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In this episode, Brandon shares how his son's health crisis transformed his career in mold remediation. He emphasizes the need for comprehensive solutions that address underlying issues, advocating for better industry practices and consumer education to restore health and peace of mind in homes.

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Discussion Highlights
Initial Attraction to Mold Remediation:
00:00:00 - 00:05:00
Brandon discusses how he initially joined the mold remediation industry due to a business opportunity but became deeply involved after his son's health issues related to mold.

Personal Experience with Mold:
00:05:01 - 00:10:00
His son's severe respiratory symptoms just a month after birth led him to discover and address significant mold growth in his own home.

Evolution of Remediation Practices:
00:10:01 - 00:15:00
Brandon talks about the shift from using fogging as a primary method to adopting more comprehensive remediation techniques after seeing its limitations firsthand.

Technical Insights and Industry Challenges:
00:15:01 - 00:20:00
He elaborates on the technical challenges and common misconceptions in the mold remediation industry, particularly the over-reliance on fogging.

Shift to Comprehensive Remediation:
00:20:01 - 00:25:00
The discussion focuses on Brandon's advocacy for thorough remediation that tackles the root causes of mold, not just the symptoms.

Impact on Family and Career Focus:
00:25:01 - 00:30:00
Brandon reflects on how his personal experiences have shaped his career focus, driving him to push for better standards in the industry.

Future Goals and Industry Influence:
00:30:01 - 00:35:00
Looking ahead, he shares his goals for influencing mold remediation practices to ensure healthier living environments.

Conclusion and Advocacy for Change:
00:35:01 - 00:39:00
Brandon concludes by emphasizing the need for industry-wide change and better consumer education to prevent mold-related health issues.

Final Call to Action and Personal Reflections:
00:39:01 - 00:43:00
The podcast wraps up with a call to action for viewers to educate themselves about mold and a personal reflection on the journey so far.
Brandon’s Takeaway Message:
"Empower yourself with knowledge about mold and its impacts. Don't settle for quick fixes; demand comprehensive solutions that address the underlying issues."

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Join Jenna as she shares her eye-opening journey through mold exposure in a mobile classroom, detailing the immediate health effects and the struggle for proper diagnosis. From misdiagnoses and dismissive doctors to finally finding validation with an allergist who recognized her mold allergies, Jenna's story is a powerful reminder of the often-overlooked impact of environmental factors on health.

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Discussion Highlights
Discovery of Mold and Initial Symptoms:
00:00:00 - 00:05:00
Jenna discusses her initial experiences with mold exposure in her mobile classroom unit, describing the immediate health effects such as coughing and sinus pain.

Struggle with Misdiagnosis and Lack of Awareness:
00:05:01 - 00:10:00
She details her medical journey, facing misdiagnoses and the dismissive attitudes of doctors who suggested her symptoms might be psychological rather than environmental.

Pursuit for Answers and Validation:
00:10:01 - 00:15:00
Jenna's turning point comes when she finally finds an allergist who acknowledges her mold allergies, providing some validation though not solving her issues.

Impact on Professional Life and Students:
00:15:01 - 00:20:00
She talks about the broader implications of mold exposure in her teaching environment, including how it affected her students, from frequent nosebleeds to potential learning disruptions.

Challenges in Gaining Institutional Support:
00:20:01 - 00:25:00
Jenna discusses the resistance she faced from school administration when attempting to address the mold problem, highlighting the difficulties in getting the necessary testing and remediation.

Holistic and Functional Medicine Approach:
00:25:01 - 00:27:00
Exploring her eventual turn to holistic and functional medicine in 2018, Jenna describes how a mold specialist finally began addressing her symptoms with targeted treatments.

Jenna’s Takeaway Message:
"Listen to your body’s whispers before they turn into screams. Advocate for your health, and don’t be afraid to seek help outside conventional channels if necessary."

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In this interview, Dr. Ashley Beckham discusses her personal and professional journey with mold exposure after moving into a new home where early signs were initially overlooked. She shares how her health issues led to the discovery of high mold levels in her home and body, influencing her career to focus on environmental health. Dr. Beckham emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing the root causes of mold for overall health, and advocates for increased awareness and systemic changes in the health industry to better address environmental toxins.

