Vanessa believes that fruit is alive, and that we must eat living foods in order to live better. Her deep passion for fruits, plants, and botany inspires others to incorporate more fresh fruit into their daily lives and to discover the incredible benefits nature provides. Through sharing her knowledge of agriculture and fruit cultivation, Vanessa encourages people to reconnect with the wisdom found within whole, living foods. As a new member of the WFF team, she is honored to be part of this health-promoting community.
Our Team
Our Board of Directors
Our Mission Statement
Our aim is to help bring forth a healthier, more harmonious and compassionate world by:
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Promoting a fruit-based raw vegan diet and lifestyle and connecting those who are interested in raw veganism so that we can support, educate, and inspire each other.
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Raising awareness of fruit as health food and encouraging a greater percentage of fruit and raw vegan foods in all diets.
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Raising awareness of the health, environmental and spiritual potential of adopting a vegan lifestyle.
We are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organization: we welcome attendees of all abilities, ages, genders and gender identities, sexual orientations, races, national origins, faiths, and dietary philosophies.
We strive to be environmentally conscious and leave a light footprint in all our events and endeavors.
Our core ethics are kindness, love, and respect to all humans and non-human animals.
Our Team
Vanessa de Alba
Registration Admin
Vanessa is passionate about fruit — she loves eating it, growing it, and transforming it into nourishing creations. She previously worked as a biological control specialist in bell pepper and tomato production. Today, she channels her love for fruit into crafting delicious raw vegan fruit bars made entirely from whole fruits. She also loves dancing, hiking, and connecting with people aroung the globe.
Boo Boafo
Logistics Administrator
In 2000, a personal struggle with sciatica led Boo to discover the healing power of yoga, thus sparking a passion for holistic health. This transformation gradually inspired her to adopt a plant-based raw lifestyle in 2004. This led to Boo earning a number of certifications in different yoga disciplines and mindfulness, Thai bodywork, plant-based nutrition and a Raw Health educator program.
Nanette Duarte
Registration Manager
Nanette has a love for travel, new experiences, learning, herbalism, iridology, nature, hiking, mindfulness & meditation, and health and rejuvenation. She has been high raw vegan and fruit based since 2019 and can attest to the amazing transformations that happen to one on this conscious lifestyle.
Our Vision
Imagine a World
Where it is common knowledge that a fruit based diet provides wondrous health and vitality.
Where 'fast food fruit stands' and fresh fruit markets are on every city block.
Where fitness centers, dance & yoga schools, salt water swimming pools, and creative art centers are thriving and full of healthy athletic people.
Where fruit trees are everywhere: in backyards, on city streets, anywhere where land is suitable, fruit is free for the picking.
Where cold climate cities create greenhouses to grow local fruit and vegetables no matter the weather.
Where the word 'organic' isn't used much because everything is organic and natural.
Where modern science and technology work together to create a sustainable world.
Where children are born for a future of joy and health.
Imagine people living lighter, happier, compassionately, creatively, authentically, in harmony.
"When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it is the beginning of a new reality"