The Pioneers 2012

For close to a decade now, Dan has thrived on primarily all raw vegan foods with his exuberance, passion, and radiance serving as a living example of what raw foods and real living can do for the human body, mind, and spirit.

Through daily video postings on his LifeRegeneratorYouTube channel, Dan connects with people from all walks of life — as their Coach, Teacher, and Raw Food Chef—consistently delivering a healthy dose of his self-deprecating humor, realness, and rawness.

After just six months of posting daily videos on YouTube, Dan took the raw food world by storm when he swept the top three awards at "Best of Raw" for 2009: Best Raw Vegan Educator, Best Raw Vegan Chef, and — most notably — Sexiest Raw Vegan Male!

I came to adopt a fruit diet 19 years ago, and this way of living has brought so much joy and wonder into my life.

I have raised two very happy and healthy children on this diet, and the enjoyment and pleasure of living with fruit eating children is simply Beautiful and without compare.

My book, 'Fruitarianism: The Path To Paradise', was published in 2009, and is my work on the many benefits and joys of fruit and the Fruit Diet.

I continue to be supremely grateful that the Fruit Diet found me, or I found it. I wish everyone the many blessings and the priceless rewards that are the natural results of eating, loving, and appreciating fruit.

- Anne Osborne

Website: http://www.fruitgod.com/

Chris Kendall is a 31 year old Registered Holistic Nutritionist, lifelong athlete and skateboarder, and a Low Fat Raw Vegan Lifestyle Coach.

Chris believes that we shall be provided for with all we need through wholly dedicating ourselves to the service to the world and letting go of graspingness and fear.
He offers all his services on per donation basis.

Website: www.The-Raw-Advantage.com

A 100% raw vegan for 20 years, Don Bennett is the director of the Health 101 Institute, and a Disease Avoidance Specialist. Don's lectures on the subject of how to have the BEST odds of avoiding degenerative disease and creating robust health are down-to-earth, insightful, informative, and empowering.

"The quality of your diet and the other equally important lifestyle factors are directly correlated with your future quality of life. The foods that you love should be foods that your body loves too, and those are the foods we're designed to eat. Eat them - correctly - and it's a win-win-win."

Website: http://health101.org

Harley Johnstone has been an endurance cyclist for ten years, and has been eating a 100% vegan diet for 7 years and a 100% raw vegan diet for over 3 years. He promotes a raw vegan diet as the ultimate in healthy eating, sustainable farming, and blissful living with a passion to realize Mother Earth as an abundant fruit-bearing paradise.
He and his wife, Freelee, are the founders of the most popular low fat raw vegan network - www.30BananasADay.com

Website: http://durianrider.org/

Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern raw movement, a lifetime athlete and raw fooder since 1978, Dr. Douglas Graham is the author of 80/10/10 Diet book – a long missing piece in the raw vegan health puzzle.

Website: www.foodnsport.com

Mike Vlasaty has earned a bachelor degree in nutrition at Western Illinois and an associate degree of science at College of Lake County.

He is a long term vegan and has been enjoying a raw fruit based diet since January 2008.

Mike tests and showcases his diet through strength training, high rep body weight exercises, and various running challenges. Some of his recent PRs include: 270lb bench press (at 138lb body weight), 5 reps of 315lb deadlifts, and 10 reps of 225lb squats. He has become so inspired with his results on this lifestyle that he is currently looking to participate in a power lifting event in 2012.


Mike Vlasaty has organized “The Raw Food Health Class” event dedicated the benefits, history, philosophies, and tips on living a more simple sweeter lifestyle.

YouTube Channel: FruitAndStrength

Dr. Robert Lockhart, a drugless physician, 30 years raw fooder and 40 years vegetarian. Has degree in Science (Geology), Agriculture (Tropical fruit growing), Chiropractic and Naturopathy. A natural hygienist.

Dr. Lockhart believes that the only rational and scientific approach to the treatment of any disease is to first remove the cause. Whether the cause happens to be mechanical, chemical or mental in origin, it must be removed or at least ameliorated.
After causal removal, the body and mind should be supplied with their normal natural requirements such as natural foods, pure water, fresh air, ample vigorous exercise, periodic relaxation, restful sleep and a positive constructive mental attitude. In serious cases we need physical rest, mental rest and physiological rest. Given the right conditions, healing is automatic.

www.bwelloasis.com.au

A human consciousness researcher, Tony Wright is a coauthor of Left in the Dark book, which presents an outline of his theory that the human brain owes part of its extraordinary development to the biochemistry of a fruit diet.