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Initial Exposure and Misdiagnosis:
00:00:00 - 00:06:00
Dr. Ashley discusses her initial encounter with mold after moving into a beautiful new home and how a sudden ceiling collapse was an early, overlooked sign of moisture issues.

Deepening Health Issues and Investigation:
00:06:01 - 00:12:00
She describes the onset of severe health symptoms that led her to utilize her professional expertise to run comprehensive tests for mold, Lyme disease, and other toxins.

Diagnosis and Connection to Professional Work:
00:12:01 - 00:18:00
The discovery of high levels of mold in her body and home prompts a deeper investigation, paralleling the experiences of her clients and influencing her professional focus on environmental health.

Understanding and Responding to Mold Exposure:
00:18:01 - 00:24:00
Dr. Ashley details her response to finding mold in her home, including the challenges of remediating a visually perfect but internally compromised environment.

Educational Journey and Advocacy:
00:24:01 - 00:30:00
She discusses how her personal experience with mold led her to deepen her professional expertise in environmental health, particularly focusing on educating others about the risks and solutions.

Expanding Professional Focus and Outreach:
00:30:01 - 00:36:00
Dr. Ashley talks about the impact of her experiences on expanding her professional services to include more comprehensive environmental assessments and treatments.

Reflections on Health Industry and Mold Awareness:
00:36:01 - 00:42:00
She reflects on the need for greater awareness within the health industry regarding mold and environmental toxins, advocating for systemic changes to address these issues more effectively.

Closing Thoughts and Future Directions:
00:42:01 - 00:54:24
The conversation concludes with Dr. Ashley sharing her hopes for future advancements in environmental health awareness and her continued commitment to helping others understand and combat mold exposure.

Dr. Ashley Beckham’s Takeaway Message:
"Educate yourself about the potential health impacts of your environment, especially hidden threats like mold. Understanding and addressing these issues is crucial for long-term health and wellness."

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Today’s guest is Taylor Hogan, a college student and mold survivor. Her unfortunate experience with mold happened after she moved into her dorm at Arizona State University. The experience completely upended her life, causing significant mental and physical illness. Two years later, she’s still dealing with the repercussions of the two months she spent in the contaminated dorm. 

Taylor bravely describes her experience of living in a dorm with mold while trying to start her college career. Instead of excelling in school, meeting new people, and creating lasting memories, she began feeling increasingly unwell. As a naturally talented student, she knew that something was incredibly wrong when she suddenly developed mental issues such as memory loss that led to her failing school.

While she tried to work with her school, they pushed back and told her that nothing was wrong. Combined with the lack of assistance she received from the doctors, it quickly became one of the worst experiences of her life. With the encouragement and support of her mother, she eventually medically withdrew from school and began her journey to healing. Now she is working to rebuild her life, find a new major, and create greater awareness about this worldwide health epidemic. Otherwise, the future generation will continue to suffer from exposure to toxic living spaces.

In this episode:
0:45: Taylor shares how her story began with experiencing mold exposure. She had just graduated high school and was beginning her college journey. Within a month, her entire life changed. After two months, she and her mother decided she had to leave for her own safety.

3:45: Taylor begins to describe the symptoms she experienced after her exposure, ranging from respiratory infections, reactivation of EVV, sinus infections, and more. 

7:15: Taylor details her experience working with doctors and the struggle she had finding individuals who would listen and work with her instead of just putting her on antibiotics. 

8:30: Taylor shares how difficult the mental health aspect of the entire experience is. On top of feeling unwell, she was also struggling with depression, suicide ideation, memory loss, fatigue, and more. 

12:15: Taylor further explains her personal experience with the mental health struggles she faced as a result of exposure. Looking back, she mourns the college experience she missed out on and the drastic impact it had on her life. As a naturally talented student, the exposure impacted her brain so much that she was failing classes, forcing her to medically withdraw from college. 

18:00: Taylor opens up about her thoughts of not wanting to be here anymore and the suicide ideation she faced. But she details how she continued to fight and work to feel better, and she’s so glad that she did because she’s happier than she’s ever been, even though she’s still working on healing. 

