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The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.
The Foundation seeks to establish a laboratory to test nutrient content of foods, particularly butter produced under various conditions; to conduct research into the "X Factor," discovered by Dr. Price (now believed to be vitamin K2); and to determine the effects of traditional preparation methods on nutrient content and availability in whole foods.
The board and membership of the Weston A. Price Foundation stand united in the belief that modern technology should be harnessed as a servant to the wise and nurturing traditions of our ancestors rather than used as a force destructive to the environment and human health; and that science and knowledge can validate those traditions.
The Foundation's quarterly journal, Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts, is dedicated to exploring the scientific validation of dietary, agricultural and medical traditions throughout the world. It features illuminating and thought-provoking articles on current scientific research; human diets; non-toxic agriculture; and holistic therapies. The journal also serves as a reference for sources of foods that have been conscientiously grown and processed.
Tuscon, AZ WAPF Resource List
DAIRY
* Raw cow milk (not licensed for butter or cream) - Save Your Dairy in Queen Creek. The cows are outside, but there isn't enough land at this time to permit grass grazing, so dried grasses like alfalfa are brought to the cows. Cows get pro-biotic in their water. They're looking for a new piece of land. Contact Jackie Calamos to find stores/distributors in Tucson, AZ 480-575-8499 or 630-986-8412.
* Yogurt, cream, creme fraiche, and butter from Trader Joe's (store brand, pasteurized), Straus cream and butter (mostly grass-fed, pasteurized) at Whole Foods, Kerrygold Irish butter (pasteurized, grass-fed) at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, Nancy's Sour Cream (unpasteurized, cows aren't totally pastured, has full-fat cream but contains nonfat dry milk powder)
* Raw cheese can be found at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods (various sources, not all grass-fed).
EGGS
* Some of the best chicken eggs come from vendors at the farmers' markets. The yolks are strong and taste good. Grocery store eggs can't compare, probably due to the age of the egg by the time it gets to us from California or elsewhere, and the feed. Most chickens in Arizona are fed some form of soy or GMO, so be sure to ask who you're buying eggs from, what the chickens are fed if you're trying to avoid soy.
* Trader Joe's and Whole Foods both carry organic eggs, but are soy fed.
MEAT
*A Bar H, San Simon, AZ, Anya Owens, 520-904-4389, Anya@abarhfarm.com, 100% grassfed beef and they deliver to Tucson.
* Double Check Ranch, Winkleman, AZ - "They (cattle) live on open range and eat only range and pasture grass. We include no hormones, antibiotics, or animal byproducts in their diets. They live in familiar surroundings and are not stressed by repeated trucking." They can be found at the Farmer's Market in Oro Valley on Saturdays and St. Phillip's on Sundays.
* Jojoba Beef, Kearny, AZ, Gregg Vinson is one of the nicest ranchers you'll ever meet. They have 22,000 acres in Kearny and are often at the farmer's market in Oracle on Saturdays. 520-400-0242
The scoop on the butcher case at Whole Foods: Everything is organic, raised on organic land using all organic feed. The difference between the larger case and the smaller case, marked "Organic," is that in the larger case the beef has been finished with organic grain for the last two weeks. The smaller organic case is completely pasture fed. The beef all comes from ranches in Nebraska that are contracted with Whole Foods.
Trader Joe's carries some grassfed items from Australia. Occasionally, they will will carry 100% organic meats and chicken.
PRODUCE
Regular grocery stores have organic sections, as do specialty grocery stores. Look at the PLU numbers on the produce stickers: any piece of produce starting with the number 9 following with four more digits is USDA organic. Regular four digit produce is considered "conventional" produce, (it may or may not have been organically grown), anything labeled staring with the 8 followed by four digits is genetically modified!
Grocery Markets
* Food Conspiracy 412 N. 4th Ave., All produce is organic, some is local.
* Aqua Vita, 2801 N Country Club Rd., Everything in the produce section is organic, but not everything is local. No meat.
* 17th Street Market, 840 E 17th Street, they have an extensive organic selection of produce, but not everything is local. Many things come from California.
* CSA Tucson Community Supported Agriculture, there is currently a waiting list, all produce comes from Farmer Frank and his farms in the Phoenix area.
FARMER'S MARKETS
Be sure to ask if things are organic and what they water with, some of them aren't organic, but come from sources that use no pesticides or chemicals. The organic label is very expensive to procure - many growers/producers cannot afford the label but produce foods that are worthy of it.
