Written over 50 years ago, Dr. Gerson found that diet could, and did, cure cancer. Controversial

at the time (and even today), Garrett took on the challenge of researching this amazing therapy, which drew the interest of his neighbors in the small Alaskan community. With the help of Dr. Gerson’s daughter, Charlotte Gerson, and grandson, Howard Strauss, they gave him the ammunition needed to go in search for the truth – a truth that would affect not only him, but his entire Alaskan village – all of whom wanted to know if these claims were true.  After a number of cancer patients, who were diagnosed as terminal, shared their stories and their medical records with Garrett, it became abundantly clear that, contrary to the disinformation campaign spear-headed by the multi-billion dollar medical and pharmaceutical industry, a cure for virtually all cancers and chronic diseases does exist – and has existed for over 80 years!

I have been practicing a healthy lifestyle for many years. Previously, I spent five wonderful years working & living in a natural health institute, the Polarity Alive Institute. There we incorporated raw living foods, wheatgrass, and a natural regimen in our program.

Back in the early 90's, I was one of the founding members of Canada Earthsave. These experiences have all bought me to this point, a place I never would have imagined entering. That is when I started my Raw journey in September 2002.

Living raw just makes so much sense. Since its beginning, l have been a Director of RawBC. It is so encouraging to see the definite positive momentum that has been created over the last year. Eight feature events, numerous new members, and the increasingly busy RawBC Forum, are a few of the milestones for 2008. I have really appreciated the openness and energy of the raw community as well as their support. It has been such an inspiration. This is a very exciting time, as the raw community ripens in its growth, to expand beyond itself, offering knowledge and understanding, to the numerous people looking for a healthier and more alive lifestyle throughout BC. There is much to offer. Potlucks, the RawBC website, talks, support groups, and other means of bringing the information and encouragement out into the community.

My intention and motivation is to continue to be an active part of this process. I appreciate the inspiration, support and aliveness that I have received from the many raw adherents that I have come to know in the Raw Family. May we share our energy and vitality. Clive Langton
(778) 737-8852

Filmmaker: Cori Brackett
Film: Sweet Misery and Relief

ABOUT CORI BRACKETT

As President of Sweet Remedy Films: Embracing Community toward an Authentic Life, Cori's work is geared toward empowering individuals to make intelligent and healthy choices for themselves and their loved ones. She is passionate about helping society return to a focus on fulfilling a need rather than the current corporate structure which has become about creating a need. Her two documentaries are Sweet Misery and Sweet Remedy, and she has a multi-media memoir called Through the Shadows. All are available in our catalog.

CORI'S OWN ROAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT

Cori Brackett loves life and celebrates every moment. She understands the expansive power of love and is devoted to helping individuals empower themselves through knowledge, wisdom and personal choice. Discovering the ability to listen to one's own body as well as gaining access to individual intuition, is what she believes, ultimately, can create amazing healing effects within the body and the spirit.

After having been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2002, Cori Brackett found herself falling into a deep pit of doctor's appointments and medications, while continuing to get worse. Eventually, she found herself in a wheelchair with double vision and slurred speech. Slowly, she learned to maintain the balancing act between pushing herself to get better and having the patience to accept her then-current limitations. Hungry for knowledge and a clue to her symptoms, she stumbled upon some information linking aspartame to ms-like symptoms. As she had been a fairly heavy consumer of aspartame and aspartame-containing products (an average of a six-pack/day of diet soda for twenty years) she thought there might be something to this and proceeded to investigate. What resulted from her investigation was the seering and heart-stopping documentary, Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, its sequel, Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts and her multi-media memoir, Through the Shadows. Today, she lives a happy, healthy and authentic life and enjoys speaking to groups around the country and sharing guests with you who can help you envision a better world as well as providing the tools you need to discover that better life.

David Rainoshek M.A. in Vegan/Live Food Nutrition is

the co-creator of JuiceFeasting.com with his wife, Katrina.

He is a Juice Feasting coach, author, lecturer, and has Juice fasted/Feasted

for over 450 days, up

to 92 days at a time. David served as Research Assistant to

Dr. Gabriel Cousens for There is a Cure for Diabetes,

and is now authoring several books for release in 2008, including:

•    Juice Feasting: A Modern Hero's Guide

•    The Four Means to Get Your Greens

•    and finally, with Katrina, a series of children's

books beginning with Julia and the Nut Mylk Tree.

David and Katrina coach 92-Day Juice Feasts for

clients and retreats worldwide and from March – June

conducted the 2008 Global Juice Feast, a world-wide

cleanse for 92 Days on www.GlobalJuiceFeast.com.

David and Katrina teach about Juice Feasting and nutrition

education to the world through their

92-Day Program on www.JuiceFeasting.com.

David served as leading Research Assistant to Gabriel Cousens, M.D.,

as head juice fasting coach, and taught the 10-week nutrition education

classes to kitchen and garden apprentices at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation

Center in Patagonia, Arizona in 2006-07. He has taught over 100 raw food

preparation classes to children and adults.