20:00: Taylor describes how greatly this event upended her life. Instead of becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon thanks to her grades during the two months she was in college, she’s now working to find a new path. She also shares how difficult it was working with her college after alerting them to the mold issue, to the point that she considered getting a lawyer.

27:00: Taylor explains how important it is that we raise awareness about mold in dorms and the impact it’s having on the future generation. 

33:30: Taylor shares how upset she is about the conditions of the dorm she lived in. "No university is trying to make the change needed for safer living situations. I really hope that at some point this will change.

38:00: Taylor offers one piece of advice she would give to anyone suffering from a similar situation.

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Today’s guest is Tammy Dean, a realtor, breast implant illness survivor, and awareness advocate. During this eye-opening interview, Tammy shines a light on a little-discussed issue a growing number of individuals are beginning to face: breast implant illness caused by mold. It took decades of chronic symptoms before she was finally able to determine that toxins slowly leaching into her body were the root cause of her health issues.

Tammy continued to battle chronic symptoms ranging from fatigue and hypersensitivity to a litany of skin issues. Then, after finding a doctor who would listen and work with her, she was forced to make the difficult decision to have explant surgery. 

Now, Tammy is working on her healing journey and detoxing the toxins from her body. As she explains, it’s been a long journey, but she’s so thankful to be feeling better already. Choosing to look at the positives, Tammy shares how this experience changed her life and showed her the power of finding a supportive and encouraging community of individuals. She’s now focusing on helping others going through similar situations and advocating for greater awareness about this growing issue.

In this episode:

1:00: Tammy describes her experience that led to her awareness of mold exposure and the impact it has on health. After getting breast implants 30 years ago, her health slowly began to take a drastic downward turn. It took her years before she found a doctor who would listen to her and work on figuring out what was going wrong with her body. 

4:00: Tammy begins to touch on her healing journey and the struggles she’s faced. "To say it’s been easy is putting it nicely…"

4:45: Tammy details the process of removing the breast implants that contained mold. She also explains the proper way to successfully deal with this issue.

7:30: Tammy explains that, as a real estate agent, she’s now familiar with what it feels like to walk into a building that has a current mold problem. 

10:30: Tammy shares how difficult the "die-off" part of detoxing was and the steps she’s been taking to flush her body of toxins. "I felt exhausted. I was fatigued all day. I really felt like I had the flu."

13:15: Tammy explains her experience finding others who are going through the same situation and how it helped her get through the entire process. She goes through some of the research she’s performed and what she’s learned about the implant industry. 

20:00: Tammy shares how she found that it’s not just environmental; she found that food can also be a source of exposure.

22:45: Tammy suggests that individuals steer clear of implants completely to avoid this harmful situation. 

28:00: Tammy touches on how she wishes she would have gotten the explant surgery sooner so that she wasn’t dealing with her litany of symptoms for so long. At one point, she even developed a sensitivity to chemicals. 

33:15: Tammy describes the support and feedback from others during her journey. 

39:45: Tammy shares the struggles she’s faced while trying to heal and how her religion helped her get through them.

42:00: Tammy promotes being true to oneself, especially when going through this difficult process and not getting the social support they’d want. "Stay true to yourself."

47:00: Tammy shares advice that she hopes will help others who are going through similar experiences. 

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Today’s guest is Emily Stollman, a mold exposure survivor and advocate for healthier indoor spaces. Emily shares her unique and ongoing journey of navigating the wide-ranging impact environmental exposure can have on the body. Like many, though, it took some time for her to find the root cause of the problem and the assistance needed to give her body the support it needed to heal.

Emily suffered from chronic symptoms for quite some time and eventually developed the Epstein-Barr virus before figuring out that mold was the culprit behind her persistently feeling unwell. Even after moving into a new home, she still felt sick and ended up developing even more symptoms. It wasn’t until her previous roommates alerted her to mold growing on the walls in her old apartment that she finally pinpointed what was causing her body to sound the alarm.

