Nourishing Our Children

September 17, 2016

The launch of a single website and our educational materials for 50% less.

l launched the first iteration of our website in 2005, and later this WordPress site as a blog at the very end of 2011. So for a number or years we had two separate sites – one where our supporters could donate to receive our educational materials and one for our articles or blog posts. There…

Nourishing Traditions Friendly Cheez-It Crackers

Dawn Tyler’s Recipe This recipe is provided to us by one of our community members: Dawn Tyler of Dawn’s Nourished Life. She writes, “My kiddos got a little cranky about their school snack time. Their friends are bringing things like those junky Goldfish crackers. My kids wanted those! So, I came up with a “Cheez-It”…

September 10, 2016

How do we decide what to nourish ourselves and our children with?

Many of our community members seek guidance about what food to shop for and how to prepare it. Even within our organization however, there are differing opinions expressed. My intention in writing this article is to encourage you to do your own research so that you can make informed decisions that fit with your values,…

Whey protein powder and chocolate protein bar on wooden background.

September 3, 2016

What You May Not Know About Your Protein Bar

Myth or truth? Protein bars can replace meals. Protein bars, also known as energy bars, are convenient … and they taste good. And, thanks to an incredible amount of advertising hype, they can be consumed without the guilt of the candy bar. However, most of the ingredients in energy bars are anything but natural. Two…

July 20, 2016

Homemade Cereal

As some of you know, we don’t recommend extruded breakfast cereals. Sally Fallon Morell and Mary Enig published this homemade breakfast cereal recipe in their book Eat Fat Lose Fat. The recipe is reprinted by permission. The photos are provided courtesy of Poppy Barach and shared by permission. Ingredients 6 cups [organic] whole-wheat or spelt flour 3 cups…

June 16, 2016

The Adventures of Andrew Price was read to Africans and is on promotion!

Hilda Labrada Gore, the host of the Weston A. Price Foundation’s podcast series, and a local chapter leader, has travelled to Africa twice on behalf of the Foundation. Her focus has been to inspire them to take an interest in their own traditional diets and to teach about what Dr. Price observed when he traveled to…

Homeopathic globules and purple containers

May 19, 2016

Homeoprophylaxis: A safe choice for preventing infectious contagious disease

Quite simply, we don’t recommend vaccinations. Not one of them. We consider them to be ineffective and unsafe. As such, we have been eager to publish information about an alternative. The following article has been written by Deborah Landowne, CCH, RSHom(NA), C.HP, a Certified Classical Homeopath with a Family Practice in Northern California. Deborah served as…

April 13, 2016

What kind of chicken and eggs do you recommend?

We recommend pasture-raised chickens, who are free to forage for their natural diet, which includes seeds, green plants, insects, and worms, and whose supplemental organic feed doesn’t contain soy, nor corn, preferably. Please note that chickens are omnivores, so we don’t recommend chickens and eggs that are labeled as “vegetarian-fed”. Along those lines, an egg carton with the term…

February 14, 2016

Are there any substitutes you recommend for raw milk?

In a word, no. If I didn’t have access to raw milk from cows or goats on pasture, I simply wouldn’t consume milk. Above, I photographed raw cow’s milk on the shelves in the walk-in refrigerator at The Abbey Farm, who is my chosen source here in Portland, Oregon. Back to the question at hand: “Are there…

February 5, 2016

The Ploy of Soy

Although widely promoted as a health food, hundreds of studies link modern processed soy to malnutrition, digestive problems, thyroid dysfunction, cognitive decline, reproductive disorders, immune system breakdown, and even heart disease and cancer. How could soy be linked to all this disease? Because the soybean contains many naturally occurring toxins. All legumes contain toxins but…