutritional profile, genetic errors, emotional and mental states. NES integrates research in the fields of Quantum Physics, Quantum Biology, Advanced Mathematics, Information Technology, Nutrition, and Chinese Meridians. Infoceuticals are imprints based on the ideal human genome or human map. Entry $5.00. www.BeverlyHillsAnti-Aging.com .
January 25, 7:00pm
San Francisco, CA: To celebrate the New Year, the San Francisco chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation is hosting a sumptuous Moroccan feast at Aziza.
January, 26 7:00pm
Allentown, PA: John Eisenstein: Lacto-Fermented Soda Making. John will give a hands-on demonstration covering all aspects: equipment, process, ingredients, as well as health benefits & social, economic & spiritual implications. Held at Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm Street, Allentown, PA. Local producers may bring grass fed / organic / biodynamic products for sampling or sale – doors open at 6:30pm – Books and videos will be available. Free admission (donations welcome). On site parking.
January 26, 7pm
Westminster, MD: The Wisdom of Traditional Diets. Learn about research on the diets of isolated people and how their food choices can enhance your health today! Carroll County Public Library in Westminster, 50 East Main Street, (410) 386-4488 library.carr.org.
January 27, 6:30pm to 9:45pm
San Francisco, CA: Rogue Potluck. Due to the great popularity of our Weston A Price potluck evenings we are having once again a ROGUE potluck.
January 28
San Francisco, CA: Table for Six (or Eight) Potluck.
January 28, 1:00pm-3:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Fermenting Revolution
At the home of Larry Wisch, 104 Laidley Street, San Francisco, CA. I invite you to a free fermenting workshop at my place. I will speak about sauerkraut, Kim chi, kefir and kombucha and of course personal transformation and good fats.
January 28, 9am-3pm
Davis, IL: WAPF Seminar. Eileen Kelsey presents Sally Fallon’s slide presentation on the principles of healthy Traditional Diets. Faith Community Church, 212 W. McKimmy.
February 6, 7pm to 9pm
Los Angeles, CA: Speaker James Hopson, L.Ac. presents The Power of Water and Salt. With his degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, his understanding of astrology and Eastern spirituality, and his ongoing quest for complementary health technologies and therapies, James is always an engaging and informative speaker. “The essence of our bodies is water and salt. For centuries ocean water was used for healing. Why are we not using it now? Is salt good for us? How can water be healing? These two substances are some of the most powerful parts of our diet because of the information they carry. For those of you who saw “What the Bleep”, you understand (as Dr. Emoto pointed out) that water carries messages. It is these messages that helps the body to balance out the internal environment. “This lecture will focus on the the vibrational aspects of salt and water, how it is “sunlight” in a liquid form, and the essential nature of both disease and wellness from a causative level.”
February 7, 5:00pm
Washington, DC: Sally Fallon presents Breakthroughs in Nutritional Science Foods that Fight Environmental Toxins and Pathogenic Organisms at American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, School of International Service Building, First Floor Lounge.Free, open to the public (includes organic pizza); Free parking across the street.
Feb 9
Austin, TX: The Oiling of America by Sally Fallon.
February 9, 9am to 11am
Rochester, NY: Secret Biblical Foods for Womens’ Health, sponsored by Parkminister Church. Breakfast, Panel presentation and discussion/Q&A. Panal Participants: Elizabeth Benner, local Weston A. Price Chapter Leader and President of the Menstrual Health Foundation will share the secrets of ancient biblical foods that women ate for hormonal health, fertility and ease of menopause. Dr. Carol Scuro, D.D.S. As a dentist, Dr. Scuro knows well the teeth serve as a “red flag ” to the well-being or ill health of a person. She will share the secrets to having beauitful bones and teeth which produces strong bodies through the benefits of “real milk!”. The Makers Diet Team for Rochester, NY- Peter and Becca Richardson will share seven secrets to vibrant health. Cost: $3 – $5 donation towards a farm breakfast featuring a delicious homemade breakfast strata and raspberry kefir from Rochester’s local organic farmers. Free copies of The Maker’s Diet book will be available. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Space is limited.
Feb 10
Dallas (McKinney), TX: The Oiling of America by Sally Fallon at Storybook Ranch.
Feb 11
Dallas, TX (McKinney): Seminar on Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon.
February 11, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Super Casual Potluck Party. Solve the mystery of the email scene and discover the faces behind the chat! Meet and mingle, gorge yourself on great food, plot for future creations, and get drunk on kombucha!
February 13, 7pm to about 8:30
Los Angeles, CA: Real Cooking with Victoria Bloch & Hollie Greenwood. A festive midwinter menu. We’ll show you how simple it can be to put a delicious, balanced meal on the table in about an hour! Everything will be readily available at Wild Oats, and of course recipes will be provided, so you can shop and cook with confidence for your own family. We’ll also discuss how each part of the menu nourishes our bodies as well as our taste buds. And of course, you’ll be able to taste everything, too! Starter: Salad of winter pears, walnuts, and blue cheese with a mustard vinaigrette Main course: Lamb chops with relish of winter vegetables, accompanied by sauteed greens with garlic and chile. Dessert: Baked apples with crunchy nut topping We hope you’ll join us for this culinary adventure! (Please note that, if necessary, we may adjust the menu to reflect what looks wonderful in the store that night, since we will be shopping just before the class.) Real Cooking was founded to make it easy for you to take charge of your health and reach your goals – one meal at a time. Our goal is to enable our clients to provide themselves and their families with fresh, whole foods, prepared in nourishing ways, on a daily basis. To that end, we provide coaching, menu planning, cooking demonstrations, and assistance at every step of your own personal journey to “get real”.
February 18, 10:00am to 1:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Sweet Tooth – Cooking Class at the home of Sandrine Hahn. I’ve asked Dara Merin to teach this class having tasted several of her desserts myself. She will teach five different desserts made with Nourishing Traditional principles that include organic ingredients such as fruit, nuts, chocolate, and dairy. They will all be lightly sweetened with ingredients such as honey, maple syrup, molasses, rapadura, and succunat. Most of the desserts will be made without flour.These recipes, some of which come from Sally Fallon’s Nourishing Traditions and others from Dara’s imagination, are all nutrient dense and will be made with the highest quality ingredients! You may enjoy each of the desserts during class or take them home for later.
ABOUT DARA MERIN: Dara grew up in New York City, where her lifelong passion for food and cooking began. She has been an avid cook both professionally and for friends and family for over fifteen years. She graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York ten years ago, where she learned foundational cooking skills, but has since become deeply committed to organic, and local fare, and expanded her repertoire to include healthy and traditional foods from an array of cultures. She has a vast knowledge of local Bay Area farmers and food producers from working at the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Markets and as “Forager” for Manka’s Inverness Lodge while living in Point Reyes in 2005. Dara’s passions, aside from cooking and playing in the kitchen, are studying nutrition, Western Herbalism, and local and native plants. She sees food as a means for healing the body and considers food as a tool to bring together community and foster joyfulness. She currently cooks regular Shabbat dinners for the Chochmat Halev community in Berkeley, a tradition which has become a wonderful success.
February 19, 10:00am to 1:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Nourishing Traditions Foundational Cooking Class at the home of Sandrine Hahn. This class will cover what I consider basic, “staple” items that are rich in nutrients and enzymes – such as kefir, kombucha, beet kvass, sauerkraut, creme fraiche, mayonnaise, chicken, beef and fish broths, soaked and dried nuts, and more! I will give away kombucha pancakes in class.
February 19, 2 pm to about 3:30
Los Angeles, CA: DVD/speaker John Dommisse, M.D. presents Vitamin B12: Difficulties and Obstacles in Diagnosing and Treating B12 Deficiency. This outstanding lecture (plus Q&A) was given by Dr. Dommisse at the Weston A. Price Foundation national conference in November 2005. This is a fascinating and informative talk, covering his extensive research into Vitamin B-12, one of the most misunderstood substances in recent years. In the talk, he discuss the mental and physical consequences of this deficiency, which at the present time is mostly undetected and undertreated. John Dommisse, MD, is a physician in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, who does phone consultations worldside. He has written extensively on the role of vitamin B12 as it relates to neurological and psychological disorcers.
