HOTEL RESERVATIONS
We are currently sold out at the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge and the Scanticon Hotel.  We have arranged additional rooms at the Hyatt Place 484-690-3000 and The Holiday Inn Express 610-768-9500.  Both hotels are within a mile of the Convention Center and are $105.00 plus tax per night.  When booking your room, please mention the Wise Traditions Conference to secure the conference rate.  Please contact Paul Frank 304-724-3004 if you have any questions.

CHILDRENS PROGRAM
Details of the Childrens Program are now posted at
http://www.westonaprice.org/childcare.html

Fees are $100 per child. Children 3 – 12 who are potty trained are welcome to Wise Traditions 2010 as long as they are enrolled in our children’s program. For the sake of other conference attendees, we ask that parents refrain from bringing children to the conference sessions.

Please note that this year the childrens program is NOT serving regular meals.  The childrens program will be closed during lunch and dinner so that parents can take their children for a meal.  Parents can bring food for their children, purchase food from conference vendors, or purchase conference meal tickets.

New this year: A special room has been set aside for mothers of infants who want to attend the conference. There will be a live audio feed from one of the sessions to that room throughout the day’s events. There will be no child care provided for infants and children under age 3. Breastfeeding children may be in the conference rooms with their mothers as long as they are quiet and not disruptive.

EXHIBITOR HALL OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
The exhibit hall on Saturday and Sunday is open to the general public.  You do not need to be registered for the conference to visit the exhibit hall.

MONDAY ACTIVITIES
Dont forget our unique Monday activities.  You must sign up in advance.  To register,  visit https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/2010registration.htm or call (304) 724-3006.

1. Chapter Leaders Meeting* with Sally Fallon Morell

2. Farm Tour with Kathy Kramer and Will Winter*: Visit Millers Organic Farm and Spring Creek Farm in Pennsylvania, with fascinating narration by Will Winter.

3. Porkshop with Brooks Miller*: Learn to butcher, cut up and cure a whole pig.

4. Movement Workshop with Kim Thompson*: Emphasis on movements that restore ease and balance.

5. Cooking with Monica Corrado*: Fitting nourishing traditional food into your busy life.

6. Homeopathy Seminar with Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA)*: Homeopathy that works for you and your family.

*Additional fees apply

VOLUNTEERS AND FINANCIAL AID
We are no longer accepting volunteers; all positions have been filled.  If anyone should inquire, they may contact Misty Frank at 304-724-3004  to be placed on a waiting list.  We have given out all financial aid as well and are wait-listing anyone else who inquires

YOU CAN HELP US PUBLICIZE WISE TRADITIONS 2010
Here are links to the cool participation badges and beautiful banner ads that are available to promote the conference. When you run them on your website or blog sidebar, folks can click through to our conference page! Fly your banner of support proudly for Weston A. Price Foundation! You never know whose life you will change!

http://www.westonaprice.org/2010-badges.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/banner-ads.html

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS AT WISE TRADITIONS 2010
We are pleased to offer CEUs for several professions.  Nurses, Acupuncturist and Registered Dieticians anywhere in the U.S., and Chiropractors for certain states can get credit for attending our conference.

Nutritionists and other professions can request a Certificate of Attendance to submit
for possible credit ($5 fee).

Details are found at: http://www.ww.westonaprice.org/continuning-education-units.html.  If you have questions, please contact Kathy at info@westonaprice.org

PLANNING TO ATTEND? DONT DELAY YOUR REGISTRATION!
Interest in this years conference is the highest ever, and space is filling up fast. In fact, we may end up with a sold-out situation.

If you are planning to attend, we urge to pre-register as soon as possible. To register, visit https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/2010registration.htm or call (304) 724-3006.

TROPIANO AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICE
The Shuttles departs from the Airport Ground Transportation Center every 30 minutes from 6am-midnight. Reservations can be made by calling Tropiano at 215-616-5370.
Rates:
One Way: $29   Round Trip: $53.00

SEMINARS AND SESSIONS ON
Gut and Psychology Syndrome
Holistic Cancer Treatment
Traditional Diets
The Politics of Food
Pasture-Based Farming
Weight Loss and Wellness
Native Diets
Alternative Theories on Heart Disease
Environmental Hazards
Hormone Health
Holistic Dentistry

