Not fans of soymilk either

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Weston A. Price Foundation,a registered charity based in Washington, D.C., got some attention in Canada by supporting Michael Schmidt, who was recently acquitted of charges of selling raw milk illegally in a lower level court in Ontario. The Foundation is also fighting a battle against the soybean industry in the United States.

Last year, the foundation hired lawyers and took action against the state of Ohio for imposing a diet heavy in soy protein on prisoners in the state penal system.

The foundation charges on its website that, starting in 2002, an order signed by Governor Rod Blagojevich caused "a myriad of serious health problems" in prisoners who, it says, are fed mostly protein made from soybeans and get only small amounts of real cheese and meat. The foundation claims that, while the order saved money for the state, it was also payback for campaign contributions received from Archer Daniel Midlands, a major supplier to the jails.

The Foundation's annual budget is US$1.2 million a year, says president Sally Fallon, split about equally in revenue from a convention, memberships and sale of its materials. Fallon says the Foundation doesn't take money from the dairy or meat industries. Nor the soybean industry apparently. BF