They cherry pick data. Science is not sound, and they have created much of the anti-soy rhetoric and misinformation. I like their focus on real, unprocessed foods, but the amount of misleading information is disappointing. Proceed with caution.
The president of this organization has written some good books, but unfortunately she puts out a lot of misinformation as well. For example, she insists that fermented cod-liver oil is a traditional food, but there's no evidence of that. Also, the company who makes the brand she recommends contributes money to her organization, so there's a conflict of interest there.
According to some former employees, the president doesn't tolerate any dissent. If you disagree with her, it's "off with your head." She has even referred to herself as the "benevolent dictator." But apparently she's not "benevolent," and will fire you without any notice.
Worst of all, several women have come forward to say that they were sexually harassed by the president's husband. Unfortunately, they also said the president tried to hush all the women up, and did absolutely nothing about the situation.
Some of the president's books may be worth reading, but as director of this organization, unfortunately she has made it into something very toxic.
The Weston A. Price Foundation provides objective, research based information on food, farming and the healing arts. Refreshingly honest, forthright, and available to all through the website. I have learned more from this organization in the last ten years than i have from a bachelor's in science and a masters in nursing, and I am healthier to boot. Kudos to this great organization!
WAPF has changed my life forever. It has shown me that food can and SHOULD be nourishing, life giving, delicious, and sacred. Thank you so much!
Taking on some of the most powerful vested interests, WAPF is dedicated to revealing what science and history have to say about health, food, and medicine. They are not afraid to take a controversial stand. Everything they say is backed by real research, not paid-for biased studies.
I discovered the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) in 2000 and my life has been forever changed. WAPF promotes nutrient-dense traditional diets and sustainable agriculture. One of the reasons this is my favorite nonprofit is that I know that my time, money, and effort are promoting a better world on so many fronts:
-Human health (including general nutrition, fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, children's health, immune strengthening, digestion, mental health, prevention of chronic disease, and more)
-Animal health and welfare (WAPF promotes pasture-based systems with animals living and eating as they were designed to do, and works toward small local abbattoirs, not CAFOs and huge slaughterhouses)
-Environmental well-being (pasture-based and sustainable agriculture eschews synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and GMOs, and promotes clean and healthy air, soil, and water)
-Worker health and welfare (industrial food production, from monocropped vegetables to modern slaughterhouses, are dangerous for the health, life, dignity, and spirit of workers)
-Rural economies, small business, and cottage industries (locally bases sustainable food and value-added local food processing keep food dollars in communities and revive small towns and rural areas)
WAPF puts out a fabulous quarterly journal with unbiased scientific articles as well as how-to information for lay people. Their yearly conference attracts about 2000 people and they've recently added smaller regional conferences. They issue press releases and submit testimony to Congress and regulatory agencies about food/health initiatives. They have a robust Action Alert system so people know when relevant legislation and regulations are being debated. A local chapter system of volunteers helps people find local nutrient dense food worldwide. Educational materials include the website, videos, podcasts, brochures, shopping guide, booklet with simplified four-food group model and recipes, and more. They established the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund in 2007 to protect farmers and consumers from government harassment, seizure of property, etc. All of this is done with a VERY small staff (only one full-time paid employee and a handful of parttimers and freelancers) and a dedicated army of volunteers.
(More on my role: Soon after originally volunteering to help with WAPF's efforts, I signed on as their freelance webmaster, maintaining westonaprice.org and realmilk.com, and designing the original farmtoconsumer.org site. I have been maintaining the sites since 2001, attending conferences, and promoting WAPF's work on my own blog and through networking. I always have their literature in my trunk and talk them up frequently.)