David and Katrina are self-described as a Dietary Activists and

proponents of Nutrient Density andHealth Freedom for all. "Availability is

not enough.For Live Food Nutrition to be the truly transformative and integral

movement of our times, it must be made accessible to everyone."

David and Katrina drive a Ford F-350 on Straight

Vegetable Oil reclaimed from Asian restaurants,

and have covered over 70,000 miles to-date.

Learn more about David and Katrina

Welcome to a series of three special shows

from David and Katrina 

Click on TITLE to listen

September: Deep Foods 

October : Spectrum of Diet

November : Designing a Culture of the Future

with Ayrie Cunliffe

      Deborah Quilter

Deborah Quilter is a New York City-based writer, consultant, fitness professional and author of The Repetitive Strain Injury Recovery Book (Walker, New York 1998) and coauthor of Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide (with Emil Pascarelli, M.D., John Wiley & Sons, New York 1994). The latter book has received hundreds of reviews and mentions in the national press. Amazon.com calls it the "bible" of RSI; Jane Brody, health columnist for the New York Times, called the book "a comprehensive guide dealing with many repetitive stress injuries." Readers call the book "the best and most complete guide on this subject." The Computer User's Guide is available in a Chinese language translation; the Recovery Book in a Dutch translation.

Ms. Quilter has lectured about repetitive strain injury at the New York Times, Time Inc. (including People and Life magazine staff), and various business, medical and lay groups around the country and abroad. Ms. Quilter trains clients in her special exercise techniques, conducts workshops on relaxation and coping skills for people with RSI, and performs workstation evaluations and technique retraining for private and corporate clients. She also wrote a monthly column on ergonomics for Computer Currents, and has been interviewed on NBC News, Fox News, New York 1, and national and international newspapers, magazines and radio shows. She was the keynote speaker for two conferences on RSI in the Netherlands in November 2000. She founded a program to teach yoga to senior citizens at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City which was featured on Martha (the Martha Stewart show) and was endowed with a grant by Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association.

In addition to her books on repetitive strain injury, she is founding editor of Pilates Style magazine, was a contributing editor of Dance Spirit and Stage Directions magazines, and contributing writer for Total Health for Women (Rodale Press, 1995). Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, The Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Daily News, The San Francisco Chronicle, Woman, Fitness, The Physician and Sportsmedicine, VDT News, Computer Game Review and many other national and regional publications.

Ms. Quilter studied Ergonomic Guidelines for Computer Use at the Harvard School of Public Health, and the the Biomechanics of Human Movement at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer, (American Council on Exercise and Marymount Manhattan College). Ms. Quilter studies Evolutionary Yoga™ with Kevin Kortan; completed her Yoga teacher training through Spanda®:The Yoga of Movement with Jaime Stover Schmitt, Ed.D.; was certified in Therapeutic Yoga by Cheri Clampett and Arturo Peal; and is currently enrolled in the Mind in Motion professional Feldenkrais Method® training with Larry Goldfarb, Ph.D. She is listed in the current editions of Who's Who in American Women and Contemporary Authors and is a member of the Authors Guild.

Diana Store , The Netherlands

Diana Store has given workshops in the art of raw and living foods lifestyle

and cuisinein Holland, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, and the USA.

Diana is currently working on various publications, including compiling

a book representing a consensus on optimal dietary principles,

with contributions from leading raw food teachers worldwide.

Diana has been practicing a 100% raw food lifestyle for 7 years,

and is inspired to share with others

the joys of a more natural and enlightened existence!

Dherbs main goal and function is to enlighten and properly educate people to the importance of human health and nutrition. We at Dherbs want everyone to know that in spite of what you may have heard about incurable diseases, in our opinion, there are no diseases on earth that cannot be cured. There is but one disease - toxicity!

People have been miseducated about the true origins and causes of disease, and therefore have been enslaved at the hands of the medical system and industrial complex. Now is the time, to heal the body wholistically and naturally. This is our approach and we utilize it with fervent passion and faith.

Most diseases that Americans are confronted with are degenerative in nature, meaning the causes of most debilitating and chronic diseases are diet and lifestyle related. Yes, what you eat (and what’s eating you inside) is harming you and killing you.

The Western American diet is too high in meat, dairy, starches, sugar, salt, refined grains (too high in gluten that converts to glue in your stomach), preservatives, artificial colors (that deceive your eyes), additives and flavor enhancers (that deceive and corrupt your taste buds), and a host of other insalubrious substances that are greatly sabotaging our health. Thereby shortening the life longevity of Americans. This is very sad but very true!

Seventy-five (75) percent of our work is with women or females. To heal this nation we must first heal the women. The health of a family is in the hands of the woman (mother/wife). If she is unhealthy, then so is and will be her family. She, the woman, cannot do better until she knows better.

Dherbs offers a host of valuable information and wisdom and all-natural herbal products that if taken and applied consistently, will help jumpstart the health revolution that so many people desperately need and have been waiting for.

