{"id":5,"date":"2024-06-04T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/matsuvalleyak\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:08:10","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/matsuvalleyak\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2802b5875ddc1591fcd283c2a0c9b4a9\"><em><strong>WELCOME TO THE MATSU VALLEY CHAPTER&nbsp;OF&nbsp;THE WESTON A. PRICE&nbsp;FOUNDATION<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">About the Weston A. Price Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) is your source for accurate information on nutrition and health, always aiming to provide the scientific validation of traditional foodways. People seeking health today often condemn certain food groups \u2014 such as grains, dairy foods, meat, salt, fat, sauces, sweets and nightshade vegetables \u2014 but the Wise Traditions Diet is inclusive, not exclusive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>March Meeting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DATE: March 26th 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TIME: 6pm &#8211; approx. 7:45pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LOCATION: Youth annex (basement of Eagle Hotel) 918 S. Colony Way Palmer, AK 99645<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Please join us for socializing, light refreshments and to watch a video of the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation giving the following talk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nourishing Traditional Diets: The Key to Vibrant Health by Sally Fallon Morell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will watch the second part of this 2.5-hour presentation which answers the question: what is a healthy diet? WAPF president, Sally Fallon Morell, looks at the work of Dr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weston A. Price who visited groups of people living in a traditional way, eating their traditional diets and enjoying robust health. Sally presents the final 9 of the 11 principles of traditional diets and teaches how to implement those principles today. These principles cover the fact that all traditional cultures contained no refined or denatured foods or ingredients and they consumed some sort of animal food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This life changing information has influenced countless people to improve their diet and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A discussion will follow the video.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Want to learn about the WAPF&#8217;s dietary principles?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Click<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westonaprice.org\/11-principles-overview\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> to read more about the 11 Wise Traditions dietary principles<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>WAPF&#8217;s insights &amp; recommendations are free of industrial, political, or profit-based bias. They are based on traditional diets which sustained societies in health for thousands of years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:32px\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><em>Interested in becoming a member of the WAPF? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westonaprice.org\/why-join\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> to learn ho<\/em>w <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benefits of becoming a member:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Our quarterly journal:<\/strong>&nbsp;Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A members-only MeWe group and facebook group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our annual&nbsp;<strong>Shopping Guide<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our main dietary guidelines brochure and twelve&nbsp;<strong>informative trifold flyers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Timely email information<\/strong>&nbsp;and action alerts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quarterly members-only zoom meeting<\/strong>&nbsp;on various topics with WAPF experts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consult with Pete Kennedy<\/strong>&nbsp;on state laws, regulations and policies including food freedom legislation and issues regarding consumer access to raw milk, cottage foods and on-farm meat and poultry processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Looking for Local food resources? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/matsuvalleyak\/food-resource-list\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a2ffde56a6785844bb54fd09e932e21\">Join our facebook group or email List<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/groups\/731926488899842\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Facebook Group<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mail wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eepurl.com\/iRaiNs\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19,5H5c-1.1,0-2,.9-2,2v10c0,1.1.9,2,2,2h14c1.1,0,2-.9,2-2V7c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm.5,12c0,.3-.2.5-.5.5H5c-.3,0-.5-.2-.5-.5V9.8l7.5,5.6,7.5-5.6V17zm0-9.1L12,13.6,4.5,7.9V7c0-.3.2-.5.5-.5h14c.3,0,.5.2.5.5v.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME TO THE MATSU VALLEY CHAPTER&nbsp;OF&nbsp;THE WESTON A. 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