Natural Health Movement Stories

We are traveling North America interviewing founders and leaders in the Natural Helath Movement. Follow the Story Van as captures the stories and legacies.

Cheryl Hughes is the owner of The Whole Wheatery in Lancaster, California. She started my journey in the Natural Products Industry in 1979 when she worked for a company that pioneered nutrition in California, Gladys Lindberg and Lindberg Nutrition. Cheryl Hughes give this interview for the Natural Health Movement Project, www.naturalhealthmovement.org

Howard Pollack started with a natural foods distribution company called Nature's Best. He sold that and after a few other startups opened Rainbow Acres Market in Culver City (Los Angeles) California. He also has a 4,000 square foot organic food processing facility and 400 Rainbow Acres products. He also does private label productions for other stores, including Cheryl Hughes and The Whole Wheatery in Lancaster, California. We spoke with Howard for the Natural Health Movement Project. See naturalhealthmovement.org

Join us for the third and final segment of our interview with Marta Boyette and Amber Dennis about "How Provender Differs Why Provender Matters. Marta and Amber tell how Provender grew from promoting a wholistic view of food to embracing many other social values and initiatives that developed in the past decades across much of the Pacific Northwest. Amber then details the practical challenges that she worked through during those developments both as a retailer and through Provender. As a pioneering organization, these stories tell how Provender became an epicenter of cooperative growth from early days of natural retailing, becoming the nexus between natural retailers, natural producers and natural consumers and still is.

Marta Boyette and Amber Dennis tell stories of the early inception and growth of the Pacific Northwest Natural Products movement and Provender.

Dr. Joseph Pizzorno talks about his early career in medical research, learning about naturopathic medicine, founding Bastyr College, and writing the Textbook of Natural Medicine.

Dr. Hudson is a nationally recognized author, speaker, educator, researcher, clinician and the first woman in the United States to become a full professor of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Hudson serves on several editorial boards, advisory panels and as a consultant to the natural products industry. She is a cofounder of the dietary supplement company Vitanica, and serves as Director of research, product development and education.... https://naturalhealthmovement.org//pioneer-in-womens-natu/

Follow Marta and Amber as they tell the stories on how Natural Products got their start and grew into a vital movement of healthy living. Part of this story is how they were instrumental in the early days of Provender Alliance in the Pacific Northwest, helping it grow and thrive. https://naturalhealthmovement.org//marta-boyette-amber-de/

If you eat an herb, sniff essential oils or swallow an herbal capsule, you owe a debt of thanks to Mark Blumenthal, founder and Executive Director of the American Botanical Council. Starting in the 1970's, Mark turned his vegetarian passion into a passion for herbs and herbal medicine. As he developed his Asian Ginseng wholesale business in the late 70's, Mark became enthralled with the heritage, scientific study and dissemination of herbal wisdom.... https://naturalhealthmovement.org//natural-herbal-pioneer/

Once upon a time in the 1970s, several hundred San Francisco State students, graduates and Haight-Ashbury residents followed Stephen Gaskin, a teacher of comparative religion, on a quest for spiritual enlightenment. In 1971, this quest led to them establishing a communal endeavor they called: "The Farm". Robert Tepper takes us on the fascinating journey of their eventual production and introduction of soy foods into American natural food stores and into the hearts of vegetarians ever since. [ 109 more words ] https://naturalhealthmovement.org//producing-pioneer-robe/

Pat Sardell moved from California to Corvallis, Oregon to open Country Vitamins in 1982. This video describes her journey through the Natural Health industry, including: Her mother's interest in healthy products. First experience at the Natural Products Expo West trade show. Lobbying in Washington for the Dietary Supplement and Education Act (DSHEA). Natural Products Association. Industry Awards. Country Vitamins television commercials. [ 39 more words ] https://naturalhealthmovement.org/2020/05/31/pat-sardell/

This Ray Edwards interview with Dr. Gus about how to stay healthy with the Coronavirus pandemic is the best description of how the virus works and how to protect yourself that I have seen yet! https://rayedwards.com/462-2/

We talked with Lesley Tierra in her clinic in Santa Cruz, California about how she came to meet Michael Tierra and become interested in herbal medicine. She uses a blend of diet, herbs, acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Ayurvedic Medicine to promote good health. Lesley and Michael Tierra run the East West School of Planetary Herbology and have certified over 10,000 Herbalists, including many world leaders in the field. See Michael and Lesley also founded the American Herbalist Guild. https://naturalhealthmovement.org/2020/04/12/lesley-tierra/