Hello, my name is Gayle Jones and I live in Huntsville.  I started
getting concerned about what's in our food several years ago.  Due to
allergies in the family, I cook most of what we eat from scratch,
including our bread (we couldn't find any that was soy free).  I found
the Weston Price site and started reading about all the terrible things
that have been done to our food.  It was very eye opening.  We're now
doing what we can to eliminate as many additives as possible.  We're
gardening without pesticides and artificial fertilizers (we're
composting).  I can and freeze.  My husband works with a man who has
offered us eggs from his free range, organically fed chickens.  We'd
also like to find somewhere to get fresh milk.  I grew up drinking
fresh milk and eating fresh butter.  None of us got sick.

I'm so glad I found you - thank you.
Gayle

LAST WEEK FOR PRE-REGISTRATION RATE OF $350

Dear Members,

The special full-conference, pre-registration fee of $350 is available until
Friday, OCTOBER 3. And the special conference room rate at the San Francisco
Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel is available until OCTOBER 22.  So please make your
arrangements in a timely manner.  Bookings are way ahead of last year and some
events (especially the Monday tours) may sell out.

Further information is given below.  We are looking forward to our best
conference ever.  I hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Sally Fallon, President


Ninth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation
LIFE IN ITS FULLNESS:  NUTRITION FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Friday, November 7 - Saturday, November 8 - Sunday, November 9
Plus special activities Monday November 10

Our First West Coast Conference!
HYATT REGENCY SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT
Burlingame, California

SOAKED OATMEAL BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER
Start your morning out right with a WAPF breakfast of champions.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. the Farm-to-Consumer
Legal Defense Fund hosts the fundraiser morning breakfast buffet.
For a donation of $10 you'll get a bowl of organic oatmeal soaked overnight in
yoghurt, cooked with Celtic sea salt and filtered water.
Visit the fixings bar to pile it high with butter, milk/cream, maple syrup, raw
honey, fresh coconut butter, raisins, various crunchy toppings, cinnamon and
Celtic Sea salt.
Also available for purchase: hard boiled pastured eggs, whole fresh organic
fruit, probiotic cheese sticks, coconut energy bars and hot tea.
All proceeds benefit the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Supplies are
limited, so don't dawdle!

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Those enrolling 15 new members by October 31 receive a full conference
registration-to this year's conference or the next!

Those enrolling 5 new members receive an autographed copy of the Deluxe hardback
edition of Nourishing Traditions. These will be presented at the conference or
sent by mail.

Those who enroll one member or two or three receive. . . our profound thanks. 
Membership is the lifeblood of our organization.

For a membership form, go to http://westonaprice.org/membershipform.pdf.  If you
are participating in the membership drive, be sure to put your name at the
bottom of the form.


CEUs
Listed below is information for health professionals interested in attending the
conference for professional education. The list will be updated as approvals are
received. Please contact Kathy Kramer, Director of Continuing Education for the
Weston A. Price Foundation at info@... if you have further
questions.

Chiropractors (DC): Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Board of
Chiropractic Examiners: 13 CEUs
Registered Dietitians (RD): Commission on Dietetic Registration: application
submitted/pending approval
Nutritionists: National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP): 15.5 NANP
Category 1 CEUs
Nursing: application submitted/pending approval
Acupuncturists: National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine (NCCAOM): 16.5 PDA's
State of California Acupuncture Board: 13.48
For further information, visit http://westonaprice.org/conference/2008/ceus.html

HOTEL REGISTRATION
To book your hotel room online, please go to
http://sanfranciscoairport.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp.

Enter the Code G-PRIC to receive the discounted conference rate. You may also
phone (800) 233-1234 to reserve your room. Be sure to mention the Weston A.
Price Foundation or Wise Traditions Conference. Should you experience any
difficulties with making your reservations, please phone our registrar at (240)
379-7072 for assistance.


CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

The three-day children's program is $100, which includes lunch and evening
activities on Friday and Saturday.  Space is limited, preregistration a must!!

Friday Activities:  Begin conference photo journals, make conference nametags
and totebag. Guest speaker topic, "Mental & Physical Relaxation" with a yoga
lesson. Afternoon activities include making playdough and clay ornaments, and
making bath salts. Children will make an afternoon snack of nut butter on celery
stalks with raisins. In the evening, movie night with popcorn snack

Saturday Activities: Continue working on conference photo journal, make
t-shirts, make ice-cream. Guest speaker topic "Nourishing My Body - Young People
Do Have Options." Guest dance instructor. Individual and team games all day.
Saturday evening is our first ever sock hop and ice cream social

Sunday Activities. Continue photo journal, candle making, make dessert pizzas
(sprouted wheat tortillas coated with honey and baked, topped with yoghurt,
fruit and nuts), make trail mix. Guest lecture topic is "Living off the Land." 
Team scavenger hunt indoor, team survival hunt outdoors.  The children will do a
short song and presentation at closing ceremonies.

CHILDREN'S LUNCH MENUS by Three Stone Hearth

Friday:
Chicken Salad with Creamy Yogurt Dressing
Carrot and Celery Sticks
Hummus Dip (no sesame!)
Sourdough Spelt Crackers
Raw Cheese Sticks
Organic Local Apple
Saturday:
Mini Meat Patties with Garlicky Ketchup
German Potato Salad with Bacon
Lactofermented Pickle
Raw Cheese Sticks
Coconut Date Square
Sunday:
Salami
Baked Tortilla Chips
Black Bean Dip
Yogurt Cream Dip with Chives and Cilantro
Raw Cheese Sticks
Biodynamic Raisins and Crispy Almonds

MONDAY ACTIVITIES
We are pleased to announce three fantastic activities for Monday, November 10.
SPACE IS LIMITED for all of these activities, so be sure to secure your space as
soon as possible.


THREE STONE HEARTH TOUR - SOLD OUT
Three Stone Hearth is a Community Supported Kitchen in West Berkeley that
prepares nutrient dense foods on a weekly basis for Bay Area families.  In this
tour, you will get to see the facility, learn about the operations of the
kitchen, meet the worker-owners, and spend a few hours pitching in and working
on a culinary project with kitchen manager Porsche Combash.  No need to bring
knives or aprons, these are provided.  The day will conclude with a communal,
nourishing lunch.

The bus leaves the hotel at 8:30 and drives to Three Stone Hearth, 1 Boulevard
Dr, Berkeley, California, for a 9:30 am arrival.  Pick up at 3:00 pm and return
to the hotel by 4:00 pm. LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 12 PEOPLE. Cost is $90 and
includes lunch.

FARM AND WINERY TOUR - JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT
Includes Drakes Family Oyster Farm, Stubbs Vineyard and Clark Summit Farm.

DRAKES FAMILY OYSTER FARM: During the course of the approximately hour-long tour
of Drakes Bay Oyster Farm, given by oyster farmers Kevin & Nancy Lunny, you will
learn about the cultural, historical and ecological importance of this small
family farm.  You will be shown how we grow both our "cluster" oysters and
"single" oysters doing all processing right on the farm in California's last
operating oyster cannery!  You will be informed about our struggle to continue
to operate in Point Reyes National Seashore beyond 2012.  And, naturally, you'll
finish the tour with a tasting of a freshly harvested Drakes Bay Oyster on the
half shell!