In his role as a progressive educator, Brian has conducted countless seminars, lectures, and educational programs, traveling extensively to more than 25 countries around the globe. At home in the United States, he has taken the message of this widely successful program to the entire country. In recent years he has been commissioned by government-supported organizations to establish, organize, and direct health programs in Denmark, Switzerland, Greece, and India. Brian has also written numerous books in which he explores the various aspects of health, spirituality, and natural healing. His recent best-selling book, Living Foods for Optimum Health, has been acclaimed by Marilyn Diamond, co-author of the book Fit for Life, as "an important and eminently readable book for the new era of self care," and by Coretta Scott King as a "landmark guide to the essentials of healthy living." In response to the growing public demand, he has produced an educational video series on the practical application of Hippocrates Health Institute's Life Change Program, the three-week detoxification and cleansing process that is recognized worldwide as Hippocrates' signature program. In addition, Brian created the Hippocrates Health Educator Program, a nine-week intensive instructional that certifies students to teach the Hippocrates Living Foods Lifestyle, with graduates in over 12 countries. His progressive ideas on natural health approaches, coupled with his vast theoretical and practical scientific experience, have earned him a reputation as a leading expert in the natural health field. Brian's professional opinion is highly regarded and much sought after; he is a frequent guest on television, radio and in print, and acts as a resource expert for several publications. Brian has also been recognized for his significant contribution in the field of modern health care by Who's Who Among Outstanding Americans.

Dr. Brian Clement has spent more than three decades studying nutrition and natural healthcare.  He has received graduate degrees in both naturopathic medicine and nutritional science.  Since 1980 he has directed the Institute's growth and development as well as facilitated the implementation of such progressive natural health treatments as: the Living Food Diet, Wheatgrass Therapy, Dark Field Microscopy, and the essentials of mind-body therapies. Over the years Brian has assumed the role of a health advocate, motivating a very eager public to take action to improve their lives.

   David Y. Wong, M.D.

David Y. Wong, M.D. is board certified in family practice medicine and co-founder and director of the Health Integration Center in Torrance and Santa Monica, California - an innovative educational and holistic health center founded in 1978. He is the author of "Healing What Hurts: Fast Ways to Get Safe Relief from Aches and Pains and Other Everyday Ailments." In his practice, he utilizes a variety of healing disciplines, including nutrition, acupuncture, stress reduction, natural hormones, herbal medicine, and energy healing. His goal is to help people achieve optimal health and balance through the integration of body, mind, and spirit.

Dr. Douglas Graham, a twenty year raw fooder, is an advisor to world class athletes and trainers from around the globe. He has trained professional and Olympic athletes from almost every sport, including tennis legend Martina Navratilova, NBA pro basketball player Ronnie Grandison, track Olympic sprinter Doug Dickinson, as well as the United States Olympic Diving team, the Norwegian National Bicycling team and many Olympians from Aruba. Models, actors, physicians, performers and motivated people from all walks of life have sought his inspiration and guidance as health coach. Mark VIctor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series is one of his long term clients.

Dr. Graham is the best-selling author of The High Energy Diet Recipe Guide, Nutrition and Athletic Performance and Grain Damage, as well as the acclaimed CD, Succeeding Socially on Raw Foods. He has shared his strategies for achieving optimum health with audiences at events sponsored by the American, British, and Canadian Natural Hygiene Societies, the North American and the European Vegetarian Societies, the World Vegetarian Society, the American and United Kingdom Vegan Societies, EarthSave International, Fitness Professionals U.K., the American Fruitarian Society, The Essenes, Vitalities, Living Light Culinary Arts Institute and countless others. He is a regular speaker at many national health, animal rights, environmental, and sports performance seminars.

Dr. Graham served on the Board of Governors of the International Association of Professional Natural Hygienists and the Board of Directors of the American Natural Hygiene Society. He is a founder of and is currently serving his second term as President of Healthful Living International, the world's only international Natural Hygiene organization. He is on the Board of Advisors of Voice for a Viable Future, Living Light Films and EarthSave International and serves as nutrition advisor for the magazine, Exercise, For Men Only. The raw foods and fitness advisor for VegSource.com (the largest vegetarian site on the internet), Dr. Graham also teaches the Health Educator program at Hippocrates Institute, is a 'source authority' for Harmonious Living, and authors a column for the Fresh Network Magazine and Living Nutrition Magazine. For ten years he was the owner and director of Club Hygiene, a fasting retreat in the Florida Keys.

His unique vantage point has allowed him to function as a liaison between the various raw food leaders, helping them all to present a more unified front. Dr. Graham's ability to reach a mainstream audience with a healthy raw food message has brought thousands of people into this movement. Dr. Graham's importance to this movement can best be expressed by noting that he gave the keynote address at ALL of the major raw food events, worldwide, in the past three years. Dr. Graham's boundless energy and joy for living is definitely contagious.

A professional speaker since 1980, Dr. Graham seeks to make a point while making a friend. He always congratulates people for what they have achieved and motivates them to strive for more.