FEATURED SPEAKERS
Ted Beals, MD, raw milk expert
Janez Bogataj, PhD, author of The Food and Cooking of Slovenia
Kevin Brown, author of The Liberation Diet
Jerry Brunetti, soil and animal health specialist
Joette Calabrese, HMC,CCH, RSHom(NA), expert on homeopathy
Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, author of Gut and Psychology Syndrome
Kari Carlisle, LinkedIn.com expert
Monica Corrado, holistic nutrition and food educator
Thomas Cowan, MD, author of Fourfold Path to Healing
Andrew Cutler, PhD, PE, author of Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment
Kaayla Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy Story
Maureen Diaz, author of Traditional Food Preparation Techniques
Robert Disney, environmental scientist
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, author of Nourishing Traditions
Wayne Feister, DO, holistic practitioner
Anne Fischer Silva, CNT, LE, founder and owner of A New Leaf Nutrition
Cathy Garger, founding Charter member “Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition”
Nora Gedgaudas, author of Primal Body-Primal Mind
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD, author of The Trophoblast and the Origins of Cancer
Stephan Guyenet, PhD, health blogger at wholehealthsource.blogspot.com
James Hague, soil and animal health specialist
Kimberly Hartke, WAPF publicist
Magda Havas, PhD, expert on biological effects of environmental contaminants
Shannon Hayes, author of Radical Homemakers
Dean Howell, ND, expert on neuro-cranial restructuring
Anore Jones, author of The Fish We Eat
Kelly the Kitchen Kop, real foods blogger
Mark Keating, writer for Acres, USA
Felix Liao, DDS, expert on Dental-Systemic Connections
Chris Masterjohn, expert on fat-soluble vitamins
Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures dairy in California
Judith McGeary, Esq, farmer and founder Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Jenny McGruther, Nourished Kitchen blogger
Ann Marie Michaels, Cheeseslave.com blogger
Ken Morehead, DOM, holistic practitioner
Rami Nagel, author of Cure Tooth Decay
Jill Nienhiser, WAPF webmaster
Bruce Rind, MD, holistic medical doctor and authority on endocrinology
Joel Salatin, farmer and author of Everything I Want to Do is Illegal
Annette Schippel, DC, thyroid expert
Stephanie Seneff, PhD, authority on the effects of drugs on human health
Jeffrey Smith, bestselling author of Seeds of Deception
Kim Thompson, movement educator
Tim Wightman, president of Farm-to-Consumer Foundation
Will Winter, DVM, expert on sustainable agriculture and pastured livestock
Gary Zimmer, soil specialist

CONFERENCE FOOD
As always, the conference will feature delicious traditional foods.  To view the menus, visit http://www.westonaprice.org/menus-food.html. (Menus are subject to change without notice.)

We also provide gluten-free, casein-free alternative meals. Participants requiring gluten-free or casein-free meals will be served in a separate buffet with the exception of the Saturday banquet which is GF/CF with sauces served on the side. If you wish to have this option, please select the GF/CF option on your registration form.

ROOM SHARES AND RIDE SHARES
Connect with other conference attendees using the Room Share/Ride Share Forum: https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/forum/default.asp

EXHIBITING AND SPONSOR INFORMATION
For information about becoming a sponsor or exhibiting at the conference please visit https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/sponsor_exhibitor_2010.pdf or, contact Paul Frank at PTF Associates at (304) 724-3006 or via email to pfrank@ptfassociates.com. Space for sponsors and exhibiting is very limited; early registration is encouraged!

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@westonaprice.org for further information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, http://www.westonaprice.org/2010-conference-navigation.html or call (304) 724-3006.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/tuesday-dr-oz-show

Our Own Dr. Kaayla Daniel will appear on The Dr. Oz Show tomorrow, October 5, 2010, with Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Mark Hyman in a segment on soy that probes the questions:  Just how healthy is America’s favorite “health food” and will it help prevent breast cancer and heart disease?

The Dr Oz Show  is a medical advice/talk show that reaches an average of 3.6 million viewers daily.  Now beginning its second season,  it scored the highest ratings in its first season of any new syndicated television show.    Prior to landing his own show, Dr. Oz appeared regularly on Oprah.    Dr. Hyman is the NY Times best-selling author of The UltraMind Solution, among other books.

To find your local station and airtime, visit www.doctoroz.com/find-station

Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, is The Naughty Nutritionist™ and author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America’s Favorite Health Food. She is on the Boards of Directors of the Weston A. Price Foundation and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.  In 2005 she received the Weston A. Price Foundation’s  Integrity in Science Award.   She will be speaking at Wise Traditions 2010 in November.   Dr. Daniel is a member of Liberation Wellness. Her blog on recovering from soy can be found at www.westonaprice.org.