February 19th 3-5pm
Toronto, Canada: February meet-up in the Annex. This tea-time get together will be held at 94 London St (which is three blocks west of Bathurst and one north of Bloor).It’s a great chance to socialize with nutritionally-minded people, and to exchange tips on finding and preparing traditional foods that provide good nourishment. We will have a kombucha fermentation on display, and some expert fermenters available to answer questions! You are encouraged to bring a prepared snack from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook, or other natural food goodie.
February 21, 7:30 PM
Orange County, CA: The raw milk dairy, Organic Pastures, located in Fresno, will be here to share all about their wonderful raw milk, raw cream, raw butter, raw colostrum, and raw kefir and its incredible, pro-biotic health qualities. All their cows are on pasture, eating green grass, out in the sun with a mobile milking machine that comes to them rather than the other way around. There will be lots of tasting samples, so if you’ve never tried raw milk products, this is a good time. We’re so very fortunate that these raw dairy products are available to buy in the stores here in CA. Feel free to bring anyone you know who is curious about raw milk, the more the healthier! Monthly OC WAPF meeting at Laguna Hills Community Center.
February, 23 7:00pm
Allentown, PA: Dr Helene B. Leonetti: Confessions of a Recovering Doctor – How I Learned to Keep My Patients Healthy Without Medicine. (More details will be posted soon.) Held at Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm Street, Allentown, PA. Local producers may bring grass fed / organic / biodynamic products for sampling or sale – doors open at 6:30pm – Books and videos will be available. Free admission (donations welcome). On site parking.
February 25. 6pm
San Francisco, CA: Table for Six (or Eight) Potluck.
Mar 2
Denver, CO: The Pioneering Work of Dr. Weston A. Price, evening lecture at Colorado State University.
Mar 3
Lakewood, CO: The Pioneering Work of Dr. Weston A. Price at the Vitamin Cottage by Sally Fallon.
Mar 4-5
Denver, CO: 2nd annual Wise Traditions Western Conference featuring Sally Fallon, Mark McAfee, Mark Anderson, Bruce Fife, Jen Allbritton and others.
March 6, 7pm to 9pm
Los Angeles, CA: The Making of “Side Effects” with Kathleen Slattery Moschkau at the upstairs Community Room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire in Santa Monica. Kathleen is the writer and director of Side Effects, an independing film based on her decade working for the pharmaceutical i ndustry as a drug sales rep. It’s a savagely funny film dealing with some of the darker aspects of the pharmaceutical industry. Kathleen will be showing a brief excerpt from the film, as well as answering your questions.
March 9th, 7:00pm
Tulsa, OK: Healthy Snacks. Speaker Nancy Allen will discuss dehydrating at the Schusterman-Bensen library. Make your own trail mixes, find a great combination of veggies and dip, taste homemade yogurt, raw milk cheeses, seed crackers, and much more.
Mar 17-19
Vancouver, BS, Canada: The Fourfold Path to Healing Conference featuring Tom Cowan, MD, Jaimen McMillan and Sally Fallon. www.fourfoldhealing.com.
March 18, 8:30am to 4:00pm
Johnsonburg, NJ: 5th Annual Forum on Food and Farming: Exploring Options for Raw Dairy, presented by The Foodshed Alliance and Northern NJ Weston A. Price Local Chapters at Frelinghuysen Elementary School. With speakers: David Lynch of Guidestone Farm, Loveland Colorado; Edward Tindall, DVM, author of Walker Gordon, One of a Kind; Michael Tierney, DVM, Owner-operator of Birchwood Farm Raw Milk Dairy in PA; and other health professionals and consumer activists.
March 21, 7:00pm
Orange County, CA: Please join us for our next meeting featuring a powerpoint presentation of the “11 Steps For Changing Your Diet For The Better”, using ingredients that are readily available to you and preparing your foods in modern kitchens (no cave women/men here !). This is about learning how to put the 11 characteristics of healthy diet into practice in your home and your life.
Mar 23, 2006 7pm – (4th Thursday)
Allentown, PA: Dr Erik VonKiel : “Statins, Vaccines, Fluorides, and Other Potential Killers in Sheep’s Clothing.” Held at Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm Street, Allentown, PA. Local producers may bring grass fed / organic / biodynamic products for sampling or sale – doors open at 6:30pm – Books and videos will be available. Free admission (donations welcome). On site parking.
March 25, 6:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Table for Six (or Eight) Potluck.
March 25, 2pm to about 3:30pm
Los Angeles, CA: The Future of Food (DVD presentation) at at the upstairs Community Room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire in Santa Monica. This outstanding DVD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
April 1
New York, NY: The Cholesterol Myths by Sally Fallon at the New York Open Center.
April 1
Newburg, PA: Growing Healthy Babies workshop. $10 pp including snack and lunch.
April 2
New York, NY: Seminar on Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon at the New York Open Center.
April 10, 7pm to about 9pm
Santa Monica, CA: The Future of Food, a DVD presentation in the upstairs Community Room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. This beautifully produced DVD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply. We showed this DVD at the Saturday meeting in March, and it was so good that we are showing it again so that more people can see it!
April 15, 7:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Cote Sud restaurant outing for the San Francisco chapter of WAPF. Cote Sud is a traditional country French restaurant in the Castro that uses organic ingredients. Their menu includes delicacies such as rabbit, poussin, foie gras, escargots, and duck confit.
April 19, 7 pm to about 8:30pm
Santa Monica, CA: Real Cooking with Victoria Bloch & Hollie Greenwood. Topic: Healthy lunches to go – for kids and adults. A balanced, tasty lunch sets you up for a productive afternoon at work or school. An energy bar washed down with a mochaccino, or a large soda and a bag of pretzels is a guarantee of a poor attention span and a late-afternoon slump. It’s nearly as easy to put together a good lunch as it is to buy a bad one, and you’ll be rewarded with increased energy and a lot better mood! Real Cooking will show you what goes into a good lunch, and give you a lunchbox-full of ideas that you can easily incorporate into your own busy schedule. Whether you make lunch for yourself, for your children, or both, we’ll help you think outside the bag!
April 22-23
Menlo Park, CA: Professional Training and Continuing Education* opportunity with nutritional psychology pioneer, Julia Ross, author of The Diet Cure and The Mood Cure:“Amino Acid Therapy: Eliminating Negative Emotions and False Appetites That Block Healing.” Including Proven Alternatives to Antidepressants! Learn to use targeted amino acids and other effective natural tools to eliminate depression, anxiety, irritability, chronic sadness, apathy, over-stress, insomnia, fibromyalgia, cravings for foods, alcohol and drugs, and other symptoms of neurotransmitter deficiency. This training will provide specific skills for identifying and correcting key imbalances in the mood and appetite-regulating chemistry of the brain and body using the holistic strategies that have been developed during the last 19 years in the instructor’s successful California clinic.*Continuing Education contact hours available for California acupuncturists, naturopaths, nurses, MFTs and LCSWs; Nationally certified CE provider for nutritionists (NANP) and acupuncturists (NCCAOM) from any state.
April 22, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Earth Day Feast. In the style of Jessica Prentice’s Full Moon Feasts, the Community Supported Kitchen members (Porsche Combash, Misa Koketsu, Jessica Prentice, Catherine Spanger, and Larry Wisch) invite you to an Earth Day Feast! Dinner will be followed by a progress report on our Community Supported Kitchen project, including question-and-answer period.
April 22, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Babes in Potluckland. Come join us for an evening of fabulous food and also learn how to make nutrient dense babies! hooray! Julie Matthews, a Certified Nutrition Consultant, will be speaking after the meal about her specialities in children’s health as well as expecting mothers and families.
