Weston A Price Foundation – Politics of Food 2010

You may be surprised.If you are interested in the hidden forces controlling your food supply, these talks are enlightening.If you are trying to get the healthiest foods for your family, these talks are revealing.If you want to see some more examples of our foolish government, look no further.Best of all — these speakers are NOT boring.Each one is an excellent presenter. Definitely typical of the high caliber we expect from the Weston A. Price Foundation.CHOOSE JUST ONE — or get all three!No. 1 — WHOLE FOOD POLITICSContemporary political developments relevant to the surging demand for whole, natural and minimally processed foods and the relationship between consumer demand, political activism and decision making in Washington, DC.SPEAKER:  Mark Keating has worked in organic, sustainable and local agriculture for more than two decades as a farm laborer, extension agent, activist, educator, journalist and USDA staff member.  He received a B.A. in History from Yale University and an M.S. in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development from the University of Wisconsin.  He is currently a contributing writer for Acres USA and lives with his wife and daughter in Kentucky Bluegrass country.  The family became WAP Foundation members in 2000 and have maintained a nutrient dense diet ever since.No. 2 —  FOOD SAFETY LAWSThe major developments in food safety regulation in the last year. Covering the realities of the politics behind these laws, the issues facing farmers and consumers in lobbying Congress and the agencies, and how individuals and organizations can maximize their impact.SPEAKER:  Judith McGeary, Esq is an attorney, activist, and farmer. After seeing first-hand how government regulations benefit industrial agriculture at the expense of family farms, she founded FARFA to provide a voice for independent agriculture. She and her husband have a pasture-based farm with cows, sheep, and heritage-breed chickens and turkeys, and are active with Holistic Management International–Texas, the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, and the Weston A. Price Foundation.No. 3 —  THE POLITICS OF SCHOOL LUNCHESThe history of the school lunch program and the USDA dietary guidelines with suggestions for parents responsible for their children’s meals.From its inception, the United States school lunch program has presented a clash between the ideal of providing nutritious food to hungry children and the reality of industrial food seeking lucrative government contracts.  Unfortunately, the latter has won out, aided by the USDA dietary guidelines, now imposed on federally funded school lunch programs.SPEAKER:  Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of the Weston A Price Foundation,  founder of A Campaign for Real Milk, and editor of Wise Traditions, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation. In 1996, she published the best-selling cookbook, Nourishing Traditions (with Mary G. Enig, PhD).Three AVI video files to choose from — approx. 1 hour and 15 minutes each.Each lecture filmed at the Wise Traditions Conference 2010 of the Weston A. Price Foundation.IF YOU LIKED THIS, you will probably benefit from other Conference videos:Stay on the forefront of nutrition education.Please join the Weston A. Price Foundation, non-profit. For a small fee, you get a great journal each quarter.www.westonaprice.org