
Today I am joined by Linda Middlesworth, aka the VeganMentor.
Linda has been living as an ethical plant-based vegan for over 35 years. As she turns 80, Linda can point to so many accomplishments including: creating the Sacramento Vegan Society in 2008 which boasts 5,200 members, and obtaining her certification in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition in 2018.
Linda is incredibly passionate about physical activity and is an aerobics instructor for CA Family Fitness, where she has taught cardio and weight training classes for the last 20 years. She is a Certified Personal Trainer through AFFA and an event organizer for Get Healthy Sacramento.
Having been an advocate in the whole food, plant-exclusive vegan lifestyle arena, Linda is the founder of Get Healthy Live!, a series of virtual summits designed to reach people around the globe with healthy, plant-exclusive teaching. The series, Get Healthy LIVE, Go Compassionate LIVE, and Go Sustainable LIVE, features doctors and leaders in health, animal advocacy, and climate change.
Linda is also the co-owner (with her son Darren Middlesworth) of V-Dog.com, a vegan dog food business that she and her late husband, David, launched in 2005 so dogs could benefit from a healthy, cruelty-free and environmentally friendly dog food. V-Dog recently garnered international recognition as one of the Top 3 Best Specialty Dog Food Companies in the world.
An active animal rights activist for PETA, Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), Sacramento Animal Rights, Sacramento Animal Save, and Sacramento Health Save, Linda also recently joined the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies CNS Medical Advisory Board in the role of Community Liaison.
You can find Linda on her website www.veganmentor.com
And follow her on her social media pages:
LinkedIn: Linda (Vaughan) Middlesworth
Instagram: @lindamvegan
Facebook: @lindamiddles
X: @farmanimalluv
TikTok: lindamiddlesworth
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