April 22, 3:00pm– 7:00pm
Campbell, TX: Potluck Picnic at Windy Meadow Family Farm, 8045 County Road 4209 Campbell, Texas 75422, www.windymeadowschicken.com. Come enjoy the hospitality of the Hale family and good fellowship with other WAPF-minded friends. Bring one or two of your favorite Nourishing Traditions or WAPF-compatible creations to share (please label). We’ll supply paper goods. We will plan to eat around 5:00. Families are welcome. (Note to Parents: this is a working farm. We want your family to enjoy your visit, but for their safety, please keep your children within eyesight at all times). Tours of the farm will be available.
April 24, 7pm to about 9pm
Santa Monica, CA: John Dommisse, M.D. (DVD presentation), Vitamin B12: Difficulties and Obstacles in Diagnosing and Treating B12 Deficiency in the upstairs Community Room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. This fascinating lecture (plus Q&A) was given by Dr. Dommisse at the Weston A. Price Foundation national conference in November 2005. This is a fascinating and informative talk, covering his extensive research into Vitamin B-12, one of the most misunderstood substances in recent years. In the talk, he discuss the mental and physical consequences of this deficiency, which at the present time is mostly undetected and undertreated. John Dommisse, MD, is a physician in private practice in Tucson, Arizona, who does phone consultations worldside. He has written extensively on the role of vitamin B12 as it relates to neurological and psychological disorcers. Vitist his website at www.johndommissemd.com. We showed this DVD at the Saturday meeting in February, and the information is so valuable that we are showing it again so that more people will have the opportunity to learn from this wonderful speaker.
April 25, 7:00pm
Orange County, CA: Please join us for our upcoming meeting on the subject of PRO-BIOTICS (increasing good bacteria in our bodies), their benefits to our health and how to make them. There will be a short powerpoint presentation, then we’ll watch a new DVD “Cook Your Way to Wellness” by Maria Atwood, CN showing us how to make kefir, whey, kombucha, fermented cabbage & other vegies, beet kvass, etc. Come try samples of all these foods and also try beef hamburger from our new Orange County grass-fed source. Let’s support our local suppliers!
April 27, 2006 7pm – (4th Thursday)
Allentown, PA: “Getting Good Food From CSAs – Community Supported Agriculture” – What CSAs Are, How They Work, and How You Can Get Good Food From Them. – Michael Ahlert of Red Earth Farm and John & Aimee Good of Quiet Creek Farm. Held at Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm Street, Allentown, PA. Local producers may bring grass fed / organic / biodynamic products for sampling or sale – doors open at 6:30pm – Books and videos will be available. Free admission (donations welcome). On site parking.
April 27, 7pm to 9pm
San Francisco, CA: Timeless Principles for Supporting Learning, Behavior and Health Through Optimum Nutrition. Nourishing Our Children hosts a presentation that will cover many of the foundational principles of Nourishing Traditions, and as such is completely relevant whether or not you have children!
This event includes adiscussion about the travels and discoveries of Weston A. Price, D.D.S.; an explanation about the relationship between nutrition and our physical, emotional and intellectual development and well being; and an illustration of what foods are most nutrient dense and how to incorporate them into healthy meals. View our visually stimulating presentation: http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/offerings/index.html
Apr 28
Atlanta, GA: The Oiling of America by Sally Fallon.
Apr 29
Atlanta, GA: Seminar on Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon.
April 29, 12:00pm
Bodega, CA: Bodega Goat Ranch Tour and Potluck at the Reinecks Bodega Ranch, 1379 Tanner Creek Road. One of the most important principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation is to know where your food comes from and who was involved in producing it. Our San Francisco chapter is lucky enough to live in close proximity to where much of our food is grown and raised. At the end of his month we begin with one, of what we hope to be many, farm tours this year. Bodega Goat Ranch (http://www.bodegagoatcheese.com) has been kind enough to offer our group a personal tour of their ranch. The owner, Patty, was thrilled to hear of our organization and is excited to share their knowledge and information. The ranch produces various types of goat cheese as well as the very popular Saint Benoit yogurt (http://www.stbenoit.com). For those of you who have not had the pleasure of tasting this superb yogurt, you will not be disappointed. Cost of tour is $10 per person and includes a 2 hour tour along with cheese and yogurt tastings.
April 29, 9:30 am– 4:00 pm
Greenville, TX: Traditional Diet Seminar, Shady Grove Baptist Church, FM 499. We will be presenting a condensed version of the presentations Sally Fallon gave here in February, as well as serve a lunch of traditionally prepared foods, and discuss local sources for these foods. We also incorporate other general health tips in the presentation. For more details or to register, please see www.goodgut.com.
April 30
Toronto, Canada: WAPF get-together. Regulars know the drill.. bring some delicious snack and prepare to have fun, share ideas and tips on quality food in Toronto etc.. If you haven’t been out to a meet-up yet, don’t be shy.. we’re a friendly bunch!
May 6, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Zionsville, IN: Update on raw milk in Indiana. Also we will be demonstrating how to make kefir.
May 7, 2006, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Nourishing Traditions – Wisdom in Traditional Diets.
May 8, 7pm
Santa Monica, CA: Victoria Bloch presents A Big Fat Talk at the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. Fat seems to be the continuing hot topic of our day and age. Experts argue about good fats and bad fats. The media tells us (finally) that trans fats are evil, but hastens to remind us that saturated fats are still really bad. Monounsaturated fats (olive and canola oils) are still media darlings, but ads still tell us to buy margarines made from polyunsaturated oils. And then there’s the Weston A. Price Foundation, staunchly maintaining the value of naturally saturated fats like butter and the fat from grass-fed animals! Join chapter leader Victoria Bloch for a lively, informal discussion about fat. What the heck is it, anyway? Why are there such divergent opinions about it? And why is butter really better? Questions encouraged!
May 11th, 7:00pm,
Tulsa, OK: Nutrient-Dense Foods. Speaker Calvin Bey will discuss how to get the most nutrients out of your food at the Schusterman-Bensen library. Demos on refractometers and testing foods for high brix.
May 13, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Full Milk Moon Feast at St Francis Lutheran Church, 152 Church Street. Jessica Prentice invites you to join her for a meal celebrating the nourishing local foods of the Bay Area. This meal is a celebration of the Locavores’ Eat Local Challenge in the month of May. www.locavores.com.
May 17, 7:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Raw Milk Talk at Judy Bonhiver’s, 1775 Noe at Laidley. Mark McAfee the owner/founder of Organic Pastures will be giving a talk on raw milk and milk products. Come hear about this interesting and important subject. Mark will coming from his farm in Fresno to join us. A no food affair…this is simply a great lecture and question and answer session.
May 19
High Falls, NY: The Oiling of America by Sally Fallon. www.sunstoneherbs.com
May 20
High Falls, NY: Seminar on Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon. www.sunstoneherbs.com
May 21
High Falls, NY: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner by Sally Fallon. www.sunstoneherbs.com
May 21, 10:00am to 1:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Sandrine Hahn offers Nourishing Traditions Foundational Cooking Class. This class will cover what I consider basic, “staple” items that are rich in nutrients and enzymes – such as kefir, kombucha, beet kvass, sauerkraut, creme fraiche, mayonnaise, chicken, beef and fish broths, soaked and dried nuts, and more! I will give away kombucha pancakes in class. Cost: WAPF $75; Non-Members $85 ($10 will go to Nourishing Our Children).
May 21, 1:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Friends and Members Potluck at John McLaren Park and Louis Sutter Playground. No limit on attendees! Kids welcome! RSVP by MAY 12TH. This event will serve as a fun gathering as well as an orientation to Nourishing Traditions. We will have books and literature about WAPF as well as a raffle to win a one-year WAPF membership (with a membership you receive, among other things, quarterly Wise Traditions journals plus a shopping reference guide). Please, each person attending (including friends!) should bring a dish to serve 8-10 people assembled with local, organic ingredients and based on WAP/native nutrition principles. Recipes can be referenced in Nourishing Traditions, Eat Fat Lose Fat, and Wild Fermentation. Free recipes can also be found at http://www.wisefoodways.com/recipes/ and http://www.motherlindas.com/bulgarian_rhapsody.htm and in your imagination.
