Presentations recorded at Wise Traditions Annual Conferences. Includes audio, slides, and videos on a USB flash drive - play MP4 video files on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Includes the presentations live audio synchronized with PowerPoint slides recorded at Wise Traditions Annual Conferences! Some sessions also include video of the presenter. Watch and listen to the leading experts in the Weston A. Price philosophy of achieving optimal heal through proper nutrition.

INCLUDES ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS:

Fresh Food from Small Spaces
R. J. Ruppenthal
Format: Audio
Are you ready to save some money and eat some healthy, homegrown food? Even if you live in an apartment, condo, townhouse or small home, no space is too small or too dark to grow food: sprouts, mushrooms, ferments and cultures, vegetables, even berries and fruit trees! Perfect for anyone who wants to join the revolution in home food growing, R.J. Ruppenthal's new book Fresh Food from Small Spaces reveals how to harvest something delicious from any patio, balcony, rooftop, windowsill or cabinet.

The Sustainable Big Box
Will Winter, DVM
Format: Audio
We built a warehouse/buying club much better and much more fun than it really needed to be. After all, people today are still willing to pay so much, in so many ways, all to settle for so little. In this, the tail end of our dark and industrial food age, it's a time when a very small sliver of the population truly understands the precious value of farm-fresh food hauled in almost daily. Sustenance that will meet and exceed almost anyone's wildest food fantasies! But come anyway, secretly snicker as you cart home your own rich creamy raw milk, your stash of smoky bacon, your run-around-the-farm chicken, and almost-still-warm eggs. Never knew organic grass-fed ice cream could be a health food? Now you do. Decide later whether you will share this modern wonder of culinary delight with your friends!

Building Local Buying Clubs: Nuts and Bolts from the Beginner to the Best
John Moody
Format: Audio
In our time together, a hands-on approach will be used to help the beginning and seasoned buying club leader(s) better handle the various demands of organizing and distributing food and other products. From basic membership agreements, computer and ordering platform options, bookkeeping, legal and tax issues, and more. Identifying the five basic demands a buying club creates and learning how to balance and meet them efficiently and effectively will be our goal. John and Jessica Moody, chapter leaders for Louisville, KY, have been working with local farmers and artisans in the Kentuckiana region for almost four years, building buying clubs and other systems to allow consumers and farmers to connect efficiently and affordably, while educating both on the importance of nutrient-dense traditional foods and their preparation. They have two wonderful WAP kids who keep them very busy!

Private Marketing & Distribution: Panel Discussion
Panel
Format: Audio
Panel Discussion: Private Marketing & Distribution Tim Wightman, Moderator; Pete Kennedy, Esq.; Meg Cattell, DVM; John Moody; Will Winter, DVM

Yard Food Production - Trash to Treasure: Bioconversion of Organic “Wastes”
Harvey Ussery
Format: Audio & Slides
Wendell Berry observed that our culture has a habit of taking a beautiful natural solution and splitting it neatly into two hideous, insoluble problems. There is no better example than our misuse of organic “wastes” such as food residuals, manures, and yard debris like grass clippings and leaves. The result is not only the loss of potential resources, but widespread pollution of soil and water systems. This presentation will explore options for turning “trash into treasure” through bioconversion of “wastes” using decomposer organisms like earthworms and black soldier fly grubs, yielding not only priceless soil amendments but live, high-potency feeds for poultry, pigs, and farmed fish. The presentation will include as well a dynamic model for composting based on chicken power.

Dealer.com
Scott Bevins
Format: Audio & Slides
Burlington Vermont Corporation adopts Weston Price principles to create a stronger, happier, more vital work force.  Dealer.Com, an Automotive Solutions company of more than 600 employees clearly understands the benefits of serving real food.  The Dot Calm Café serves 350 meals per day with a mission of providing superior nutrition and education by offering the best tasting, highest quality, nutrient dense, chemical-free food to employees and guests. The Dot Calm Café is committed to sourcing its food from local, sustainable and organic producers.  Beyond this, the café is providing lacto-fermented drinks and vegetables, preparing homemade stocks for stews and soups, cooking with saturated fats, and much more. This seminar will describe in detail how the café of a large corporation evolved into serving real food, some of the hurdles involved, the educational approach, and the culture in which this great food is embedded.

Food Co-ops
John Moody
Format: Audio & Slides
Want to see how farmers can thrive, families can team up, and food freedom can prosper? John has helped start dozens of buying clubs and serves as the lead administrator for one of the largest and most innovative co-ops in the country, building a model where 80 cents on the dollar of what members spends goes straight to the producers of the products and items. Enjoy a thorough overview of why this model holds promise as a real alternative to the food systems and companies that are destroying people and the planet one harvest and meal at a time.

Tree Tapping Opportunities for Everyone
Michael Farrell, PhD
Format: Audio & Slides
This presentation will address all of the options for tapping trees for sap and syrup production. You will learn about the costs and benefits of developing a sugaring operation on a hobby or commercial basis, including direct syrup production, leasing taps, and buying/selling sap. It will also cover the different types of trees that can be tapped for sap and syrup production, including various species of maple, birch, and walnut. The benefits of using tree sap and syrup as the local, sustainable, and healthy sweetener will be discussed in detail. Participants will come away with many new ideas for making the best use of the trees on their property or in their neighborhood.

Growing Your Own Nutrient-Dense Vegetables
Calvin Bey, PhD
Format: Audio & Slides
The talk emphasizes the importance of biomimicry (following fundamental ecological principles) in gardening. Dr. Bey will cover the basic concepts and techniques for growing vegetables that are high in nutrients. Emphasis will be be on ways to create healthy soils that are biologically alive and filled with the required minerals. He will show how even small spaces can be managed to give big yields. Special topics covered will include paramagnetic effects, double-digging, compost tea, cover crops, use of structured water and much more.The talk emphasizes the importance of biomimicry (following fundamental ecological principles) in gardening. Dr. Bey will cover the basic concepts and techniques for growing vegetables that are high in nutrients. Emphasis will be be on ways to create healthy soils that are biologically alive and filled with the required minerals. He will show how even small spaces can be managed to give big yields. Special topics covered will include paramagnetic effects, double-digging, compost tea, cover crops, use of structured water and much more.

How to Have a Totally Organic Garden
Celeste Longacre
Format: Audio & Slides
Celeste will show a PowerPoint presentation on how to grow a beautiful garden. With over 100 color pictures designed to provide insights and how-to information on soil preparation, planting, weeding, thinning and harvesting, this gives participants the tools that they need to plant and maintain a garden. Pictures are more specific than just words. What better way is there to take control of our eating than by growing some of our own food? We can give our plants additional soil amenities to provide extra nutrients for ourselves and our families. We can stay grounded by handling and caring for our plants. And the flavor! Nothing beats homegrown fruits and vegetables. Plus, the health benefits are astronomical.  So give your family the edge for health—grow your own. Because health, after all, is the greatest wealth.

Teaming with Nature for Chemical-Free Yards & Nutrient-Dense Vegetables
Alvin Bey & Calvin Bey, PhD
Format: Audio & Slides
Retired scientists and identical twins, Calvin and Alvin Bey, will share their technical knowledge and experiences in developing chemical-free yards and growing nutrient-dense vegetables. Emphasis will be on ways to create healthy soils that are biologically alive and replete with the appropriate minerals. Other topics will include ecological principles, soil testing, compost tea, no-till management, structured water, and more. The goal is to provide practical, take-home information that will enable homeowners to transform their yards and gardens into systems that are in line with natural processes. The presentation will be amply illustrated with examples of success.