Blogging Wise Traditions 2009

This week brings the 2009 Wise Traditions Conference hosted by the Weston A Price Foundation – and I’ll be blogging live from the conference. The conference will cover sustainable farming practices, traditional diets, radical medicine, alternative approaches to cancer and infertility as well as myriad other topics focused on just how nourishing foods can help us to heal our bodies and our planet. If you can’t join us, you can still keep up to date on the conference, its lectures and fabulous meals in real time by checking in here at Nourished Kitchen, Hartke is Online, Cheeseslave and Kitchen Kop.

Highlights of the Wise Traditions Conference

Friday: Traditional Diets, Gut and Psychology/Physiology Syndrome, Radical Medicine, What Every Grass-based Farmer (and Consumer) Should Know, Cooking, Sacred Foods, Live Blood Analysis and Film Screenings.

Saturday: Honoring Sacred Foods, Artisanal Farming with Livestock, Behind the Fuzzy Logic of Raw Milk Opposition

Sunday: Healing with Traditional Foods, Plant Food Toxins, Holistic Cancer Treatments, Real Food Economics and Lifestyle, Farm Direct: the New Face of Marketing and Distribution

Speakers: Speakers will include Sally Fallon Morrell, RJ Ruppenthal, Chris Masterjohn, Baden Lashkov, Scott Gryzbek and others who have made notable strides in the traditional and sustainable foods movements.

Real Food: What excites me the most is the food. Lunches of artisanal cheeses and sourdough breads. Suppers featuring wild-caught salmon and grass-finished meats.

Updating the Post Schedule for Wise Traditions

Wise Traditions begins this Friday and ends Sunday – so this week I’m deviating from the norm to bring you new posts directly from the conference, its lectures and events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week. We’ll resume our regular Monday through Friday posting schedule on Monday, November 16^th. Over the course of these three days, each post will focus on a single aspect of the conference. For up-to-the-minute action, please consider finding me on twitter and facebook where I’ll be posting videos, photographs and details of the conference in real time.

Follow the Conference Live on Twitter and Facebook

Twitter: Follow me (NourishedMama) on twitter for live, real time updates of the conference. Ann Marie of Cheeseslave and Real Food Media, Kelly the Kitchen Kop and Kimberly of Hartke is Online will also be publishing real time updates discussing the conference.

Tweet Chat: Keep it simple and checkout Tweet Chat – a service that allows you to follow specific conversations on twitter as they occur. Type in the hashtag #wapfconf which will keep you in the loop about every tweet discussing the Wise Traditions Conference as it occurs. If you have a specific question to ask or comment to make about our experiences at Wise Traditions, ask it here and you’ll get an answer in real time. It doesn’t get any more live than this!

Facebook: Don’t forget, we’ll also be updating Facebook with links, photos, videos and status reports throughout the conference. Friend me on Facebook to keep fully updated about the conference and its progress. Don’t forget to friend Ann Marie, Kimberly and Kelly – each of whom will also be covering the conference live on facebook.

Attending the Conference

Attend the Conference Virtually: Don’t forget that we’re attending this conference in person not only to further our interests and knowledge about traditional foods, health and healing, but also to share our experiences at the conference with you – our readers. So, if you can’t make it, spread the love: chat us up! Tweet, retweet and share these posts and updates as they go live! You can even download conference handouts and even recipes.

Attend the Conference in Person: If you’re planning to attend the conference in person, please stop by the Real Food Media booth while you’re there. Tee-shirts, bags and other goodies will be available for sale while and there may be a giveaway or two up our sleeves. Indeed, I’ve got a recipe cards available for free to any reader who stops by the booth and asks.   We love to meet our readers and anyone who has a passion for real food.

Don’t forget: if you live within driving distance of Chicago, plan to attend the conference if only for a single day. Day passes are available for $75, not including food.

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