Healthy Choices, Healthy Focus

Apr

30

2010

Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Kids Talk in Marin on June 12th

Sandra Keros

PEDIATRIC ALTERNATIVES presents a talk by the best-selling author of Nourishing Traditions, the Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats and president of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

NOURISHING TRADITIONAL DIETS FOR HEALTHY BABIES

Learn the principles of nourishing traditional diets for pre-conception, pregnancy, nursing and feeding babies. Nutrient-dense foods such as egg yolks, butter, cod liver oil whole raw milk, bone broths, liver and sea food can ensure the optimal physical and mental development of your offspring. Learn why high-cholesterol foods are absolutely critical for the development of baby's body and brain.

This presentation will highlight the dietary principles that kept nonindustrialized peoples healthy generation after generation, and will also provide practical advice for modern parents, including how to introduce foods to babies to avoid allergies and digestive problems.

Sally Fallon Morell is the author of the best-selling Nourishing Traditions, the Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. She is the founding president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and founder of A Campaign for Real Milk.

Saturday, June 12, 2010
1-5 pm (doors open at 12:30)
Open seating

OLNEY HALL, COLLEGE OF MARIN
835 College Avenue
Kentfield, CA
(Marin County, San Francisco Bay Area)
Free parking in lots 5, 6 and 7
(see red arrows on map below)

PURCHASE TICKETS online at pediatricalternatives.tix.com
or call the box office at 1-800-595-4849 (24/7)

$22 - General Public
$12 - Pediatric Alternatives members
Donation - no one turned away for lack of funds

10% of proceeds go to the Weston A. Price Foundation

For more information on the Weston A. Price Foundation please go to www.westonaprice.org.

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Apr

20

2010

The Sustainable Pastrami Sandwich

Sandra Keros

The New York Times recently reported a new trend in deli fare: the sustainable pastrami sandwich. Is this just a flashy new fad or does it mean better deli fare could become widespread to the masses?

Whether or not you think this is bologna (sorry, I couldn't resist), it seems that these passionate deli owners are seeking sustainable meats and curing them in-house to operate in line with their own food philosophy.

For some, it's food politics. “It’s industrially produced meat that gets blessed by a rabbi,” says Peter Levitt of Saul's Deli in Berkeley, CA about Kosher meat in the Times article. For others, it's a matter of pride in serving homestyle Jewish fare using small farm-raised ingredients and traditional preparation methods.

Obviously, the customers will be the ultimate ones to decide. Does the sustainable sandwich cost more at the register? Does it taste better and make it worth the price? I certainly hope it's worth it and that this healthier trend will catch on. But to give my taste buds a run for the money, I'll be making a trip to Saul's in Berkeley and will let you know the results.

Imagine. If this trend succeeds, then we could see pasture-raised hamburgers and hot dogs at diners across the country. Better flavor and health for all! This could be the start of a very good thing.

Note: If you're curious to learn more, check out this video with Michael Pollan on Sustainability and the Jewish Deli (it is so Bay Area!).

See what MSNBC has to say about the chemicals found in processed meats.



Apr

19

2010

Movie: Food Inc. on PBS ~ April 21st

Sandra Keros

Food, Inc. on POV If you love food, pictures of animals grazing on bucolic landscape, and stories of those coming from tales of woe (urban food desert) to tales of grow (inner city sustainable farm), you'll love the movie Food Inc. From laugh-a-minute, brutally honest, sustainable farmer Joel Salatin to industrial chicken farmer Carole Morison this movie will "edutain" you about how things really are with industrial farming and economically sustainable family farming practices, told by the farmers themselves. Also featured: authors Michael Pollan (Omnivore's Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) among other knowledgeable contributors.

Won't be able to catch it on Wednesday? Check out what Time Magazine had to say about the movie.



Apr

13

2010

Chicken: On Kickin' The Bucket

Sandra Keros

Q: Is factory farmed chicken all that bad?
Q: What really goes on inside factory farms?
A: Find out the answers to these and other issues from those who have direct experience with both factory and pasture farming.

~ Check It Out ~

The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) is hosting "Inside the Hen House", a panel discussion about chicken farming in America, on Tuesday, April 20. Hear from a great line-up of speakers: (former) industrial farmer Carole Morison (Food Inc.), pastured organic chicken farmers Norman and Aimee Gunsell, author Michael Pollan (In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma). The moderator is Anya Fernald, who launched the Slow Food Nation event in 2008.

Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. (starts promptly; reception follows)
Place: San Francisco Ferry Building's Port Commission Hearing Room.
RSVP: Tickets cost $5 through Brown Paper Tickets.



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