8:00 Bus Leaves Hotel and goes to Drakes Family Oyster Farm, 17171 Sir Francis
Drake Blvd, Inverness, California. Leave farm at 10:45 and go to Stubbs Vineyard
Tour, 1000 Marshall Petaluma Road, Petaluma, California.

STUBBS VINEYARD: Planted in 1996 amid the fogbound hills of West Marin, Stubbs
Vineyard is a perfect site for cool-climate viticulture. We produce small
quantities of handcrafted Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines in the Burgundian
style.  Stubbs Vineyard is the only certified organic vineyard in Marin, is off
the grid, and is family run, with renowned winemaker Dan Goldfield.  We welcome
you to visit our 11-acre vineyard.

Leave Vineyard at 1:20 pm and go on to Clark Summit Farm Tour, 30201 Hwy
1,Tomales, California

CLARK SUMMIT FARM
Visitors will see many animals including geese, guineas, milking Jerseys,
pastured broilers, laying hens, turkeys, grass-fed beef, dairy and meat goats,
and pastured hogs.  You will see how we raise our animals in an organic and free
range manner. That means letting the cattle take as long as they need to reach
slaughter weight, not rushing them with drugs or cheap carbohydrates; helping
our sows have their piglets wherever they want, not confined in a tiny cage;
giving the laying hens the freedom to run all over the farm, and the broiler
chickens plenty of room to stretch their legs on grass while protecting them
from predators until they're bigger

Leave Farm at 3:00 arrive back at hotel 4:30

Cost for the three tours is $70 and includes lunch. Maximum attendance is 55.



COOKING CLASSES
Held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel

9:00- 12:00 Cheesemaking with Katherine Mowbray

My session will be a demonstration to show how to make 10 litres of fresh
unpasteurized milk into  Cheddar Cheese, in so doing explaining the principles
of making firm pressed cheese which can be stored for months. Quark, which is a
soft cheese that needs to be eating fresh and Ricotta which will be made from
the whey as a byproduct of the Cheddar. Participants will certainly understand
the basic principles of cheese making and have the confidence to go home and
have a try at making their own cheese themselves.

12;00 - 1;00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 - 4:00 pm Crockpot Cooking with Jessica Prentice
Slow and Low: Nourishing Food from the Slow Cooker. Time to dust off your
Crockpot!  Slow-cookers are amazing tools for preparing nourishing traditional
meals at home.  This low-temperature approach is ideal for dissolving gelatin,
rendering fats, braising pastured meats, and intensifying flavors.  This class
will introduce you to making broths, soups, stews, lard, ghee, and even
porridges and other dishes using a home slow-cooker.  Taught by Jessica
Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast and co-owner of Three Stone Hearth Community
Supported Kitchen.

Cost for both classes is $45 and does not include lunch


________________________________________________________________________________\
____


Start Planning Now!

WISE TRADITIONS 2008
Ninth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation

LIFE IN ITS FULLNESS:  NUTRITION FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Friday, November 7 - Saturday, November 8 - Sunday, November 9
Plus special activities Monday November 10

Our First West Coast Conference!
HYATT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT
Burlingame, California

A Showcase for Delicious Traditional Food.
A Unique Opportunity for Health Professionals and
Laymen interested in Diet and Health.

SEMINARS AND SESSIONS ON
	 Gut and Psychology Syndrome
	 Non-Toxic Home and Lifestyle
	 Traditional Diets
	 Cooking and Food Preparation
	 Mental and Emotional Health
	 Heart Disease
	 Weight Loss
	 Iodine and Thyroid Health
	 Subtle Energies in Soil and Food


FEATURING
David Brownstein, MD, author of Overcoming Thyroid Disorders
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, author of The Gut and Psychology Syndrome
Paul Chek, HHP, NMT, author of How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy
Mary Cordaro, Home Environmental Specialist, CEOH3Environmental
Thomas Cowan, MD, author of The Fourfold Path to Healing
Debra Lynn Dadd, author of Really Green
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy Story
James DeMeo, PhD, author of Saharasia
Mary Enig, PhD, author of Know Your Fats
Dina Falconi, author of Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair
Sally Fallon, MA, author of Nourishing Traditions
Lynne Farrow, MA, breast cancer specialist
Joseph Heckman, PhD, soil specialist
Mark Kastel, president, The Cornucopia Institute
Claudia Keel, herbalist
Galen D. Knight, PhD, health researcher
Janet Lang, MD, thyroid expert
Chris Masterjohn, WAPF author and researcher
Mary Morris, CRT, RPSGT, expert on sleep disorders
Richard Morris, author of A Life Unburdened
Katherine Mowbray, cheesemaker
Julia Ross, MA, MFT, author of The Mood Cure
Beverly Rubik, PhD, author of Life at the Edge of Science
Jack Samuels, MSG expert
Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception
Beverly Teter, PhD, lipids expert
Theresa Vernon, LAc, acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist
Louisa Williams, ND, author of Radical Medicine
Larry Wisch, co-owner, Three Stone Hearth community-supported kitchen

LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION
The conference will be held at the beautiful
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, California 94010
(650) 347-1234, www.sanfranciscoairport.hyatt.com

The hotel offers free shuttle service from the San Francisco Airport. The
shuttle runs every15 minutes from the hotel shuttle area on the street level at
the airport.

Conference room rates are $165 for double, triple or quadruple occupancy.

Call (800) 233-1234 to reserve your room. Be sure to mention the Weston A. Price
Foundation or Wise Traditions Conference.

All rooms at the hotel have small refrigerators and windows that open.

Special conference rates are available only until October 22, 2008.

Self parking at $10 per day.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, Visit
http://westonaprice.org/conference/2008/index.html

TO REGISTER, Visit
https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/2008registration.htm

ONLINE FORUM FOR ROOM AND RIDE SHARES
https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/forum/default.asp

EXHIBITING AND SPONSOR INFORMATION, Contact pfrank@... or
registrar@... or by phone at (240) 379-7072. Space for exhibitors
is limited; early registration encouraged!


CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS for many health professionals.  Information will be
posted shortly.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Submissions of abstracts for poster presentations from
health professionals on a broad range of topics relating food and nutrition to
health are welcome. Contact info@... for further information.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS EMAIL LIST, please email
info@...
----------------------------------------

Our postal address is
PMB #106-380
4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20016
United States

Those of you who have been frustrated at the difficulty in getting
unprocessed milk in Alabama will be glad to know we have a new resource
about 40 miles West of Huntsville.  Tell your family and friends.  He
has plenty of capacity, so take advantage of the opportunity.

Email me privately for his name and address.

--
John Langlois
Moderator
john.langlois@...
www.foggybottomwebdesign.com
www.foggybottomfarms.com

Dear Members,

Wise Traditions 2008, our first West Coast conference, is fast approaching. 
Next year the conference will be in a different location-we like to move the
conference around so members in various parts of the US can easily attend.  So
if you live in the western US, we hope you will attend in 2008.

