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Chapter Update--Winter 2005/Spring 2006Chapter Leaders' Meeting at Wise Traditions 2005By Kathy O’Brien, Office Manager On Monday, November 14, NewTrends publishing hosted a meeting for WAPF chapter leaders--more than 120 attended and many considered the inspirational presentations given throughout the day to be the highlight of the conference. Pittsburgh chapter leader Carrie Hahn described the Farm-to-City Program and its phenomenal website, www.farmtocity.org, developed by Bob Pearson. It is an ordering system that chapter leaders can use for their community to order farm foods. The coordinator creates a list of the products available in the area which is then entered on the site, allowing the coordinator to send the orders to the farmers who deliver to a drop location. The website does not charge the farmer but charges the customer a percentage of gross sales. This is a wonderful tool that chapter leaders can use to provide their communities with local foods while supporting local farmers. San Francisco chapter leader Sandrine Hahn presented the Nourishing Our Children program, and is in the process of creating a PowerPoint presentation on nutrition for schools. Sandrine hopes to see this as a “blueprint’”for other communities to imitate. The presentation is an overview meant to inspire the parents. It targets processed foods (cold cereal), milk and soy while explaining about good fats. Northeast Nebraska chapter leader David Wetzel described his ideas for a store franchise to sell Weston A. Price Foundation-type foods and to educate the public. Starting a franchise would help potential store owners benefit from what he learned (positive points and pitfalls). This information would include: learning how to buy, what, where to buy, what type of inventory to have, what it costs to start, etc. Plus, a franchise would offer ways to share inventory, financial information and equipment. Claudia Keel and Sophia Knapinsky of the Manhattan Chapter described their milk buying club, which may serve as a model for other chapters. The model is that of a private club, paying an individual to pick up pre-paid farm foods. Their webmaster has offered to help other chapters start a website. He volunteers his time but Claudia suggests offering a donation. Albert Lusk, Delaware chapter leader, described his “Healthy Farms, Healthy People” road show concept. Independent retailers in their store would host these road shows, which will start in 2006. The 4-hour weekend event would have exhibitors from a select group of companies that support the WAPF principles. These shows can have a large impact since the independent retailers are the largest segment of the natural products industry, with sales of $14 billion per year. Jessica Prentice, of the Berkeley and North East Bay, California chapter announced her new book, Full Moon Feast; Food and the Hunger for Connection. She is available at her own expense to do cooking demos, dinners, book signings, readings, full moon feasts, etc., at chapter leader meetings. For info, go to chelseagreen.com or call (800) 639-4099. Harvey Ussery, of the Fauquier-Rappahonnock, Virginia chapter offers seminars on backyard chicken flocks and instead of being paid, he suggests people make donations to the WAPF. Vicki Poulter of Sydney, Australia presented a tri-fold flyer she developed, which is an inexpensive way to share the WAPF information. She gets them printed for about 7 cents each and distributes them. Shawn Dady of Brentwood,Tennessee announced that the raw milk television commercial is finished. In it, Shawn is shown with cows explaining the benefits of raw milk and how to find more information. She suggests giving it to your local television affiliates. It will be put on the WAPF website and can be accessed at www.tennesseansforrawmilk.com. Katie Singer, author of The Garden of Fertility is working on a course designed for couples about to have children. Presented in a simple way, it would combine basic nutrition education, cooking classes, fertility awareness and possibly even teaching about finances. Finally, Joan Roberts, is a former home economics teacher, inspired us with her vision of a curriculum for the high school and college level to educate men and women of reproductive age to eat traditional nutrient-dense foods for at least six months prior to conception in order to fortify their bodies to give birth to optimally healthy children. She will spend the year working on a textbook and present her results at Wise Traditions 2007. For more details, contact Joan at drjredu@gmail.com.
Kathy O'Brien, CN, is the office manager for the Weston A. Price Foundation. <Back | Home | Tour | Calendar | Contact Us | Funding | Join Now |
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