Bodhi’s Banana Cream Pie
Bodhi Taggart, the 11-year-old son of one of our community members, created this pie!Read more
Tallow: still unparalleled in its power to nourish and heal the skin.
On March 1, 2015 I wrote an article about the benefits of tallow balm for our blog. After having re-read the article, I realized that there is not much more I would add to that relatively comprehensive review. So, I will offer a summary of that article here and close with an offer from Vintage Tradition…Read more
Cutting out packaged foods is a great way to start!
Introduction: please provide an overview about you and your family. My name is Sarah. Corey, my husband, and I met early in 2013. He sells roofing supplies, I am a full time stay-at-home mom to our two daughters, Penelope, 18 months and Olive, 2 months. I have a bit of background in healthy eating, as…Read more
Only eat foods that will eventually rot.
This is a phrase we’ve used in our educational materials. We’ve encouraged folks to be sure to eat the food before it rots, however! There are some exceptions. Honey won’t rot, and we do recommend locally produced raw honey in moderation. I’ve also just discovered that homemade hamburgers left out can simply dehydrate and not…Read more
Nourished Families Series
Testimonials We seek your testimonials to add to our Nourished Families series! In return, we’ll be happy to ship The Adventures of Andrew Price hard copy to a United States address, or another one of our downloadable educational materials of your choice if we decide to publish it! We’ll also ask you for some photographs! Please send us…Read more
Let’s change the world.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead The Weston A. Price Foundation, from my perspective, has already changed the world. It has certainly changed my world and tens of thousands who are members of our Facebook groups and pages. This is…Read more
Questions for Raw Milk Dairies
Following is a fairly comprehensive list of questions to pose to a raw milk dairy. I recommend you read these documents from the Raw Milk Institute and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund to see the kind of answers we would be hoping for. Also, I recommend The Raw Milk Answer Book, which I have reviewed for our blog. I photographed the…Read more
Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness
Sally Fallon Morell has written a new book, Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness, that will be released January 31, 2017. I feel blessed to have received an advanced copy several weeks ago … and offered 5 copies to giveaway to our community members! This book is, in my opinion, an invaluable,…Read more
Cavities and orthodontics are not inevitable.
Unfortunately, cavities and braces are now so common, many have accepted them as an inevitable part of the modern human experience. Many of us don’t expect to get through an entire lifetime without a single cavity, right?! As I’ll illustrate below, only 8% of us do. Yet, our teeth are not designed to decay. Let us not confuse…Read more
Xylitol: Is It Beneficial, or Even Safe?
One of the first steps we recommend to nourishing ourselves and our children is to replace sugar with natural sweeteners in moderation. Some ask why xylitol isn’t on our list of natural sweeteners? Rami Nagel explains why we don’t recommend it in his article, Agave Nectar of the Gods, which appeared in the Summer 2008 quarterly Wise Traditions journal of…Read more
