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Partner at Pure Jeevan -- online at http://rawfoods.purejeevan.com/ -- a leading raw food diet and weight loss web site. We write and publish daily raw food articles on our blog at http://rawfoodblog.purejeevan.com/ (which, as of this writing, contains nearly 800 articles on raw foods!). We also maintain the Internet's largest directory of raw food resources, online at http://www.AllRawDirectory.com.

Pamela Smith is a Freelance Writer and Certified Vegan/Raw Food Chef. She writes on many subjects. Her work has been featured in several major publications.

I am a freelance copy editor and writer. My specialties include legal documents, travel, raw food, healing through diet, exercise physiology, travel, English language and the culture of the United States, Spain, Brazil and Hungary (and did I mention travel?).

An NYU Communications graduate with a passion for all things green, I spent a few months working and learning at NoniLand, David Wolfe's Agricultural Research Center in Kauai, HI. Studying under certified raw food chefs, my interest was sparked for creating fresh and pure vegan meals. Enjoying a holistic approach to health and life, I look to alternative medicines and therapies such as herbal remedies, bodywork, aromatherapy, yoga, acupuncture, homeopathy and energy-based therapy as means for healing. I love to grow my own food, walk around barefoot, and sing along to Ella Fitzgerald.

Raw food blogger and writer.

Amy Lee Meyer is a student of creative writing at the University of Montana. She maintains a erotic romance blog at http://amyleemeyers.wordpress.com/ and a raw food recipe blog at http://livelive-livelive.blogspot.com/ She loves to cook and create raw vegan dishes. YUM!

While I have yet to garner any professional writing credibility, it has been a passion of mine ever since I was in elementary school. When I was young, I wanted to be a writer of children's books and I did attend a couple of writing festivals in middle school. Now that I'm older, my interests have geared me towards work in culinary arts, music, health education, and travel. Recently, I've been keeping a blog documenting my travels as a raw food vegan on the road. I live in an old, beat-up 1988 cargo van with a bed in the back. As I've written about my experiences, shared recipes, reviewed countless restaurants, farmer's markets, and food stands, I've been told on a number of occasions that I should write a book. It was then that I considered work as a freelance writer. I came across a number of websites claiming that I could potentially make money by writing articles in my areas of expertise. I have just now begun the process of exploring that avenue of wealth and prosperity. It truly does sound enjoyable and could prove to be quite lucrative as well. If you would like to visit my blog, this particular post is written on the vegan-friendly city of Portland, Oregon: http://myworldofraw.blogspot.com/2010/09/portland-or.html Feel free to explore more of my entries. www.myworldofraw.blogspot.com Outside of blogging and traveling, I enjoy researching health articles and watching video interviews with health experts on the topics of nutrition, diet, and exercise. Since I spend so much of my spare time reading and learning about health, I figured I, too, could share my knowledge with the world by writing articles. I hope you feel the same. Thank you for your time and consideration. Education: 2009 Living Light Culinary Institute Fort Bragg, CA Associates Chef Certification 2003 - 2007 Berklee College of Music Boston, MA Bachelor's of Music Degree in Songwriting Degree in Music Business Management ------------- Jasmine Cohen Healt

Hello, I'm Chef Dr. Diondra. For the greater portion of my life I have studied alternative healing and followed a fresh food vegetarian/ vegan diet. I am certified in many alternative healing modalities including: aromatherapy, iridology, Body Talk, Attitudinal Healing, Quantum Entrainment and others. In 1998, I discovered raw living foods as a result of a major health challenge. It was the best discovery I have ever made!! Since then I have followed the living foods lifestyle with extrodinary success. My life and awareness has grown and expanded in ways I never thought possible and I am healthier and more energetic than I was at 21. I received my doctorate in Naturopathy in 2002 and have been teaching raw food classes ever since. Graduating from Living Light Culinary Arts Institute as a Chef / Instructor in 2005 has added to the gourmet aspect of my teaching and personal chef abilities. I currently lecture, teach classes and workshops, do private consultations, and offer personal chef services. I also travel and create classes for groups of 12 or more. I have been featured on both radio and television as a health expert and chef, and am a frequent contributor of online articles. In 2005, I was awarded Tops in Town Raw Food Chef in Las Vegas, NV. The best part is, everything you make and learn with me is guilt free and healthy!! Hope to meet you in class or online soon. Have a Rawsome Day!

