Page 2 - Fall2011

The WesTon A. Price President’s Message

FoundATion ®

Education  Research  Activism
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer It's easy to get discouraged these days with what seems to be impla-
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, Vice President cable and relentless opposition to real, whole foods, small farms, raw
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary
Sarah Pope, Recording Secretary milk and holistic therapies. USDA has not given up on draconian animal
Tom Cowan, MD
Cherie Calvert identification regulations and FDA now has new authority to regulate
Valerie Cury Joyner food safety, authority that can easily be misused to target small farms
Michael Schmidt
(see page 76). The Rawesome raid in Los Angeles last month came as
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS a wake up call to many. Most serious are new revelations about FDA's
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS
campaign against raw milk, involving monthly Raw Milk Meetings and
GENERAL COUNSEL
James Turner, Esq. undercover agents skilled at entrapment (see page 79). And the push to
mandate lowfat, plant-based diets has not relented. What are defenseless
HONORARY BOARD
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN citizens to do in the path of such onslaught?
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH First and foremost: do not be discouraged. We have a powerful yet
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Jerry Brunetti peaceful weapon to use against those who would impose the agenda of
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN industrial agriculture and industrial food on the entire population; that
Christapher Cogswell, MA weapon is public sentiment. Said Abraham Lincoln: “He who molds the
Monica Corrado
Janice Curtin public sentiment. . . makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN
William Campbell Douglass, MD to be executed.” Our strategy must be to create such a climate of opinion
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS that lawmakers and bureaucrats find it impossible to impede the civil
James A. Duke, PhD
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CNA rights of small farmers, raw milk drinkers, consumers of farm fresh
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD foods, parents who oppose vaccinations and citizens who opt out of the
Ruth Ann Foster, MA
Donna Gates, BS, MEd current medical paradigm. The number one goal of our educational ef-
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD
Trauger Groh forts at the Weston A. Price Foundation is to create a climate of opinion
Joann S. Grohman such that no one questions the health benefits of raw milk, the need for
Barry Anthony Groves
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA animal fats in the diet, and the dangers of pharmaceutical interventions
Mark A. Kastel like antibiotics and vaccinations.
Larry Klein
Fred Kummerow Everything we do—from our journal and educational materials to
Felix Liao, DDS
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon) the non-stop efforts of our bloggers, consultants and publicist Kimberly
Judith McGeary, Esq. Hartke—is aimed at molding public sentiment. The successful showings
Carlos Monteiro
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM of the film Farmageddon that Kimberly has orchestrated indicate that
David Morris, BS, DC public opinion against government aggression has been stirred.
Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA
Jessica Prentice The eighteenth century was the century for political rights, for the
Bruce Rind, MD
Sir Julian Rose, BT victory against what seemed implaccable forces against the right to
Julia Ross, MA self governance. The nineteenth century saw the struggle for women's
Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD
Adrienne Samuels, PhD rights—for the seemingly impossible goal of giving the vote to women.
Jack Samuels, MSHA The twentieth century saw the uphill but ultimately successful battle
Ron Schmid, ND
Andreas Schuld for civil rights, which today we almost take for granted. The twenty-
Stephanie Seneff, BS, MS, EE, PhD
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD first century will see the struggle for farmer and consumer rights, and
Ted Spence, DDS, ND as long as we can mold public opinion in our favor, these rights will be
Rebecca L. Stearns, LAc, DAc
Alana Sugar, CN secured.
Krispin Sullivan, CN Our yearly conference plays an important role in our efforts to mold
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS
John Umlauf public sentiment. If you plan to attend, we suggest you register soon.
Susun S. Weed
David Wetzel, BS Bookings are way ahead of last year and we don't want to turn any
Bruce West, DC members away. For details on Wise Traditions 2011, see page 15.
Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND
2 Wise Traditions FALL 2011 FALL 2011 Wise Traditions

82725_WAPF_Txt.indd 2 9/15/11 2:01 PM