Nourishing Connections
The Dayton Chapter of The Weston A. Price Foundation
Nourishing the connections between our communities,
traditional foods, and holistic health care
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We are members of The Weston A. Price Foundation http://westonaprice.org
Our local Weston A. Price chapter web site can be found at: http://daytonoh.westonaprice.org
The Weston A Price Foundation (WAPF) is a foundation set up to support a healthy diet in many ways. Since it was established in 1999, many local chapters have formed to educate and support people on a local level. See our ‘About’ page to read about the nutritional philosophy that guides these meetings. The national website has much valuable information to offer.
Joining the WAPF is one major way we can cast our vote for our own health.
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The purpose of this Meetup is to help people:
• learn to prepare a variety of “traditional recipes” from the Nourishing Traditions Cookbook, or similar cookbooks, in a way that helps people avoid feeling overwhelmed with the information.
• become acquainted with the principles and philosophy of the “traditional diet”, ie, back-to-real-food, in a gradual and manageable way. This process can include attending meeting discussions and demonstrations, reading and listening to WAPF material, joining the WAPF to receive the Wise Traditions Journal, searching the WAPF website, and attending WAPF Conferences.
• support family farms through a dialogue with farmers and growers, which creates a mutually beneficial cooperative working relationship. Meetings offer a time for this dialogue, which can then ideally continue at the Farmers’ Markets, CSA’s, individual farms, etc.
• learn where to access quality foods, from vegetables to meats and dairy.
• network with other people seeking to eat a traditional diet, and find support for issues that are personally challenging or interesting.
Local Food sources and food organizations:
Sources for pastured meats:
http://www.eatwild.com/
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.palarafarm.com
http://www.eatfoodforlife.com
Where can I find raw milk?
http://www.realmilk.com for starters.
The Liberty market of Kettering:
Promotes Ohio ’s raw milkshare herd program by offering herd shares from 4 trusted farms.
They also have whole grains, organic beans, lentils, free-ranged chemical-free, non-GMO eggs and produce comparable to major chains and many times cheaper. They offer local produce when possible (usually higher price than corporate but we believe better quality). They have stevia, coconut oil, organic spices, and of course a selection of natural sugar including local raw honey and local maple syrup.
http://libertymarketofkettering.com/
For more info on milk issues - http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/ and http://www.raw-milk-facts.com/index.html
Fresh Produce Growers:
http://patchworkgardens.net
http://fultonfarmsorganic.com
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We are members of the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit organization made up of farmers and consumers joining together and pooling resources to:
- Protect the constitutional right of the nation’s family farms to provide processed and unprocessed farm foods directly to consumers through any legal means.
- Protect the constitutional right of consumers to obtain unprocessed and processed farm foods directly from family farms.
- Protect the nation’s family farms from harassment by federal, state, and local government interference with food production and on-farm food processing. http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/
We are members of OEFFA http://www.oeffa.org/, Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association. See their website for Ohio wide events and annual conference.
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We teach food nutrition that is quite different than what you hear from the medical profession, food industry, and the media. See our ‘About’ page to read about the nutritional philosophy that guides these meetings.
This Meetup is NOT just about going to meetings. It is central place for communicating with other people interested in eating in a traditional way, holistic healthcare, and learning from each other.
If you are interested in joining, please introduce yourself with regards to your interest in whole food and nutrition. We reserve the right to not approve or remove individuals joining for the main purpose of promoting products or services that are not appropriate to the aims of this group.
Do you want to continue to have access to unprocessed and processed farm foods directly from your farmer? The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund which is a 501 (c) (4)... Learn more