May 22, 7pm
Santa Monica, CA: Frank Fitzpatrick presents Organic Pastured Cattle in California at the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. Long-time rancher Frank Fitzpatrick has been raising Barzona cattle on pasture – without antibiotics, hormones, or feedlots – for the past 17 years. He’s committed to holistic cattle management, and to raising awareness of the benefits of grazing animals, not just the health benefits, but the environmental ones as well. Join Frank as he discusses what it means to raise cattle traditionally, and what it means for our health and our land!
May 23, 7:00pm
Orange County, CA: Please join us as we learn all about grass-fed, Orange County-grown beef from our local cattleman, Frank Fitzpatrick, of Five Bar Beef, Inc. He’ll discuss all the health benefits of sunshine-raised, all-natural beef as well as wholistic cattle management and why cattle grazing is so good for the land. He’ll also bring some of his frozen hamburger to sell in 1 ½ # packages, so bring your cooler. Meeting at the Laguna Hills Community Center.
May 26 and 27
Norfolk, NE: National Raw Milk Use and Safety Summit. Sally Fallon, Mark McAffee, Dr. Richard Franssen and members of the Nebraska Dairy Group will be present at the summit. Workshops will focus on three topic areas: Home Use; Farming; and Science with oral reports presented after each. Fact Sheets will be compiled by those attending the summit. Endorsements from organizations will be solicited and included on the Fact Sheet. $20.00 (individual) or $30.00 (family or farm unit).
June 3, July 9, August 5, and September 2,10:30am -1:30pm
Cornwall Bridge, CT: Keeping A Family Cow Workshops to be held at Local Farm in Cornwall Bridge, CT. Learn about finding, feeding, fencing, housing, and caring for your cow. Try your hand at milking. Make fresh cheese, butter, and ice cream and go home with a slew of recipes and resource lists. $35/person or $50/family of up to four. www.rlocalfarm.com.
June 3, 7:10pm
San Francisco, CA: The movie An Inconvenient Truth at the Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Center, Promenade. Get your tickets at the box office or online, and perhaps meet for a cup of tea afterward to discuss? The evening show on Friday, June 2 has sold out, so buy in advance online or at the box office for the 7:10pm June 3 show. You should plan to get there an hour in advance to secure a good seat (as per the manager’s suggestion).
June 11
Bay Area, CA: Full Moon Feast book tour at Three Stone Hearth Community Supported Kitchen. Reservations Required and $35 Donation Requested.
June 11, 6:30 pm, Sunday
Bay Area, CA: Full Fatness Moon Feast at Three Stone Hearth — A Community Supported Kitchen: The Full Moon Feast is moving to Berkeley! Join my fellow worker/owners Porsche Combash, Misa Koketsu, Catherine Spanger, & Larry Wisch for an inaugural dinner at our new location in West Berkeley. Come to break bread with us for the first time, learn more about the CSK and find out how you can get involved.
June 13, 6:30pm
Costa Mesa, Orange County, CA: Please join us for a powerpoint presentation of the nutrition work of Weston Price and the resultant “11 Characteristics of a Healthy Traditional Diet”, at Mothers Market, 225 E. 17th St, Costa Mesa. Free, but reservations necessary.
June 15, 5:30-9:30pm Thursday
Charlottesville, VA: Farm Food Voices, Second Annual Gathering. An exceptional evening of delicious food, informative and inspiring speakers and a chance to connect with like minded Virginians.
June 17, Saturday, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: June Potluck Marketplace Extravaganza! Hosted by WAPF-SF chapter. Location: Larry and Giancarlo’s House, 104 Laidley, San Francisco, CA.
June 17
Ukiah, CA: Cooking Demo with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast, 11:00am at the Ukiah Farmers Market, Alex Thomas Plaza, School & Clay Street. Book Signing at 3:00 pm at Ukiah Natural Foods Coop, 721 S. State Street.
June 18, Sunday, 3pm
Mendocino, California: Gallery Bookshop, At the corner of Main and Kasten Streets. Book signing by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast.
June 19, Sunday, 12:00pm
San Francisco CA: Stern Grove Festival, Host: Sandrine Hahn, Location: Stern Grove, 19th Avenue at Sloat Blvd., San Francisco 94116, CA. Join me for a free concert at Stern Grove to hear Aimee Mann and Seu Jorge.
June 19, 7-8:30pm, Monday
Santa Monica, CA: Movie Night: Side Effects. A couple of months ago, Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau came to talk about her upcoming movie, Side Effects, based on her career as a pharmaceutical salesperson. It opened a few weeks ago, and played at the Sunset Laemmle Five for about five minutes. So we’re going to have our own screening! Popcorn optional, but your presence is definitely requested. As always, meetings take place in the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire, Santa Monica. Meetings start at 7 pm and end around 8:30, although you are always welcome to stay, chat, and shop. Of course, all meetings are open to the general public, and all meetings are free of charge (though donations are gratefully accepted).
June 20, 7:00PM
Orange County, CA: Please join us as Jules Wesselink, founder of Winchester Cheese will tell us and show us via a film, all about his “homemade”, locally-made (near Temecula) Gouda cheese, made the traditional way his family has been making it in Holland for generations. He has his own herd of sun-bathing Holsteins, uses their raw milk, adding cultures from Holland to make enzyme-rich, wonderful cheese that they age like fine wine. He’ll bring lots of samples of his different products and even will bring some for sale. Join us as we learn more about how our food is made, how healthy it is and as we encourage local producers to make the finest quality products for us.
Jun 21
Stockholm, Sweden: Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon.
June 24, 11:00am
San Francisco, CA: Booksigning with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Noe Valley Farmers Market, 24th Street between Sanchez and Vicksburg. www.noevalleyfarmersmarket.com
Jun 24-25
Copenhagen, Denmark: Weekend seminar with Sally Fallon including Seminar on Traditional Diets, The Cholesterol Myths, Eat Fat/Lose Fat and Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. www.paulchek.dk
June 28, 7pm, Wednesday
San Francisco, CA: Samovar Tea Lounge. Host: Marnie Reasor (WAPF). Location: Samovar Tea Lounge (Mission/Castro), 498 Sanchez St./18th St.
June 28,
Berkeley, CA: Three Stone Hearth the new Community Supported Kitchen is open for business. Woopee!!
Now is the time to join in and be a subscriber, volunteer, intern, investor or all of the above. Sending an email to with your interest is the way to do that. Larry is happy to chat about any and all aspects of the CSK
June 29, 6:30–9:30pm
Sacramento, CA: Cooking class and booksigning with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Whole Foods Market
4315 Arden Way, “Sustainable and Sustaining: Nourishing Ourselves with Traditional Foods”
July 1-2
Eugene and Cottage Grove, OR: Wild Fermentation and Wood-Oven Bread-Baking, hands-on intensive workshop, sliding scale $65-120 for two days with meals; work exchange available.
July 6, Thursday, 7:30pm
Seattle WA: Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street, www.elliotbaybook.com. Booksigning by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast.
July 6, 1:00pm to 7:00pm
Los Angeles, CA: The Westwood farmers’ market opens on at the Veterans Administration (VA) off Sepulveda (just north of Wilshire), west on Constitution. The Westwood Village farmers’ market closed two months ago, and this new market will feature many of the same farmers. Summer hours will be from 1:00pm to 7:00pm. The new location will feature fresh farm produce, good food, live music, and plenty of free parking. This market benefits the rehabilitation work of the Vets Garden. The market will be every Thursday, year-round.
July 7, 3-7pm
Seattle, WA: Booksigning by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast at The Madcap Hill Farmers Market. www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/market/university/index.shtml. 4pm Shopping with the Chef; 5pm Cooking Demo at 20th Avenue and East Madison St.
July 8, 12 noon
Seattle, WA: Booksigning by Jessica Prentice author of Full Moon Feast. U-District Farmers Market, on the “Ave” at NE 50th.
July 9, August 5, and September 2,10:30am -1:30pm
Cornwall Bridge, CT: Keeping A Family Cow Workshops to be held at Local Farm in Cornwall Bridge, CT. Learn about finding, feeding, fencing, housing, and caring for your cow. Try your hand at milking. Make fresh cheese, butter, and ice cream and go home with a slew of recipes and resource lists. $35/person or $50/family of up to four. www.rlocalfarm.com.
