Wise Traditions

Mia Rofrano, holistic mother and online creator known as the olive oil queen, shares her unconventional pregnancy, birth, and parenting choices. She talks about skipping ultrasounds, raw-food and preconception nutrition, toxin-free living, water birth and placenta practices. She also discusses co-sleeping, elimination communication, screen-free toddler life, and delaying vaccines while trusting intuition and faith.

Mollie Engelhart, former vegan chef turned regenerative farmer and author of Debunked by Nature, shares how observing nature reshaped her views. She challenges modern environmental and cultural narratives. Topics include farming realities, resilience through hard work, regenerative grazing versus industrial approaches, reproductive and food-health concerns, and practical ways to support local farms.

Trevor Warmedahl, cheesemaker, fermentation educator, and author of Cheese Trekking, has worked with artisanal cheesemakers worldwide. He explores traditional versus industrial cheesemaking. He talks about microbes as partners, cheese terroir and lost diversity, local rennet and salt, and surprising traditional cheeses and practices from around the globe.

Nina‑Marie Rueda, a traditionally trained naturopathic doctor specializing in perinatal and pediatric care, walks through identifying and addressing mineral imbalances. She explains the “four lows” (calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium). Short talks cover food-first fixes, when to supplement, potassium’s thyroid role, an herbal NORA tea, and practical signs to watch in moms and kids.

Sarah Rowe, former WWE performer known as Valhalla turned homesteader, farmer, hunter, and children’s author. She recounts discovering histamine intolerance and the dietary shifts that helped. She describes leaving wrestling for Highland cows, on-farm butchery, and the slow-life peace that guided her healing and purpose.

The American Heart Association still recommends limiting saturated fat intake. Grocery market shelves are loaded with promises of "heart healthy" seed oils. It's time to do some myth busting. Bryan Mussard is a lifelong rancher who is passionate about reviving regenerative ranching and making America healthy again… by embracing saturated fat. As a young man, Bryan went through a personal health crisis that led him to investigate the benefits of fat. As a rancher and advocate for the Make America Healthy Again initiatives, he is uniquely positioned to offer insights on how politics, Big Food, and Big Ag can be made to see the light about the benefits of saturated fat and meat. Visit Bryan's website: remangus.com Get on the Weston A. Price Foundation email list at westonprice.org Check out our sponsors: Optimal Carnivore and Lumiram

The US Dept of Agriculture's new dietary guidelines surprised the public when they revealed a completely flipped food pyramid. Meat, eggs, and butter appear to be back! But what difference will this make in our dietary habits? Can the guidelines weaken the appeal of ultra-processed foods? And what does the fine print in the guidelines reveal? John Klar, the author of Small Farm Republic and MAHA advocate, goes over the implications of this historic announcement and the alliance between the USDA and Health and Human Services agencies. He discusses the pluses and the minuses of the new pyramid, whether raw milk will ever be legalized on a federal level, and why millennials and Gen Zers' food choices are giving him hope for the future. Visit John's website: smallfarmrepublic.com To find raw milk: realmilk.com To identify local chapter leaders and real food near you, go to westonaprice.org Check out our sponsors: the New Biology clinic and Daylight Computer

Colleen Flynn, a functional nutritionist and gut health specialist who helps optimize hormones and digestion naturally. She explores natural ways to support GLP-1 and hunger regulation. Topics include gut health and polyphenols, circadian timing and morning light, stress and vagal tone, and food strategies like protein, fiber, bitters, and fermented foods.

Eating placenta is a postpartum tradition in many cultures around the world. A young woman's first period is celebrated with ritual. Postpartum healing is supported by the community. What time-tested traditions related to all of the above are we overlooking in our modern age? How can we embrace them once again? Eyla Cuenca is a childbirth educator and doula with over a decade of experience supporting women through the transformational threshold of birth and postpartum. Today, she sheds light on how women were supported traditionally through childbirth and postpartum. She gets specific about how to avoid interventions during labor, how to celebrate our daughters' maturation process, and how to approach a vaginal birth after a cesarean. She brings us back to the body's innate intelligence, our personal sovereignty, and deepest inner knowing. Visit Eyla's websites: uncoveringbirth.com and eylacuenca.com Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation at westonaprice.org Check out our sponsors: Hearth & Homestead, Optimal Carnivore and Lumiram

There is DEFINITELY a mental health crisis in the U.S. right now. But it's not about a lack of access to treatment or meds. Nearly one in four adults is on psychiatric meds, and nearly one in ten children is, as well. The crisis has to do with med-induced harm, according to Laura Delano, the author of "Unshrunk". And Laura speaks from her own first-hand experience with the American mental health industry. Since her early teen years, she has been on countless meds, including Seroquel, Prozac, Effexor, Provigil, Ambien, and Klonopin, all without any improvement in her worsening symptoms. Today, she describes her own mental health journey, offers insights about what sparked her questioning of the system, and why she's concluded that we would do well to question the nature of the crisis and to get curious about how to promote wellbeing with alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Visit Laura's website at lauradelano.com Sign up for the Weston A. Price Foundation's email list at westonaprice.org Check out our sponsors: Gray Toad Tallow and Green Pastures