From there, she dealt with the time-consuming healing process that she’s still working through to this day. She also battled the PTSD and mental hurdles that often come along with dealing with an issue like environmental exposure in the home. Still, she’s choosing to focus on the positives and, instead, is using her newfound knowledge to live a healthier life and be more aware of her surrounding indoor environments. She’s also using her experience to help as many of those around her become more cognizant of the impact these exposures can have, the importance of looking to our indoor environments as potential root causes, and the importance of finding professionals that are equipped to help resolve these issues.

In this episode:
0:30: Emily details what events in her life led up to her realizing the importance of indoor air quality and the impact it has on our health. Initially, she and her roommates began suffering from different symptoms, but they all chalked it up to outside factors. 

2:00: Emily touches on how many doctors it took to help steer her in the right direction to heal from her exposure. 

3:30: Emily explains how mold triggered her Epstein-Barr virus and how her symptoms continued even after moving into a newly renovated home. "Renovated places and newer places seem safer than an old building…" but that’s not always the case.

5:00: Emily lists a large number of wide-ranging symptoms she experienced while battling exposure. 

9:30: Emily touches on her healing journey and the PTSD she faced after struggling with the negative health impact exposure causes.

12:30: Emily describes her initial reaction to her chronic symptoms and how she had no idea what could be making her feel so unwell. "I don’t know what I thought it was. I just kept thinking, "What is wrong with me?" She had to really dig to find information and realized, after navigating quite a few Facebook groups, that dealing with this issue and figuring out how to heal is not common knowledge.

16:45: Emily touches on the lack of understanding she’s experienced while talking to others about her journey with mold exposure. 

28:30: Emily describes the lack of acceptance she’s noticed in society when it comes to mold and the extent to which it can impact health.

32:30: Emily explains the importance of gathering knowledge and information to create a toolkit to navigate any future situations that could involve exposure. "You will not be able to avoid exposure completely. The best thing you can do is control your home and then have tools you can rely on when you do find yourself in that situation (dealing with exposure). 

37:45: Emily shares one thing she wishes she could have told herself at the beginning of her journey dealing with exposure.

42:10: Emily provides one piece of advice she would give to anyone going through a similar experience as the one she faced.

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Today’s guest is Emily Stollman, a mold exposure survivor and advocate for healthier indoor spaces. Emily shares her unique and ongoing journey of navigating the wide-ranging impact environmental exposure can have on the body. Like many, though, it took some time for her to find the root cause of the problem and the assistance needed to give her body the support it needed to heal.

Emily suffered from chronic symptoms for quite some time and eventually developed the Epstein-Barr virus before figuring out that mold was the culprit behind her persistently feeling unwell. Even after moving into a new home, she still felt sick and ended up developing even more symptoms. It wasn’t until her previous roommates alerted her to mold growing on the walls in her old apartment that she finally pinpointed what was causing her body to sound the alarm.

From there, she dealt with the time-consuming healing process that she’s still working through to this day. She also battled the PTSD and mental hurdles that often come along with dealing with an issue like environmental exposure in the home. Still, she’s choosing to focus on the positives and, instead, is using her newfound knowledge to live a healthier life and be more aware of her surrounding indoor environments. She’s also using her experience to help as many of those around her become more cognizant of the impact these exposures can have, the importance of looking to our indoor environments as potential root causes, and the importance of finding professionals that are equipped to help resolve these issues.

In this episode:

0:30: Emily details what events in her life led up to her realizing the importance of indoor air quality and the impact it has on our health. Initially, she and her roommates began suffering from different symptoms, but they all chalked it up to outside factors. 

2:00: Emily touches on how many doctors it took to help steer her in the right direction to heal from her exposure. "I was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus, but I wanted to find someone who was an expert in dealing with mold."

3:30: Emily explains how mold triggered her Epstein-Barr virus and how her symptoms continued even after moving into a newly renovated home.

5:00: Emily lists a large number of wide-ranging symptoms she experienced while battling exposure. 

9:30: Emily touches on her healing journey and the PTSD she faced after struggling with the negative health impact exposure causes. 

12:30: Emily describes her initial reaction to her chronic symptoms and how she had no idea what could be making her feel so unwell. "I don’t know what I thought it was. I just kept thinking, "What is wrong with me?" She had to really dig to find information and realized, after navigating quite a few Facebook groups, that dealing with this issue and figuring out how to heal is not common knowledge.

