From the Editor:
My great-aunt died this week. She was born in 1911, and died at 97-1/2 years old. She was the last of my grandfather’s family. While I didn’t know her well, I feel a great loss of connection to my family’s past and the opportunity to learn more from her.
From talking with her daughter I learned that my great-aunt always had a large garden, growing corn, beets, beans and potatoes. She grew up with a dairy cow. They raised their own chickens and pigs, and hunted wild game. She ate raw butter, cream and milk. She cooked her fried chicken in homemade lard every Sunday. She was brought up on cod liver oil, and gave it to her children every winter, without regard to whether they liked it or not.
She was always trim and active, without ever dieting. She had a wonderful smile, and had a sharp mind right until the end. She took up oil painting at the age of 80 (and was quite good at it).
She had a bad fall at the age of 91 and was covered in bruises, but didn’t break a single bone. She drank full-fat milk until her doctor took her off of it at 95 (that’s probably what did her in).
Here is yet another example that Dr. Price was right. The people who are currently living into their 80s, 90s and beyond, were not brought up on the low-fat USDA-approved food pyramid. They ate real food with plenty of saturated fat and fat-soluble vitamins.
If you have any friends or relatives who were born in the early part of the 20th century, ask them what kind of foods they ate in their childhood. Send me their responses. I would love to hear what they have to share, and will post them in a future newsletter.
~ Lisa
December Events:
Meeting & Potluck Dinner
Monday, December 8, 2008
6:00 to 8:00 PM
Location:
At the home of Gina Aramburu
7273 Holly Street, Springfield
Directions: Head east on Main Street in Springfield, and then take a right at 72nd. Go almost all the way to the top of the hill and turn left on Holly (last left turn). House has wood shingles and green trim, and there’s a piece of green stained glass in the window above the garage. Park anywhere on the street.
Phone: 360-393-2431
Please bring a Nourishing Traditions style dish and join us for some great food and great conversation! Families and guests are welcome. Please bring enough food to feed the size of your party and your recipe on a 3×5 card or notepaper.
We appreciate an RSVP if you think you will be attending so that we have a rough idea of how many people to expect, but feel free to just show up.
Our potluck meetings are regularly scheduled on the second Monday of each month.
We need volunteers to host the next few potlucks. Let us know if you would like to host one. I would also like one volunteer each meeting who is willing to take notes and email them to me. Contact me for details.
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“The Popcorn Review”
“Immunity, Vaccinations and Infectious Disease in Children”
by Phillip Incao, MD
Friday, December 19, 2008
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Location:
Market of Choice
67 West 29th, Eugene
Upstairs in the Community Room
Philip Incao has had an active general practice of anthroposophic medicine since 1973, mostly in rural upstate New York, more recently in Denver, Colorado. He was featured in the July-August, 2003 Mothering magazine article, “The Healing Crisis: Don’t Worry Mom-I’m Just Growing!”
Dr. Incao’s special interest is strengthening the health of children against the increasing spirit-weakening influences of modern life, especially in education and healthcare. He lectures in Waldorf communities nationwide on the practical applications of a spiritual yet scientific understanding of the human being to healing and to education. He is also a member of the advisory boards of Alive and Well AIDS Information Network in Los Angeles, the National Vaccine Information Center in Virginia, and the Foundation for Health Choice in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Incao writes a regular medical column “The Doctor Speaks” for the quarterly magazine of healthy living Lilipoh.
Three of Dr. Incao’s essays on children’s health are included in the book The Vaccination Dilemma, edited by Christine Murphy and published by Lantern Books, also available from Steiner Books. He is also the father of three grown sons.
Articles by Philip Incao, MD:
We are requesting a $5-10 donation to the Eugene Chapter at the door.
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Get Involved
The Eugene Chapter is a Volunteer-Run Organization
I’d like to talk for a moment about volunteering and share some of my personal experience. I started organizing Weston A. Price gatherings in Eugene because I wanted to meet other people who eat this way, and because I wanted my (at that time not yet born) son to grow up knowing that this is the normal, healthy way to eat. I continue to volunteer my time to the Eugene Chapter because I enjoy it and I still have the same goals for the health of my family. My point here is that I don’t do this solely for altruistic reasons; to a large extent my reasons are personal (and you might even say selfish).
I would like you to consider for a moment what you would like to see available in Eugene. What are your goals? What do you get out of the Eugene Chapter? What would you like to see offered? Would you like to attend food preparation classes? Do you want to change the word, change laws, change school lunch policies, put an end to GMOs or see raw milk available in stores? Would you like to see the creation of Eugene Chapter recipe book? Do you want to improve your own health? Or do you want to make the world a better place for your children and grandchildren?
Then think for a moment about what you can put into those goals. Are you so filled with information about nutrition that you are practically bursting at the seams to share it? Or are you so new to this that you feel overwhelmed? Do you have time to volunteer an hour once a year, once a month, once a week? Do you have space available to host a potluck? Do you have skills in writing, organizing, bookkeeping, or layout design? Can you make phone calls, post flyers, or take notes?
We have room in this organization for all types of skills and involvement level.