The special full-conference, pre-registration fee of $350 is available until
Friday, OCTOBER 3. And the special conference room rate at the San Francisco
Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel is available until OCTOBER 22.  So please make your
arrangements in a timely manner.  Bookings are way ahead of last year and some
events (especially the Monday tours) may sell out.

Further information is given below.  We are looking forward to our best
conference ever.  I hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Sally Fallon, President


Ninth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation
LIFE IN ITS FULLNESS:  NUTRITION FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Friday, November 7 - Saturday, November 8 - Sunday, November 9
Plus special activities Monday November 10

Our First West Coast Conference!
HYATT REGENCY SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT
Burlingame, California

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
If you want to participate in our membership guide, please contact Kathy at
info@....  Those enrolling 15 new members by October 31 receive a
full conference registration-to this year's conference or the next!

Those enrolling  5 new members receive an autographed copy of the Deluxe
hardback edition of Nourishing Traditions. These will be presented at the
conference or sent by mail.

Those who enroll one member or two or three receive. . . our profound thanks. 
Membership is the lifeblood of our organization.

For a membership form, go to http://westonaprice.org/membershipform.pdf.  If you
are participating in the membership drive, be sure to put your name at the
bottom of the form.


CEUs
Listed below is information for health professionals interested in attending the
conference for professional education. The list will be updated as approvals are
received. Please contact Kathy Kramer, Director of Continuing Education for the
Weston A. Price Foundation at info@... if you have further
questions.

Chiropractors (DC): Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Board of
Chiropractic Examiners: 13 CEUs

Registered Dietitians (RD): Commission on Dietetic Registration: application
submitted/pending approval

Nutritionists: National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP): 15.5 NANP
Category 1 CEUs

Nursing: application submitted/pending approval

Acupuncturists: National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine (NCCAOM): 16.5 PDA's

State of California Acupuncture Board: 13.48

For further information, visit http://westonaprice.org/conference/2008/ceus.html

HOTEL REGISTRATION
To book your hotel room online, please go to:
http://sanfranciscoairport.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp.
Enter the Code G-PRIC to receive the discounted conference rate. You may also
phone (800) 233-1234 to reserve your room. Be sure to mention the Weston A.
Price Foundation or Wise Traditions Conference. Should you experience any
difficulties with making your reservations, please phone our registrar at (240)
379-7072 for assistance.


CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

The three-day children's program is $100, which includes lunch and evening
activities on Friday and Saturday.  Space is limited, preregistration a must!!

Friday Activities:  Begin conference photo journals, make conference nametags
and totebag. Guest speaker topic, "Mental & Physical Relaxation" with a yoga
lesson. Afternoon activities include making play dough and clay ornaments, and
making bath salts. Children will make an afternoon snack of nut butter on celery
stalks with raisins. In the evening, movie night with popcorn snack

Saturday Activities: Continue working on conference photo journal, make
t-shirts, make ice-cream. Guest speaker topic "Nourishing My Body - Young People
Do Have Options." Guest dance instructor. Individual and team games all day.
Saturday evening is our first ever sock hop and ice cream social

Sunday Activities. Continue photo journal, candle making, make dessert pizzas
(sprouted wheat tortillas coated with honey and baked, topped with yoghurt,
fruit and nuts), make trail mix. Guest lecture topic is "Living off the Land." 
Team scavenger hunt indoor, team survival hunt outdoors.  The children will do a
short song and presentation at closing ceremonies.

CHILDREN'S LUNCH MENUS by Three Stone Hearth

Friday:
- Chicken Salad with Creamy Yogurt Dressing
- Carrot and Celery Sticks
- Hummus Dip (no sesame!)
- Sourdough Spelt Crackers
- Raw Cheese Sticks
- Organic Local Apple

Saturday:
- Mini Meat Patties with Garlicky Ketchup
- German Potato Salad with Bacon
- Lacto-fermented Pickle
- Raw Cheese Sticks
- Coconut Date Square

Sunday:
- Salami
- Baked Tortilla Chips
- Black Bean Dip
- Yogurt Cream Dip with Chives and Cilantro
- Raw Cheese Sticks
- Biodynamic Raisins and Crispy Almonds


MONDAY ACTIVITIES
We are pleased to announce three fantastic activities for Monday, November 10.
SPACE IS LIMITED for all of these activities, so be sure to secure your space as
soon as possible.


THREE STONE HEARTH TOUR
Three Stone Hearth is a Community Supported Kitchen in West Berkeley that
prepares nutrient dense foods on a weekly basis for Bay Area families.  In this
tour, you will get to see the facility, learn about the operations of the
kitchen, meet the worker-owners, and spend a few hours pitching in and working
on a culinary project with kitchen manager Porsche Combash.  No need to bring
knives or aprons, these are provided.  The day will conclude with a communal,
nourishing lunch.

The bus leaves the hotel at 8:30 and drives to Three Stone Hearth, 1 Boulevard
Dr, Berkeley, California, for a 9:30 am arrival.  Pick up at 3:00 pm and return
to the hotel by 4:00 pm. LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 12 PEOPLE. Cost is $90 and
includes lunch.

FARM AND WINERY TOUR
Includes Drakes Family Oyster Farm, Stubbs Vineyard and Clark Summit Farm.

DRAKES FAMILY OYSTER FARM: During the course of the approximately hour-long tour
of Drakes Bay Oyster Farm, given by oyster farmers Kevin & Nancy Lunny, you will
learn about the cultural, historical and ecological importance of this small
family farm.  You will be shown how we grow both our "cluster" oysters and
"single" oysters doing all processing right on the farm in California's last
operating oyster cannery!  You will be informed about our struggle to continue
to operate in Point Reyes National Seashore beyond 2012.  And, naturally, you'll
finish the tour with a tasting of a freshly harvested Drakes Bay Oyster on the
half shell!

8:00 Bus Leaves Hotel and goes to Drakes Family Oyster Farm, 17171 Sir Francis
Drake Blvd, Inverness, California. Leave farm at 10:45 and go to Stubbs Vineyard
Tour, 1000 Marshall Petaluma Road, Petaluma, California.

STUBBS VINEYARD: Planted in 1996 amid the fogbound hills of West Marin, Stubbs
Vineyard is a perfect site for cool-climate viticulture. We produce small
quantities of handcrafted Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines in the Burgundian
style.  Stubbs Vineyard is the only certified organic vineyard in Marin, is off
the grid, and is family run, with renowned winemaker Dan Goldfield.  We welcome
you to visit our 11-acre vineyard.

Leave Vineyard at 1:20 pm and go on to Clark Summit Farm Tour, 30201 Hwy
1,Tomales, California

CLARK SUMMIT FARM
Visitors will see many animals including geese, guineas, milking Jerseys,
pastured broilers, laying hens, turkeys, grass-fed beef, dairy and meat goats,
and pastured hogs.  You will see how we raise our animals in an organic and free
range manner. That means letting the cattle take as long as they need to reach
slaughter weight, not rushing them with drugs or cheap carbohydrates; helping
our sows have their piglets wherever they want, not confined in a tiny cage;
giving the laying hens the freedom to run all over the farm, and the broiler
chickens plenty of room to stretch their legs on grass while protecting them
from predators until they're bigger

Leave Farm at 3:00 arrive back at hotel 4:30

Cost for the three tours is $70 and includes lunch. Maximum attendance is 55.



