PlantPure Radio

Lee Memorial Health System is one of the largest public health systems in the country.  Scott Kashman and Lee Fulkerson talk about Lee Memorial’s recent partnership with PlantPure Nation, and the whole concept of incorporating the paradigm of food as medicine into the present model of health care in Lee Memorial’s system and beyond.  They also discuss some of the obstacles the food as medicine paradigm is faced with and how they can be overcome.  Mr. Kashman shares his high hopes for the impact the partnership with PlantPure Nation will have on Lee Memorial, and how this success can have a positive influence on other communities and healthcare systems across America. Scott Kashman is on the senior leadership team of the Lee Memorial Health System in Florida and the Chief Administrative Officer for Cape Coral Hospital.  He is responsible for managing Cape Coral Hospital’s strategy, operations and budget and provides oversight of the facility's leadership team in collaboration with the hospital and health system.  

Tracye McQuirter and Lee Fulkerson discuss her 30-year career as a public health nutritionist, best-selling author, lecturer, and vegan trailblazer.  She reveals why she agreed to become an advisory board member for the PlantPure Nation Foundation.   She tells the story of how and why she became a vegan, how her family and friends reacted to that choice and how it affected her mentally, physically and spiritually.  Tracye further talks about how she co-founded the first vegan website by and for African Americans nearly 20 years ago and why she sees plant based nutrition as an important social justice issue. Tracye McQuirter, MPH, is a 30-year vegan, public health nutritionist, best-selling author, lecturer, and vegan trailblazer. She was named a national food hero changing the way America eats for the better by Vegetarian Times and her national best-seller, By Any Greens Necessary, was the number one recommended vegan book on The Huffington Post. Tracye has a master’s degree in public health nutrition from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College. She served as program director of the nation’s first federally funded vegan nutrition program and served as a policy advisor for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, helping to create the strategy for a groundbreaking lawsuit proving food industry bias in the formation of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines. As a national authority on preventing chronic diseases in African American women using plant-based nutrition, she served as nutrition advisor for the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the largest health advocacy organization for the nation’s 19.5 million black women.

Lee Fulkerson discusses the mission of PlantPure Nation with Nelson Campbell, CEO and President of PlantPure Inc., and how the popularity of the film PlantPure Nation has driven the growth of the organization, and the pods in particular.  They also discuss the strategic partnership PlantPure Nation has formed with one of the largest private healthcare systems in the country, and why PlantPure Nation is seeking other partnerships of this kind.  Nelson reveals the state of PlantPure Nation today, including its short and long term goals. Lee Fulkerson, host of "Conversations with Lee Fulkerson," wrote and directed the feature documentary “Forks Over Knives” and also co-wrote the film “PlantPure Nation”.  He has written, produced, directed or supervised over 170 hours of documentary programming for outlets such as the History Channel and Discovery, and has won 19 international awards for his work.