This is an important conversation for anyone in the natural products industry!  Micah Corrigan is the owner of BALIVE, an independent health food chain in the Green Bay market, and Billy Jones is the co-founder of SAVE NATURALLY, an independent savings system for consumers in brick and mortar health food stores.  If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure and stay tuned for Part 2 in the New Year!

In this episode, I was lucky to catch up with Joyce Moran of Youtheory.  She is known as a valuable educator, and a great person in general.  We talked about some great insights into Shilajit, Ashwagandha and other exciting natural remedies. I hope you enjoy our talk!

[CONTENT REMOVED] MICHELE SIMON, JD, MPH Public health attorney, food industry expert, author, and fierce advocate for women in the workplace. She is well regarded as an expert on plant-based foods and business strategy. Michele Simon is also a brilliant lawyer who has worked on issues of food and justice, particularly the plant-based space, for many years.  I met her when she was organizing at Expo West around the treatment of Miyoko Schinner, founder of Miyoko's, and of many other founders of small businesses in the natural products business.  Are women and other marginalized groups treated fairly in a white male-dominated business space?  These may be difficult questions to address but I believe we owe it to each other to try. Michele is also the author of the book Appetite for Profit. You can read her archived work on Eat Drink Politics which was created before she founded the Plant-Based Food Association.  For more information on her ongoing work visit her website.

I was really pleased to have Dan Champan, of Redd Remedies and Sunrise Health Foods, on the podcast for this important dicussion.  I hope you will enjoy our discussion of his company's fine products, as well as the emerging state of the American health food store. Perhaps most importantly we kick it off by delving into Redd Remedies' newest product Peaceful Mama which is one of the only natural supplements proven safe and effective for supporting mood and restful sleep naturally, even during pregnancy.  Join us and find out more!

Steve Lankford is the host of HealthQuestPodcast.com. Steve has over 40 years of experience in the natural products industry. His passion is helping others develop nutritional programs that work. At HealthQuestPodcast.com, Steve interviews the experts in the fields of science and nutrition. On this episode, he also talks about the website www.theNNT.com and his previous interview with Dr Michael T Murray, ND

Corinna Bellizzi, MBA is a natural products industry executive and omega-3 expert who pioneered the growth of Nordic Naturals from less than $1 million to over $100 million in annual sales. Given her concern for the future health of people and the planet, she shifted her focus from fish-sourced omegas to algae in 2016. An activist at heart, she launched her podcast, Care More Be Better, in 2021 to cover social and ecological issues that affect us all. Today she leads Örlö Nutrition, a new brand that features the world’s first carbon-negative omega-3s. She hosts a new podcast, Nutrition Without Compromise, to support that effort where she covers health topics without compromising your ethics, or the health of our home planet.

Tom Dadant is a legend in the natural products industry. He has been an educator and thought leader for many years, working with some of the top names and brightest minds in the field.  Today we sat down to discuss his interesting personal background and how he got into the "business" back in the day....what a long strange trip it has been, indeed! #themyceliumabides

Kicking off season 2 with some important health food store biz! Positively Natural network is an important organization and they are the folks who put on the Vegas trade show (Positively Natural Marketplace) for the natural products industry. This year it is happening August 30-31, 2022 at the M Resort, Las Vegas, NV. Come out and support - and enjoy yourself! www.positivelynatural.org

In this episode, host Rob Seeman interviews Jerry Angelini, the national education director for Host Defense organic mushrooms.  Host Defense is a brand of beneficial mushrooms made by Paul Stamets' Fungi Perfecti.  In this wide-ranging discussion many different aspects of mycology are addressed - from mushrooms as food to mushrooms for the planet!

WER host Rob Seeman reflects on the evolution of the podcast so far, with some sneak preview of what is to come with future interviews.  A very cold walk in the woods leads to a very different vibe, the video shows it all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnHeI6gtSa0 featuring music by Jay Giles Smith IV