I opened the doors of People Growers of America in 1985, as perhaps the very first health fair company in America. It simply seemed inevitable; a college degree in education combined with my first job of managing a string of Jack LaLanne nutrition centers, then a stint in the corporate worker’ comp industry opened my eyes to the crying need for educating America’s workforce in the areas of nutrition and exercise. From the first health fair (“wellness” wasn’t even a word in the dictionary until the 1990s) at Coca Cola, where we hauled out an executive in an ambulance from the blood pressure screening station, and found potential glaucoma in a 45 year old woman, I knew I was on the right road!

In 2000 my daughter Windy opened People Growers Portland division which now hosts programs for industry in the entire northwest and nationally, with clients such as Boeing, Daimler and Centurylink contracting our services all over America, year after year.

5000 events later, we are a full-service wellness and safety program consulting and implementation service. People Growers of America is “the genuine article”, with only one passionate agenda, best embodied in our Mission Statement:

To promote mental and physical health
self-responsibility skills,and reverence for life
through education, experience and example
in the workplace and in our own lives.

Other article by Kathy Bailey: My Story. Outside of the Box. Sing Your Way to Wellness.