Courtney Wyatt is a freelance writer, poet, college student, mother, and raw food vegan. She enjoys yoga, martial arts, and working with children.

Tanisha Marshall is a Certified Raw food Coach, Author, Radio host and Motivational Speaker. Tanisha is dedicated to working with women who would like to lose weight and conquer their unhealthy attachments to food naturally.

Emily Rutherford has been eating a mostly raw vegan diet since 2003. She publishes The Raw Food Restaurant Guide, which includes up-to-date listings of raw food restaurants worldwide, plus where to buy organic produce when traveling.

I am a mother of eight with a background in health and wellness, focusing on fertility enhancement, mostly for women of advanced maternal age. I owned and operated my own retail health food store for a number of years before starting my family. I enjoy a raw food diet and lifestyle and am enjoying the healthy benefits of that type of living. I also have a website called Whole Picture Health where all of these topics are enthusiastically discussed in my many Yahoo! articles. I also enjoy employment at Outpost Natural Foods in Milwaukee Wisconsin working within many aspects of their food preparation and deli. I am available for nutritional consultation through my website @ wholepicturehealth@gmail.com for all of your nutritional needs.

Ananda Skye (www.AnandaSkye.com) is a holistic living expert and the author of Super Naturally Raw and Discovering Flow. As an author, raw food coach, public speaker, and reiki master, Ananda assists many individuals in realizing their potential to create the life of their dreams. She is truly a blissful being who strives to change the world for the better a little more everyday.

Asante George (www.AsanteGeorge.com) is an author and public speaker on the subjects of raw living food, natural family living, and personal empowerment. Asante is a certified raw food educator and raw food chef with the Ekaya Institute of Living Food Education and an active member of the Raw Vegan Network. She is the author of Living Our Bliss: An Introduction to Sun Food and founder of Lotus House Press. As an accomplished artist and poet, Asante uses her art to spread a message of self love, peace, and environmental harmony. Her most recent works are a series of Affirmation Painting Prints which draw on the priciples of affirmation and iconography.

Fine Artist, Raw Food Chef and Rower, Jessica likes to approach life finding meaning and connection in things. She is passionate about expressing her thoughts through writing and sharing with others. View her artwork at www.jessicaannjacobs.com.

I am very interested in health and healing through the use of diet and nutrition. Eating a mostly raw food diet and avoiding non-nutritous junk foods will lead to optimal health.

Pam Dibbern has been a special education teacher and has homeschooled her own daughter. Some of her interests are nutrition, raw food, education, organic gardening, alternative health, and living life in joy.

My way of living changed dramatically three years ago. I began noticing allergies and behavioral problems in my family were food related. At the same time I became more consciously aware of the planet and wanted to live a healthy life. I was sick of my family being sick. It has been three years and we have made so many changes. Our diet is gluten-free and dairy-free which helped tremendously. In addition, we are vegans who consume as much raw food as possible. I no longer use my clothes dryer and now even make my own soap and deodarant. Everything in my life has changed as I began to change. Today my family is happy, healthy, and closer than ever before.

