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Meet
Jo Robinson
Jo Robinson, an investigative journalist and New
York Times best-selling writer, is the author of the book, Pasture
Perfect, and the principal researcher and writer for
the eatwild.com web site. Jo has spent the last nine years researching
the many benefits of raising animals on pasture. Her interest grew
out of a previous book,
The
Omega Diet, co-authored with Dr. Artemis Simopoulos, that explores
the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. While researching the
book, Jo learned that meat from pasture-raised animals is very similar
to meat from wild game and that both promote
optimal health.
Starting with this insight, she began an exhaustive
search of the scientific literature from the 1960s to the present. To
date, she has identified hundreds of peer-reviewed studies showing that
raising animals on pasture is good for the animals, the environment, farm
families, and the health of consumers. She gives talks to ranchers, government
agencies, sustainable agricultural groups, and the general public around
the country. Jo has been interviewed by scores of journalists and reporters
about the benefits of raising animals on pasture.
Jo's book, When
Your Body Gets the Blues, extended her interest in natural
health to human psychology. Working with Dr. Marie-Annette Brown
from the University of Washington, she developed a clinically proven,
all-natural program that boosts women's mood and energy level and
tames their appetite. (The book was featured in an hour-long special
on PBS throughout the summer of 2003.)
Jo lives on Vashon Island in Washington State. She
is developing a test garden that features plants with exceptional nutritional
value that are similar to plants growing in the wild
Jo
is the author of Pasture Perfect and Why Grassfed Is Best!
and the co-author of Unplug the Christmas Machine (with
Jean Staeheli) Getting the Love You Want (with Dr. Harville Hendrix),
Hot Monogamy and Emotional Incest (with Dr. Pat Love),
The Omega Diet (with Dr. Artemis Simopoulos), and When
Your Body gets the Blues (with Dr. Marie-Annette Brown.)
Jo welcomes correspondence from the media. Media
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Jo's Talks & Presentations
Following is a list of Jo's past talks and presentations. Unfortunately,
work on her upcoming book prevents her from giving workshops and lectures
until 2010.
- "From Soil to Oil,"Politics
of Food Conference,North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
North Carolina, 2008
- "GRAZING AMERICA TEXAS, Building
a Bridge Between the Farm and the Table."
4th Annual American
Grassfed Association Conference, Austin, Texas, November, 2007
- Municipal Arts Center, sponsored by
Sustainable Table and the Glynwood Center, New York City, 2006
- “Go Grass, the Hudson Valley’s
Obvious—and Most Overlooked—Opportunity," sponsored
by the Glynwood Center. http://www.glynwood.org/,
Cold Spring, New York, 2006
- The University of Montana-Western's
Fourth Annual Ag Conference and Expo, 2005
- The Stockman Grass Farmer’s Purple Cow West: A Marketing
Conference on Living
Rural While Selling Urban,
Sacramento, CA, 2005.
- Northwest Highland Cattle Association Spring Meeting, Maple
K Farms, Washington, 2005
- Why Grassfed is Best, Nanaimo Forage Seminar, keynote
speaker, Canada, 2004
- Ranching in Nature’s Image, Plenary Session, Quivera Coalition,
New Mexico, 2004
- American Grassfed Association, Kansas, 2004
- Colorado Holistic Management, Colorado, 2004
- 25th Anniversary OEFFA Conference, Plenary Session, Ohio, 2004
- GrazeFest, Plenary Session, Alabama, 2004
- Fall Farm Workshop, keynote speaker, Stanwood, Washington, 2004
- The Missouri Forage and Grassland Council, 2004 Annual Conference,
keynote
speaker, Missouri, 2004
- The Salmon Summit on Sustainable Fisheries. Bellingham, Washington,
2004
- The Quivira Coalition: Ranching at the Crossroads, New Mexico,
Banquet Speaker, 2003
- Farming for the Future, PASA, Pennsylvania, Plenary Session,
2003
- Stockman GrassFarmer’ Second Annual Conference, Georgia,
2001
- WSU Grassfarmer’s Cooperative, Spokane, WA, 2001
- Safe Farms, Safe Food, Safe Futures, New York, 2001
- Island Grown Farmers Cooperative, Washington, 2001
- Where’s the Grassfed Beef?, New York, 2001
- Nebraska Sustainable Agricultural Society, Nebraska, 2001
- Beyond Business as Usual, PASA, Pennsylvania, 2001
- Granger Field Day, Washington, Keynote Speaker, 2000
- 5th Annual Mealani Forage Field Day, Hawaii, Keynote Speaker,
2000
- Grasstravaganza 2000, New York, Keynote Speaker
- Association of Pastured Poultry Producers, New York, 2000
- The Stockman Grassfarmer Conference,
Texas, Plenary Speaker, 1999
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