Communities Alliance For Responsible Eco-Farming SUMMER/FALL 2010

Food Safety, the Race Card of the Food System

The following Testimony was submitted by CARE President, Tom Maurer, at a Town Hall
meeting held by Pennsylvania State Senator David Argall.

COMMENTS OF TOM MAURER

My name is Tom Maurer. I farmed for 35 years and now I consider myself a spokesman for local/regional agriculture and food choice. This past spring I also started a store designed to serve people who understand the value of quality local food for themselves, the community and the farmers who are part of that community.

The issues facing agriculture are numerous and complicated. Correcting some of them will require action by the Federal government but many can be addressed at the State level. However, to do so will require some out-of-the-box thinking.

One cannot begin a discussion of the problems facing agriculture without a discussion of food safety. Unfortunately, food safety has become the race card of the food system. It is used to shut down intelligent discussion or to try to make someone who questions a proposed action or policy look like they oppose safe food. Nothing could be further from the truth. The knee-jerk reaction for more regulation is, at best, an easy, ill-conceived response, making people think something is being done when, in reality, nothing is. If regulations were the solution, there should be no problems in the US as we have the most highly regulated food system in the world. Yet we still have hundreds of thousands of eggs, tons of ground beef, and other products recalled with sufficient frequency that people are concerned but not surprised. Before you rush to enact even more regulations, it is time for you to stop and identify the real problems. I’ll come back to the food safety issue in a moment.

Part of the problem facing agriculture is that, because there are so few farmers, the understanding of the role of farming in our overall economy has been lost. Without that understanding and the associated national policies, the economy will continue to run in circles just as it has for the last century, except for three periods over those 100 years. So how do we turn things around? There is a body of work compiled by Carl Wilken and several others covering the 1930s to the 1960s. During that period, Wilken testified before committees of Congress about this work more than any other individual on any subject. His work is not a theory but rather an analysis of the mountains of data on agriculture collected by the Federal government. It shows the relationships between the various aspects of the economy.

A group of people have continued Wilken’s work right up to the present. Analyzing this data shows that in the period from 1950 to 2004, Pennsylvanians lost more than $4.3 TRILLION because of the national agricultural policy. If New York and Ohio are included, the three states’ residents lost in excess of $14 TRILLION. We, and our Federal Representatives and Senators, need to be paying more attention to national farm policy. Unfortunately, much of the input for policy and legislation comes from special interests and an insurance company that masquerades as a group representing agriculture and has, for the last 75 years, opposed the policy that would have produced $4.3 trillion dollar of real wealth, not subsidies or government payments, for Pennsylvania’s residents.

In the past, Pennsylvania has also relied heavily on these special interests and bogus farm groups for its position on issues including raw milk, food labeling, food safety, etc. In addition we have allowed the Federal Government to ignore our 10th Amendment rights and interfere in issues that are solely Pennsylvania’s responsibility to address as its citizens see fit.

So let’s think outside the box and go back to the food safety issue. You need to first understand and accept that it is impossible to protect us from everything. We neither expect nor want government to assume that role. Life is a risk, and we the people are capable and willing to take responsibility for our choices. In the past we were able to know where our food came from and who to see if there was a problem. What we need is for government to level the playing field and then be the referee.

As current polls and the news media clearly show, the public has a less than favorable view of government. That, however, does not mean that government should not be involved in regulating aspects of our food system. The state’s authority to regulate food comes from its power to create artificial people called corporations. When creating these corporations, the corporations, not the Constitution, give the state the authority to regulate them. And with that authority, the state has the obligation to regulate them.

The large corporations are perpetrating the myth that food safety is size neutral. Common sense should tell us this is bogus. Size, in fact, is the problem and as we have seen, the big public health problems have originated from the big corporations. In any operation, the more complex it is and the more people that are involved, the more difficult it is to maintain quality. Furthermore, in the case of food production, we continue to separate, and in fact isolate, the farmer and the eater, resulting in the eater losing control or recourse if there is a problem. We are told we can vote with our wallets. But I find it hard to believe that a company selling hundreds of thousands of eggs will quake at the thought that I would stop buying my weekly dozen eggs if there’s a problem. Government, and that means the states because only they can approve the creation of a corporation, needs to be responsible for the children (i.e. the corporations) it has propagated.

The solution to the food safety, farmland preservation, and health/wellness issues is a healthy local/regional food system. We need to make Pennsylvania food independent. Energy independence would be nice – food independence is critical. In Pennsylvania we have the unique capability to produce almost everything we need to eat. Why not capitalize on that strength? A healthy local/regional food system has a number of benefits
including:

Raising quality and safety standards because there is a direct connection between the farmer and the eater. Making the farmer directly responsible to the eater if there is a quality or safety issue. A poor or unsafe product can put the farmer out of business or cost him his farm. He cannot close shop and reopen down the street nor does he have a high-priced PR or legal staff to “manage” the problem.