16:45: Emily touches on the lack of understanding she’s experienced while talking to others about her journey with mold exposure. 

28:30: Emily describes the lack of acceptance she’s noticed in society when it comes to mold and the extent to which it can impact health.

32:30: Emily explains the importance of gathering knowledge and information to create a toolkit to navigate any future situations that could involve exposure.

37:45: Emily shares one thing she wishes she could have told herself at the beginning of her journey dealing with exposure. 

42:10: Emily provides one piece of advice she would give to anyone going through a similar experience as the one she faced.

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Today’s guest is Vinny Lobdell, an American entrepreneur, businessman, awareness advocate, and philanthropist. He is the founder and past president of HealthWay and Intellipure Inc., the global president of Pure Wellness, and the owner of the Kallet Theater. He’s a passionate individual who is pushing towards bettering the world through improved air quality and a safer space for people with mental health issues.

Vince Lobdell started his journey of searching, developing, and perfecting air purification systems in 1981. He tested every technology, from UV to HEPA. In 2010, through a United States Military grant, he developed HealthWay’s patented DFS Technology. Developing a passion for and expertise in Indoor Air Quality over the past two decades, Lobdell has traveled to fifty countries, speaking to industry leaders, governments, and medical professionals on air pollution and the harmful effects of occupying the built environments.

As the head of Heathway, Vinny expanded the company exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic and sold it to a private equity firm for an undisclosed amount in 2019. The family still maintains a minority stake in the company. Lobdell took on a leadership role as President at HealthWay Family of Brands in 2008, after which the company was named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing companies in America. In 2017, Lobdell co-founded Intellipure, a B2C brand emphasizing customer experience through handcrafted, high-efficiency, and individually certified air cleaning systems.

In this episode:

0:45: Vinny explains how and why he created HealthWay, a company dedicated to providing air purification solutions, and details the products they provide. "Our goal at Healthway was to provide real solutions to the number one health epidemic of our time: air quality… Every building with a door needed what we had, it was just getting people to understand that."

4:45: Vinny details the driving factors behind the success of the companies he and his father have created. "If we’re not making a positive impact, we’re wasting our time."

6:00: Vinny shares why he’s so passionate about giving back and supporting foundations that work to improve mental health for struggling people. "We wanted to memorialize my brother and celebrate my mom’s perseverance and all that she’s done to keep our family together."

9:30: Vinny shares his thoughts on the stigma behind mental health. He provides suggestions on how to address this problem and provides support for those who require it. "What you find with mental illness is that there is no discrimination… It doesn’t matter who you are or what you have. It touches all of our lives in one way or another."

12:30: Vinny provides his insights on the current state of mental health and what needs to change to create a healthier space. "I think we need to educate at a much younger age that it’s okay to talk about problems… We put too much stress on our youth."

15:45: Vinny describes his thoughts on how to invest in helping those struggling with poor mental health and the need for more research. 

17:00: Vinny shares how others can help push this movement forward to help those who are suffering from mental health issues. "As a culture and as a society, we have to focus on being kinder."

19:30: Vinny explains his next steps for the future and the opportunities he’s excited to embark on.

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Today’s guest is Jessica Rauscher, a financial advisor, exposure survivor, and awareness advocate. Jessica shares her unique story of discovering that mold exposure was affecting both her and her husband’s lives and the impact this awareness has had. Unwilling to accept that her husband would be forced to live with and manage Sarcoidosis, she began to investigate what could be the root cause of his condition.

Fast-forward through an intensive research phase, and she finally stumbled upon what she thought could be an underlying cause: mold. After intensive testing, she finally had an answer. Both she and her husband were suffering from mold toxicity.

From there, all the puzzle pieces began clicking together as to why they were experiencing a list of random symptoms that affected their daily lives. Like many individuals, they normalized these reactions, and it wasn’t until the positive test results that they understood that those were their bodies' way of saying something was wrong. Now they’re working towards healing and using their awareness to ensure their indoor environments are safe.