The hormone-related chemicals in tropical fruit initiated an internal hormone mechanism that promoted increased brain growth and elevated neural activity.
When humans were forced out of their tropical 'Garden of Eden' some two hundred thousand years ago, their diet changed dramatically.
This resulted in a hormonal imbalance that led to humans being governed and constrained by the brain's left hemisphere which is the cause of our unnatural self-centered desires leading to suffering and disharmony.

http://leftinthedark.org.uk/
http://beyond-belief.org.uk/

Victoria and Michael Arnstein (aka 'The Fruitarian' www.TheFruitarian.com) have been following a low fat raw vegan (fruitarian diet) since January 2008.

Michael Arnstein is an accomplished competitive runner in a wide range of distances ranging from the mile to the 100 mile distances and beyond.

Victoria Arnstein is also an experienced marathon and ultra marathon runner.

They both publicly share their experiences being a married couple, raising 3 kids, discuss athletics, social issues and more while eating a fruitarian diet.
They founded a non profit organization in 2010 to promote the health benefits of a fruit based diet.
They are the initial sponsors of The Woodstock Fruit Festival.

Dr. SAM (Samuel Arthur Mielcarski), DPT, is an expert in the fields of natural health and rehabilitation.
Samuel is an author, speaker, and licensed physical therapist.
He has been a raw foodist for almost 12 years.

He is the creator of "Dr. SAM's Revolutionary Rehab Manual"— an innovative resource that provides a common sense approach for achieving optimal health and healing results in the safest and fastest manner possible.
Samuel leads workshops and health retreats, including his RAW-habilitation Retreats in Costa Rica.
Due to his ability to get outstanding results and his passion and quest to help others, Samuel has become a highly sought after health and rehabilitation consultant.

Websites: www.DrSamPT.com / www.RevolutionaryRehab.com

Low fat raw vegan since 2002, and yogi for an additional decade, Ellen Livingston lives her passion as she inspires, educates and coaches others through the principles of natural hygiene, the power of the 80/10/10 raw vegan diet, and the philosophy and practice of yoga.

Website: www.LivingYogaNow.com

Low fat raw vegan for over 17 years, Karen Ranzi, raised two children on raw vegan diet healing her son from asthma, chronic ear infections and multiple allergies.

Karen has authored Creating Healthy Children: Through Attachment Parenting and Raw Foods.
She has been interviewed on TV and radio on the topics of vegetarian and raw food parenting.
Karen has presented her class "Super Healthy Children" at numerous seminars, festivals and health institutes throughout the United States.
She is a staff writer for Vibrance Magazine and Raw Mom Times.
Recently her workshops received wild enthusiasm at Penn State University and the University of South Carolina.

In addition to her work in nutrition, Karen holds a Masters degree in speech pathology from New York University, and is a speech therapist working with children of all ages for over 30 years, specializing with autistic children for the past 10 years.

By means of her education, life-changing personal experiences, and sincere desire to share her message, Karen has been able to guide thousands toward developing excellent health.

Website: www.SuperHealthyChildren.com

Kristina has now been 100% low fat raw vegan for 7 years. She studied with John Rose and interned under Dr. Graham.

At the age of 20, Kristina started the non-profit organization called Rawfully Organic. This organic produce co-operative in Houston, Texas grew from 12 people in her living room to over 3000 families. The nonprofit grosses more than half a million each year, and it stays true to its mission to help families in the Texas community to succeed on their raw, vegan, or vegetarian lifestyle. To this day, the coop is run by volunteers only, and not even Kristina chooses to write herself a paycheck.