Here are a few things that I have thought of:
- Host a potluck
- Take notes at meetings
- Phone call people without email
- Help write Kraut Pounder care instructions
- Help write the Newsletter
- Assist with webpage design and/or updates
- Bookkeeping using QuickBooks
- Respond to emails
- Pack and ship Kraut Pounders
- Organization
- Plan food preparation classes
- And more… If you have other ideas just let us know.
If you want to volunteer in order to help me out, that is great. If you want to volunteer in order to help the community, wonderful. But If you want to volunteer in order to further your own goals, I think that is where our real strength comes from. The future of the Eugene Chapter is literally shaped by those who put energy into it.
I must say however, if you are one of those people who’s life is so busy that you don’t have time or energy to add a single thing, don’t feel bad about not doing more. Taking care of yourself, and feeding yourself and your family nutrient-dense food has to come first. Because when it comes right down to it that is what The Weston A. Price Foundation is all about.
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Sources and Other Information
As a Chapter Leader I frequently receive emails from people and organizations that want me to pass some information on to you, our members. This month I am posting some of these I have received this year. The first listing is from a local WAP member with a space for rent, other information includes local source for products, and resources available from around the country.
Suite For Rent
Private, spacious 1 bedroom suite in updated S.W. Hills home $575 + utilities
This is a great space w/ shared kitchen and laundry room (w/ sink). We eat from the Weston A. Price diet, Nourishing Traditions cookbook. I would LOVE to have a renter w/ similar interests and diet.
The space is a completely separate unfurnished living area: a 15’ x 12’ bedroom, bath, and a 27’ x 27’ great room with your own entry and private patio. Lots of built-in storage, natural light and windows overlooking a large yard where deer, turkeys, and squirrels come to visit. Wi-fi access. Close to bus line. Covered off street parking. The shared kitchen and laundry is separated by a door.
I am looking for a quiet, responsible, honest person that manifests intentions that benefit the entire household. No smoking, no drugs, no pets.
I am a professional woman with two young children and work from home. I love life and am easy to get along with.
Rent is $575/month plus 1/3 household utilities. (include electric, water, sewer, garbage).
For further information and an application call: Teri-Sue at 520-4011.
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Sundance Natural Foods
Dear Eugene Chapter,
just thought some of your members might be interested to know that we (Sudance Natural Foods) have started carrying products from Dr. Rons and Green Pastures. We now have:
-Blue Ice high vitamin cod liver oil ($18.95)
-Fermented cod liver oil ($36.25)
-High vitamin butter oil ($88.95), yea it’s expensive
-High vitamin cod liver oil/high vitamin butter oil mix ($37.75)
and a few more things.
From Dr. Rons we have grassfed, freerange, freezed-dried organ capsules:
-Adrenal ($49.75)
-Liver ($23.25)
-Thymus ($59.75)
-Mix ($49.95)
other products include;
-Multi Plus ($41.50)
-Iodine Complex ($38.50)
-Cal-Mag Plus ($30.50)
As far as we know we are the only store in town carrying these items. We also can special order any other products someone may want from these retailers. For anyone ordering 6 or more of a single product we pass on a 10% discount, or our senior discount (62 or older) is also 10%.
If anyone has questions you can give us a call at 541-343-9142, ask for the vitamins department. We are located at the corner of 24th and Hilyard in SouthEast Eugene.
Sincerely,
The Sundance vitamins department |
Zukay Live Foods
Greetings!
My name is Scott, and I’m the founder of a new natural food company, Zukay Live Foods, that my wife and I started based on the teachings of Weston A. Price. We make raw and lacto-fermented salsas and relishes here outside of Lancaster, PA, and our mission with the company is to bring the health benefits of lacto-fermented foods back into the American diet through foods that Americans already consume. We’re not looking to change people’s taste buds – we just want to give them tremendously healthier choices through the foods they are used to eating.
Anyway, we were at the Wise Traditions Conference this past week in San Francisco, and we were absolutely energized by all the wonderful feedback we got on the products. This feedback inspired me to write you to tell you about the products. As a long-time member myself, I know the joy of finding a new product that allows me to live easier to the basic principles Sally teaches. I know how thrilled I was even just this week to find sources of beef tallow and pemmican bars (www.grasslandbeef.com), salmon eggs (www.vitalchoice.com), and butter oil (www.greenpasture.org). It was in that vein of discovery and helping that we launched the company, and why I write you.
Since you are a Chapter Leader, I was hoping to reach out to you and your chapter members and let you know about our products. We have distribution in natural food stores and Whole Foods all throughout the Northeast (Maine to Virginia, west to Michigan), and we will be getting distribution in Northern California within the next 2 months. We’re not currently in distribution anywhere else, but all our products (Mild and Hot Salsa, Garlic Dill and Horseradish Dill Relishes) are available on-line (www.zukaylive.com) in all 48 contiguous states.
In the spirit of discovery, if you could forward this on to your members, I would be very appreciative. If you are personally interested, we can discuss samples for upcoming potlucks you may hold, and I can also provide you with some flyers if you are interested as well. Our website is www.zukaylive.com if you’d like to check us out first. I can also be contacted as below; the 443-655-7074 number is the best way to get a hold of me.
