Intro Letter - Chicago, IL

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– Chicago, IL

msvander@...

Growing up as a little girl in Wisconsin, I drank raw milk.

It wasn’t until my family moved to Chicago that I became lactose intolerant. My

mother and I realized in time that it was due to the change in milk as we were

no longer able to purchase raw milk.  Within the last year I joined a milk coop and

started purchasing raw milk and no longer have to deal with the undesired side

effects of pasteurized milk.

I am an early childhood waldorf teacher who cooks for my

students. I should say we cook together. In fact most of our day is focused

around our lunch. We prepare food… we set the table accordingly- to color of

day and season. It’s all quite beautiful. I have been researching food and recipes

for quite some time now as I hope to help educate the parent body on the

importance of “Healthy” fats.  It is

amazing the amount of children who come to me on a vegan or vegetarian diet

(intentions are good but unaware of the negative side effects).  So far I have learned that the best

information has come from other people like myself willing to share information

that makes the struggle of eating healthy a lot easier.