Website: www.doctorgraham.cc

Howard F. Lyman (born on September 17, 1938, in Great Falls, Montana) - American farmer and animal welfare activist who is known for his actions promoting vegetarian nutrition and organic farming.

He was raised as a fourth generation rancher on a farm that produced dairy and meat commodities. He attended Montana State University and graduated in 1961 with a B.S. degree in general agriculture. Upon graduation he spent two years in the United States Army before returning to work on the farm.

From 1963 to 1983 he was actively engaged in animal and grain production. The areas in which he was involved were dairy, pork, registered Hereford, chicken, range cattle, feedlot beef production, veal, grain, silage, and hay production.

In 1979 Lyman was diagnosed with a tumor in his spine. Faced with the prospect of paralysis, he vowed to return to non-chemical means of farming if he beat the cancer. He survived an operation to remove the tumor and set out to transform his land into an organic farm.

This attempt to fly in the face of the chemical-based farming establishment led him to take a try at political office but he lost his first contest. He became a lobbyist instead and moved to Washington, D.C.

Circa 1990, again facing health concerns, he became a vegetarian and found his health improving. In 1989 Lyman began to investigate Mad Cow disease, which was just becoming an issue in Great Britain.

It was not until April 1996 that Lyman became well known. In an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's talk show, Lyman made remarks which in turn led to Oprah renouncing hamburgers. The National Cattleman's Beef Association sued Lyman and Winfrey. Both were found not guilty of any wrongdoing early in 1998.

Lyman eventually became a vegan. He has co-authored the book "Mad Cowboy" as well as "No More Bull" and became president of "EarthSave". Leaving that post, he became president of "Voice for a Viable Future".

Lyman also features in Franny Armstrong's 2005 documentary "McLibel".

He has a free electronic newsletter (details at his website) and has produced four DVDs ("A Mad Cowboy Lecture," "Earth Talk: 2001," "Mad Cowboy: The Documentary," and "A Mad Cowboy Lecture: 2007").

Ethical vegetarian and fourth generation cattle rancher turned vegan for his leadership in the animal rights movement, he was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award in Sherborn, MA on April 12, 1997.

Howard Straus is the grandson of Dr. Max Gerson and the son of Charlotte Gerson. After his MIT education in physics, he pursued a career in computer systems analysis for nearly 40 years. Late in life, he discovered his passion for helping people recover from “incurable” diseases using the famous Gerson Therapy developed by his grandfather and continued by his mother.

Although Dr. Gerson was called “the most eminent genius in medical history” by Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer, no thorough biography of Gerson existed forty years after his death. Howard Straus took up the task in 2002 by publishing Dr. Max Gerson: Healing the Hopeless, which has received excellent reviews in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine and The Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients.

Howard Straus contributes to the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine and Way of the Heart, and is writing a second book, Power Nutrition, from which the Way of the Heart articles are extracted. He also authors an informative and twice-weekly e-bulletin called Be Well! in addition to pursuing his career as a nutritional consultant and international lecturer on the Gerson Therapy.

He founded the nonprofit organization, Cancer Research Wellness Network, which is dedicated to educating people about cancer therapies that work. Mr. Straus’ Power Nutrition workshops have been very well-received, and have helped thousands to radically improve the quality of their lives.

Dr. James Carey, Ph.D.

Dr. Jim Carey, PhD, DD, has been a raw living foods advocate for six years, ever since the Dr. Ann Wigmore program changed his life. You can learn more about Dr. Wigmore, N.D., and Dr. Carey at AnnWigmore.com, RawDoctors.com, chiDiet.com, chiDietVideos.com and chiDiet.net.

He’s currently doing an American television series about the raw vegan lifestyle. Episodes of his show can be seen at GrassyRootsTV.com. Dr. Carey resides in rural Georgia, USA, where he loves to eat wild edibles, and travels extensively sharing the message of the raw living foods lifestyle. He can be contacted via email at jcarey@chiDiet.com.

(Dr. Jim also served as Director of Creative Health Institute for several years, and is a Trustee of the Creative Health Institute 501(c)-3 Non-Profit Trust.)

Silence 

Listen to this conversation with Marie Evensong,

director of the  Evensong Spirituality Center

Evensong Directors Marie & Jim David had a dream for many years

of opening a retreat center to serve those who sought a place of

silence and safety where they might spend time developing or

renewing their Friendship with God. A way to achieve that dream

was given to them with the idea of purchasing an operational

inn and maintaining it as a business during peak season to provide

the funds to cover the cost of purchase and overall operation.

In early 2002 the opportunity was presented to make that

dream a reality with the purchase of the Harbor Breeze Inn.

The entire experience has been an amazing journey, with many

people lending a helping hand, and with many doors

opening in remarkable ways.