Kristina will be the official MC at the Woodstock Fruit Festival

Website: www.RawfullyOrganic.com

Arnold Kauffman, age 64 and mostly fruitarian, is getting younger and younger every day! As quoted on youtube, "Arnold's body is a specimen of what the male body should look like!"
Arnold has owned Arnold's Way Raw Organic Vegetarian Cafe' and Education Center in Lansdale, PA, for the last 20 years, the last 13 years of which have focused on the Natural Hygeine and Fruitarian based raw diet for good health. Arnold works 7 days a week, 24/7, on his mission, "To create an energetic movement of transformation to a disease-free world!" Arnold gives classes and workshops, relentlessly passes out green smoothies and banana whips to the community, and is excited to be working with investors to open up Juice, Whip, and Smoothie-centered Arnold's Way Stores in Center City Philadelphia! These stores will be in direct competition with Starbucks... and Arnold hopes to expand on a worldwide level!
Websites: www.ArnoldsWay.com / www.youtube.com/ArnoldsWay

I’ve had a long time love of fitness, health, and nutrition. I have a master’s degree in theoretical physics, and also have a strong interest in philosophy and psychology. I’ve run seven marathons and five ultramarathons.
I gradually transitioned from a typical American diet to a raw vegan diet in the years 2003-2007. Since the fall of 2007, I've been 100% raw vegan.
I've been on a "no overt fat" experiment since November 2008, and on a "100% fruit" experiment since December 2009 which I document and talk about at I♥FRUIT.

My daughter Rose was born in January 2009. She is a lifetime raw vegan and has been a very healthy child.

Megan was always overweight throughout her childhood, reaching 167 lbs at 18 years old. At 21 Megan was bed ridden for the better part of a year due to extreme Adrenal Fatigue, Candidiasis, Leaky Gut Syndrome, and Chemical Sensitivity. The allopathic medical community was unable to help her in any means of recovery.
One day Megan’s dad discovered Arnold’s Way, a raw food cafe and education center. He brought her home a green smoothie and she was hooked! Once adopting a fruit based diet it was only a couple weeks before she noticed the difference. She’s been following a raw vegan diet for 3 1/2 years now and is passionate about spreading the message of the powerful change this lifestyle can bring about.
Though offering coaching and publishing her recipe book, Easy To Be Raw, Megan is aiming to show everyone just how truly easy it is to be raw.
Website: http://MeganElizabeth.com

Grant Campbell, aka Raw Aussie Athlete, is an experienced ultramarathon trail runner who continues to rise to new levels of athletic performance since embracing a 100% 80/10/10 raw vegan (811rv) lifestyle more than four years ago.
Grant is the owner of Raw Natural Hygiene, the low fat raw vegan network founded on the healthy lifestyle principles of Natural Hygiene..

Grant is also founder of Raw Reflections811rv healthy lifestyle retreats which he has been running since 2007.

Through 811rv, Grant has overcome a history of chronic asthma, allergies, and a host of undesirable maladies which people generally accept as normal. Grant pursues constant and consistent growth in his athletic endeavors and life experience and feels his potential has only just begun to be unleashed, with no limits in sight.

Dr. Timothy (Tim) Trader, ND, PhD, DD has searched to find true answers to life’s deepest questions. This quest led him to obtaining degrees in Naturopathy, Nutrition and Theology. Using whole, organic foods instead of pills as nutrition, as well as utilizing common sense, his body regained healthful functioning from a life plagued by allergies and asthma. As a result, Tim has been a “raw” (low fat) Vegan for over two decades. Today he uses science to collaborate with the wisdom of old time Natural Hygiene to serve others in their quest for health and truth.

Dr. Rick Dina, D.C. has been researching, practicing, and teaching raw food nutrition for over 25 years. During that time over half of his calories have been derived from fresh fruit, approximately 90% raw overall. After earning his doctorate degree, he practiced for 4 years at a water fasting clinic, taught at Bastyr University, then spent an additional 6 years in private practice.

He and his wife, Dr. Karin Dina, D.C., have been teaching the highly acclaimed Science of Raw Food Nutrition™ series of classes at Living Light in Northern California since 2007, in addition to offering individual consulting, labwork analysis, and other educational opportunities.

Dr. Rick will give the following presentations at WFF2012:
- Labwork for Raw Food Vegans
- Omega 3 Fats in Raw Vegan Nutrition
- 25 Years Raw Vegan, and Still Standing!
- Recovery from Diabetes at 86 years young

Website: www.RawFoodEducation.com