I thank you very much for your time, as I know this e-mail came to you unsolicited. You won’t be bombarded with e-mails from us, but I do hope our products interest you and that we can work together to help make nutrient-dense living an easier thing in our busy world.
Sincerely,
Scott
Scott Grzybek
CEO and Founder
ZUKAY Live Foods LLC
PO Box 514
Elverson, PA 19520
(610) 286-3077
(443) 655-7074
www.zukaylive.com
Eat Live Everyday. |
The Disappearing Male
The Disappearing Male is a 45 min video shown by the BBC of Canada. The information has been successfully hidden for over 50 years by the Chemical Industry Council (Monsanto and others) to maintain their profits and our demise. The part I don’t understand is: are they and their children and grandchildren not part of this global exposure. Did they think their babies were immune to the DNA and cellular structure damage of toxic exposure. The facts are well presented and I hope you take the time not only to educate yourself, but to send this link on to every one everywhere. We need to expose the truth in order that we may change the lives of our future generations.
In all seriousness,
vee
www.informationliberation.com/?id=26130 |
Sprouted Grain
Hello Weston A. Price Chapter leader!
If your chapter members are interested in SPROUTED FLOURS, Soaked and Dried “Crispy” nuts and seeds, Soaked Oatmeal Granola and more healthy eating options “the Weston A. Price way”, then JoshEWEa’s Garden, LLC might be your answer!
Located in Ashippun, Wisconsin, JoshEWEa’s Garden, LLC is a licensed producer of Sprouted Wheat Flour, and Soaked and Dried nuts, seeds and cereals. The food products you love and need are only a phone call away!
THREE WAYS TO BUY: Healthy Food Stores and Family Farms resell our products here in Wisconsin, become a distributor today… OR you can setup a buying group and arrange for a once-a-month delivery for YOUR chapter members… OR Order direct online at www.joshEWEasgarden.com!
Call us today to discuss ordering direct or to find an outlet for the JoshEWEa’s Garden product line nearest to YOU! Natural Goodness from our home to YOURS!
Michaeleen Hinca
JoshEWEa’s Garden, LLC
Ashippun, Wisconsin
262-468-4400
Michaeleen Hinca
JoshEWEa’s Garden, LLC
262-468-4400
info@JoshEWEasGarden.com |
Gluten Free Cookbook
Dear Chapter Leader,
My new Cookbook is a great resource for preparing nutrient-dense meals that are also gluten free. Would you be willing to pass on the following announcement to the members of your WAPF chapter? If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.
Thanks and all the best,
Priscilla Smith
WAPF Anne Arundel County Chapter co-Leader
My New Gluten Free Cookbook is now available in PDF Format! Living, Loving, and Cooking With My Daughter, The Cookbook that explores the Art of Creating Nutrient-Dense Gluten-Free Foods by Priscilla Smith I decided to compile my traditionally prepared gluten-free recipes in a book after many requests from friends and family. More than a cookbook, these pages document my relationship with my daughter Jetta and my journey as a Mother. I hope other Mothers find this book helpful in creating easy and nourishing meals for their children. You can buy it now by going to:
www.nourishingyouandyourchildren.blogspot.com |
Raw Milk Production Handbook
NOW AVAILABLE! RAW MILK PRODUCTION HANDBOOK by Tim Wightman and co-produced by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and the Weston A. Price Foundation.
This 52 page handbook will soon be a classic among raw milk farmers and consumers alike. An easy, informative and interesting read, it covers the wide range of essentials to safe raw milk production, including –
* Basics of Dairy Cows
* The Basics of Pasture Feeding – including The Great Grain Debate
* The Basics of Milking
* Storage and Handling
* Milk Testing and Sample Taking (including a section “On-Farm Testing” contributed by Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy)
* Summary of Safety Regime for a Small Farm
* Bovine Diseases (causes and controls)
The author, Tim Wightman, is a farmer, consultant and one of the first cow-share operators in the USA. He is also a founding board member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.
Who should buy a copy?
– New-to-farming families – for the basics including how to purchase, care for and milk your cow.
– Farmers with experience – for the sections and charts on testing and bovine diseases. Handy to give out to those you consult with, too.
– Farmers converting from commercial milk production – for the things to consider in the shift to non-toxic and raw.
– Consumers – for the general understanding that can improve and inform your buying decisions.
While thorough, it’s not highly technical. We recommend it for raw milk farmers and consumers of all ages.
Price is $6.00 (including shipping and handling to USA addresses)
Purchase Online – www.ptfassociates.com/secure/ftcldf/ftcf_store.htm
Purchase by Mail – Send a check (payable to FTCLDF) to FTCLDF – Raw Milk Handbook, 8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 263, Falls Church, VA 22042.
Purchase by Phone (credit card required) – 703-208-3276 (10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST)
Taaron Meikle
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
8116 Arlington Blvd., #263
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-208-FARM (3276)
www.farmtoconsumer.org |
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Let me know if you would like to see more of this type of information in future newsletters.