Justin Schmidt is an experienced nutritional microscopist, trained in live & dry blood analysis by world renowned microbiologist Dr. Robert O. Young, author of The pH Miracle series and founder of The pH Miracle Center in San Diego. Justin provides live & dry blood cell analysis, nutritional assessments, and lifestyle/dietary coaching for his private clients. Additionally, he is very active in the Bay Area alternative health scene. On he weekly basis you will find him giving lectures, leading workshops, cleanses and food preparation demos in addition to the service he provides for his private clients. Much of his work is performed in collaboration with Café Gratitude - a chain of raw, vegan, organic cafes in the Bay Area. He currently serves as a health care provider for the staff and management.

          Having experienced a pH Miracle in his own life, reversing severe psoriasis and intense multiple-sclerosis symptoms via dietary and lifestyle changes advised by Dr. Young, Justin knows from first hand experience what it is like to live with anxiety and suffering which many face in dealing with severe health challenges. He also knows the miraculous relief and empowerment that understanding the alkaline nature of the body has provided for himself and thousands of others. Great and vibrant health is available for ALL those who are willing to do the work and make the changes necessary to bring the body back into balance.

"Using live & dry blood analysis we are able to look inside to see what's really going on and what's necessary to bring the body back into balance. No other tool could be so helpful, inspirational and powerful - to bring us visually present to the impact that our emotions, environment and dietary choices have on our cells and ourselves. As Dr. Young has said, 'The blood never lies.' Its honest expression will always correlate to our internal state of health. Having mastered an understanding of what it takes to build healthy blood, a healthy body is an inevitable result of following the protocol of The pH Miracle."

Karen Knowler is The Raw Food Coach, author, presenter, teacher, trainer, former MD of The Fresh Network (The UK's raw and living foods organisation) and appears regularly in the press in her capacity as raw food expert and energy coach. Karen works with people at all stages of the raw food journey and from all walks of life, from complete newbie to celebrity and long-termer. Recently dubbed "The World's Premier Raw Food Coach" and hailed as "The Trinny and Susannah of the Kitchen" by Tatler magazine, Karen has been involved in the field of raw food since 1993 and is based near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

David Rainoshek M.A. in Vegan/Live Food Nutrition is

the co-creator of JuiceFeasting.com with his wife, Katrina.

He is a Juice Feasting coach, author, lecturer, and has Juice fasted/Feasted

for over 450 days, up

to 92 days at a time. David served as Research Assistant to

Dr. Gabriel Cousens for There is a Cure for Diabetes,

and is now authoring several books for release in 2008, including:

•    Juice Feasting: A Modern Hero's Guide

•    The Four Means to Get Your Greens

•    and finally, with Katrina, a series of children's

books beginning with Julia and the Nut Mylk Tree.

David and Katrina coach 92-Day Juice Feasts for

clients and retreats worldwide and from March – June

conducted the 2008 Global Juice Feast, a world-wide

cleanse for 92 Days on www.GlobalJuiceFeast.com.

David and Katrina teach about Juice Feasting and nutrition

education to the world through their

92-Day Program on www.JuiceFeasting.com.

David served as leading Research Assistant to Gabriel Cousens, M.D.,

as head juice fasting coach, and taught the 10-week nutrition education

classes to kitchen and garden apprentices at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation

Center in Patagonia, Arizona in 2006-07. He has taught over 100 raw food

preparation classes to children and adults.

David and Katrina are self-described as a Dietary Activists and

proponents of Nutrient Density andHealth Freedom for all. "Availability is

not enough.For Live Food Nutrition to be the truly transformative and integral

movement of our times, it must be made accessible to everyone."

David and Katrina drive a Ford F-350 on Straight

Vegetable Oil reclaimed from Asian restaurants,

and have covered over 70,000 miles to-date.

Learn more about David and Katrina

Welcome to a series of three special shows

from David and Katrina 

Click on TITLE to listen

September: Deep Foods 

October : Spectrum of Diet

November : Designing a Culture of the Future

with Ayrie Cunliffe

Luigi (Gino) Di Serio

It is well understood that there are radical health differences between plants and animals found

in the sea and those on land. In the ocean, life thrives on a precisely balanced diet of inorganic nutrients while our landlocked environment has been increasingly unable to provide plants and animals with the full compliment of minerals necessary for health and longevity.

Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this mining analogy is that farmers, through conventional fertilizer strategies, often only replace three to six of the total number of elements removed from

the soil. The failure to understand the importance of all elements and their role in providing complete, balanced nutrition to plants and animals has resulted in an abundance of food that is great in bulk but low in vitality.

Ocean water holds the perfect balance of nutrients essential for sustaining life. Listen to this interview for more answers.