Sunday July 9, 10am-3pm
Whidbey Island, WA: Booksigning by Jessica Prentice author of Full Moon Feast at Greenbank Farmers Market. 5pm: Potluck Dinner; 6pm: Presentation and Booksigning, Honeymoon Lake Community Center, 4343 Honeymoon Bay Road, Greenbank, WA. Hosted by Whole Health Whidbey.
July 10, 7pm to about 8:30
Santa Monica, CA: Organic farming, heirloom vegetables & you presented by Alex Weiser of Weiser Family Farms in the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire, Santa Monica. Weiser Family Farms is at all the Santa Monica farmers’ markets (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday), selling glorious heirloom vegetables to loyal shoppers: potatoes of all shapes and sizes, and a wide range of other delicious and sometimes unusual fruits and vegetables. Bring your questions, and Alex will bring samples of whatever is ripe for you to taste!
July 11, 8pm
Portland, OR: Full Moon Feast–dinner featuring nourishing traditional foods at The Busy Corner, 4927 SE 41st Avenue. Tickets are $35 per person.
Jul 12
Broomfield, CO: Basics of Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon at Boulderfest.
July 12, 4-6pm
Yachats, OR: Book talk, Reading and Signing by Jessica Prentice author of Full Moon Feast at The Green Salmon, Corner of 101 and 2nd St., on east side of Hwy 101, Yachats, OR.
July 13, 3:30pm-7:30pm
Portland, OR: Booksigning with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Cooking Demo at 6pm at Ecotrust/Natural Capital Center, NW 10th between Irving & Johnson. www.portlandfarmersmarket.org
July 15, All Day:
Orange County, CA: Please join us for the WAPF POTLUCK, at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point. We have reserved a group picnic area, come stay all day or just come for the meal, sharing in a Nourishing Traditons potluck dinner together about 5 pm. We’ll have our own BBQ’s and firepit (what’s the WAPF version of s’mores?), 6 picnic tables, but bring beach chairs, surf boards & shade if you want it. Bring the kids and invite any friends interested in traditional foods, they just need to bring a dish to share. Should be great fun.
July 15, Saturday 1pm
San Francisco, CA: Booktalk, reading, and signing by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast at Book Passage, Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Plaza, #46.
July 15, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Healing Power Potluck at Larry and Giancarlo’s House. Please join us at Larry and Giancarlos’ house for an interesting evening! Larry Wisch will be speaking about his healing journey through cancer and how WAP principles aided his recovery. Sebastian McIntyre will also be chiming in on the subject, having gone through cancer with the support of native nutrition as well. Others are invited to share their experiences.
July 19, Wednesday, 7pm
San Rafael, CA: Lecture and Book Signing by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast. Elephant Pharmacy, 909 Grand Avenue.
July 20, Thursday, 7pm
Berkeley, CA: Lecture and Book Signing by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast. Elephant Pharmacy, 1607 Shattuck Ave.
July 23, Sunday, 2pm
San Francisco, CA: Whole Foods Market, South of Market, 399 4th Street. Demo and Booksigning by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast.
July 23, 10:00am to 1:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Soups and Salads – Nourishing Traditions Foundational Cooking at Sandrine’s Loft. We will focus on nutrient dense soups and salads one can make with two items taught in the Foundations Class: bone broth and homemade mayonnaise. It is not necessary to have taken the first class, yet the process of making basic fish, chicken and beef broth will not be covered again. We will move straight into making soups – such as split pea soup, creamed of butternut squash soup, crab soup, New England clam chowder, and beef minestrone. We will then focus on homemade mayonnaise as well as curried and herbed variations (which will all be demonstrated) to use for egg salad, chicken salad and potato salad.
A tasting menu of soup and salad will be served. To read about other student’s experiences, visit http://www.sandrinehahn.com and go to the cooking section. Donation: WAPF Members $75; Non-Members $85 ($10 will go to Nourishing Our Children).
July 24, 7pm to about 8:15
Santa Monica, CA: Documentary Film – Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety showing in the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire, Santa Monica. This documentary interviews doctors, lawyers, journalists, medical professors, and (former) pharmaceutical sales reps to bring you an inside look at the pharmaceutical industry.
July 26, Wednesday, Time TBA
Milwaukee, WI: Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast at Outpost Natural Foods, 100 E. Capitol Drive.
July 27, Thursday, 5:30pm
Pewaukee, WI: Good Harvest Market, 1850 Meadow Lane. Demo and Booksigning by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast. www.goodharvestmarket.com.
July 27th, 7:00pm
Allentown, PA: Jerry Brunetti speaking on: Grass-Based or Grain-Based: Why It Matters. Grass is the Forgiveness of Nature – “All Flesh is Grass.” Grasslands: the future health of our communities, personal health and humanity depend on them. Global warming, cancer, diabetes, obesity, peak oil and environmental degradation are now commonplace themes of discussion not only in the alternative press, but in mainstream media. Just how related are they to one another? What is the common thread that is unraveling? As G.K. Chesterton said, “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” The conversion of our precious grasslands into cereal production has created an onslaught of biological destruction that can be readily connected to an avalanche of health problems in our children as well as a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico the size of New Jersey. The past has spoken of the collapse of many civilizations, but never have we faced such strains upon the biosphere globally as we do currently. “Grass is the forgiveness of nature” and in our need to sustainably feed ourselves, we must embrace the Biblical axiom that “All Flesh is Grass”. Held at Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm Street, Allentown, PA. Local producers may bring grass fed / organic / biodynamic products for sampling or sale – doors open at 6:30pm – Books and videos will be available. Free admission (donations welcome). On site parking.
July 29, Saturday
Blue Mounds, WI: Vermont Valley Farm Corn Boil. Booksigning by Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast. www.vermontvalley.com/festivals
July 29, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: WAPF dinner in the Mission at Blue Plate
3218 Mission St. Wonderful restaurant in the Mission near intersection with Valencia. 90% of food is local and organic. Meat comes from Niman Ranch or a co-op in Oregon. Entrees are between $11-$17. Follow this link to a SF Gate review and others http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/listings/restaurants/venue?vid=181801. For more information: (415) 282-6777
July 27, 5:30pm
Pewaukee, WI: Demo and booksigning with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Good Harvest Market, 1850 Meadow Lane.
August 1, 7:30pm
Chicago, IL: Jessica Prentice author of Full Moon Feast at Women and Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St. www.womenandchildrenfirst.com.
August 5, and September 2,10:30am -1:30pm
Cornwall Bridge, CT: Keeping A Family Cow Workshops to be held at Local Farm in Cornwall Bridge, CT. Learn about finding, feeding, fencing, housing, and caring for your cow. Try your hand at milking. Make fresh cheese, butter, and ice cream and go home with a slew of recipes and resource lists. $35/person or $50/family of up to four. www.rlocalfarm.com.
August 5th and 6th, 10am-5pm
Boulder, CO: Traditional Foods Weekend. Some of the offerings include Making Fermented Food and Beverages: Kefir, Sauerkraut and more; Home Cheese Making: Mozzarella, Feta and more! LOCATION: TBA. COST: Prior to June 1, 2006: $95.00 per single session; $175.00 for both sessions. After June 1,2006: $110.00 per single session; $205.00 for both sessions.
August 5, 10:30am, Saturday
Point Reyes Station, CA: Cooking Demo and Booksigning by Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Point Reyes Farmers Market.
August 6, 3pm, Sunday
San Francisco, CA: Booktalk and signing by Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. AWE Gallery (A Woman’s Eye), 678 Portola Dr. www.herchurch.org
August 9, 6:30pm
Berkeley, CA: Full Moon Feast for August at Three Stone Hearth, 1 Bolivar Drive, Berkeley, CA. Join worker/owners of Three Stone Hearth Community Supported Kitchen Jessica Prentice, Porsche Combash, Misa Koketsu, Catherine Spanger and Larry Wisch for the second dinner at their new location in West Berkeley. Learn more about the CSK and how you can get involved. The theme is Italian. We are so buzzing in the kitchen that the menu is not yet fully planned but the evite has to go out so…..please know that it will be a memorable meal amongst great company.
