Splenda® An Interview with Dr. Janet Starr Hull
By Fehmida Zakeer
"Dr. Janet Starr Hull was falsely diagnosed with an incurable disorder, the symptoms of which disappeared after she gave up aspartame. She realized the need to educate people about the dangers of consuming artificial sweeteners after her bad experience. Her books, Sweet Poison and Splenda® Is it Safe?, examine the claims, research findings and case studies relating to artificial sweeteners..."

Susan Palmquist on Writing
By Fehmida Zakeer
"Susan Palmquist adopted a vegetarian lifestyle in 1978. She is a contributing editor on the website www.gardenandhearth.com and writes a monthly column for Lets Go, the entertainment supplement of Southwest Newspapers www.letsgosouthwest.com. Susan is also the food editor at Natural Family Online..."

The Making of an Online Book Club and Activity 'Zine for the Literary Child
By Melanie Wilson
"I was so excited to hear about the Literary Child book club and activity 'zine created by veg mama Noelle for her three vegan children. I was even happier once I saw an issue and realized what a fun thing this would be our family. These are books we love, and the magazine is a treasure trove of activities. I asked Noelle to share a little about herself and her terrific kids..."

Cathe Olson on Her Career in Food Writing
By Fehmida Zakeer
"Cathe Olson's enthusiasm in promoting natural foods is evident in her books, Simply Natural Baby Food and The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook. Her passion for healthy whole foods stem from her belief that replacing processed foods full of sodium and other harmful minerals with vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, whole grains and legumes is the key to good health..."

An Interview with Ian Elliot, Raw Foodist Teen
By Angela Elliot
"What made you decide to go raw? I went raw because I saw how great my mom was doing on the living foods diet. How do you like being raw? I love it now. At first, I couldn't stand it because I was still so addicted to cooked foods. Raw food tasted terrible to me. I wanted all my favorite cooked foods every day! I would drive my mom crazy telling her I had to have a bag of chips or spaghetti..."

Odds Bodkin, Master Tales Man
By Margaret Rizzuto-Smith
"My family and I have been listening to the wonderful stories, voices, and lessons of Odds Bodkin for several years now; so it was with great pleasure (and yes, a bit of awe) that I conducted this interview. Odds was generous with his time, fascinating with his thoughts and ideas about children and the imagination, and thoroughly entertaining..."

Robyn Boyd: Author of Rawsome Recipes, Raw Food Instructor, Food Coach and Mother of One
By Melanie Wilson
"I met Robyn Boyd at the International Festival of Raw Foods in Portland, Oregon last summer and was impressed by her immediately. She gave me a copy of her book to review and stressed her daughter's help in assisting to develop the recipes. That caught me right there! Any cookbook author whose child has a major say in the recipe tasting and selection gets points in my book. As a Christian, she feels that one's diet is a very individual journey: "There is no one diet for all people, and God is the one who knows and can leads us to what is best..."

Adoption Gone Wrong: The Dumas Family
By Linda Kligman
"This is the story of James and Shirley, a vegetarian couple who had always wanted children and had talked about adopting several children with disabilities in their home state of Indiana. Tragically, in 1996, their adopted son was taken a way from them when he was 18 months old..."

Shanti Golds-Cousens on Yoga and Raw Food
By Anna Hays
"Shanti Golds-Cousens was my very first yoga instructor, and she taught me much more than yoga. She taught me how to flow with the current of life, and live joyously and effortlessly. She introduced me to a completely different realm of being, embracing the ultimate love for Self. She is an inspiration, and I will always look up to her as a mother in my life..."

Kidbean.com, the First Online Vegan Store for Children
By Lucy Watkins
"The Zenz family business is one of the most welcomed in the vegetarian community. Kidbean.com opened in February 2004 as the first and only children's online store selling purely vegan items made from sustainable materials by companies with fair labor practices..."

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Takes Us Full Circle
By Elizabeth Bonet, Ph.D.
"Susan Rothlein has been teaching pre and postnatal yoga for about six years. She and her husband, Lewis, who also teaches yoga, own Full Circle Yoga in Winter Park, Florida. Having attended her classes from weeks 15 to 39 of my pregnancy, I intimately knew that prenatal yoga was one of the few things that quelled the anxiety of pregnancy. Now that my daughter is two, I finally had a minute to catch up with her..."

Getting to Know a Raw Vegan Family
By Tracy B. McGinnis
"With several e-books to their credit, ranging in topics from Raising Raw-Vegan Children, to The Raw-Vegans Holiday Survival Guide, Storm and Jinjee Talifero of The Ekaya Institute have made it their life's passion to educate, and motivate both young and old on the benefits of raw vegan diets and how to live a healthier life. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Storm and Jinjee about their books, their programs, and what they see for the future of future of raw-vegan diets..."

Joan Dunayer
Joan Dunayer's Animal Equality: Language and Liberation is an uncompromising examination of the linguistic foundation of speciesism: the oppression and exploitation of nonhuman animals by humans. Dunayer challenges her readers to consider how we use everyday language to describe and talk about nonhuman animals, which allows us to distance ourselves from other species.

Dr. Ruth Heidrich
Dr. Ruth Heidrich keeps moving. A highly decorated runner, when she's not busy competing she has a breathless speaking schedule sharing her knowledge and inspiration about the benefits of a plant-based diet. We were lucky enough to catch up with her for a brief chat.

John & Deo Robbins
Vegetarian or not, the names John and Deo Robbins are recognized by people throughout the world as leaders of the ethical consumption movement. John is the best-selling author of Diet for A New America and Food Revolution. Deo is the Outreach Director for EarthSave International.

Mollie Katzen Makes Honest Pretzels
In 1994, Mollie Katzen, author of the Moosewood Cookbook, wrote and illustrated a beautiful cookbook for children three and up called Pretend Soup.

Margaret Rizzuto-Smith
Mother of 22-year-old and 2-year-old vegetarian sons

Gregory Smith
Gregory Smith completed high school at the age of 10 and is graduating from college this May. Here, Gregory shares with us his reasons for becoming a vegetarian and how we all can help make the world a better place.

Ictus and Starza: Father and Daughter
These two haven't always seen eye-to-eye on the issues of diet and animal cruelty. In fact, it's safe to say that Ictus was quite upset about his daughter's decision to stop eating animals and didn't understand it at all. Things have changed though.

Dealing With Parents
An interview with a group of veg teens about their parents.

Interview with Carol Adams
The author of The Sexual Politics of Meat talks about her teenage years and shares some of her insights on vegetarianism and activism in general.

Joanne Stepaniak
You absolutely must not miss this incredible interview by the famous author and activist who went veg as a teen!

Susan Weingartner
Chairperson of Earthsave L.A. and vegan mom, Susan shares her philosphy and strategies for raising a veggie kid.

Annie Withey of Annie's Homegrown
Does your family eat Peace Pasta, Bernie O’s, and Shells and Cheddar? Then you've got to read about the company's founder, Annie Withey.

What is a Vegetarian? A Children's Book
Debbie Stewart wrote, illustrated and self-published a vegetarian book for her granddaughter's daycare class. Read why and how.

The Veg Family Behind Vegfamily.com
Read about Erin Pavlina, owner of VegFamily.com, the first all vegan parenting community on the web.

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