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Vital Farms
VitalFarms.com
Vital Farms is setting the standard
for ethically produced food—
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raised hens—by coordinating a
collection of more than 100 small
family farms to operate within a well-
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made from rich, high-fat milk from
small herds of free-range Jersey
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farmers on well-managed lands.Polyface Farms
PolyfaceFarms.com
If you’re in Virginia, check out
Polyface farm and take advantage of
the spoils of their “beyond organic”
farm. Because they encourage
truly local eating, they don’t ship
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seasonal, raising meat chickens only
in the summer when they can be let
out to pasture.Five Marys
FiveMarysFarms.com
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Valley, California, believes in selling
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Spot heritage pigs, as well as Red
Bourbon turkeys and a variety of
laying hens who live out their lives
on green pastures rich in minerals,
sunshine, and fresh air.Chris Kresser, MS, LAc
ChrisKresser.com
Chris Kresser is a globally
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ancestral health, Paleo nutrition,
and functional and integrative
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ChrisKresser.com (one of the
top 25 natural health sites in the
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Radio podcast, and is a 5L^@VYR
Times bestselling author.Mark Hyman, MD
DrHyman.com
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proponent of functional medicine,
and 5L^@VYR;PTLZ bestselling
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the Cleveland Clinic Center for
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the founder and medical director
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Institute for Functional Medicine,
and a medical editor at The
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AmyMyersMD.com
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to take back their health using
functional, personalized medicine
by getting to the root of the
issue, rather than simply treating
symptoms. Focusing on “living the
solution” through managing stress
levels and achieving a healthy gut,
she uses a six-step approach to
overcoming chronic illness.1
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