WISE TRADITIONS 2012
Thirteenth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation
NUTRITION AND BEHAVIOR
Friday, November 9 – Saturday, November 10 – Sunday, November 11
Plus special activities Thursday, November 8 and Monday, November 12
Thursday: Chapter Leader Meeting and
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund FundRAISER Dinner
http://www.westonaprice.org/2012-conference/2012-conference
At the beautiful Hyatt Regency Santa Clara Hotel & Conference Center
SANTA CLARA, CA
The nation’s premier nutrition conference!
A Showcase for Delicious Traditional Food
A Unique Opportunity for Health Professionals and Laymen interested in Diet and Health
WAPF Networking, Friendship and Fun
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PLUS Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund FundRAISER Dinner
Thursday, November 8
Start off the conference on a festive note! Join your friends at the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER event Food, Fun and Festivities. The event includes a reception with cook-off entries, three-course dinner, inspiring speakers, music and dancing. Early bird tickets are $75 adult/$45 child before August 19, 2012. Purchase your tickets on the conference registration form. Space is limited.
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SEMINARS AND SESSIONS ON
- Mercury, Glutathione and Alzheimer’s
- Traditional Food Preparation
- The Gut, Brain and Skin Connection
- Alzheimer’s and Coconut Oil
- Gut and Psychology Syndrome
- Traditional Diets
- Science of Farming
- Treating Mineral Imbalances
- Healing Chronic Pain
- Recovery from Chronic Disease
- Dark Field Microscopy
- The Threefold Man and the Fourfold Man
- Gut, Mind and Homeopathy
- How to Fix a Broken Brain
- Muscle Testing
- Zinc Deficiency
- Magnesium Miracle
- Taurine
- Treating ADD/ADHD
- Treating Schizophrenia and Related Conditions
- Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking
- Traditional Posture and Movement
- Tending the Wild
- The Plants We Eat
- Indigenous Ways
- Fermented Foods Business
- Marketing with Facebook and Blogs
Featured Speakers:
- M. Kat Anderson, author of Tending the Wild
- Peter Ballerstedt, PhD, pasture expert
- Scott Bevins of Dealer.com
- Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA)
- Gianaclis Caldwell, author of Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking
- Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, author of Gut and Psychology Syndrome
- Tom Cowan, MD, author of The Fourfold Path to Healing
- Hannah Crum, Kombucha Mamma of Kombucha Kamp
- Kaayla Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy Story
- Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, author of Magnesium Miracle
- Sally Fallon Morell, MA author of Nourishing Traditions
- Bruce Fife, ND, author of The Coconut Oil Miracle
- Monica Ford, realfooddevotee.com
- Steven Fowkes, Cognitive Enhancement Research Institute
- Esther Gokhale, L Ac, author of 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back
- Deborah Gordon, MD, yourhealthworks.com
- Nancy Herrick, PA, DH (hon), yourhealthworks.com
- Jennifer House, practicing ethnobotanist
- Don Huber, PhD, GMO expert
- Anore Jones, author of The Fish We Eat
- Rachel Kaplan, author of The Urban Homesteader
- Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation
- Chris Kerston, Chaffin Family Orchards
- Kathy Kramer, CN, Executive Director, WAPF
- Chris Kresser, L Ac, the Personal Paleo Code
- Pam Killeen, author of Addiction: The Hidden Epidemic
- Andrea Malmberg, the Allan Savory Institute
- Greg Massa, Massa Organic Farms
- Chris Masterjohn, expert on fat-soluble vitamins
- Mark McAfee, CEO, Organic Pastures Dairy
- Holly McClenahan, bioresonance expert
- Judith McGeary, Esq., president Farm and Ranch Freedom Association
- Ann Marie Michaels, social media expert
- Ruth Mueller, expert on NAET
- Ananda S Prasad, MD, PhD, MACN
- Jessica Prentice, author of Full Moon Feast
- Julia Ross, MA, author of The Diet Cure
- Beverly Rubik, PhD, expert in dark field microscopy
- Kim Schuette on GAPS and mental health
- Stephanie Seneff, PhD, expert on sulphur and vitamin D
- Lauren & Brandon Sheard, the farmsteadmeatsmith.com
- Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception
- Tara Smith, Tara Firma Farms
- Jerry Tennant, MD, author of Healing Chronic Pain
- Kim Thompson, movement instructor
- Theresa Vernon, LAc, expert on minerals in the body
- Tamara Wilder, paleotechnics.com
THURSDAY ACTIVITIES
Chapter Leaders Meeting with Sally Fallon Morell
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER Dinner*
MONDAY ACTIVITIES
Farm Tour with Kathy Kramer, CN*
Posture and Movement with Esther Gokhale, LAc and Kim Thompson*
Nutrition Topics with Stephanie Seneff, PhD*
Seven Days of Dinner with Jessica Prentice*
*Additional fees apply. Space is extremely limited so be sure to secure your space today. Lunch provided with all Monday activities (no special GF/CF-free line on Monday, but food will be labeled).
LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION
The host hotel for this event is the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. A special conference rate of $125, plus taxes and applicable fees, has been negotiated for single through quad occupancy.
Please click https://resweb.passkey.com/go/WEPR for making reservations. For additional assistance please call 1 (888) 421-1442 Be sure to mention The Wise Traditions Conference to receive the special rate.
Please contact Paul Frank (304)-724-3006 if you have any questions or issues with making hotel reservations.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are the backbone of our conference. In exchange for a minimum of 6 hours of volunteer service, we will offer you a reduced registration to the meeting ($200. which includes all 3 days of the conference and all conference meals and functions). Please note: this does not include hotel accommodations, travel expenses, or Monday optional activities. To be added to the potential volunteer list, please email registrar@ptfassociates and asked to be placed on the list. Be sure to provide your name, phone number, cell, and email.
Also, we are offering a limited number of scholarships to the conference. To apply, go to
https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/2012_Financial_Aid_Application.pdf
ROOM SHARE/RIDE SHARE
Access our online bulletin board at: https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/forum/default.asp.
If you have any questions on the forum postings, please feel free to contact the meeting registrar at (304) 724-3006.
CHILDCARE
The Wise Traditions Conference is pleased to provide a children’s program for this year’s meeting. $210 for Friday – Sunday, includes Friday lunch, Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and Sunday brunch or $100 per child with no meals. Children 3 – 12 who are potty trained are welcome to Wise Traditions 2012 as long as they are enrolled in our children’s program. For the sake of other conference attendees, we ask that parents refrain from bringing children to the conference sessions.
For children’s meals you may select GF and/or CF.
Also note: A special room has been set aside for mothers of infants who want to attend the conference. There will be a live audio feed from one of the sessions to that room throughout the day’s events. There will be no child care provided for infants and children under age 3.
CONFERENCE FOOD
As always, the conference will feature delicious traditional foods. Participants requiring gluten-free or casein-free meals will be served in a separate buffet with the exception of the Saturday banquet which is GF/CF with items containing gluten and/or casein served on the side. If you wish to have this option, please select the GF and/or CF option on your registration form.
INTERESTED IN DONATING/BARTERING FOOD ITEMS?
Phone our office at (304) 724-3006 or email paul@ptfassociates.com.
FUNDRAISER BREAKFASTS
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund provides hot and cold breakfast menu options at the FundRAISER breakfast held at the convention center. Note: Breakfasts item are additional, and are not included in the conference fee. All items provided on an ala-carte basis and include organic soaked oatmeal with a fixin’s bar, pastured hard-boiled eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy, whole fruit and many other delicious items. All proceeds benefit the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.
EXHIBITING AND SPONSOR INFORMATION
For information about becoming a sponsor or exhibiting at the conference, please visit http://www.westonaprice.org/2012-conference/2012-conference-exhibitors, or contact Paul Frank at PTF Associates at (304) 724-3006, or via email to pfrank@ptfassociates.com.
For those interested in exhibiting food and/or drink, please be sure to review the 2012 Food and Beverage Guidelines http://www.westonaprice.org/images/conf/foodexhibitordonorguidelines.pdf
Space for sponsor and exhibiting is very limited; early registration is encouraged!
INTERESTED IN DONATING ITEMS FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION?
Phone our office at (304) 724-3006 or email registrar@ptfassociates.com.
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS
are available for RN, LAc and RD. For further information, visit
http://www.westonaprice.org/2012-conference/2012-conference-ceus
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
visit http://www.westonaprice.org/2012-conference/2012-conference
or call (304) 724-3006.