Creator of the movie www.RawFor30Days.com, Mark is a green entrepreneur with more then thirty years of marketing and sales experience. Considered a pioneer in the nascent industries of online capital formation and local community stock offerings, he has been widely quoted and received speaking invitations internationally from Malaysia, Hong Kong, France, Canada, and domestically in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. He has been interviewed in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, Financial Times of London, Barron’s, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal and WebWeek.  
Prior to beginning the movie “Raw For Thirty Days” he established the MicroAngels Grass Roots Investor Club to teach a unique method allowing average Americans to invest with their green values in local start-up companies. The initial public lecture was held November 2001 at the Gray Cary Law firm in Silicon Valley, and since then thousands of small investors and eco-entrepreneurs in ten cities have attended his classes.
Previously, Mark raised more than $3 million for an Internet start-up that marketed private and public investment offerings online. Prior to that he founded Direct IPO (sold in 1998) that was a financial services Web site designed to provide small business with less expensive access to capital using the little known medium of direct public offerings.  

He currently divides his time between Arizona and California, enjoying trail running, fitness training and group chanting. Mark became vegetarian in 1972.  His favorite book is 2150 and looks forward to developing a raw foods yoga interval-ownership resort on a beach in the tropics.

Mark (Dr.Tea) Ukra, US

Mark Ukra will tell you that tea contains flavonoids, naturally occurring

compounds that arebelieved to have antioxidant properties that assist in

fighting certain types of cancer, cardiovascular disease,

lowering cholesterol, reducing risk of heart attack and even

 improved oral health.Dr. Tea is the proprietor of The Tea Garden & Herbal

Emporium with his wife, Julie Jackson Ukra. His mission is to provide

the world with the finest quality of Asian herbs, teas and tonics and

is dedicated to the teachings of guidance towards the

integration of the body, mind and soul.

Silence 

Listen to this conversation with Marie Evensong,

director of the  Evensong Spirituality Center

Evensong Directors Marie & Jim David had a dream for many years

of opening a retreat center to serve those who sought a place of

silence and safety where they might spend time developing or

renewing their Friendship with God. A way to achieve that dream

was given to them with the idea of purchasing an operational

inn and maintaining it as a business during peak season to provide

the funds to cover the cost of purchase and overall operation.

In early 2002 the opportunity was presented to make that

dream a reality with the purchase of the Harbor Breeze Inn.

The entire experience has been an amazing journey, with many

people lending a helping hand, and with many doors

opening in remarkable ways.

    Michael Saiber

Michelle Schoffro Cook, DNM, DAc, RNCP, ROHP is an international best-selling and six-time book author, whose works include:

The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, The Brain Wash, and Healing Injuries the Natural Way.

Michelle is a Doctor of Natural Medicine, Doctor of Acupuncture, Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner, Registered Orthomolecular Health Practitioner, Holistic Life Coach, Biofeedback Therapist, and Bioenergetic Medicine Practitioner.

She has made , over 900 media appearances, including:  Woman's World, First for Women, Vegetarian Times, Robert Kennedy's Oxygen: Fitness for Women, HELLO! Canada, Glow, YOU: The Owner's Manual Radio Show, The Gary Null Show, Huffington Post, Yahoo! Shine, Gaiam Life, and many others.

She is a regular columnist for Intent.com and Care2.com.

Visit www.DrMichelleCook.com to learn more about her work.

Adams is the editor of NewsTarget.com as well as  author of over a dozen

books and guides on natural health. His website features instant download

access to over 20 special reports and interviews about natural health breakthroughs!

Filmmaker: Mike Anderson
Film: Eating and Healing Cancer from Inside Out

Mike Anderson is the author of "The Rave Diet & Lifestyle Book," as well as the award-wining DVD, "Eating." He is currently working on a film about cancer. Before getting interested in nutrition, Mike owned several software companies, including one that developed the first onboard navigation system for vehicles.

Niedra Gabriel , Israel / St.Lucia

Niedra Gabriel  is an affiliate teacher trainer with Power Pilates.

She offers nutritional programs that support anti aging and physical training.

Niedra is also the creator and facilitator of a weekend transformational

training called the Dream Machine. She is training as

a trapeze artist and creating an act which includes aireal arts.

    Nomi Shannon

Nomi Shannon, "The Raw Gourmet," has spent the years since 1987 spreading the word about the benefits of the raw food diet. Her seminal book, The Raw Gourmet remains one of the best organized and most popular books about the raw food lifestyle ever written. In addition to being a wonderful gourmet raw chef, Nomi is a certified Hippocrates Health Educator, and offers classes and consultations to individuals and groups who wish to improve their health "one bite at a time."

Rey and Robby of Raw Cane Juice 

Listen to Rey and Robby create a new paradigm to health.

Raw Cane SuperJuice has started their own little revolution against

refined sugars. Refined sugar and hfcs are pretty much guilty for the

wave of sugar diabetes sweeping across the human race.

"Not only do we drink raw cane juice, we use it as our primary sweetener

and guess what?  Robby's lost 30 lbs. and is no longer pre-diabetic!"

"We’re re-introducing a healthy, non-fat, raw source of sweetness

back into the diet, the way Nature intended.  Fresh-pressed cane juice:

a pure and raw way to hydrate and renew. Raw cane juice: nourishment,

anti-oxidant, internal cleanser and energizer. 

Raw cane juice:  an unrefined, unprocessed, and complete superfood. "

Raw Cane SuperJuice:  a naturally healing way of life.

