Hi All,
In honor of September as national “cholesterol awareness month” the Eugene Chapter has a cholesterol theme for all of our events. We aim to dispel some of the cholesterol myths promoted by modern dietary dogma.
And we have a special treat for you this month, in addition to our regular events we have scheduled a farm tour!
In this newsletter:
Weston A. Price Foundation is offering a 25% membership discount:
Check out all the upcoming local events:
- September 8: EV Showcase
- September 13: Potluck & Discussion – Benefits of Dietary Cholesterol
- September 17: Community Conversations – Constitutional Rights & Civil Liberties (relating to vaccine issues)
- September 19: Keto Breakfast Demo
- September 27: DVD – The Oiling of America
- September 28: Raw Milk Farm Tour – McAllister Family Farm and Creamery
Weston A. Price Foundation information:
- WAPF Celebrates 20th Anniversary: Take the 50-50 Pledge
- Heal the gut and more – GAPS speaker in November!
September 8: EV Showcase
This is not a Weston Price event. We include it here as a service to our members.
Those of you who follow me on Instagram may already be aware that after my minivan died, I recently bought a used electric vehicle. I have been very happy with my EV and will be participating in an event this weekend showcasing electric vehicles. There will be 14 different makes and models of EVs available to view. If you are at all interested in learning more about this technology come talk with EV owners and dealers.
EV Showcase Ride and Drive
Sunday, September 8, 2019
3:00 to 6:00 PM
Location:
232 Lincoln St.
Eugene, OR 97401
Wildcraft Cider Works
Our NDEW event kicks off a little early this year on September 8th!
The BRING Home and Garden Tour will end at the Wildcraft Cider parking lot this year and start the afterparty and EV Showcase right there!
Come check out dozens of electric vehicles and even sign up to test drive! The event is completely free and open to everyone. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
September 13: Potluck & Discussion on the Benefits of Dietary Cholesterol
Friday, September 13, 2019
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location:
Natural Grocers
201 Coburg Road
Eugene, OR 97401
Topic: The Benefits of Dietary Cholesterol
In our modern world, cholesterol has become almost a swear word. Thanks to the promoters of the diet-heart hypothesis, everybody “knows” that cholesterol is “evil” and has to be fought at every turn. If you believe the popular media, you would think that there is simply no level of cholesterol low enough. Americans have been told to avoid eggs, cream and other high cholesterol foods in effort to lower their cholesterol.
The truth is that we humans cannot live without cholesterol. Come see why high cholesterol foods belong in your diet.
This is part of our introductory series. Please bring a guest!
For more information:
What to bring?
Anything from Nourishing Traditions, the Healthy 4 Life booklet or Recipes of the Week would be wonderful. A simple homemade meal made from scratch using natural fats is always a great contribution.
Some examples include: a roasted chicken or other meat, meat and vegetable casserole, a dish made with soaked grains, soup using homemade bone broth, pastured egg quiche or other egg dish, organic salad with homemade dressing, steamed or roasted vegetables with butter or cream sauce, fermented vegetables, fresh or cooked fruit with raw whipped cream. If you come to the potlucks regularly, please try to bring a dish from a different category every so often.
Bring enough to share with everyone and be sure to include some traditional fats!
Children and guests welcome. Please bring dishes and serving utensils for your dish. Thanks!
For more information see: Potlucks
This is not a Weston A. Price Foundation event, we include it here as a service to our members. All of the events center around the topic of vaccines. I attended the first two, and they were very high quality. I would love to see more familiar WAPF faces attending these events.
Community Conversations
Monthly events to educate, inform, and empower.
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Tuesday, September 17th
Constitutional Rights & Civil Liberties
Robert M. Snee, JD, Anna Kasachev, Dominika Boianoff – Russian Old
Beliver Community, & Angela C Miceli Stout, Ph.D.
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Tuesday, October 22nd
Oregon’s Youth & Mental Health:
The Dangers of the Push for Exclusionary School Mandates
Jenifer Trivelli, M.S. – Educational Consultant
Continuing education credits available
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Time & Location:
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
OsteoStrong
315 W. Broadway St, Eugene Oregon 97401
Presented by:
Lane County Parents for Inclusion Not Exclusion (LCPINE)
www.lanecopine.com
LaneCoPINE@gmail.com, 541-357-7320
All events are free; donations accepted and seating is limited – first come, first served.