At age 24, Susan Sayler was diagnosed with terminal cancer which launched her into an intense spiritual journey through alternative and new age medicines such as hands on healing, breathwork, hypnosis and a raw food diet. She then experienced a well documented medical miracle. Fascinated by alternative therapies, Susan continued her education through seminars and holistic programs leaving the traditional academic world behind. She became a '˜flying Sidha' in the Transcendental Meditation Movement and in 2006 meditated for 8 hours a day, 7 days a week for 6 straight months. Susan holds an Advanced Astrologer certificate from the American Federation of Astrology (AFA) and National Council of Geocosmic Research (NCGR), and an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist certificate from the James Maynard School of Hypnotherapy. She helped research and write a book on the astrological ages called Signs of the Times with her former husband, Robert FitzGerald. She also worked as production secretary for "Who's who in Hollywood," academy award-winning screenplay writer, Philip Yordan and then later as a script supervisor on film locations. Susan's inspiration to write the Holistic Love Theory began when she worked as project manager for The Love Experiment featured by Psychology Today magazine. She was introduced to the scientific underpinnings of love when conducting an interview with Rutgers University anthropology professor Dr. Helen Fisher, author of Why We Love and this finally led to the development of The Holistic Love Theory. Susan has taught many classes and seminars in metaphysics and personal development including courses at Sacramento City College, Sacramento State Experimental College, and Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. She is currently living in Pauma Valley, California.

Jody lives in western PA with her three youngest children. She is an affiliated Natural Childbirth Educator and Doula, raw foodist, vegetarian, homebirth mom, unschooler and writer.

Self-taught, left-handed, right-brained visual artist and musician. Born & raised in New England. Spent many years out west, mostly in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Experienced the vitality and clarity of a raw-food diet at Hippocrates Health Institute in Boston Mass. where I encountered information on parthenogenesis, longevity and fasting when I was age 19.

I am Managing Director of a successful Engineering Discussion Board and also working as a SEO Professional in US. I have a range of knowledge spanning diverse subjects from raw food preparation and rustic gourmet cooking to internet marketing and web technologies and I am comfortable writing equally well about all my areas of expertise. I enjoy getting creative and each day I learn something new to help keep my mind active. I am currently teaching myself how to become a virtuoso on the violin and intend to play live in a full orchestra by the end of the year. A 'strange but true' fact about me is that I am locally famous for looking like Jack Osbourne despite bearing no resemblence to him whatsoever. This stemmed from once wearing spectacles that were similar to his at the time.

I spent the first two decades of my life in the Sonoma County wine country, gardening and beekeeping to my childhood-heart's content. I then studied Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley, focusing on Caribbean and Central American literature and religion. Over the next ten years, I developed a management career in Human Resources, working in two of the most successful international law firms in the globe. This year, at thirty years old, I resigned from my position, moved to New York City, and launched a new career in raw and vegan food production. I'm currently preparing to launch my own food product line, Bee Bread. I try to put my energy toward the activities I love most: cooking, volunteering, writing and snowboarding.

Melissa Sokulski is a writer, acupuncturist and mother living in Pittsburgh, PA. She runs The Birch Center for Health in Pittsburgh, and also Food Under Foot, an educational website all about wild edible plants.

I live in Gilbert, AZ, with my wonderful family. I'm the author/publisher of "Raw-Riffic Food's 101 Super-Charged Juices, Shakes & Smoothies". It's my mission to spread the word on great health and well-being, through writing and networking.

I co-founded RevitaLIVE Health & Wellness, a raw foods healing and education center (www.revitalive.com) after working in the wellness field for many years.

I am a 49-year-old female, survivor of a heart attack with diabetes. I raise and live with wolfdogs. I love all animals. I have started eating a healthier diet with smoothies, green smoothies, fruits and vegetables and I am aiming to become a high percentage raw foodist.

AY Wellness is a teaching and service oriented company that focuses on raw living, spirituality, emotions, responsibility and rejuvenation. Kelly is currently working on her new book, "The Power of Simplicity".

An autodidact by nature, I love to write about what I learn. Curiosity leads me through life. An amazing day: harvesting food from my garden, passionate conversation with my husband, and a funny movie before peaceful sleep.

T. Brian is a Certified Massage Therapist living among the beautiful, rustic scenery of Central Pennsylvania. Other than massage therapy, her passions include writing, poetry, aromatherapy, music, reading and spirituality. As a health conscious person, T. Brian loves to share her enthusiasm for alternative therapies and incorporating juicing and raw foods into her lifestyle.