Rhio, author of Hooked on Raw, has been a leading proponent of the raw/living foods lifestyle through public appearances, her show on Tribeca radio, her informative raw energy hotline, and website. She is both a fantastic raw food chef and one of the leading voices on issues such as food irradiation, genetic engineering, and seed hybridization. Rhio has worked extensively with the survivors of 9/11 and their related health issues.

Ricardo Riskalla, Australia

Ricardo Riskalla, is a certified Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer

certifying him as a Master Trainer. He has a keen interest

in nutrition and its impact on health and sports performance .

He runs a boutique personal training company in Sydney,

training everyone from the average Joe to movie stars.

Filmmaker: Richard Schwart
Film: A Sacred Duty

Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D, (April 10, 1934— ) is Professor Emeritus, Mathematics, College of Staten Island; President of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA); and co-founder and coordinator of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV). He is best known as a vegetarian activist and advocate for animal rights in the United States and Israel. His writings inspired the 2007 documentary film, A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Heal the World, directed by Lionel Friedberg.

Schwartz was born in Arverne, New York. As a youth, he was not a vegetarian. He describes his upbringing as being a "meat and potatoes person" whose favorite dish was pot roast. In 1975 he began teaching a course called "Mathematics and the Environment" at the College of Staten Island. The course used basic mathematical concepts and problems to explore current critical issues, such as pollution, resource scarcities, hunger, energy, and the arms race. He writes:

While reviewing material related to world hunger, I became aware of the tremendous waste of grain associated with the production of beef... In spite of my own eating habits, I often led class discussions on the possibility of reducing meat consumption as a way of helping hungry people. After several semesters of this, I took my own advice and gave up eating red meat, while continuing to eat chicken and fish... I then began to read about the many health benefits of vegetarianism and about the horrible conditions for animals raised on factory farms. I was increasingly attracted to vegetarianism, and on January 1, 1978, I decided to join the International Jewish Vegetarian Society... I decided to become a full practicing vegetarian, and since then have avoided eating any meat, fowl, or fish.

As an Orthodox Jew, Schwartz began to explore what Judaism had to say about diet, ecology, and the proper treatment of animals. The result was his best-known book, Judaism and Vegetarianism, the first work published in English on this topic. It explores vegetarianism from the standpoint of biblical, Talmudic, and rabbinical references, and concludes that vegetarianism is the highest form of kosher and the best diet for Jews in the modern world. The second edition, revised and much expanded, was a B'nai Brith Book Club Selection that same year.

Since then, Schwartz has been active in a variety of vegetarian and animal rights organizations. His unique contribution has been to increase public awareness about Jewish teachings concerning vegetarianism and the ethical treatment of animals. On July 3, 2005, Schwartz was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame by the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS). The ceremony was held at the 31st Annual NAVS Summerfest on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Dr. Schwartz also spoke at the Summerfest on "Judaism and Vegetarianism" and "Ten Approaches to Obtain a Vegetarian-Consciousness by 2010."

Schwartz also reaches out to vegetarians from other religions, and his writings helped inspire the formation of the Christian Vegetarian Association, and their original campaign and literature, namely "What Would Jesus Eat...Today?" This campaign has more recently evolved into the broader "Honoring God's Creation" campaign and has strongly influenced the Christian vegetarian movement.

to the public.

After high school Robert attended Oregon State University and then moved to Utah. He graduated from the Utah College of Massage Therapy and began a 4-year career working as a massage therapist, including 7 months on a cruise ship touring many parts of the world.

As an athlete, Robert ran cross country for Oregon State University and picked up an interest in weight-lifting. He soon became a competitive bodybuilder.

In 2002, Robert started Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, a company dedicated to promoting the vegan fitness lifestyle, empowering vegan athletes, and living by the words, "healthy food defines you."

In the spring of 2005, Robert became a champion bodybuilder when he won a contest in Portland, OR, and he later competed at the Natural Bodybuilding World Championships held in California that fall.

In 2006, Robert was selected as one of VegNews Magazine's 15 most influential vegan athletes, and is now considered one of the most recognized vegan athletes in the world. Robert has been featured in more than 20 magazines from the US, Canada, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom. He has appeared in TV commercials for VegSeattle and PETA, and has been on a number of television news shows, radio interviews, and is currently featured on over 100 websites.

Also, in 2006, Robert released 'Vegan Fitness Built Naturally', a DVD Documentary that has been sold to people in more than 15 countries and to all corners of the US.

Recently Robert has focused his energy on organizing events. In 2006 he organized the Vegan Vacation held in Portland, and the Vegan Holiday Festival, also held in Portland which attracted 1,000 people from a number of western states.

Robert is the co-founder of C-VEG, a Corvallis-based Vegan group inspired by EVEN, the Eugene Oregon Vegan Society. He is a board member for OrganicAthlete, a Board member for NW Veg Group in Portland, and the President of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness. He works with a number of organizations including PETA, IDA, and is a writer for multiple magazines and websites covering vegan and fitness issues.