Flyer:
Download: PINE_Flyer
For more information see:
Weston A. Price Foundation:
September 19: Keto Breakfast
Date:
Thursday, September 19, 2019
6:00 PM
Details:
Keto Breakfast Demo: Egg Bites and Coconut Oatmeal
Egg Bites: These creamy, soft, and savory treats are made in a muffin tin. Make a large batch, freeze and reheat for a premade snack or quick breakfast. Coconut “Oatmeal”: Low carb and missing oatmeal? Using shredded coconut and butter, this replacement is not only delicious but quicker than the real thing.
Presented by: Aurora and Brian Gerber
Aurora and Brian Gerber have loved cooking all their adult lives. They have been cooking all their meals from scratch according to Weston Price principles for three years. Treating SIBO and parasites, they have been on many healing diets together including the candida diet, the low FODMAP diet, the GAPS diet, and finally keto. Brian and Aurora have been on keto for one year.
Location:
Natural Grocers
201 Coburg Road
Eugene, OR 97401
For more information see:
- Keto Group References
- How to Start Wise Traditions Keto
- Keto Recipes
- #boringketo & #wisetraditionsketo (photos for food inspiration)
September 27: DVD – The Oiling of America
The Oiling of America: How the Vegetable Oil Industry Demonized Nutritious Animal Fats and Destroyed the American Food Supply
by: Sally Fallon Morell
Friday, September 27, 2019
DVD begins at 6:00 PM
(we will be showing a 1 hour version of the normally 2 hour DVD)
Location:
Natural Grocers
201 Coburg Road
Eugene, OR 97401
www.naturalgrocers.com/store-location/eugene
Description:
The Oiling of America is a great introduction to how doctors, the media and “the diet dictocracts” got hoodwinked into doing the vegetable oil industry’s bidding, and why we, in the Weston Price Foundation, don’t fear animal fats. Bring a guest, or better yet, your doctor!
For fifty years, big business, government agencies and medical organizations have campaigned deceptively against animal fats, meat, eggs, butter and other nutritious, traditional foods, leading to huge profits from the sale of toxic margarine, shortenings and liquid vegetable oils, and the foods that contain them. Scientific data contradicting current anti-animal fat public health policy was suppressed and censored for many years. Dr. Enig and Sally Fallon now tell you the truth about how that happened.The Oiling of America will open your eyes to fraud and deception behind the lipid hypothesis of heart disease. Topics include:
- How scientists cheat in scientific studies
- Why cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease
- The dangers of cholesterol-lowering diets and drugs
- Why trans fatty acids and liquid vegetable oils are so dangerous to human health
More info >>>
September 28: Raw Milk Farm Tour
McAllister Family Farm and Creamery
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Starting at 4:00 PM
Location:
McAllister Family Farm and Creamery
23470 Hwy 36 Cheshire, OR. 97419
541-998-1464
Description:
We have a special treat for you all this summer! We have arranged a tour to the McAllister Family Farm and Creamery. They are a small family operated farm, providing pastured raw milk, chicken eggs and beef to its herd share members. Lori McAllister will give us a tour and answer questions about their certified A2/A2 milk, pastured eggs and beef production.
Then we will have a potluck picnic and tasting of raw milk cheese and fresh milk. Please bring something to share.
Carpool:
If you would like to receive a ride out to the farm, we will meet by Natural Grocers at 3:10 PM, and leave promptly at 3:20. You must RSVP to ensure that there is a seat available for you!
If you would like to offer a ride in your vehicle, please contact us.
WAPF Celebrates 20th Anniversary! – Take the 50-50 Pledge
This comes to us from the The Weston A Price Foundation:
Support your local farmer
September 2, 2019 marks the 20 year anniversary of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and we plan to celebrate the whole month!