In this episode:
0:30: Jessica details how her journey with mold began. After her husband was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis, she took a deep dive into trying to determine the root cause. "If it wasn’t for his diagnosis, I probably never would have known we had mold toxicity."

1:30: Jessica explains how they determined mold toxicity was the problem and the tests they underwent to find answers. She also hypothesizes where she thinks their exposure occurred throughout their lives. "We still don’t fully know where it came from."

3:45: Jessica describes the steps she and her husband take to assess if there’s a problem where they’re staying while they’re traveling for work. "It is challenging because my husband’s employer pays for us to live, so we don’t have much of a say in where we go."

7:00: Jessica shares what symptoms she and her husband experienced, ranging from chronic fatigue, brain fog, dry mouth, and anemia. Her symptoms have become so debilitating that they've started affecting her job and daily life. "Both of us had completely different symptoms, which I found interesting."

12:30: Jessica describes how she and her husband are dealing with the mold in their bodies and the steps they’re taking to heal. While she started her personalized detox protocol, her husband hasn’t decided to jump into one quite yet. "My husband is more on the western medicine side of things, whereas I’m on the functional medicine side."

18:00: Jessica shares what some of their future plans are now that she knows about mold and the impact it has had and can have on their health. "I know when we start the homebuyer process, our realtor is going to have to have grace with us because I’m going to be testing every home."

22:45: Jessica shares what she would tell her younger, unaware self now that she’s gotten answers to her ongoing health issues and is conscious of the impact mold can have on the body. "A lot of times we fight the symptoms that our bodies show us and try to medicate those symptoms instead of realizing that it’s our bodies sending us clues…"

24:00: Jessica gives one piece of advice for anyone else who may be suffering from mold exposure.

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Today’s guest is Andrew Salisbury, founder of companies including Purity Coffee, CEO, and awareness advocate. After his wife began experiencing chronic health issues, they eventually discovered that mold exposure was triggering her body to sound the alarm that something wasn’t quite right. During their process of eliminating her exposure and getting her body back on track, Andrew stumbled into the world of coffee.

Initially, he believed that coffee, in general, was something that his wife should avoid to help her better heal after her mold exposure. After being tasked with providing serious proof before she gave up her bean water, he discovered that this caffeinated beverage could be beneficial to health if the brand followed certain protocols for their coffee. One such bad thing that he discovered in unhealthy coffee was mold and mycotoxins.

Through extensive research, Andrew and a team he established developed a signature process to increase the health benefits of coffee and decrease its side effects like caffeine jitters and gastric distress. Now they’re focusing on continuing to provide healthy coffee to individuals around the world and pushing the needle forward on changing the industry as a whole.

In this episode:

0:45: Andrew describes how he became aware of mold and its impact on health. His wife began developing health issues in 2012, and they dove into figuring out what was causing her to feel unwell. One of the issues that came up was her coffee consumption.

2:50: Andrew details the research he found on how coffee can be both good and bad for you. 

5:00: Andrew explains his response to all the answers he uncovered about coffee and the importance of ensuring that drinkers get the benefits of this caffeinated beverage without dealing with issues like pesticides and mold. Working with coffee experts, including Dr. Adriana Farah, he developed a protocol on what to look for when deciding which coffee varieties were safe for consumption. From there, Andrew began the long journey of using this information to create a safe brand.

6:50: Andrew lists the issues he went through while trying to find coffee that actually fit the brief of being healthy, including a type of coffee fraud. 

8:50: Andrew explains how mold can be introduced into coffee in the first place. There are a few routes, including picking and storing coffee beans. 

12:45: Andrew describes the future steps he’s taking now that he knows everything he knows about what it takes to make a healthy coffee. "We’re trying to create best practices for what we believe is a new segment of coffee and health."

14:30: Andrew details why pesticides are used and the farmers he’s found that work with nature to find alternative measures to protect their crops.

18:45: Andrew explains what future steps the coffee industry at large should be taking, better testing methods that should be employed, and what consumers should be considering when purchasing. "Every consumer should be demanding good, clean coffee."

24:00: Andrew describes the difficulties he and his wife faced while trying to deal with the mold that was causing her exposure and the need for change that he’s seen. 

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