Currently Robert works full-time for Sequel Naturals as a representative for Vega, a line of vegan whole food products, and also works full-time directing his Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness organization.

Robert lives in Portland in a vegan household and continues to spread the vegan way of life leading by example as an accomplished vegan athlete.

Roman Devivo, France /US

Antje Spors, Germany/US

Roman and Antje co-founded GeneFit Nutrition, LLC in 2002, a company d

edicated to theteachings of the principles of Genefit Nutrition worldwide

as well as scientific research in the field of raw nutrition

in more general terms. In 2003, they co-authored their first book,

titled "GeneFit Nutrition, Nutrition Designed by Life",

published by Celestial Arts, Berkeley. In 2005 they published a

second educational tool, the "GeneFit Nutrition Online Tutorial", available online. 

TORONTO, Ontario (September 26, 2007) – Ruth’s Hemp Foods pioneered the use of hemp in food in North America and introduced conscious consumers to this nutrient packed, super seed.

Ruth Shamai is one of Canada’s foremost experts in industrial hemp, and a sought-after speaker on the subject, who started working with hemp in the early 1990s.

In Ruth’s words, “Hemp is a plant that can have tremendous benefits for our farmers, our environment, our economy – and our personal health.” Adding, “The versatility of hemp makes it ideal for a wide range of products: from food to clothing to building materials, from car parts and carpets to kitty litter. When I first realized the remarkable significance of hemp, it wasn’t legal to grow it yet in Canada, but we’ve made great progress since then.”

Ruth was active in the lobby of environmentalists, agriculture experts and entrepreneurs that helped legalize industrial hemp in Canada. In 1998, she and her colleagues succeeded in legalizing hemp for commercial growth in Canada, thereby making the benefits of hemp available to North American consumers. Ruth, originally a technical writer and software trainer, then leveraged her natural curiosity, patience and perseverance in launching hemp as a new category in the natural foods industry.

As Ruth points out, “I’ve always been interested in healthy foods. When my research identified the significant nutritional benefits of the hemp seed, I knew I’d found my calling!”

In 1999, Ruth launched Ruth’s Hemp Foods, Inc. Based in Toronto, Ontario, her goal was to develop a wide range of reasonably priced, GMO-free, plant-based foods that would have the added benefits of hemp’s essential fatty acids and high quality protein.

Today, Ruth’s Hemp Foods manufactures hemp-based Protein Powders, Hemp Bars, Hemp Salad Dressings, Hemp Oil, SoftHemp™ (certified organic shelled hemp seed), and other hemp food products. These products are distributed throughout various retail channels throughout Canada and the United States.

Although passionate about hemp, Ruth likes to avoid the hype associated with the crop, saying, “Just being the serious, practical-minded person that I am has its own rewards. I want to spread awareness of hemp nutrition that is based on sound research. My company’s mission is to develop delicious foods that contain a maximum amount of hemp while remaining at a competitive price point, so that hemp becomes regular and healthy part of peoples’ diets.”

About Ruth’s Hemp Foods, Inc.

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Selina DeLangre is President & CEO of the Grain & Salt Society®, owner of the Celtic Sea Salt® Brand and distributor of other quality natural care products. She is also Publisher & Editorial Director of A Grain of Salt®, a quarterly publication that focuses on all aspects of health & wellness. Selina has been a student of healthy living for 28 years, with interests in many diverse lifestyles that promote optimal wellbeing. Her vision is to create an organizational environment that fosters innovation & creativity, and to provide products and tools that empower others in making mindful choices to support healthy bodies and a healthy planet.

Shauna Verkade MBA is President and CEO of Excalibur Food Dehydrators. She has been involved in the business since she was young and along with her husband Whitney purchased the company after her father retired in 2004. She received her Masters Degree in Business from the University of San Francisco and her Culinary Training from Living Light Culinary Arts Institute. She is dedicated to providing environmentally conscious products and furthering the science of dehydration.

 Steve Meyerowitz

Sproutman Steve Meyerowitz is one of the world's leading proponents of sprouting, juicing, fasting, wheatgrass, indoor gardening, raw foods, and pure water. He was christened "Sproutman" in the 1970's because of his passion for sprouts and indoor gardening and the nutritious, organic foods they provide.

Steve got interested in natural foods after a 20 year effort to correct chronic allergies and asthma with conventional medicine. He made dramatic changes in his diet and within two months of eating a strict "living foods," vegetarian diet, his lifelong symptoms vanished. He continued to practice a 100% raw foods diet (nothing cooked, packaged, canned, frozen, or processed) for five years. During that time, he also experimented with

other extreme diets such as fruitarianism (just fruit), juice fasting for as long as 100 days, and briefly, breatharianism (no food, no water).

Steve shares with us his rich and life-giving information about wheatgrass.

Tamera is CEO of Klamath Algae Products, Inc. and Vision, Inc., and has worked with some of the most well-known healers in the living foods movement.