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VegFamily Staff
Meet the people behind the magazine!
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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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Jill Nusinow - Nutrition Advisor
Jill Nussinow is a Registered Dietitian, culinary educator, cookbook author, speaker and consultant and all around proponent of a plant-based diet. She teaches vegetarian and vegan cooking at Santa Rosa Junior College in California and other places around the US. She has a son who is almost 15. One of her greatest joys is sharing her enthusiasm for vegetables and pressure cooking with anyone who will listen. Visit Jill's website
TheVeggieQueen.com and her blog theveggiequeen.blogspot.com.
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Tammie Ortlieb - Staff Writer
Tammie Ortlieb is a freelance writer and adjunct instructor with a Master's Degree in Developmental Psychology. She resides in southwest Michigan with her omnivorous husband, four veg kids, and small menagerie of pets. Tammie writes for various vegetarian sources, mostly on being okay with your vegetarian self. She's a book nerd, a research nerd, a health nerd, and a huge glass of soymilk half full kind of creature. Visit her blog at www.middle-agedveganchick.blogspot.com
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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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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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Jamie Wilson
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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Bonnie Barker
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
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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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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