August 10, 4:00–7:00pm
Burnsville, MN: Book talk, signing, and tasty samples by Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Valley Natural Foods, 13750 Co. Rd. 11. www.valleynaturalfoods.com
Aug 10-14
Amherst, MA: Northeast Organic Farming Association 32nd Annual Summer Conference.
August 11, 2:00-6:00pm
Minnetonka, MN: Booksigning and cooking class Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Lakewinds Coop, Store: 17501 Minnetonka Blvd. Classroom: 17515 Minnetonka Blvd. www.lakewinds.com
August 12, 11am-2:30pm
Twin Cities, MN: Traditional Foods Swap, Carl Kroening Interpretive Center, North Mississippi Regional Park
August 12, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Digestive Wellness Potluck at Larry and Giancarlo’s House, 104 Laidley. Nori Hudson will be speaking about digestive health!
August 17, 6:30-10:00pm
New York, NY: Cooking Class: Fizzy Fun: Make Your Own Herbal Ales and Sodas with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Natural Gourmet Cookery School, 48 W. 21st St., 2nd floor (between 5th & 6th ave.). Pre-registration required
Aug 18-19
Durham, NH: Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance Sixth Annual Summer Field Days Event.
August 18th-20th
Ghent, NY: “Building Sustainable Communities: Agriculture as Foundation for Social Change,” Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association’s National Conference at Hawthorne Valley Farm. Join us for a weekend of speakers and workshops, delicious biodynamic and organic food Hawthorne Valley’s own dairy, bakery, and vegetable gardens and from local farms in the area, farm tours (400 acres of pasture, woodland and gardens), lively conversation, and music (so please bring your instrument(s) with you). Workshops will explore the role of Production, Distribution and the Consumer in a healthy food economy. Camping is welcomed! www.biodynamics.com.
August 19
Ghent, NY: Workshop at Biodynamic Association Conference, Hawthorne Valley Farm, with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast at 27 Rt. 21C. www.hawthornvalleyfarm.com
August 20
Pocantico Hills, NY: Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, 630 Bedford Road. www.stonebarnscenter.org
August 21, 7pm to about 8:30
Santa Monica, CA: Cooking with Julia (DVD presentation) in the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. When it comes down to it, we put what we learn about nutrition from the Weston Price Foundation into practice every day when we sit down to eat. And there’s always something new to learn about how to get great food on your plate – so why not learn from one of the masters: Julia Child? Julia always knew that butter was the best. Julia always said that the only time to eat “health food” was while you were waiting for the steak to cook. And Julia always made it easy and a lot of fun to cook with all the foods we advocate: not just butter, but cream, broth, fish, and vegetables, too! Join us for an evening with Julia. We’ll choose (as a group) the episodes we want to see, and we’ll walk away inspired to take some of her masterful techniques home with us to use in our own kitchens!
August 23
Mad River Valley: Booksigning with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Round Barn Bed and Breakfast, 1661 East Warren Road. www.theroundbarn.com
August 26
Montgomery Village, VT: Sandor Katz will present a fermentation workshop at Covered Bridge Garden Club 5th Annual Harvest Day.
August 27, 1-4:00pm
Enosburg Falls, VT: Fermentation Fun at the Flack’s with the Katz. Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation, The Flavor, Nutrition and Craft of Live-Culture Foods, is coming to Vermont to spread fermentation like Johnnie Appleseed. Flack Family Farm and Sandor join ‘cultures’ (ha ha), to create an afternoon of learning and fun. There will be a presentation, book signing, tastings, and a workshop for making fermented foods. What to bring: your own glass jars, knives, cutting boards, favorite organic vegetables and fruits, and raw milk. Flacks will provide cabbage, celtic sea salt, tables, help and advice. Place: Flack Family Farm, Duffy Hill, north Fairfield, Vermont, one mile north of President Chester Arthur birthplace. Cost: $20 / person.
August 27
Granby, MA: Red Fire Farm Tomato Festival. Booksigning with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast.
www.redfirefarm.homestead.com
August 30, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Walpole, NH: Sandor Ellix Katz will be spreading Fermentation Fervor with “A Demo, A Snack, A Workshop!” Author of the incredibly exciting book, “Wild Fermentation,” Sandor will demonstrate how easy it is to ferment fresh, local foods at home, and offer samples of a variety of fermented products. Local farmers and food artisans will be donating fermented snacks to this event sponsored by the Hannah Grimes Localvore Project and hosted at Alyson’s Orchard. P
September 4
September 4, 10am-1pm
Walpole, NH: “Local Light Lunch: A Cooking Demo and Tasting With Jessica Prentice.” Jessica is the author of the new book Full Moon Feast that includes recipes for each of the thirteen lunar cycles of the agrarian year, and a passionate advocate for returning to local, seasonal, sustainably grown, humanely raised, nutrient-rich foods prepared with traditional cooking methods. Using whatever foods are available locally at the time, Jessica will demonstrate how easy and enjoyable it is to create a simple “localvore” meal. Local farmers and food artisans will be donating fresh, local foods to this event sponsored by the Hannah Grimes Localvore Project and hosted at Alyson’s Orchard.
September 7
Brooklyn, NY: Cooking Class with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Park Slope Food Coop, New York, 782 Union Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues in Park Slope).
September 7, 7-8 pm
Chesterfield , MO: St Louis WAPF Chapter meeting at 14805 Clayton Rd. There will be a presentation on “Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases with Wholefoods.” It will incorporate Dr. Price’s ideas of using wholefoods to prevent the most deadly disease in the Western world. Cardiovascular diseases killed more than a million people in the US yearly. They are totally preventable and treatable with wholefood diet and nutrition.
September 8, 6:30pm
Berkeley, CA: Full Moon Feast for September. September is the Corn Moon. Come join us at Three Stone Hearth for an Americana meal based on grass fed beef and organic corn. The specifics of the menu will be posted here by Tuesday evening. We will be including succotash and our very popular corn/cabbage relish. Its also first harvest apple season for an apple crisp dessert. A donation of $35/person is requested.
September 8, 6:00pm
Washington, DC: potluck/movie night with the new Bowie, MD chapter leader, Liz Reitzig at H Street Community Market, A member owned food cooperative. www.hstcommunitymarket.org
September 10, 11:00am-5:00pm
High Falls, NY: Workshop with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast. Epworth Center.
September 11, 7 pm to about 8:30
Los Angeles, CA: Introduction to the work of Weston A. Price, DDS (slide show) and potluck.
This will remind us of the basics, and provide an opportunity to introduce our family members, friends, and anyone interested in health and nutrition to the seminal research of Dr. Price — and why it’s relevant today, more than ever! Accompanied by numerous slides, many from Dr. Price’s travels in the 1930s, this is a lively and highly informative talk. And since the Foundation is all about nourishing ourselves with real food, prepared in authentic, time-honored ways, and served in a setting of camaraderie, what better way to celebrate this wintry holiday season than with a potluck? What a wonderful way to share with one another, whether you’ve been involved with us for ages or are new to this traditional way of eating!
Sep 15
Gainesville, FL: The Oiling of America by Sally Fallon.
Sep 16
Gainesville, FL: Seminar on Traditional Diets by Sally Fallon.
September 16, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Potluck a la Porsche. Porsche Combash of the infamous CSK will be speaking about how to make the transition to a WAPF diet! Porsche Combash has been in the food business for over 23 years. She started her career in baking with French pastry apprenticeship and progressed onward to help open an organic vegetarian restaurant, Ravens, in Mendocino. In 2001, she completed the professional Chef Training Program at the Natural Gourmet School of Cookery in NYC. There she was introduced to the Weston A. Price Foundation and the principles of indigenous diets. Porsche went on to complete a cooking internship at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland and then taught at the Ballymaloe School of Cookery in Ireland. In addition, she has traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico and Sicily to study their regional cuisines. For the past two years she has worked as the Manager of the Pasta Shop on Fourth Street in Berkeley.