COOKING CLASSES
Held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel

9:00- 12:00 Cheesemaking with Katherine Mowbray

My session will be a demonstration to show how to make 10 liters of fresh
unpasteurized milk into Cheddar Cheese, in so doing explaining the principles of
making firm pressed cheese which can be stored for months. Quark, which is a
soft cheese that needs to be eating fresh and Ricotta which will be made from
the whey as a byproduct of the Cheddar. Participants will certainly understand
the basic principles of cheese making and have the confidence to go home and
have a try at making their own cheese themselves.

12;00 - 1;00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 - 4:00 pm Crockpot Cooking with Jessica Prentice
Slow and Low: Nourishing Food from the Slow Cooker. Time to dust off your
Crockpot!  Slow-cookers are amazing tools for preparing nourishing traditional
meals at home.  This low-temperature approach is ideal for dissolving gelatin,
rendering fats, braising pastured meats, and intensifying flavors.  This class
will introduce you to making broths, soups, stews, lard, ghee, and even
porridges and other dishes using a home slow-cooker.  Taught by Jessica
Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast and co-owner of Three Stone Hearth Community
Supported Kitchen.

Cost for both classes is $45 and does not include lunch


________________________________________________________________________________\
____


Start Planning Now!

WISE TRADITIONS 2008
Ninth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation

LIFE IN ITS FULLNESS:  NUTRITION FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Friday, November 7 - Saturday, November 8 - Sunday, November 9
Plus special activities Monday November 10

Our First West Coast Conference!
HYATT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT
Burlingame, California

A Showcase for Delicious Traditional Food.
A Unique Opportunity for Health Professionals and
Laymen interested in Diet and Health.

SEMINARS AND SESSIONS ON
	 Gut and Psychology Syndrome
	 Non-Toxic Home and Lifestyle
	 Traditional Diets
	 Cooking and Food Preparation
	 Mental and Emotional Health
	 Heart Disease
	 Weight Loss
	 Iodine and Thyroid Health
	 Subtle Energies in Soil and Food


FEATURING
David Brownstein, MD, author of Overcoming Thyroid Disorders
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, author of The Gut and Psychology Syndrome
Paul Chek, HHP, NMT, author of How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy
Mary Cordaro, Home Environmental Specialist, CEOH3Environmental
Thomas Cowan, MD, author of The Fourfold Path to Healing
Debra Lynn Dadd, author of Really Green
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy Story
James DeMeo, PhD, author of Saharasia
Mary Enig, PhD, author of Know Your Fats
Dina Falconi, author of Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair
Sally Fallon, MA, author of Nourishing Traditions
Lynne Farrow, MA, breast cancer specialist
Joseph Heckman, PhD, soil specialist
Mark Kastel, president, The Cornucopia Institute
Claudia Keel, herbalist
Galen D. Knight, PhD, health researcher
Janet Lang, MD, thyroid expert
Chris Masterjohn, WAPF author and researcher
Mary Morris, CRT, RPSGT, expert on sleep disorders
Richard Morris, author of A Life Unburdened
Katherine Mowbray, cheesemaker
Julia Ross, MA, MFT, author of The Mood Cure
Beverly Rubik, PhD, author of Life at the Edge of Science
Jack Samuels, MSG expert
Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception
Beverly Teter, PhD, lipids expert
Theresa Vernon, LAc, acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist
Louisa Williams, ND, author of Radical Medicine
Larry Wisch, co-owner, Three Stone Hearth community-supported kitchen

LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION
The conference will be held at the beautiful
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, California 94010
(650) 347-1234, www.sanfranciscoairport.hyatt.com

The hotel offers free shuttle service from the San Francisco Airport. The
shuttle runs every15 minutes from the hotel shuttle area on the street level at
the airport.

Conference room rates are $165 for double, triple or quadruple occupancy.

Call (800) 233-1234 to reserve your room. Be sure to mention the Weston A. Price
Foundation or Wise Traditions Conference.

All rooms at the hotel have small refrigerators and windows that open.

Special conference rates are available only until October 22, 2008.

Self parking at $10 per day.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, Visit
http://westonaprice.org/conference/2008/index.html

TO REGISTER, Visit
https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/2008registration.htm

ONLINE FORUM FOR ROOM AND RIDE SHARES
https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/forum/default.asp

EXHIBITING AND SPONSOR INFORMATION, Contact pfrank@... or
registrar@... or by phone at (240) 379-7072. Space for exhibitors
is limited; early registration encouraged!

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS for many health professionals.  Information will be
posted shortly.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Submissions of abstracts for poster presentations from
health professionals on a broad range of topics relating food and nutrition to
health are welcome. Contact info@... for further information.

Our postal address is
PMB #106-380
4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20016
United States

-------------- Original message from Lamar Diehl <ldiehl777@...>: --------------

Hi John,

Yes, I want directions and phone numbers!  Thank you for keeping this group going.

Lamar

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To: AL_WAPF@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:57:06 PM
Subject: [AL_WAPF] Digest Number 263

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1. New Raw Milk Source near Huntsville, AL
    Posted by: "John Langlois" john.langlois@hughes.net jlanglois4816
    Date: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:28 am ((PDT))

Good news,

We have a new dairy coming on line that will have both pasteurized and
raw milk available.  The farmer is very WAPF friendly and is spending
enough money to do things properly.

The farm is located in Rogersville, AL.  Email me if you want directions
and phone numbers.

--
John Langlois
Moderator



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John Langlois
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www.foggybottomwebdesign.com
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Dear Members,

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is after raw milk again, this time
suspending the permit of Trent Hendricks, who operates a state-of-the-art raw
milk dairy in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  In addition, the PDA and the
Pennsylvania Department of Health have issued inflammatory press releases that
have greatly hurt the dairy's reputation and business.  The PDA also carried out
another raid on Mark Nolt's farm.

Details are given in the press release below. Now it the time to take action and
express your outrage at this biased attack against raw milk in Pennsylvania.

ACTION TO TAKE

Call, email or write the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, the Governor of
Pennsylvania, the chairmen of the Agriculture and Rural Affaris committees, and
your state senator and representative.

POINTS TO MAKE

1. The actions of the PDA against Hendricks Dairy and Mark Nolt are contrary to
PDA regulations and outside of the law.
2. PDA and the Department of Health need to issue an immediate retraction,
stating that there has never been any problem with Hendricks Dairy raw milk.
3. Mr. Hendricks and Mr. Nolt should receive compensation from the State of
Pennsylvania for lost business and product seizure.
4. Mr. William Chirdon should be replaced with an official who understands and
supports the raw milk movement.
5. A congressional investigation is needed into PDA raw milk policies.

CONTACTS

For names and addresses of your state senators and representatives, go to
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/index.cfm, where you can search your elected
officials by zip code and county.

