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the Weston a. PriCe President’s Message

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Education  Research  Activism
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, Vice President Science looks at the individual nutrients and components of food,
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary
Sarah Pope, Recording Secretary with little or no appreciation for the whole, for the complexities of
Tom Cowan, MD nature. In fact, the reductionist view of mainstream scientists today
Cherie Calvert
Valerie Cury Joyner holds that imitation foods can be created out of commodity ingredi-
Michael Schmidt
ents―soy, corn, seed oils, sugar, milk powders―and then "enriched"
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS with synthetic vitamins to produce something that is as healthy as the
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS
real thing. Such foods will in fact save mankind, they assert, because
GENERAL COUNSEL there is not enough real food to nourish our growing population, and
James Turner, Esq.
even if there were, such foods cause heart disease, cancer and many
HONORARY BOARD
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN other ills.
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH This view becomes more and more untenable the more we learn
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Jerry Brunetti about the synergies of life systems. Chris Masterjohn's article in this
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD issue (page 15) provides just a few examples of how nutrients work
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN
Christapher Cogswell, MA together in complex ways to support good health.
Monica Corrado
Janice Curtin We are a civilization in decline, due mostly to the view that in-
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN dustrial foods are cleaner, more efficient, more convenient and even
William Campbell Douglass, MD
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS healthier than real food. Nature is viewed as something to be feared, so
James A. Duke, PhD science tries to protect us from threats like germs, sunlight, cholesterol
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD and saturated fat. Until we realize that we are embedded in nature, that
Ruth Ann Foster, MA
Donna Gates, BS, MEd natural processes support and protect us, we will continue down the
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD smooth, wide highway of industrialism in food and agriculture, looking
Trauger Groh
Joann S. Grohman to modern medicine for easy cures, but sliding inexorably into infertil-
Barry Anthony Groves ity and disease nevertheless. There will be survivors, of course; those
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA
Mark A. Kastel who return to the wise culinary traditions of our ancestors―a process
Larry Klein
Fred Kummerow, PhD I call the Natural Selection of the Wise.
Felix Liao, DDS There will be plenty of delicious real food at Wise Traditions 2012,
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon)
Judith McGeary, Esq. our 13th annual conference―we now refer to it as an international
Carlos Monteiro conference―to be held November 8-12 in Santa Clara, California. The
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM
David Morris, BS, DC menus will feature wild seafood, grass-fed meats and dairy products
Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA
Jessica Prentice and delicious local produce. And since we will be in California, raw
Bruce Rind, MD dairy products will be on sale in the exhibit hall.
Sir Julian Rose, BT
Julia Ross, MA We have a wonderful slate of over forty-five speakers, many of
Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD
Adrienne Samuels, PhD them new, plus tried-and-true old favorites. This year's conference will
Ron Schmid, ND feature tracks on Nutrition and Behavior on both Saturday and Sunday,
Andreas Schuld
Stephanie Seneff, BS, MS, EE, PhD plus tracks on Local Farmers, Native Ways, Wise Entrepreneurs and
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD the Frontiers of Science. We always have one track on nutrition, and
Ted Spence, DDS, ND
Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc this year is no exception, featuring a fantastic lineup of speakers on
Alana Sugar, CN
Krispin Sullivan, CN vitamins and minerals.
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS Registrations are selling fast and there is the possibility that we
John Umlauf
Susun S. Weed might sell out, so if you are planning to attend, don't delay in signing
David Wetzel, BS up. For details, see pages 27-29. We look forward to another wonderful
Bruce West, DC
Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND conference and to seeing many of you there!
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