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Keynote

We are excited to share that the Stonyfield Keynote Speaker for the Summit is organic dairy farmer Regina Beidler!!

Regina Beidler along with her husband, Brent, and daughter, Erin, own and operate a 145 acre organic dairy farm in Randolph Center, Vermont.  They purchased their farm in 1998 and immediately began the transition to organic production.  They completed their organic certification in the spring of 2000 and became cooperative farmer owners at Organic Valley.  The milk from their farm goes into Organic Valley’s New England Pastures fluid milk or to Stonyfield Farm for their yogurt products.

In addition to their 35 dairy cows, the Beidlers have diversified their farm with a small beef herd and in growing small grains for human consumption and as feed for their cows.  It is their desire to continue to work towards independence from outside inputs as a way to increase the sustainability of their farm.

Regina has held the position of East Coast Coordinator for Organic Valley’s Farmer Ambassador program since 2004.  This program trains and recruits “Farmer Ambassadors” to carry out outreach and education at consumer and trade events, farm tours, retail conferences and to be media spokespeople. She is also a NOFA Vermont Board member and co- chair of the Fiddlehead Festival, an agricultural festival held every spring in Randolph, Vermont.

Blogging 101

You know him in the blog world simply as “Zesty.”  Here’s your chance to meet him in real life!

In addition to being a crazed foodie (and one of our sponsors!), Cory, the blogger behind ZestyCook.com, has a passion for technology and design.  He has been a web designer since 1995 and has been designing wordpress blogs since 2004.

Cory will be leading a session on Blogging 101 covering topics such as:

• How to Grow  Your Blog
• Overall Design
• Branding
• Social Media/Networking
• Traffic/SEO
• Positioning

If you have stopped by yet, ZestyCook.com is a popular food blog specializing in tasty, easy to prepare recipes for the everyday family.  You’ll also find cooking tips and techniques, culinary trends, food for families, restaurant reviews and shopping guides.  As a bonus, Zesty Cook offers a free e-cookbook which includes recipes from the most popular food bloggers on the net.

The amazingly generous people over at Healthworks have kindly offered to give 13 (!!) Healthy Living Summit attendees a pass to attend 12 classes of their choice at any one of their locations (note that after your first visit you will have 1 month to use the rest of your classes on the pass).

To enter this awesome giveaway check out the Healthworks Website and leave a comment here about which class you are most excited to try! On Friday (7/31), the Random Number Integer will pick 13 lucky winners.

Good luck!!

Janel Ovrut, MS, RD, LDN will be giving a presentation on nutrition for women and how to properly fuel for different lifestyles.

Janel is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree from the Nutrition Communication program at Tufts University in Boston, and a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from Syracuse University. Janel currently works in corporate wellness where she develops wellness programs for large companies, provides nutrition counseling for employees, and gives nutrition presentations relevant to a working professional’s busy life. In addition, she also offers personal and practical nutrition advice for individuals and families. Janel believes that healthy eating starts when nutritious food is brought into the home, and promotes no-nonsense grocery shopping and cooking so that eating is both healthy and enjoyable.

Janel is the chief dietitian for the comprehensive diet and fitness website, www.Diet.com and is available to answer nutrition related questions. She also contributes as an Expert Blogger in her www.Diet.com blog, Janel’s Vegetarian Kitchen, and hosts food and nutrition videos that can be viewed on www.Diet.com as well as the Diet Health Channel on www.YouTube.com. Janel writes articles about healthy eating for kids and families for www.SuperKidsNutrition.com, and also writes her own food and nutrition blog at www.EatWellWithJanel.com and www.DineDishDelish.blogspot.com.

(Can I have a drum roll please?)

Thursday Night – OPEN TO ALL

4 PM – Ice Cream Social at JP Lick’s (Newbury Street)

Friday Night – SUMMIT TICKET-HOLDERS ONLY

7 PM – Cocktail Party.  For location information, contact Meghann at graduatemeghann@gmail.com

Saturday Conference Events – SUMMIT TICKET-HOLDERS ONLY

8 AM – Registration Begins
8 – Stonyfield and Mix My Granola Breakfast Bar
9 – Opening Remarks
9:15 – Break the Ice Mixer Games
9:30 - Nutrition with Janel Ovrut, MS RD LDN
10:15 - Break
10:30 - Blogging 101 led by Zesty Cook
11:15 - Q&A with Bloggers
12:00 – Lunch
1:00 – Stonyfield Keynote Speaker
2:00 – Body + Soul Magazine Panel and Discussion
3:00 – Operation Beautiful
3:15 – POM Wonderful Presentation and Juice Bar
3:45 – Fitness for Everyone!
4:15 – Giveaway Winners
4:45 – Closing Remarks and Group Photograph

Saturday Night – OPEN TO ALL

7 PM - Fisherman’s Feast Italian Food Festival.  Meet in lobby of the Radisson.

Sunday Morning – OPEN TO ALL

7:30 AM – Unofficial 5K Fun Run OR 6 Mile Fun Run
10:00 AM – Brunch.  Meet in lobby of the Radisson.

The Healthy Living Summit will include an in-depth Q & A Session, so ask away. Questions can be about anything from what is your favorite sprots bra, to what color is your toothbrush, to how do you get all that free stuff. Simply leave a comment and include your name and blog if you have one.  We will choose some of the pre-submitted questions, take questions live from the audience and from those watching at home. Don’t worry if you didn’t get a ticket to the Summit, the Q & A Session will be streamed live for you to watch right from your computer.

Get asking!

The Healthy Living Summit committee is proud to announce that registration for the August summit is now complete. All attendees who registered properly for their spot have been contacted and confirmed. We can not thank everyone enough for their interest in attending this year’s summit and if it were up to us we would have as many people as possible in attendance. Unfortunately due to space and budget restrictions that situation is just not feasible at this time. We hope next year to have the power to obtain even more sponsorships to put on a bigger event in which any and everyone can be a part of.

Have no fear! If you didn’t get a ticket for the Summit you can still watch from home! Mark’s company, Ambush.TV, will be streaming some of the conference live right on the Summit website. That means you will have the chance to watch parts of Saturday’s panel discussions, ask questions and maybe even participate in a contest or two.

Registration sold out in 15 minutes and we are in the process of working some kinks out right now. If you weren’t directed to the registration form, you will be sent one tomorrow. Please hold any emails at this time as our inboxes are overflowing!