Ag & Rural Affairs - Senate Chairman
Hon. Michael W. Brubaker
Chairman, Ag & Rural Affairs
Senate Box 203036
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036

Ag & Rural Affairs - House Chairman
Hon. Michael K. Hanna
Chairman, Ag & Rural Affairs
302 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202076
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2076

Mr. Dennis C. Wolff
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
2301 N. Cameron St.
Harrisburg, PA  17110

Governor Edward G. Rendell
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA  17120

PRESS RELEASE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Please feel free to send this press release to local media where you live.

Sincerely,
Sally Fallon
President

Unwarranted Raw Dairy Recalls
Put Spotlight on Hostile Regulatory Procedures

Washington, DC--Sept 17, 2008-A series of rush-to-judgment raw dairy recalls and
actions against raw milk farmers around the country, has exposed inappropriate
protocols used to assess the safety of raw milk and extreme bias on the part of
investigators.

On September 12, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) rescinded
Telford, Pennsylvania raw milk farmer Trent Hendrick's raw milk permit, based on
a few recent cases of food poisoning. Without any test results showing that the
Hendricks Farm milk was contaminated, the state issued a press release naming
the farm and circulated warnings against the consumption of all raw milk.

Today all independent tests came back negative, not only for campylobacter but
for all other pathogens as well.

The state based their decision on reports of three families that were customers
of the dairy, several members of which were afflicted with intestinal pain,
cramping and diarrhea.  According to Hendricks, two of the families were on
vacation at the time and were exposed to other possible sources of pathogens,
including questionable water sources.  However, investigators for the
Pennsylvania health department discounted other likely vectors of disease and
neglected to determine whether non-raw milk drinkers had also contracted the
illness.

Prior to this incident, The Hendricks farm has been lauded by the PDA as being
an exceptional raw dairy producer, one who operated by permit and had a
superlative safety record. The farm's raw milk cheeses have won several American
Cheese Society awards. Hendricks had requested that the PDA wait until test
results were in before issuing the press release. The shut down of his operation
and press release resulted in financial hardship and considerable negative
publicity for the dairy.

"I have jumped through hoops in an attempt to meet or surpass the state
requirements," said Hendricks.  "Our farm has an excellent track record on test
results, and we even go above and beyond by testing the milk weekly for
pathogens.  All of our good faith efforts and compliance didn't amount to a hill
of beans.  When we needed the benefit of the doubt from the state, it wasn't
there.  We take food safety very seriously.  All we asked is that PDA have
evidence before they convict us.  Instead, they insisted on putting out a press
release damning our product before test results were back--before they had any
conclusive proof."

"Until recently, the PDA did not suspend permits or issue press releases until
appropriate testing confirmed the presence of pathogens in culture tests, says
Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nutrition education
foundation that encourages the consumption of raw milk from pasture-fed cows. 
"In fact, they waited until they got two negative culture results, because
pathogen testing is subject to error."

Also on September 12, the PDA carried out its third raid against Mark Nolt's
farm. Nolt, a passive resister to the state permitting process, claims a
constitutional right to sell the products of his farm without a permit.  To
date, the state has seized over $65,000 worth of product and equipment.
According to Nolt, the judge's order giving the PDA authority to seize and
discard products from his farm was lifted on August 5, 2008 and the courts have
denied the PDA a permanent injunction against the sale of raw milk.  "The
seizure and destruction of our farm products was an unlawful action by the
state," says Nolt.

PDA head of dairy safety William Chirdon has frequently stated that Nolt would
be able to sell his raw milk without interference as long as he obtained a
permit. "Friday's actions demonstrate that PDA has no qualms about harassing raw
milk farmers who have permits," said Taaron Meikle, president of the
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. (FTCLDF) "This is why more and more raw
milk farmers are choosing to operate outside the permitting system.  They
consider the raw milk permit a 'permit to harass.'"

In light of these two incidents, Jonas Stoltzfus, farmer and President of the
Pennsylvania Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (PICFA), called for
the immediate ouster of William Chirdon. "The FDA's negative statements about
raw dairy have resulted in an aggressive stance against raw dairy farmers by
state agencies across the nation.  Persecution of Pennsylvania raw milk farmers
began under Bill Chirdon's regime. His actions of September 12 demonstrate his
willingness to persecute and prosecute farmers on no evidence at all," said
Stoltzfus.

"We are concerned about extreme PDA bias against raw milk," says Meikle, "It is
inappropriate for the state to issue warnings against the consumption of all raw
milk when raw milk has helped thousands of Pennsylvania consumers overcome
health problems and has a long history of safety. Last year, three people died
from contaminated pasteurized milk in Massachusetts and thousands have been
sickened by fresh produce. Where are the warnings against consumption of
pasteurized milk and raw produce?" Meikle notes that tainted, heat-processed
baby formula killed three infants and sickened over one thousand babies in
China, during the week of the PDA actions against raw milk.

Fallon notes that a recall of raw cream in California highlights similar
inappropriate protocols in that state.  The California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA) recalled the raw cream when it tested positive for
campylobacter after 12 days of highly specialized laboratory culturing.  No
illnesses from the raw cream were reported and CDFA admitted to a sample mix-up
that sent the cream to the wrong lab. "Not only did the cream travel over 900
extra miles and sit for several days at the wrong laboratory before being sent
to the correct laboratory, the source milk from which the cream was well under
the mandated 10 coliform limit-- it was 6 coliforms, pathogen-free and
campylobacter-free.  CDFA officials consider this the gold standard for raw milk
testing," said Fallon. "We are waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to sign
SB201, the 2008 California Fresh Raw Milk bill, into law. This legislation will
eliminate the 10-coliform limit, which is very difficult for raw milk dairies to
pass on a consistent basis, and mandate frequent intensive testing for pathogens
like campylobacter instead. Campylobacter is not a coliform and so it is missed
by the coliform standards currently in force.

Raw milk defenders note that coliforms are mostly beneficial bacteria, which
have pro-biotic effects. "The presence of good bacteria is one reason consumers
want to drink raw milk," says Fallon. "The official attitude that the only good
bacteria is a dead bacteria is a discredited paradigm based on 40-year-old
science."



The Weston A. Price Foundation is a 501c3 nutrition education non-profit,
dedicated to fostering a return to nutrient-dense foods and traditional farming
methods. The Foundation promotes the consumption of raw milk and pasture-feeding
of livestock. The Weston A. Price Foundation is based in Washington DC and has
400 chapters and 10,000 members worldwide. Websites: westonaprice.org and
realmilk.com

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund provides legal defense for sustainable
farms engaged in raw milk production and direct farm-to-consumer sales. Website:
farmtoconsumer.org.

The Pennsylvania Independent Consumers and Farmers Association is a group of
Sustainable Farmers and the Consumers that support them.  Their mission is to
help defend the rights of farmers to provide humanely raised meats and farm
fresh dairy products direct to consumers who value these foodstuffs without
government interference.

CONTACTS:
Kimberly Hartke, WAPF Publicist  (703) 860-2711 or (703) 675-5557,
kimberly@...

