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VegFamily Staff
Meet the people behind the magazine!
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Jamie Wilson - Managing Editor
Jamie is a passionate vegan and an avid supporter of all things organic and
evironmentally responsible. She loves reading, writing and trying new vegan
recipes, and has been known to spend hours upon hours grocery shopping.
After graduating in 2003 from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa with a
degree in Public Relations, Jamie moved to Rochester, New York with her
husband Kirk, where they currently reside. She is currently lucky enough to
be able to stay at home with her 2-year-old son Erik, and is very excited to
be a part of VegFamily.
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Dina Aronson - Nutrition Advisor
Dina Aronson, MS, RD, Nutrition Advisor for VegFamily Magazine, is a vegan dietitian whose specialties include chronic disease prevention, vegetarian/vegan nutrition, and lifestyle. Dina enjoys gourmet vegan cooking, downhill skiing, and traveling. Dina believes that everyone's health can benefit by moving toward a plant-based diet.
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Marty Davey - Nutrition Advisor
Marty Davey is a Registered Dietitian and has a Masters degree in Food and Nutrition from Marywood University. She became a vegetarian in 1980 when she discovered that the French didn't want our meat products due to factory farming methods. She began studying nutrition while cleansing her diet to a totally plant-based lifestyle. She has a private practice specializing in assisting clients transitioning from the conventional Western foods to a plant-based regime.
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Cathe Olson - The Whole Family
Cathe is a freelance writer and the author of Simply Natural Baby Food and The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook. She has studied vegetarian, macrobiotic, and whole foods nutrition and cookery. Cathe cooked at natural foods restaurants and delis in the San Francisco Bay and Central Coast areas of California before settling down with her husband Gary to raise a family. She works at home while caring for her daughters Aimie and Emily. Read Cathe's blog
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Tammie Ortlieb - Staff Writer
Tammie Ortlieb is a freelance writer with a Masters Degree in Developmental Psychology. Her essays and recipes have appeared in Veggie Life, Vegan Family Favorites, Vegetarian Baby and Child Online Magazine, and mothering.com. She resides in southwest Michigan with her omnivorous husband, two veg teens, t-rex tweener, and one you-tell-em-like-it-is-sister ovo-lacto eight-year-old.
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Ginger Carlson - Staff Writer
Ginger Carlson is a parent, educator, and author of Child of Wonder: Nurturing Creative and Naturally Curious Children (Common Ground Press, 2008). Her work has focused on critical thinking and creative development. If you have a question or comment, contact her through her website www.gingercarlson.com. |
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Penelope Sullivan - Staff Writer
Penelope Sullivan lives in the Sierra Foothills. She has a Bachelor?s Degree in Holistic Nutrition and is a Certified Family Herbalist. Currently she spends most of her time delighting in the glorious gifts of nature with her three-year old son Nelson. In her spare moments, she enjoys sharing the wonders of natural healing, so that others may know their options and hopefully feel vital, whole and alive!
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Bonnie Barker - Recipes Editor
Bonnie is a stay-at-home-mom, who also consults part-time as an environmental engineer. She enjoys experimenting with new vegan recipes and organic gardening. She lives in scenic St. Clair, Michigan with daughters, Abigail and Grace, and husband, Earl.
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Rebecca Hess - Vegan Family Profiles
Rebecca Hess lives in New Jersey with her husband Steve and their crazy
cats. She holds a masters degree in theatre and loves being part of
vegfamily and getting to try so many great vegan products! Rebecca carries
her first child in her heart...her son Cole was born still in April of 2005.
He will be forever loved and missed.
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John Pierre - Health and Fitness
For the last 15 years, John Pierre, nutrition and fitness consultant, has been lecturing throughout the United States about the powers of a plant-based diet. He has been a
presenter at the following conferences: NAVS (North American Vegetarian Society), Natural Hygiene, FARM, AVS (American Vegan Society) and the Raw Foods Sports Camp. He is a regular presenter at Wild Oats, a large natural foods chain, and lectures at various vegetarian and raw food groups, organizations, senior centers and retirement homes. He also conducts group fitness boot camps and works with individual clients. For the past two decades, John has also served as a dedicated advocate for women, animals and the environment. He incorporates the importance of living a loving and compassionate lifestyle into all the work that he does.
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Katharina Bishop - Staff Writer
Katharina Bishop is a freelance writer. Her academic background is eclectic and encompasses studies in philosophy, psychology and medicine. She is currently completing a degree in modern language studies. Katharina is the owner of Wondrous Gems, a business specializing in innovative jewelry and holistic parenting products. A free spirit, she has traveled to over thirty countries and lived in five, on three continents. She now lives in southwest England together with her husband, Charles and son, Kiran.
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Mary Eileen Finch - Staff Writer
Mary Eileen Finch lives in a small town in Northwest Arkansas with her inspiring husband, Jason, two vegan/homeschooled children, Rebecca and Jarod, and two spoiled house cats, Oreo and Isis. She is also looking forward to the birth of her third child, due May 2006. She is a certified labor doula, a homebirth advocate, a certified nursing assistant, a freelance writer, and has been a vegan since 1997. She loves spreading the world about living life simply and naturally.
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