Jolinda has been vegetarian for over 17 years and made the transition to a vegan diet seven years ago. She is currently studying holistic nutrition under the guidance of a UK certified nutritionist and works for an alternative health center.

Experience:

Jolinda has traveled, shopped, and lived as a vegetarian all across North America and South East Asia. While working for vegetarian advocacy organizations, she has spent thousands of hours promoting benefits of a plant-based diet to audiences across the US and Canada and has volunteered for several animal protection organizations, including her own award-winning student vegan group which she co-founded several years ago. She has been interviewed by and appeared in American Vegan magazine, Food and Home Magazine, the Daily Nexus, the Santa Barbara News Press, the Jerusalem Post, KEYT news, the Spanish-language La Opinion, and on WZRD radio in Chicago. She currently cooks from her kitchen in southern Thailand.

Education:

Jolinda has attended numerous conferences and lectures with Dr. Michael Gregor, Dr. Carol Adams, Bruce Friedrich and Howard Lyman amongst other leaders in vegetarian health and advocacy, and studied religion, food and ethics as part of her M.A.

From Jolinda Hackett:

There are as many reasons to go vegetarian as there are vegetarians! Whatever your personal reasons, you'll find cooking tips, food and product reviews and recipes for every diet and occasion on this site. I hope to arm you with all the resources, information and inspiration you need to make the transition and stick with it. So pull up a chair and join me in exploring the many ways a vegetarian diet and lifestyle can benefit your health and please your taste buds. I love getting feedback from my readers - so let me know what you think!