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WAPF CONFERENCE CHAPTER MEETING NOTES
NOVEMBER 10, 2008

About sixty chapter leaders gathered for the traditional with the Cornucopia Institute on several initiatives, including
post-conference chapter leaders meeting at the Hyatt Re- an effort to rescind pasteurization requirements for organic
gency San Francisco Airport Hotel. After everyone introduced almonds.
themselves, Michael Schmidt spoke briefly about the key role Larry Wisch reported on the latest news from Three Stone
women play in bringing about change. He praised the postive Hearth community kitchen. Business has been good despite
female energy in the Real Milk campaign and the Weston A. the slow economy, and they recently had the best month ever.
Price Foundation. Sally Fallon followed up with comments that They have never advertised. They are currently serving 300
the scientific male energy must be joined to the female energy families per week. They have had people from all over the US
in order for raw milk and our dietary message to be success- come to intern at Three Stone Hearth. Their lease will expire
ful. She noted the various compilations of scientific studies at in June 2009 and they are going to have to move. Larry sees
Realmilk.com and urged chapter leaders to become familiar this as an opportunity to upgrade to a better place.
with them. Next, Lenna Knowlton, director of Meals that Heal gave
Jeffrey Smith spoke next about successful tactics for her report. She had a surprise baby at 44 years old and devel-
activism, especially relating to GMO issues. The most power- oped lupus after the delivery. She was able to recover thanks
ful tactic is simply to refuse to buy GMO food. Health food to eating according to WAPF principles. For those who are
stores can also be important allies. Even one major religious intimidated by the hefty Nourishing Traditions, she has come
group against GMOs would out with a simplified ver-
be enough to put an end sion of the book. For truly
to GMO food. Tremendous healthy eating, she made
resources are available from a few simple suggestions:
www.responsibletechnology. buy good stuff; if it says
org. He stressed that getting it’s healthy, it probably
rid of GMOs should be easy isn’t.
and he expects to be out of a Shan Kendall offers
job in about a year. His anti- cooking classes in Ne-
GMO campaign is a good vada City. She is the Gold
activity for chapter leaders. Country chapter leader.
Mark Kastel from the She has been very active
Cornucopia Institute spoke and busy. Through an
next about the fundamental excellent Powerpoint pre-
mistakes that modern agricul- sentation, she gave every-
ture is making. Soil is quickly one a good idea of how
depleted, microbes are killed much work goes into a
and there is no incentive for cooking class. Her classes
quality. Farmers are con- focus on the basics, such
vinced that conventional as lacto-fermentation,
techniques are the only way broth, grain preparation
to farm. Even when they convert to organic they can’t believe and organ meats. She has also held potlucks, workshops, and
they don’t need antibiotics. The industry is bankrupting the sponsored an appearance by Jeffrey Smith. Her Powerpoint
US. We are told we have the cheapest and safest food supply and class materials will be posted on the chapter leader re-
in the world but that is offset by the most expensive health source section at westonaprice.org.
care in the world. We are not the healthiest population in the After lunch, four focus groups were formed. One group
world by a long shot. He ended up with some practical advice talked about the upcoming chapter leader handbook, an-
on how chapter leaders can create their own media events, other was on spreading the word about GMO food, another
dinners with local farmers, maintain a chapter website or a on cooking classes and the fourth on one-on-one recruiting.
newsletter. The Weston A. Price Foundation has partnered Afterwards, everyone went out to change the world.

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