Karen Pendergrass is the founder of the The Paleo Foundation, a non-profit organization that certifies Paleo food products under the Paleo Approved and Paleo Certification programs, and offers other programs with the goal of growing the Paleo Movement.
After a near-death experience with a slew of health conditions including Celiac’s, Liver Disease, and PCOS in 2008, Pendergrass became particularly interested in how the diets of the animals that she ate affected her health, discovered the political world of food, and ultimately how the diets of the animals we eat affected the sustainability of the planet.
She is the Author of Eat Paleo Save the World! Sustainability from an Omnivore’s Perspective, the creator of the largest internet-based paleo group, the International Paleo Movement Group (IPMG), and has a newfound interest in the merits of fecal bacteriotherapy for treating persistent gut issues post-implementation of a Paleo Diet.
