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George Calvert, farmer and expert on micro dairies, was raised in Moses Lake, WA. His mother bought a Jersey from Mrs. O’Shaunessye, when he was 12 years old. The problem was that they had no way to haul her home, so George led the cow 3-1/2 miles while his mother followed in the car. George milked her for 6 years. The makeshift barn was about 8 foot deep and 10 foot wide, with a homemade stanchion. It never had a door. The Calvert farm was 5 acres. George left home to quit milking the cow when he was 18. Now he operates a profitable Micro Dairy, which has a feed and food store.

Tom Cowan, MD- Dr. Cowan is in private medical practice in San Francisco, California. He is a frequent lecturer around the country on health and nutrition. His book, Four-fold Path to Healing, was published in 2004. Dr. Cowan is on the Board of Directors of The Weston A Price Foundation.

Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN- Founder and director of The Whole Nutritionist, Dr. Kaayla Daniel designs individualized diet, supplement and lifestyle plans. She is the author of The Whole Soy Story, as well as numerous publications on nutrition, herbal medicine, anti-aging therapies, and environmental medicine. Dr. Daniel is on the Board of Directors of The Weston A Price Foundation.

Maureen Diaz- Maureen Diaz lives a very home-centered life with husband George and their 8 (soon to be 9) children. Homeschooling & homesteading keep her busy, along with working as a chapter leader for the foundation, and teaching anyone who will listen about proper nutrition and how to make
great food the Nourishing Traditions way!

Mary G. Enig, PhD- A well-known author, lecturer, and scientist, Dr. Mary Enig focus is on trans fatty acids and other nutritional and health topics. She has provided expert witness in human nutrition in numerous court proceedings. She is Vice-President of the Weston A Price Foundation and Scientific Editor of Wise Traditions.

Carol Esche, RN, ND, MA, CNA-Dr. Esche is an Assistant Professor at University of Maryland School of Nursing. Her interests are in school and hospital nutrition, and evidenced-based complementary practice.

Sally Fallon, MA- President of The Weston A Price Foundation and Founder of A Campaign for Real Milk, Ms. Fallon lectures extensively around the world on issues of health and nutrition. She is a prolific writer of numerous articles and books. In 1996, Ms. Fallon published Nourishing Traditions, the cookbook which launched her career in alternative health.

Peter Gail, PhD

Good Morning America called him "The Wizard of Weeds"; USA Today dubbed him "The King of Dandelions" He is the author of numerous books and articles on creative living and edible wild plants, and the founder and operator of the National Dandelion Cookoff, held each year in Dover Ohio. His column, On the T rail of the Volunteer Vegetable, was a popular feature in The Business of Herbs for over 10 years, and appears periodically in The Wild Food Forum. In 2002, he was inducted into the National Wild Foods Hall of Fame by the National Wild Foods Association.

Hollie Greenwood- Co-founder of Real Cooking, based in Santa Monica, California. The company’s mission is to help its clients cut through the clutter of food fads and misinformation, returning traditional ways of cooking and eating to a central position in their lives. A talented cook and a WAPF member since 1999, Hollie envisions Real Cooking as a way to further the Foundation’s outreach to mainstream America. She is currently enrolled in Hawthorn Health and Nutrition Institute, where she is studying towards her Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition degree.

Joseph R. Heckman, Ph.D- is a Professor of Soil Science at Rutgers University where he teaches courses in Soil Fertility and Organic Crop Production. As Soil Fertility Specialist he advises both organic and conventional farmer clientele. His research focuses on soil fertility management and detection of nutrient deficiencies in agronomic and horticultural crops with a goal of optimizing mineral nutrition in support of plant and animal health. Dr. Heckman chairs the Council on History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles. He recently authored a review article on history of organic farming published in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.

Mae Wan Ho, PhD- Currently an Honorary Research Fellow at King’s College, London University, Dr. Ho is world renowned in the fields of genetic engineering, biosafety and social responsibility. She is co-founder and director of Institute of Science in Society to promote public understanding of science, social responsibility and science for sustainable living.

Amy Kalafa, HHC- is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose credits include CBS News 48 Hours, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's What Every Baby Knows, the Martha Stewart Living series as well as numerous early childhood education programs for the US Department of Education. Amy is also alLecturer in the Yale University Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, and the mother of two teenage daughters.

Chris Masterjohn- Chris Masterjohn is the author of five Wise Traditions articles and the creator and maintainer of Cholesterol-And-Health.Com, a web site dedicated to extolling the virtues of cholesterol and cholesterol-rich foods. He has authored two items accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals: a letter in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology criticizing the conclusions of a recent study on saturated fat and a full-length feature in an upcoming issue of Medical Hypotheses proposing a molecular mechanism of vitamin D toxicity. Masterjohn holds a Bachelor's degree in History and is preparing to pursue a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Judith McGeary- Judith McGeary is the WAPF chapterleader for Austin, Texas. She is also an attorney, a farmer, and the Executive Director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. The Alliance is a non-profit organization founded to protect the rights of independent farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders,
and to help ensure the success of independent agriculture. Ms. McGeary has a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University, a J.D. with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin, and is working on a Masters degree in natural resource management, based on work with compost tea. In her legal career, she has practiced administrative law, litigation, and appeals. She and her husband run a small farm with heritage poultry, sheep, cows, and horses.

