Summer Shepherd: Summer began her journey of eliminating processed foods from her home a year ago. She has done and continues to do extensive research on the health benefits from eliminating certain food from your diet, and how other foods can literally save your life. Summer will give tips on how you can rid your home of processed foods, what processed foods are, how they adversely affect you and your families health, how to improve your children’s health and behaviors, and how to maintain a healthy weight while eating delicious foods! Summer LOVES to cook and hopes to bring joy back to your kitchen too! Summer is married to Shane and has two children.
Becky Dipiero: Becky is passionate about exercise and nutrition. As a busy mom of two small boys she hasmanaged to be in the best shape of her life (yes, she can dead lift 195 lbs). Becky’s creative kids snack ideas and workout tips are priceless. Her focus on how certain foods affect your body and mind is her specialty. Becky is married with two little boys and lives in a small town outside of Tulsa Ok.
Faith Tate: Faith is one of those few people that can take a few meager food items and make a delicious meal that people talk about for years. Faith has been cooking for as long as she can remember, learning all the basics from her mother, who always made it a priority to have homemade family meals around the table. She took everything she learned a step further by preparing meals from scratch, chopping and dicing fresh herbs and vegetables to create a variety of colorful dishes to share with family and friends. Her knowledge of food and her love of cooking is contagious. Faith is married with three exuberant boys who all eat their vegetables (usually). Faith lives in a small west texas town.
Karrie Atwell: Karrie is a medical researcher at a well known hospital in Colorado. Her extensive knowledge of food and nutrition came in handy when she was blessed four years ago with a precious little boy with severe food allergies. Having to extensively change the way her family ate, and having to hand make the handful of foods that her son could eat, was a necessary life change. Karrie imparts wisdom and life experience to people dealing with food allergies. Karrie’s heart for people, love for food, and her knowledge of how foods affect our health is priceless. Karrie is married and has two little boys.
Carrie Dickson: Carrie’s passion for whole eating and living stems naturally from both her personal and professional experiences. She is a trained paramedic and specialized in international disaster relief. While traveling to several developing nations and working in the non-profit healthcare field, Carrie witnessed first hand how nutrition can have a profound impact on the overall health of an individual. She’s also felt the significant effects of making more conscious and wholesome nutrition choices. She has experienced a weight loss of over 70 lbs, and has learned how to balance hormones and mood swings. This deep desire to learn how to heal naturally through nutrition and gentle methods have led her to pursue Ayurvedic medicine in the Pacific Northwest. Her love of cooking creatively fuels her passion for making tasty, nutritious meals that fuel the body and fortify the soul. Carrie and her husband, Lance, live in Portland, Oregon.
