Local Leaders in Health
Local Leaders in Health
We are inspired by the work of so many individuals and organizations that are tirelessly working to improve health using nutritional science. These include regenerative agriculture farmers, integrative/functional medicine providers that use nutrition as the foundation of prevention and treatment protocols for chronic illness, as well as nutrition education and training programs designed for practitioners, patients/consumers, and farmers. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to be added to this list.
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
The AANP is a national professional association representing licensed naturopathic doctors and medical students. It describes in detail the philosophy behind naturopathic medicine and the treatment modalities used. You can click on “Find a Doctor” to locate a naturopathic physician near you.
The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Skokie, Illinois
Founded by Dr. Keith Block, the Block Center integrates conventional treatments with other effective treatment modalities including chronomodulated therapy, diet and lifestyle changes, nutritional supplements, off-label medications, counseling, and more. Treatments are customized to each unique patient for maximum success.
Dr. Moshe Frenkel
Dr. Frenkel is the founder and director of Integrative Oncology Consultants. He founded the first integrative medicine clinic at MD Anderson Cancer Center, which provides consultations about how to incorporate integrative medicine into patient treatment plans. His website contains valuable information about nutrition and other integrative medicine modalities.
The Institute for Functional Medicine
This organization provides functional medicine education and certification programs. The website describes what functional medicine is, and how it is used by providers. You also can search for a functional medicine provider near you.
Lifeworks Wellness Center in Clearwater, Florida
Lifeworks Wellness Center is a top functional medicine clinic that offers treatments that support the entire body and its organ systems, while always addressing the underlying causes of disease.
Mederi Center in Ashland, Oregon
Founded by Donnie Yance, the practitioners at the Mederi Center help patients to optimize health, promote longevity, and improve their quality of life. Practitioners focus primarily on helping patients with chronic diseases, especially cancer.
The Midway Center in Midway, Kentucky
The Midway Center provides thoughtful evaluation, comprehensive testing, nutritional and lifestyle recommendations, spiritual support, and access to doctor-curated nutrients. It has success treating all kinds of diseases and disorders.
Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
The Center’s vision is to train physicians in integrative medicine in order to make integrative care available to all patients worldwide.
Dr. Klaper’s Moving Forward Initiative
This is a Medical School Nutrition Education Initiative to help change the way that the medical system treats patients by providing nutrition training for physicians.
Mederi Academy
Mederi Academy is an online training program that teaches healthcare practitioners how to incorporate the Mederi Care model into their practice. The goal of the program is to provide clinicians with the skills they need to enhance patient vitality and significantly improve the quality of life and longevity of people facing cancer and other serious health challenges.
Annie Appleseed Project
This is an all-volunteer nonprofit that organizes an annual conference geared toward patients with cancer. The conference provides nutritional and integrative medicine education and resources to patients.
Dr. Suneel Dhand
Dr. Dhand believes that we have lost our way with healthcare and medicine. He is passionate about helping patients to achieve wellness utilizing nutrition and lifestyle medicine. He offers an online academy and also is available for speaking and events.
Innisfree Farm
Located on Vancouver Island in Canada, Innisfree Farm is an internationally registered Botanic Garden that teaches botanical medicine and nutrition to help heal and reconnect people to nature. It educates people about medicinal and food plants via an array of classes and workshops and also is home to a dispensary that makes herbal preparations.
Moms Across America
This organization’s mission is to educate and empower mothers and others to create healthy families through healthy foods and health solutions. Mothers are the target audience because they buy 85% of the food, so if they don’t buy it, they can’t sell it!
Nutritional Solutions
Founded by Dr. Jeanne Wallace, this organization provides personalized nutritional counseling to people with cancer. Using Dr. Wallace’s scientifically-based program called Oncometabolic Advantage, patients are taught how to foster an anti-cancer environment within their bodies using foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes.
The Weston A. Price Foundation
The research of Dr. Weston Price demonstrated that health is achieved when people consume nutrient-dense, whole foods. The Foundation uses education, research, and activism in the areas of nutrition instruction, organic farming, pasture-fed livestock, community-supported farms, honest labeling, and nutrition education for parents.
Angel Acres Regenerative Farm
Angel Acres is located in Southwest, Michigan and is on a mission to improve health by using regenerative agriculture practices to produce nutrient-dense food without toxic chemicals.
Bois D’Arc Meat Company
Bois D’Arc is a farm located in Northeast Texas that uses regenerative agriculture practices.
Pocono Organics
Pocono Organics is a 380-acre regenerative organic certified farm located in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania.
West Glow Farm
Located just outside Nashville in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, West Glow Farm uses regenerative agriculture practices to create healthy soil and nutrient-dense food.
Alegria Farm
Located in Irvine, CA, Alegria is a zero-waste, solar powered one-acre regenerative urban microfarm utilizing the SoxxBoxx system. SoxxBoxx is a growing system that uses 95% less water, 50% less fertilizer, and zero toxic pesticides. Alegria helps to design farms that repurpose unused spaces in urban areas close to where people live and work.
Ethos Farm to Health Next Generation Farmers Incubator Program
Located in Long Valley, New Jersey, this program gives new farmers a practical experience working on a farm under the guidance of a master farmer who practices sustainable, regenerative farming.
Force of Nature
Founded on the principles of regenerative agriculture, this organization has brought together a team of ranchers and farmers committed to creating a global regenerative supply network, specifically no tilling, no synthetic chemicals, no hormones or antibiotics, and wide-open spaces.
Soil Health Academy
Soil Health Academy provides education and workshops to help farmers first to understand regenerative farming and then to successfully apply regenerative agriculture principles to their farms.