Bernard Poggi- Mr. Poggi is an expert in embryological development and dangers of soy-health. His ethos is to serve humanity in order to reduce human strife---physically, socially and spiritually.

Jessica Prentice- Jessica Prentice is a professional chef and author of Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection. She is the co-founder of Locavores, a co-creator of the Local Foods Wheel, and one of the founding worker-owners of Three Stone Hearth, a Community Supported Kitchen in Berkeley, California that provides nutrient-dense foods.

Bruce Rind, MD- Dr. Rind is one of the leading holistic medical doctors in the Washington metropolitan area. He has over 20 years of clinical experience in both traditional and holistic medicine. As an anesthesiologist, he began his career with an interest in pain. His practice philosophy is that the body has the inherent capacity to heal itself. Our mission as the physician-patient team is to support this process. Treating the cause, enhancement of function, and restoration of optimal physiology tends to produce the best results.

Susan Rubin, DDS- Dr. Susan Rubin is a dentist, holistic nutritionist, educator, public health activist and a mother of 3 daughters. She is the founder and director of the Westchester Coalition for Better School Food, a grassroots public advocacy group consisting of health professionals and concerned parents and one of the Two Angry Moms, a movement to improve school food.

Joel Salatin, BA is a fulltime farmer in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. A third generation alternative farmer, he returned to the farm full time in 1982 and continued refining and adding to his parents’ ideas.
His farm services more than 800 families and 30 restaurants through on-farm sales and metropolitan buying clubs with salad bar beef, pastured poultry, eggmobile eggs, pigaerator pork, forage-based rabbits, pastured turkey and forestry products through relationship marketing.
Salatin holds a BA degree in English and writes extensively in magazines such as Stockman Grass Farmer, Acres USA, and American Agriculturalist. He has written five books: Pastured Poultry Profits, Salad Bar Beef, You Can Farm and Family Friendly Farming. His most recent release is Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer’s Guide to Farm Friendly Food.
The family’s farm, Polyface Inc. (“The Farm of Many Faces”) has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, and Gourmet. Profiled on the Lives of the 21st Century series with Peter Jennings, his after-broadcast chat room fielded more hits than any other segment to date.
His speaking and writing reflect dirt-under-the-fingernails experience punctuated with mischievous humor. He passionately defends small farms, local food systems, and the right to opt out of the conventional food paradigm.

Tony Savard, PhD- Dr. Savard is a research scientist and food microbiologist in Quebec Canada. His research interests are in lactic acid fermentation amongst other areas.

Steffan Schneider- graduated from the Justus von Liebig University in Giessen Germany with a degree in Agriculture in 1982. He and his wife Rachel helped start Nokomis Farm in East Troy, Wisconsin in 1983. They went to Hawthorne Valley Farm in 1989, where Steffan was the herdsman until 2002. In 1994 Steffan also took on the management of the farm.

Today Steffan spends his time farming and general managing the enterprise that includes a dairy processing plant, a bakery and a full line Natural Foods Store. Hawthorne Valley Farm is part of the Hawthorne Valley Association which also includes the Hawthorne Valley School and the Visiting Students Program. You can check it out in person or at www.hawthornevalleyfarm.com
He has farmed biodynamically for 25 years.

Dick is keenly interested in Poultry Genetics, Geneology research. He is an active member of Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association, (VICFA) and a strong supporter of National Independent Consumer and Farmer Advocates FUND, (NICFA Fund). He is also an active member of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA), The American Poultry Association, The North American Hamburg Society, Virginia Poultry Breeder’s Association, The Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities, The American Bantam Association, and The American Livestock Breed Conservancy.

Hiro Watanabe, PhD- Dr. Watanabe is Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University in Japan. His area of expertise is in developmental biology and cancer prevention.

Ross Welch, PhD- Dr. Welch’s research is directed at improving the nutritional quality of food crops for humans using sustainable food-based system approaches. His current efforts include improving the bioavailability and density of micronutrients such as zinc, iron, iodine, and selenium.

James L. Wilson, ND, DC, PhD- Holding 3 doctorate and 2 master’s degrees, Dr. Wilson has concentrated his efforts on endocrine dysfunctions and the interactions of the endocrine glands on the adrenals. He lectures widely and blends scientific research with an entertaining approach.

George Yu, MD- George Yu,MD is a clinical professor of Urology at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington DC. He has a wide range of experiences including general surgery, missionary work, and nutrition and chronic disease.

Mary Zanoni is a graduate of Cornell University (Ph.D., 1981) and Yale Law School (J.D., 1987). She has been an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, and has served as law clerk to a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, to a federal District Judge, and to a federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge. Her legal career has also included positions as a litigation associate at a major New York City law firm and as head of the Staff Attorneys’ Office for the federal District of New Jersey. Ms. Zanoni has worked as an intern at small grass-based dairies and now lives in rural upstate New York. She is Executive Director of Farm for Life, a nonprofit organization supporting small-scale and sustainable agriculture.