September 19th, 6-9pm
Tulsa, OK: DairyFest 2006. Fourth annual Tulsa DairyFest. Learn how to make butter, yogurt, whey, kefir, etc. Taste raw milks and cheeses from local dairy farmers at OSU Extension Center.
September 23, 9am-12noon
Healdsburg, CA: Booksigning and Cooking Demo with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast at Healdsburg Farmers Market, North and Vine Streets. www.healdsburgfarmersmarket.org
September, 7 pm to about 8:30
Los Angeles, CA: DVD Presentation & popcorn: Prescription to Disaster. OK, so we all know Gary Null, Ph.D., is a very strong proponent of a vegan diet. However, he has researched a wide range of health issues for a long time, and sometimes our paths DO converge. This is one of them! Null’s documentary DVD, Prescription to Disaster explores the mutually beneficial relationships between big Pharma, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical schools and researchers. It covers (or rather, uncovers) why drugs are so readily prescribed; the role insurance companies and HMOs play in promoting compliance with drug-based therapies, why natural therapies are perceived as threats, and the problem of rising health care costs.Arm yourself with information. Popcorn with real butter and coconut oil will be on hand to enhance your movie-viewing experience!
September 30, 9am to 6pm
Davisburg, Michigan: Growing Connections 2006: Conference & Organic Harvest Festival at Springfield Oaks. Extreme Makeover: The Health Edition, Free Keynote Address Presented by: Richard Morris, author of the book An Unburdened Life. Hear about Richard’s “Extreme Makeover” after losing 160 pounds on a Nourishing Traditions diet. Plus: Lectures & Workshops, Farmers Market, Exhibitor Booths, Petting Zoo, Music, Taste & Learn About Organic Foods & Where to Get Them, Children’s Activities.
October 1, 3 – 5:30pm
Toronto, Canada: Toronto WAPF Chapter Get Together. Bathurst St., 3 blks North of Bloor (easy subway access and street parking). Come and learn more about the WAPF, exchange ideas, ask questions, meet like-minded people, bring a small food contribution to share with the group (healthy un-processed finger-food). We will demo how to make KIMCHI (spicy Korean sauerkraut), you will make your own and TAKE HOME A ONE LITRE JAR OF KIMCHI!! (can be made mild too).
October 6 and 7
Farmington, ME: Reconnecting Our Farms with Our Communities Fall Conference will be held at the University of Maine at Farmington. “Farm to School” panels and workshops will discuss what is needed to make buying local foods for our schools work in Maine. Keynote speakers will be Dr. Arden B. Andersen, DO, PhD, practicing physician and international consultant on advanced soil and crop management, who will address the connection between agriculture and human health. Events include over ten knowledgeable speakers and a local foods barbeque. www.westernmountainsalliance.org
October 7, 10-6
San Francisco, CA: Nourishing Our Children Family Portrait Series show 370 7TH St, Loft 5, San Francisco, CA 94103.
October 7, 4:30pm
Petaluma, CA: Full Moon Feast for October at Chileno Valley Ranch, 5105 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA. Our wonderful friends, ranchers Sally and Mike Gale are hosting the September Full Moon Feast. PBS TV is filming so the feast is outside in the light and the start time is 4:30. Dress warmly. We will post a menu soon but note that Three Stone is supplied beef by the Gales. You will get an update when the menu is set. Note: The menu includes wine and the cost per person is $50.
October 7, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: October Potluck. Please join us for a lovely evening of food and education at Layne’s! Lindy Woodard, a pediatrician in Marin, will be speaking. Lindy Woodard, M.D., brings the practice of homeopathy to Pediatric Alternatives along with a strong background and interest in nutrition. “As a practicing pediatrician and mother of 24 years and a devout “foodie”, I have changed my position on nutrition many times. Around 5 years ago I discovered the principles of WAP and knew intellectually and intuitively that this was how I wanted to teach nutrition. This is ever changing but I would like to tell you how we discuss nutrition with our patients at Pediatric Alternatives.”
October 8, 10-6
San Francisco, CA: Nourishing Our Children Family Portrait Series show 370 7TH St, Loft 5, San Francisco, CA 94103.
October 14, 10:00am to 12:00pm
San Francisco, CA: Nourishing Traditions Discussion and Support Group at 420 Kirkham Street. This is an opportunity to have your questions answered and to receive guidance on integrating Nourishing Traditional principles into your life! This gathering is offered free of charge. Hosted and Facilitated by Bonnie Scott, PhD.
October 18, 7pm to 8pm
Berkeley, CA: Jessica Prentice Three Stone Health talk at Three Stone Hearth 1, Bolivar Bolivar at Addison. Principles of healthy sustainable eating and farming: A talk by Jessica Prentice, one of our worker/owners.
October 20
North Dartmouth, MA: Bioneers By the Bay, with Jessica Prentice of Full Moon Feast at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Main Campus, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA. www.connectingforchange.org
October 20-22
Sonoma, CA: National Association of Nutrition Professionals presents Feeding a Healthy Family Nutritional Solutions Conference 2006 at Sonoma State University (Cooperage Room). www.nanp.org.
October 21
Western MA: Cheesemaking Workshop: Getting to the Next Step. This is the class to get you up and running with semisoft and hard cheese making. This is the class for the cheese makers who would like to develop or improve their skills for aged cheeses or simply to further explore the process of cheese making. During this class we will fully explain the process in detail while we make 1 or 2 of our favorite cheeses, taste a lot of cheese and generally have a real fun time. This class will really give you the background to move ahead to making many wonderful cheeses. www.cheesemaking.com
October 21, 9:30–4:00
Frisco, TX: Traditional Diet Seminar at First Baptist Church. The seminar includes lunch. We will cover the research behind Nourishing Traditions as well as the 11 point summary of a traditional diet. In the afternoon we will present cooking/preparation methods as well as sources of food. Traditional foods such as pastured chicken, chicken livers, carcasses, Celtic sea Salt, coconut oil, etc. will be for sale (bring your ice chests… all meat items will be frozen). Cost is $25 per person ($10 per person for each additional family member). www.goodgut.com
October 22 , 3:00pm
College Park MD: WAPF Chapter Potluck. Please bring a dish
from Nourishing Traditions or one made NT style. We had such a great variety last time and everyone contributed something wonderful. We will also be extending this invitation to a new organization—Maryland Independent Consumers and Farmers Association—and its members (if you have any questions about MICFA, please visit http://www.micfa.net/. Guest speaker Dick Stevens will join us to talk about the impact of NAIS on us as consumers and what it will mean about availability of farm fresh foods. He is a great speaker and leading Anti-NAIS activist.
October 23, 7 pm
Santa Monica, CA: Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire, in the upstairs community room. WAPF Chapter meeting.
OCTOBER 24, 9-4
Richmond, VA: RICHMOND VIRGINIA PROTEST. Opposing the USDA’s methods of Depopulating the Henshaw and Davis Hunting preserves. Read the documents at: http://www.nonais.org/. Come out to 1100 E. Broad Street and stand with us to show the USDA we will not give up our Constitutional Rights.We will not accept their NAIS (National Animal ID System). Look for the WarWagon and stand up for your rights as well as the families that have been so horribly attacked by the USDA. http://www.grannywarriors.com/MVC-008F.jpg
October 28, 10:30am
Sebastopol, CA: WAPF Redwood Hill Farm Tour at Redwood Hill Farm and Creamery at 5480 Thomas Rd Sebastepol 95472. Redwood Hill Farm, a goat farm and creamery welcomes the WAPF to their family farm. Please bring your family and tour the farm, play with the baby kids, learn about cheesemaking, and of course, sample the complete line of delicious yogurt and artisan farmstead cheeses. This will be a great opportunity to meet new WAPF members, learn about the farm and share some great recipes.
October 28, 9am Pacific
The Food Chain with Michael Olson hosts author/chef Jessica Prentice for a conversation about the efficacy of eating meat in a modern world. Log on www.metrofarm.com to listen on your radio, computer or IPOD.