• Giving eaters choices of what they buy and from whom they buy it, such as raw milk and raw milk products, and produce from farmers whose horses may poop in the field, as they have for generations.
• Preserving farmland, and more importantly farmers and the next generation of farmers, by making farming profitable.
• If you want to help farmers and eaters, you need to allow them, not government to build healthy local/regional food systems. For this to occur, you need accept some basic assumptions/policies.
• Food choices are our lawful right, not a privilege bestowed by government.It’s a farmer’s right, not a privilege granted by government, to grow or produce any lawful food and sell it to whomever he chooses.

Neither the state nor the federal governments have the lawful authority to interfere in direct sale transactions for lawful products. This does not apply to incorporated activities, as corporations gave that authority to the state in return for permission to incorporate. This puts the duty to regulate them squarely with the state that created them. Eaters’ ability to regulate corporations is essentially limited to suits. However, their impact on corporations, particularly the large ones where the bulk of the problems occur, is limited due to the disparity of available resources between the corporation and the eater.

Stop giving the State’s rights to the Federal Government.

Stop relying on the Federal government, special interests and bogus farm organizations for your information, policy and legislative input. They led us into the wilderness. Obviously they don’t know or don’t want to find the way out. Listen to the farmers and eaters you were elected to represent.

So How Do You Accomplish This?

1. When any legislation or regulation is proposed, read it and understand how it will impact the local and regional food system, particularly how it will impact all the family farms in the state, not just a few large agribusinesses.

2. When any legislation or regulation is proposed, read it and understand how it will impact consumers’ food choices.

3. Refuse to propose or support legislation, or encourage the bureaucracy to enforce legislation, regulations or policies that reduce or interfere with the farmers’ right to produce or the consumer’s right to purchase lawful products directly from farmers or from stores that resell the product without repackaging or altering the item so that the product or the producers’ identities are hidden or compromised.

4. Encourage and support a policy of food independence. Pennsylvania talks a good game with its Farmland Preservation, PA Preferred and Buy Fresh Buy Local programs. However, if a vibrant local/regional food system is to continue to grow and flourish, Pennsylvania needs to view its role as that of an enabler, not a regulator.

If Pennsylvania is only interested in controlling and regulating direct sales between farmer and eaters under the guise of public safety, it will prevent the development of such a system and deprive Pennsylvanians of safe, nutritious and reliable food. It will also deprive citizens of the associated financial, health, environmental benefits.

Finally, Pennsylvania needs to direct our Federal Representatives and Senators to pressure the Federal government to start doing what the Constitution requires and they took an oath to protect and defend.

The Country’s survival is at stake. It needs leadership. Is Pennsylvania up to the task?

Tom Maurer
President,
CARE Board of Directors

If you have a letter to the editor, questions, would like more information or would prefer to receive an electronic version of this newsletter, contact us at: CAREFARMERS@yahoo.com 

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NHF NEWS RELEASE

TWO DANGEROUS SENATE BILLS:
S.3767 AND S.510 AS OF TODAY

September 29, 2010

 

For those wondering about the truth of the threat posed by Senator Leahy’s recently-introduced “Food Safety Accountability Act” (S.3767), especially in conjunction with the already-in-process S.510 bill, here is the National Health Federation’s take and action on this matter:

• S.3767 is a threat to natural and other food products.  If passed, it would mandate fines and up-to-ten-year prison sentences that the FDA could use as a club against natural-food-product producers who make even minor mistakes in labeling and/or food production that result in no harm to anyone.
• But S.3767 has no legs without a House companion bill. To be a real threat, it must be joined with an existing bill, as an amendment, such as S.510.
• S.510, however, exempts dietary supplements from its purview.  Therefore, if S.3767 is joined with S.510 as an amendment, as House Majority Leader Reid attempted to do but failed, it will not be a threat to supplements unless some major change is first made to S.510 in removing the dietary-supplement exemption.
• S.3767, however, remains a possible threat to other natural food products depending largely upon whether or not the House bill (H.R.2749) provision that exempts organic and small farmers survives a Senate-House conference committee and/or partly upon whether Senator Testor’s amendment to exempt small producers (that is under $500,000 in sales) is added to S.510.  We agree with those who say that the proposed Testor amendment is not protection enough for small farmers and other producers.  Thus, S.3767 still remains a potential threat.
• Regardless, S.3767 must be opposed as it adds major penalties and prison terms that are unnecessary and even counter-productive.  Our strong opposition to S.510 continues.