We are asking our members to help us celebrate twenty years of accurate information on diet and health by committing to support local farms. We call it the 50-50 Pledge: spend at least 50 percent of your food dollar by purchasing raw milk and raw milk products, eggs, poultry, meat and produce directly from local farmers and artisans. With the other 50 percent of your food dollar you can celebrate how small the world has become and enjoy, for example, rice, pineapple and spices from other parts of the world.
If you have gotten out of the habit of direct farm purchases or never started the habit, here’s how to renew your efforts to support local farmers:
- Contact your local chapter leader . Local chapters keep a food resource list and will be able to tell you where the pasture-based farms near you are located. Many chapters also help organize food drop-offs and deliveries.
- Visit realmilk.com to find sources of raw milk and other farm products near you. Our raw milk farmers need your support!
- Subscribe to the Find Real Food App for a resource of local foods.
- Go to farmmatch.com to find family farms in your neighborhood.
Locavore
lo·ca·vore
lōkəˌvôr
noun
NORTH AMERICAN
1 .a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.
Learn more about the origins of the word “locavore” coined by Jessica Prentice who has presented at our Wise Traditions conference, been interviewed for our podcast and has received our activist award.
Locally here in the Willamette Valley we can take advantage of the Locally Grown Directory also see Find Nutrient-Dense Foods
Heal the gut and more – GAPS speaker in November!
Wise Traditions Conference 2019
November 15-17, 2019 – Delta Hotel Marriott, Allen, TX North Dallas
Our 20th Conference!
Is life-time avoidance of certain foods the only way to deal with gut issues? Is there something I could do to heal leaky gut? Can gut issues be behind other health problems?
Becky Plotner will answer these questions.
Becky Plotner is the author of GAPS, Stage by Stage, With Recipes. She serves on the GAPS board of directors and Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, the author of GAPS, chose Becky as “The GAPS Expert” to teach others about GAPS including her certified GAPS practitioners. Because of GAPS, Becky’s son has recovered from autism, ADHD, hypoglycemia and dyslexia and she has walked away from IBS, POTS, PCOS, cancer, stage two spinal degeneration, stage four adrenal fatigue, Lyme disease, hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s, heavy metal poisoning, carpal tunnel, fibromyalgia, chronic H. pylori infection, systemic candida and eczema. Becky has the training and experience to help you learn this healing diet.
Here are a few of the other must-hear speakers coming to this year’s event:
Peter Ballerstedt, PhD, Forage Agronomist at Barenbrug USA. Peter is passionate about sustainable ruminant animal production systems–the source of butter, red meat and cheese! You will be informed and entertained as he shares how this affects your diet and health.
Janine Farzin, WPF co-chapter leader in Chicago and the author of her blog Offally Good Cooking. Janine is doing the groundwork for a WAPF-inspired school and community kitchen.
Dr. Ben Edwards, conventional doctor turned integrative-functional medical practitioner. He is the founder of Veritas Medical and now oversees three additional clinics in Texas.
In addition to these incredible speakers we have some great exhibitors attending and delicious meals planned for you!
Save $25 with Early Bird Registration ending September 21st… Click here to register now
Becky Plotner is a traditional naturopath, a certified GAPS practitioner and doctor of pastoral sciences. She is literate in Lyme and in iodine. She is the owner and writer for Nourishing Plot and GAPS Protocol Help. Plotner wrote the book GAPS, Stage by Stage, With Recipes, with ample guidance and direction from Dr. Natasha as well as the book Food Probiotics vs Commercial Probiotics. She serves on Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s GAPS board of directors. She trains certified GAPS practitioners and GAPS coaches on the GAPS protocol.
Be sure to get the Early Bird discount! Register today!
Early Bird deadline is September 20th. CLICK HERE to Register!
Upcoming Events:
- October 11: Potluck (date to be confirmed)
- October 16: Keto Support Group (date to be confirmed)
- October 25: DVD Showing (date to be confirmed)
And as always, check out the online version of this newsletter and our local Eugene area website for updates, link corrections and many more resources.
Eugene Area Resources:
- Web: eugenewestonaprice.org
- Instagram: eugene_chapter_wapf
- Facebook: facebook.com/wapfeugene
- Yahoo! Groups: eugenewestonaprice.org/resources/wapfeugene-yahoogroups
Enjoy!
– Lisa