Jonas Stoltzfus, Pennsylvania Independent Consumers and Farmers Association 
Home 717-536-3618, cell 717-275-3016  mailto:jstoltz@...

Maureen Diaz, Weston A. Price Chapter Leader, Pennsylvania  717-303-3832  cell
717-253-0529  mailto:motherhenof9@...

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Good news,

We have a new dairy coming on line that will have both pasteurized and
raw milk available.  The farmer is very WAPF friendly and is spending
enough money to do things properly.

The farm is located in Rogersville, AL.  Email me if you want directions
and phone numbers.

--
John Langlois
Moderator

Dear Members,

Welcome back from summer vacations.  As we transition into Fall, we send you
this update and action alert-please schedule a little time during the next few
days to do as many of these as you can-your input is important!


CALIFORNIA RAW MILK LEGISLATION
TIME TO CALL THE GOVERNOR!

SB 201 "The Fresh Raw Milk Act of 2008" will be signed by the Governor only with
your support!

Call 916-445-2841 and leave a short but polite message urging the Governor to
sign SB 201 into law.

Or, (for California residents only) download and print a postcard to send to the
governor, click on http://www.organicpastures.com/pdfs/CaliforniaPostcard.pdf.

For the last eight months your actions - your attendance at committee hearings,
your letters and phone calls, your appearance at legislative events - have made
all the difference. Our world-class raw milk bill has passed all of the votes in
the Assembly and Senate and now sits before the Governor. Now is the time to
pull out all the stops and assure signing of SB 201.

SB 201 represents dynamic, ground-breaking legislation, and as such it may be
threatened by veto.

Please call Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and ask him to sign SB 201. When he
was a body builder he drank raw milk. He knows the nutritional value of this
wonderful and whole food. He needs to hear our support loud and clear. Your
calls and letters will encourage him to overcome any voices within his
administration that still oppose SB 201.

It is up to us to assure one more time that this bill is signed and made our raw
milk law.

Keep calling the Governor until he signs SB 201. Call him every week until it
happens. Your voice has made the difference all along!


PETITION TO RESCIND SOY HEALTH CLAIM
Our petition to the FDA to rescind the soy health claim is now posted on the
government regulations website.  The FDA soy/heart health claim appears on
bottles of soy milk, boxes of tofu and other soy products to create the
impression that soy is healthy; the health claim, approved in 1999, has
dramatically boosted soy sales.

We urge our members to submit comments in support of this ably written petition.
In 2006, we were able to defeat a proposal to allow a claim that soy prevents
cancer; now it is time to get rid of the claim that soy prevents heart disease.

Points to make:
--Soy protein isolate and other highly processed modern soy protein products are
not safe and have no long history of use in the food supply

--The evidence on soy protein and heart disease is contradictory and
inconsistent, and no "standard of scientific agreement" has been met.

--Studies published since 1999 undermine the credibility of -- and conclusions
drawn -- from key studies evaluated by the FDA when it approved the health claim
in 1999.

--Recent studies show that soy can contribute to or cause heart disease,
including endothelial damage (especially in women), heart arrhythmias and
cardiomyopathy, an increasingly prevalent condition that affects 1 in 500
Americans.

--The mechanism by which soy might lower cholesterol could cause endocrine
disruption, diminished humoral immunity and cancer development.

Finally, if your health has been damaged by consuming soy, please write from
your heart and tell your story.

To submit your comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov and put in the Docket
number FDA-2008-P-0452. Then click on "Send a comment or submission."


IRRADIATION PROPOSAL
The specter of irradiation has raised its ugly head again, with FDA now allowing
irradiation for iceberg lettuce and spinach.  You can submit comments on the FDA
proposed "Use of Ionizing Radiation for the Control of Food-Borne Pathogens and
Infectious Protozoa, and Extension of Shelf-Life, in a Variety of Human Foods."
Again, go to http://www.regulations.gov and put in the docket number
FDA-1999-F-2405. Then click on "Send a comment or submission." The deadline for
submissions is SEPTEMBER 22.


RAW MILK IN AUSTRALIA
We recently sent out an Action Alert to our Australian and New Zealand members
regarding the Food Standards Authority's deliberations on raw milk.  We have
just learned that the Food Standards Authority in Australia will accept
submissions regarding the raw milk products proposal from anywhere, not just
Australians. Separate submissions should be made for raw milk and raw milk
cheese. The deadline for submissions is SEPTEMBER 16.

All the information can be found here:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/standardsdevelopment/proposals/proposalp1007prim\
ary3953.cfm

and here http://realmilkaustralia.com/index.php

Please send an email to submissions@... to show your support by
September 16. Make sure you include your name and contact details, and whether
you are a consumer or work in the industry. The email must state the following:

Submission
Re: Proposal P1007 Primary Production & Processing Requirements for Raw Milk
Products (Australia only)

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Our postal address is
PMB #106-380
4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20016
United States

I have been making Kombucha with great sucess this past month and have
a few mushrooms available. I live in Mobile near the airport.

Cori

SHOPPING GUIDES

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for purchases of 10 or more.  To place your order, please call (202) 363-4394,
fax (202) 363-4396 or mail it.  You can also email questions to
info@...


WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON THE WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION
The Washington Post Food Section has published a great article on the principles
of healthy diets, with lots of emphasis on raw milk.  Feel free to circulate the
article and to post your comments. A big thanks to Kimberly Hartke, our amazing
PR lady, for making this happen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/08/05/ST2008080502711.ht\
ml


MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
If you want to participate in our membership drive, please contact Kathy at
info@....  Those enrolling 15 new members by October 31 receive a
full conference registration-to this year's conference or the next!  (This does
not include travel or accommodations.)

Those enrolling 5 new members receive an autographed copy of the Deluxe hardback
edition of Nourishing Traditions.

Those who enroll one member or two or three receive . . . our profound thanks. 
Membership is the lifeblood of our organization.

For a membership form, go to http://westonaprice.org/membershipform.pdf.  If you
are participating in the membership drive, be sure to put your name at the
bottom of the form.


HEALTH FREEDOM CONFERENCE
6TH Annual Health Freedom Conference for Leaders and Advocates
"The Reconvening of the US Health Freedom Assembly

September 12-14, 2008

Sponsored by National Health Freedom Coalition

United Theological Seminary
New Brighton, Minnesota, USA
(a northern suburb of Minneapolis)

For details visit www.nationalhealthfreedom.org
Email: similar@...


NUTRITIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC.

A WAPF-Friendly Program

Enrollment now open for Fall training and courses.

For more information on how to enroll in the Nutritional Therapy Training
Program or to receive a complementary DVD and information packet, contact the
Nutritional Therapy Association at (800) 918-9798 or visit
www.nutritionaltherapy
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John Langlois,
Moderator

One of our farms near Huntsville, AL has grass-fed beef available.
Please contact me for details at 256-776-1499.

John Langlois,
Moderator

Leah---
I found the raw milk through this group.  There is an old post here
from a couple of weeks ago that has the info in it.  The man's name
is Jonathan Atkinson and his contact info is on the old post.  If you
can't find it, email me and I will give you the number.  He is about
out of shares though (it is a cow share program where you actually
own a share of the herd since it is illegal to purchase raw milk in
Alabama) He does have a waiting list if he is running out.  Good
luck.  By the way, his milk is delicious.