Unfortunately, some trade organizations such as the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) actually support the passage of S.510, because they claim it will bolster the safety of dietary supplements.  (See http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Regulation/CRN-backs-Food-Modernization-Act/?c=K/Fh6uqQ66DHgyRzALevrw%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BWeekly#.)  Yet, S.510 exempts supplements from its purview, so CRN’s stated reason for support is rather bizarre.  We ask you to contact CRN (which has the ears of some Senators) and tell it exactly how little you think of its misguided approach to protecting the dietary-supplement industry.  CRN can be reached at 1-202-204-7700 or webmaster@crnusa.org.

Fortunately, many others strongly oppose S.510 and, with two exceptions, virtually all of its fly-swarm of legislative attachments.  NHF National Lobbyist Lee Bechtel notes that “NHF has concerns with S.510 and S.3767 as well as the House food-safety bills, not because of some of the blurring line claims being made, but because of the potential confusion with S.3767 and the House bills over these lines and potential impact between these bills and the S.510/H.R.2749 food-safety bills. There is not clear and consistent exemption language in all four bills as regards to supplements and small and organic farmers. These probably will not cause issues, but one can never be sure when unknowing bureaucrats get involved in implementing and enforcing whatever laws emerge at the end of the process.”

As for S.510’s prospects for passage as of this date, The Hill’s Alexander Bolton just reported, “Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, hopes Congress will pass food-safety legislation Reid tried to bring to the floor last week.  Democratic leaders pulled the bill even though they could have had enough votes to stop a Republican filibuster.  Durbin, who has made food safety a high priority, later told reporters that it could have taken nearly a week to jump through the procedural hoops necessary to pass the bill.”  (See http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/121223-dems-stuff-lame-duck.)

And Senator Jim DeMint has threatened to stop any legislation, including S.510, that is not approved by both parties before the Senate adjourns.  Since a hold such as this can only be overridden by a time-consuming procedural vote, this means that S.510 is unlikely to be considered before the pre-election adjournment of Congress.  So, it looks to NHF as if the Democrats will try to pass this legislation during Congress’ lame-duck session after their anticipated major losses in the November elections and before they lose control of at least one house of Congress.

Renew your opposition now to S.510 and signal your opposition to S.3676 by signing NHF’s petition at http://www.thenhf.com/press_releases/s510_petition.htm.  These measures must not pass in any form.

S.510 Managers Amendment – To view the Managers Amendment [click here]

 

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As the oldest and best-respected health-freedom group on Capitol Hill, the NHF continues to be the credible source of objective assessment of, and proactive actions on, Congressional legislation and FDA matters that have material impact upon our freedom-of-health choices and access to dietary supplements and nutritional foods.

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National Health Federation: Established in 1955, the National Health Federation is a consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to protect individuals’ rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements and use alternative therapies without unnecessary government restrictions. The NHF is the only such organization with recognized observer-delegate status at Codex meetings. www.thenhf.com

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Dr.  Sal A. Arria, MSS, DC

During that time, Dr. Arria personally treated nearly 20,000 patients from all over the world and served as a team doctor for numerous state, national and world championship events. From 1980 to 1985 he served the US Track and Field team and was appointed as a team doctor for the 1984 Olympic Games.

For 10 years, Dr. Arria was an active member of the Sports Medicine committee for the US Powerlifting Federation and served as a team doctor for numerous national powerlifting championships and three USPF World Championships. His personal athletic achievements include winning the California State Powerlifting championships three times and was ranked in the top three in the USA in the 220-pound and 242-pound divisions.

Dr. Arria was also appointed as a Special Advisor to the California Governor¹s Council on Physical Fitness and continues to consult many Olympic and professional athletes. He has appeared on numerous national radio and television shows including CBS, CNBC, ESPN and the Family Channel.

He directed the American Institute of Health Education¹s 1996 TELLY AWARD winning show The Five-Step Back Solution. In 1988 Dr. Arria co-founded and has since served as the CEO of the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), the first organization to certify personal fitness trainers. Since that time, the ISSA has certified 130,000 personal trainers worldwide. In 2003,

Dr. Arria was a founding member of the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE), a not-for-profit organization which is responsible for defining scopes of practice, standards and national board examinations for personal fitness professionals. In 2004, Dr. Arria was elected President of the NBFE by the Board of Trustees.