November 4
Greenville, TX: Holiday Meals cooking class. Cost is $40. We will prepare grass-fed poultry as well as side dishes for a typical Thanksgiving meal showing how to boost nutrient content as well as taste! We’ll add new twists using traditional foods in different formats. www.goodgut.com
November 4, 10am– 3pm
Los Angeles, CA: GRAND OPENING of the Organic Pastures Dairy Company new outlet. Come celebrate living foods and the opening!OPDC HUB Raw Milk Store,1666 East 41st Street, Los Angeles California 90011.
November 4, 6:30pm
Berkeley, CA: November Full Moon Feast at Three Stone Hearth. Our guest speaker is Linda Faillace author of Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA’s War on a Family Farm.
November 6, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Homeopathic Potluck at Larry and Giancarlo’s House, 104 Laidley. Tabinda Khan will begin her talk with a brief explanation of classical homeopathy, a 250-year old practice of medicine that stimulates the body’s own healing power, and follow with another way to look at the work of Dr. Price in a homeopathic context. She will cover some ideas about food intolerances and how they can be helped through homeopathy. Lastly, she will discuss the importance of nutrition in the homeopathic healing process and how homeopathy can help protect the body against food indiscretions. Tabinda graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, studied at the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy, and is a founding practioner of the Oakland Clinic Of Homeopathy.
November 9
Greenville, TX: Holiday Treats & Sweets cooking class. We will prepare finger foods, a fun themed dinner, as well as sweets the children will enjoy! The holidays do not have to be a nutritional disaster! www.goodgut.com
November 13 , 7pm to about 8:30
Santa Monica, CA: Title: Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco (DVD presentation) in the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. It’s hard to imagine life without the convenience of a cellphone, isn’t it? Other wireless devices also promise freedom from the plugged-in life. However, like many modern technologies, it seems that cellphones and wireless networks have a darker side. This documentary, made by activist Doug Loranger, probes the dangers of wireless technology and reviews ways in which the public can protect itself.
November 17, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Nutrient Dense Potluck at Gianacarlo and Larry’s! Donna Shoemaker, a Nutrition Counselor in Marin, will be speaking. Donna is a graduate of the American Health Sciences University, where she got her nutrition certification, and also has a B.A. from the University of Michigan. She will be bringing to the talk her history and experience of using WAP principles in her practice for 10 years.
November 18-19
Western MA: Cheesemaking Workshop: French Cheese. Bonjour! this will be great insight into the cheeses of France. A focused workshop on French style cheeses covering: Brie/Camembert (traditional vs modern technology); Reblochon, a semisoft style; plus one other style to be decided as we see the interest of the group. Jim Wallace will be teaching this extended 2 day class, and it will provide an opportunity to work with those cheeses that require extended ‘TLC’! This class will provide an opportunity to learn so much more than a 1 day class and covers more aspects of the process in greater detail. This class will provide plenty of time to spend on problem solving and fielding everyones questions on how to make better cheese. www.cheesemaking.com
November 18, 5:00pm
Point Reyes, CA: Introduction to the Harvest Dinner. The History of Point Reyes from Families to Environment to the Point Reyes Farmers’ Market. Tickets are $45, Member cost is $30. Tour begins at the Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop at 5pm; Dinner at Toby’s Feedbarn is served at 7pm.
November 27, 7pm to about 8:30
Santa Monica, CA: Title: Review of the Weston A. Price Foundation 2006 annual conference in the upstairs community room at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire. The theme for the conference this year is “The Health Equation: Healthy Grass = Healthy Soil = Healthy Animals = Healthy Meat & Milk = Healthy People.” A number of chapter members will be attending the conference this year, including chapter leader Victoria Bloch. She’ll be providing an overview of information from several speakers at this year’s event, which promises to be outstanding!
Dec 1-2
Harrisburg, PA: Annual conference of the Stockman Grass Farming Association, featuring A Campaign for Real Milk by Sally Fallon. stockmangrassfarmer.net.
December 7-9, 2006
St. Paul, Minnesota: 2006 Acres U.S.A. Conference: Reinventing Your Eco-Farm An information-packed conference for serious, sophisticated organic and sustainable farmers who want to enlist state-of-the-art knowledge and technologies in their quest to produce in harmony with nature. Covering all facets of ecological soil, crop and livestock management, the event offers presentations and lectures from some of the world’s top consultants, preeminent farmers and innovative scientists, who convene to share knowledge to help you take your farm to a new plane of resiliency, production quantity and quality, and profit. In addition, tap into the ‘Food as Medicine’ track, featuring top holistic healers. Prior to the event, two Pre-Conference Advanced Learning Seminars will be offered: Advanced Systems for Eco-Farmers with Dr. Arden Andersen (December 4-6) and Nourishing Traditional Diets: The Key to Optimal Health with Jerry Brunetti (December 6). www.acresusa.com
December 9, 11:00am
Bolinas, CA: Ecological Education at Commonweal Garden. another great tour brought to us by our friends at Marin Organic. Ecological Education at Commonweal Garden December 9th, 11am to 3pm Pre-registration is required. Tickets are $20, Members of Marin Organic attend for free. Meet renowned permaculture designers and teachers Penny Livingston and James Stark on this interactive tour of the Commonweal Garden in Bolinas! This certified organic farm is being transformed into a permaculture model and education center of human beings living in harmony with the Earth. Courses in design, community leadership, and wildcrafting are offered year around.
December 9, 6:30pm
San Francisco, CA: Potluck with Jessica Prentice at Jack and Gay Reineck’s, 1425 Cole Street, San Francisco, CA. Jessica Prentice is a professional chef, passionate home cook, local foods activist, and author. Her first book, Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection, follows thirteen moons of a raditional agrarian calendar through the year, weaving together ecology, culture, mythology, and personal history into a nourishing whole that reconnects us with the natural rhythms of the earth.
December 9-10, 2006
Western MA: Cheesemaking Workshop: Essential Principles of Cheesemaking and Aging. This is the class if you would like a good grasp of the concepts involved in cheese making and ripening. Afew of the topics covered are: Why and How to use cultures and their role in ripening; How to monitor and alter acid development of the cheese; Altering the texture and moisture in the cheese; How to prepare the fresh cheese surface for developing natural rinds or surface ripening; What is required to maintain a proper cheese aging environment. We will be making 2 very different cheeses as we explore the concepts and in the end you will leave with the knowledge that can be applied to many different cheeses… AND to make the cheese you really want. www.cheesemaking.com
December 11th, 7pm
Santa Monica CA: Annual HOLIDAY POTLUCK at Wild Oats, 5th & Wilshire, Santa Monica, in the upstairs community room. Bring a dish (one you made yourself, or something you’ve picked up, as long as whatever it is is within Nourishing Traditions/Weston A. Price Foundation guidelines)…AND/OR bring an appetite…AND/OR bring some plates/napkins/utensils/cups. Our potlucks are always abundant with some incredibly delicious food, thanks to the gifts of our numerous cooks and chefs, so this is an amazing introduction to the Foundation if you’d like to bring a friend/spouse/child/parent! But mostly, it’s a lovely opportunity to chat with people who are interested in health, good food, and traditional nutrition, and I hope you all can join us! Regarding chapter giving, it occurred to me that it would be entirely consistent with our overview to give a cow or two to a poor family elsewhere in the world. Oxfam America makes it possible to do just that (or even a sheep or camel, for that matter) for $75 per cow. If enough of us like this idea, I will take $75 from chapter donations and buy a cow! Will you let me know?
December 16th, 11am-4pm
Marin County, CA: Garlic Cleaning at Marin Roots Farm. This is a free event and pre-registration is required. Jesse Kuhn needs a hand cleaning garlic in his beautiful rustic barn. Marin Organic will supply hot drinks, tasty garlic treats, Arann Harris from the Bluebellies will supply the toe tappin’ tunes on the guitar. A tour of the farm is also included. This is a great opportunity to get together with our local agricultural and food community in the holiday season, and give a local producer a hand.
Do you know where I can get good organic beef, chicken, fish in Laguna Hills, CA or nearby in Orange County?
Do you have any members in Laguna Woods or Laguna Hills?