I am a rebel. I like to eat red meat. I think butter is good for me. I drink my milk raw. I avoid prepackaged foods like the plague. I don’t believe in health claims on food labels. And I like my food to be fresh, healthy and traditional.
I am a wife, mother, editor, and passionate advocate for what I call “real food” as opposed to the edible food-like substances that dominate the US food industry today.
Influenced by the research of Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, the work of Weston A. Price, the voice of Michael Pollan, and the heart of agrarian poet Wendell Berry, I am an empowered woman.
And I am determined.
I want to save lives.
His life.
My life.
The life of my family.
I want us to shout “NO!” collective and resounding. to the killers that plague our society: diabetes, heart disease, obesity and cancer. After years of study, I think I know the root cause of all these diseases: the Western diet. The fast-food-obsessed, over-processed, and ignorantly prepared diet of the average American.
Yes, I said ignorant. Despite the many millions of dollars spent on the health food industry each year, we are dying. Our information is contaminated. The diet dictocrats in Washington are in the pocket of giant agribusiness, and have long confused and confused the American public.
Have you ever heard of the research documenting how traditional people groups who transitioned to a Western diet (and subsequently contracted heart disease or diabetes) later returned to their traditional diets only to experience rapid recovery? Traditional diets have stood the test of time, but that knowledge is quickly becoming scarce.
I want to rectify the situation.
I want to empower people to make healthy, wholesome, traditional food choices: grass-fed meats and dairy, organic vegetables, soaked or sprouted grains, fermented vegetables and beverages, and bone broths.
I want to take away the mystery and intimidation we face when we think about making lacto-fermented sour sauerkraut, a fresh loaf of sprouted whole-grain bread, or a glass of kombucha.
I want to give people the tools and confidence they need to radically change their diet, to rebel against the mainstream food culture, to become a food renegade.
To that end, I created an online community dedicated to passing on practical wisdom on traditional food preparation techniques. Filled with delicious recipes, how-to tips, and loads of information, the site is my lame attempt at empowering people to take up the Real Food Challenge. Will you join me?