WHO CAN NOMINATE?
We encourage raw foods enthusiasts everywhere to participate by nominating, voting and even submitting your own video testimonials for your own nomination or for that of others.

CAN I NOMINATE MYSELF OR MY OWN PRODUCT?
Yes!

WILL THE NOMINATIONS BE MODIFIED?
Our Advisory Council will be going over the nominations to ensure they are valid.

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR NOMINEES?

1) Products—Raw Vegan & Beegan Food Products

2) People—Raw Food Educators Who Teach People How To Thrive On A Plant Based Raw Diet

3) Media—Media Outlets Dedicating (all or much of) Their Programming To Encouraging People To Embrace A Plant Based Raw Diet

4) Places—Retreat Centers, Stores, Healing Centers, Restaurants That Provide Raw Vegan Foods & Encourage People To Embrace, Move Toward, or Cleanse With A Plant Based Raw Diet

Because of our desire to hold space for the full spectrum of the raw plant foods movement, we offer flexibility to a certain degree in our ‘who can enter’ category.  We are aware of levels of experimentation and change that goes on with people in their dietary explorations.

At Best of Raw, we are encourage humanity to embrace a plant based vegan or beegan raw foods diet to whatever degree each individual is able. However, we understand that some key leaders who eat all or mostly raw occasionally-to-rarely add small amounts of dairy to their diets. In this case, the person can still be nominated. We are celebrating the fact that they are teaching people to ‘go raw’ on a plant based diet. Flexibility is the key!

We also understand that there is a whole category of raw foods that is non-vegan and while we totally understand there are many pathways, this particular contest is focusing on giving promotional support to leaders who are instructing others how to thrive on a plant based raw vegan or beegan diet. Therefore, with ALL due respect, please do not nominate people who are teaching people to eat meat and dairy as a dietary practice. Thanks!

We feel we wish to showcase those teaching a plant-based diet because:

1) medical research indicates this is the healthiest practice and

2) our planetary ecology cannot sustain the raising of animals for food.

BEE PRODUCTS

While we do not emphasize the use of bee products, we do include those who use bee products because:

1) Many research studies and personal experiences show that this can be a healthy practice for those who use it

2) There are many companies that treat the bees properly—and we only wish to showcase organic, bee-friendly products

3) With the disappearance of the bees, we feel encouraging their breeding and thriving through encouraging organic companies is a ‘must do’ for our ecological well-being.

IS IT FREE OR IS THERE A FEE TO NOMINATE AND VOTE?

Yes! It’s free.