--- In AL_WAPF@yahoogroups.com, Leah <leahrose@...> wrote:



>
> Where did you find local raw milk? I am looking for a source.
>
>
>
> On 7/14/08, jennifer bell <jenniferconebell@...> wrote:
> > We are not huge meat eaters but when I do feed my children bacon
and
> > sausage, I would like a better quality than the grocery stores
offer.  So
> > buying a half or quarter of an animal is a bit much for us.  I
moved here
> > from Maryland and I had access to a local dairy that carried local
> > organically grown meats in small quantities.  I have found local
raw milk
> > but I will keep searching for the meats.
> >
> >
> >
>

Where did you find local raw milk? I am looking for a source.



On 7/14/08, jennifer bell <jenniferconebell@...> wrote:
> We are not huge meat eaters but when I do feed my children bacon and
> sausage, I would like a better quality than the grocery stores offer.  So
> buying a half or quarter of an animal is a bit much for us.  I moved here
> from Maryland and I had access to a local dairy that carried local
> organically grown meats in small quantities.  I have found local raw milk
> but I will keep searching for the meats.
>
>
>

I emailed that person several times over the last year, and called
too, and got no response.



On 7/13/08, Mary Johnson <mar@...> wrote:
> I'm seriously not trying to be snarky, but have you contacted the WAPF
> chapter leader for Gulf Shores/Eastern Shore/Mobile? She may know of
> some resources - E. Ann Morris (251) 928-6520, eannmorris4@...
>
>
> Mary J
>
>
> --- In AL_WAPF@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferconebell"
> <jenniferconebell@...> wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for Mobile area resources for free range poultry and local
>> small farm pork or beef.  Do any exist in this area?  Thanks for your
>> help.
>> Jennifer
>>
>
>
>

I'm seriously not trying to be snarky, but have you contacted the WAPF
chapter leader for Gulf Shores/Eastern Shore/Mobile? She may know of
some resources - E. Ann Morris (251) 928-6520, eannmorris4@...


Mary J


--- In AL_WAPF@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferconebell"
<jenniferconebell@...> wrote:
>
> I am looking for Mobile area resources for free range poultry and local
> small farm pork or beef.  Do any exist in this area?  Thanks for your
> help.
> Jennifer
>

I am looking for Mobile area resources for free range poultry and local
small farm pork or beef.  Do any exist in this area?  Thanks for your
help.
Jennifer

Dear Members,

I am sending this wonderful news about our raw milk victory in North Carolina to
all members as it impacts the availability of raw milk everywhere.  The move to
put charcoal dye in raw pet milk in North Carolina has been defeated!
Congratulations and much thanks to Ruth Ann Foster, Alice Hall and the many
others who worked so hard for the passage of HB 2524.

Let's now work hard for similar victories in California, New York, Pennsylvania
and other states.

Sincerely,
Sally Fallon


HB 2524 UNANIMOUSLY PASSES THE SENATE - WE WON !!!!!!!!

NORTH CAROLINA RAW MILK ACTION ALERT
>From Ruth Ann Foster,
Greensboro, NC Chapter Leader, Raw Milk Coordinator
July 2, 2008

I have just received word from Representative Pricey Harrison that the Senate
unanimously passed HB 2524.  (Yesterday, it passed unanimously out of the Senate
Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee.)  We have successfully
reversed the dye rule.

While this bill preserves a freedom we already had, it is still a victory.  
During the campaign, we developed many relationships increasing awareness and
support.  Numerous legislators have expressed an interest in creating a bill for
legal access to raw milk for human consumption.  The Agriculture Department has
also stated its desire to work on this issue.  As you are aware, legalizing raw
milk will require a tremendous effort.  Convincing the Public Health Department
will be a difficult task.

Another victory in HB 2524 is clarification of the exemption of unpasteurized
milk from the commercial feed law.  The Agriculture Department cannot force pet
milk producers to become licensed as commercial feed manufactures.  Sounds
ridiculous but this has been their practice.  Our compromise is to label
containers with, "Not for Human Consumption" and "The Sale of Raw Milk is Not
Legal for Human Consumption in North Carolina".  With all the duct tape that
labeling will require, there is no need for gray dye!

ACTIONS TO TAKE
Please take a moment to thank our representatives and senators, especially Rep.
Pricey Harrison.  She has performed a miracle getting this through in record
time.  Pricey told me as we began working, that disapproval bills rarely pass. 
It was because of her tenacity and political skill that HB 2524 succeeded.

Consider your proposals for legalizing raw milk.  Email me with your comments
and suggestions.  We can use these to work with our legislators before next
session.   Ideally, we will meet together in an open forum.

Thank you all for your hard work and the success of HB 2524.
Happy Fourth of July!

Best,
Ruth Ann Foster
(336)286-3088
EatReal@...

Hi


We are selling Spring Honey right now. We do not heat it and we do not
treat the hives with insecticides.

It's a medium brown color. The price is 6$ a pint jar and 10$ a quart
jar.

If anyone's interested they can call us at home or email at
lawrenceu@... with an order.

Thanks!

Molly

John Langlois
john.langlois@...
www.foggybottomwebdesign.com
www.foggybottomfarms.com

ACTION ALERT: Mandatory Requirement for NAIS in School Lunch Program Put
in House Agriculture Appropriations Bill. CALL NOW!

The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee has included pro-NAIS
provisions in the Agriculture Appropriations bill for 2009.  According to the
press release, the bill would require USDA to purchase meat products for the
School Lunch Program from livestock premises registered with National Animal
Identification System beginning in July 2009.  This is a back-door method for
mandating NAIS through the power of the purse strings.  The bill also provides a
total NAIS funding level of $14.5 million or about $4.8 million above 2008. We
must stop these provisions from going any further!

The full House Appropriations Committee will meet about the Agriculture
Appropriations bill this Thursday, June 26.  Sometime after that, it will go to
the full House.  We also need to contact our Senators now, to keep them from
doing the same thing.

TAKE ACTION NOW:

1) Call or fax your US Representative.  You can look up who represents you at
www.congress.org or call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll-free at
866-340-9281.

2) Call or fax the members of the House Appropriations Committee who come from
your State.  The members are listed at:
http://appropriations.house.gov/members110th.shtml   When you see a member who
comes from your state, click on his or her name to get contact information.

3) Call or fax your Senators.  You can look up who represents you at
www.congress.org or call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll-free at
866-340-9281.

With each person, ask to speak to the staffer who handles appropriations.  If
you get their voice mail, leave the following message, or something in your own
words that makes the same points:

MESSAGE:  My name is ____.  I am a constituent [or live in your state, if you
aren't in their district].  I am calling because the Agriculture Appropriations
subcommittee has inserted language requiring the School Lunch Program to only
buy meat from farms registered in the National Animal Identification System.  I
am against NAIS, and I do not want it to be tied to school lunch programs. 
NAIS, which tracks live animals, will not improve food safety because most food
safety problems start at the slaughterhouse and food processing facilities. 
Funding for NAIS, particularly any mandatory NAIS, needs to be stopped.  Please
call me back at _____ to let me know where the Congressman/woman stands on this
issue.