Community Food Bank Farmers’ Market
AZ FMNP* , Food Stamps*
3003 S. Country Club Dr.
(between Ajo & 36th St)
Tuesdays
8 a.m. – Noon
Year-round
Also accepts MC / VISA
Sara Rickard
520-622-0525 x 242
srickard@communityfoodbank.org
Downtown Farmers Market Arts and Crafts Mercado
Food Stamps*
South lawn of the Main Library Wednesdays 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Year-round
Alan Ward
520-326-7810
changs@webtv.net
El Presidio Mercado
Corner of Church and Alameda
Fridays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Alan Ward
520-326-7810
changs@webtv.net
Farmers' Market at the University of Arizona
Main Gate Square on University Boulevard between Tyndall and Euclid
Fridays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
January - May 15
Gale Welter, MS, RD
520-621-4550
welter@email.arizona.edu
www.farmers.health.arizona.edu
Good Groceries Mobile Market - Pascua
AZ FMNP* , Food Stamps*
Liogue Senior Center
7601 S. Camino Benem
Every other Tuesday
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
April 1 - September 30
Sara Rickard
520-622-0525 x 242
srickard@communityfoodbank.org
www.communityfoodbank.org
Good Groceries Mobile Market - Picture Rocks
AZ FMNP* , Food Stamps*
Picture Rocks Community Center
6691 N. Sandario Rd.
Every other Monday starting June 2
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
June 2 - Sept. 22
520-622-0525 x 242
www.communityfoodbank.org
Oro Valley Farmers' Market
Oro Valley Town Hall
11000 N. La Canada
(SE Corner of La Canada & Naranja)
Saturday mornings year-round:
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. winter
8 a.m. - 12 noon summer
Manish Shah, Roxanne Garcia
520-918-9811
rox@mayatea.com
Plaza Palomino Food Faire
2970 N. Swan
Saturdays
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. winter
8 a.m. - 1 p.m. summer
Year-round
Rincon Valley Farmers & Artisans Market
12500 E. Old Spanish Trail
Saturdays
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. winter
8 a.m. – 1 p.m. summer
Year-round
Laura Brumbelow
520-591-2276
rvfm@rinconinstitute.org
www.rvfm.org
Sahuarita Farmers Market
AZ FMNP*
Green Valley (Green Valley Mall off I-19 at Esperanza Ave)
Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Year-round
Annie Duncan
520-490-3315
dragoonmarketandcafe@gmail.com
Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market
AZ FMNP* , Food Stamps*
Northeast corner Speedway Blvd. & Riverview, between the Arizona School for Deaf & Blind and El Rio Neighborhood Center Thursdays
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. October - April
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. May - September
Closed December
Also accepts MC / Visa
Sara Rickard
520-622-0525 x 242
srickard@communityfoodbank.org
www.communityfoodbank.org
Tucson Farmers' Market at St. Philip's Plaza
St. Philip's Plaza
4380 N. Campbell Ave
(SE Corner of River Rd & Campbell Ave)
Sunday mornings year-round:
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. winter
8 a.m. - 12 noon summer
Manish Shah, Roxanne Garcia
520-918-9811
rox@mayatea.com
Marana Farm Market
AZ FMNP* , Food Stamps*
12375 N. Heritage Park Dr.
Mondays
4 p.m. - 7 p.m. June 2 - October
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. November
Sara Rickard
520-622-0525 x 242
srickard@communityfoodbank.org
www.communityfoodbank.org
Casa Grande Farmers’ Market
AZ FMNP*
The Christian Church of Casa Grande (parking lot)
1510 N. Casa Grande Ave.
Fridays 8 a.m. – Noon
April - October
Doug Henderson
520-836-4777
dougs_photo@msn.com
www.lewishenhouse.com
Oracle Farmers Market
2805 N. Triangle L Ranch Rd.
(Highway 77 and Rockliffe Blvd.)
Saturdays
9 a.m. - Noon
Year-round
Sharon Holnback
520-896-2123
info@triangleLranch.com
www.triangleLranch.com
Green Valley Artisan and Farmers Market
Esperanza and I-19
Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Year-round
Annie
520-490-3315
dragoonmarketandcafe@gmail.com
Sonoita Growers Market
Diamond JK Nursery
Highway 83
(½ mile so. of Hwy 82 & Hwy 83)
First Saturday of the month
9 a.m. - Noon
July – September
Ken Karrels
520-455-9262
kkarrels@yahoo.com
Tubac Farmers Market
Tubac Plaza, Exit 34 - I-19
Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
October - April
Adela
520-884-7178
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