When you talk to the staffer, be sure to make the same points as in the message,
and expand on them with some of the talking points below.

For more information, contact the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance at
info@... or 866-687-6452.

The press release, from Chairwoman DeLauro (D-CT) is available at
http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/DeLauroSubMarkup06-19-08.pdf


MORE TALKING POINTS - state your concerns in your own words

*  This bill uses the government's power to economically coerce farmers into
NAIS. That is not a "voluntary" program.

*  This bill throws good money after bad, supporting a program that is not sound
economically or scientifically.

*  USDA has presented no science to back up its claims that NAIS will address
livestock diseases.

*  The USDA has never completed a cost/benefit analysis to show that NAIS is
worthwhile.

*  NAIS will not improve food safety.  The massive Hallmark/Westland beef recall
this past year was caused by the slaughterhouse employees' failure to follow
existing regulations for handling "downer" cows.  Mandating NAIS on cattle
producers will not make anybody obey the laws we already have.

*  NAIS will not help Americans compete in the world market.  If it is
mandatory, or even adopted by most producers, those who participate will not get
premiums for their meat.

*  Pouring more money into the program is a waste of precious tax dollars that
could be better spent on safety inspections at packing and processing plants,
where most food contamination occurs.

* Using the school lunch program to force farmers into NAIS undermines the
growing farm-to-school program, which helps children get fresh, local, and
sustainably raised foods.  Local farmers should not be forced into an unpopular
program that has nothing to do with food quality or safety in order to provide
food for our children.

*  The claim that USDA has achieved 33% of its Premises Registration goal is
wrong.  USDA computes its percentage of premises registered based on farmers who
answer the agriculture census.  Hundreds of thousands of additional horse
owners, families with a few chickens, suburbanites with a pet pot-bellied pig,
and others like them are technically covered by NAIS, but USDA ignores them when
it reports its supposed successes to Congress.  The vast majority of people who
will be impacted by NAIS either oppose it or are still unaware of it!

* NAIS has never been specifically approved by Congress.  This massive program,
which will impact millions of people, should be addressed through full and open
debate, not snuck in through appropriations.

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ACTION ALERT ON MSG

Dear Members,

I realize that just a couple of days ago, we asked all of you to make phone
calls and write emails in support of SB 201, the Fresh Raw Milk Act of 2008.  We
are reluctant to send another action alert so soon after our request for action
on SB 201, but the comment period on the MSG petition described below closes
June 23rd.  So this weekend, while no one is answering the phone in California,
please submit a short comment on the excellent petition to remove MSG from the
food supply, prepared by John Erb.  Details are given in his letter to Weston A.
Price members below. (Then on Monday and Tuesday of next week, back to your
emails and phone calls on SB 201!!)

Thank you!
Sally Fallon, President

PETITION TO REMOVE MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE FROM THE FOOD SUPPLY BEFORE THE FDA

To the members of Weston A Price Foundation:

After decades of concern about the safety of the food additive MSG in food, and
mounting evidence about the adverse reactions many people have to it, the FDA
has accepted a petition to remove monosodium glutamate from the GRAS (generally
regarded as safe) list of ingredients.  This action would stop hundreds of food
manufacturers, from Campbell's to Heinz, and thousands of restaurants, from
Kentucky Fired Chicken to Applebees, from using this additive.

Since 1950, food manufacturers and restaurants have discovered that adding MSG
to food makes people eat more of it, and eat more quickly.  MSG is addictive,
like nicotine for food.

If you are one of the millions who have suffered reactions to MSG, from asthma
to migraines, please take this opportunity to send your comments to the FDA.

The petition itself is available to be read at the website:

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=FDA-200\
7-P-0178

To comment, simply click on the orange thought bubble beside the Petition
written by John Erb.

Fill out the fields on the electronic form, and include your comments supporting
the petition.  Be sure to mention any problems you or your family members have
had with the additive Monosodium Glutamate.

To have a better idea of the damage that MSG can cause, please feel free to
review the text of the Petition, which shows how MSG has been purposely used to
create obese and diabetic test subjects for experiments, and how MSG can be
linked to the triggering of abnormal brain growth leading to autism.  By
clicking on the HTML or PDF icon you can review the petition itself.

By adding your voice to this petition you can help end the poisoning we all 
have suffered from this toxic ingredient.

Together we can make a lasting change towards putting our health before the
profit margin of the corporations.

Unfortunately, the FDA has only opened public comment on this petition for a
very brief period.  The comment period closes on June 23rd, so please act
quickly to make your voice be heard.

For more information on the dangers of Monosodium Glutamate, feel free to visit
these sites:

www.msgmyth.com
www.msgtruth.com
www.truthinlabeling.com

Thank you for making the world a safer place!

For those near Cullman or Bham, Goodly Heritage Farm in Cullman is now taking pledges towards the purchase of a new Jersey milking cow. 3 Shelby county families that I know of have made pledges and plan to join together to share the drive to pick up the fresh raw milk each week. If any other Bham area families are interested in this opportunity and want to take turns with us driving to pick up the milk, please email me at frith_kim at yahoo.com. They also sell natural meats and eggs. Here is an excerpt from their newsletter that explains this opportunity:

We milk Jersey and Brown Swiss. These are famous for their rich cream and butter fat content. We machine milk to provide an enclosed more sanitary delivery. Our raw milk is sold and labeled as "Pet Food" and for legal reasons declared " not for human consumption." Our milk cows are fed pasture, a mixture of grain, and natural herbal/mineral probiotic supplements.

Raw Milk Shortage: Due to the demand of our raw milk, we are not able to take new raw milk customers at this time. We are currently seeking investors for our next milk cow purchase.

This is what we are offering our milk cow investors: Per every $50 invested toward our next milk cow purchase, our investors receive their investment + 10% in farm credit to be applied to purchases of our farm products + the guaranteed availability to purchase at least one half gallon of milk each week after we buy the cow and start milking on the farm. For example: if an investor invests $100. The investor will receive $110 of farm credit and a guaranteed availability to purchase at least 1 gal of milk each week; when we purchase the milk cow and start milking.
The milk cow must be purchased before the milk will be available to purchase. There will be no discounted or free milk offered. The regular cost of the weekly guaranteed milk will be subtracted from the investors farm credit. When this balance is depleted, the investor will have to purchase the milk weekly. There will be no cash refunds or dividends given. The investors return will be 10% of the investment, which is better than the bank, and the opportunity to purchase wholesome raw milk.
We currently have $1450 of pledges. We need $550 more. Once we receive enough pledges I will call all the investors to take their pledges to purchase the milk cow.

I was finally able to find a cow share program close to me! If anyone
else is looking, here is the info:

Jonathon Atkinson 251-402-3557 or atkinsonfarms@...

At this point, he has Guernsey and Holestein, not Jersey, but it is
raw. Very good milk and very good service.

Jonathon gave me permission to pass on this info. He has a few shares
left.