Sharon Palmer, Director of Operations for F+P, is known as The Plant-Powered Dietitian. Sharon has established an award-winning career in the field of plant-based nutrition and sustainability. As a widely recognized registered dietitian in the global community, Sharon is an accomplished writer, editor, blogger, author, speaker, professor, advisor, and media expert. Sharon has authored over 1000 articles in a variety of publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, Oprah Magazine, and LA Times. Her book The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today (The Experiment, July 2012) was a critical success, which was followed by the publication of Plant-Powered for Life: Eat Your Way to Lasting Health with 52 Simple Steps & 125 Delicious Recipes in July 2014; California Vegan: Inspiration and Recipes from the People and Places of the Golden State in March 2021; and her latest book, The Plant-Powered Plan to Beat Diabetes in May 2023. Sharon also has contributed to several book chapters on nutrition and sustainability. She recently completed her Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems from Green Mountain College in Vermont. Sharon also serves as chief advisor for Today’s Dietitian, adjunct faculty in the MS of Sustainable Food Systems Program at Prescott College, nutrition consultant for several organizations, and co-founder of Food and Planet. Sharon presents frequently at conferences, and is a weekly nutrition expert in the media, including print, online, radio, podcasts, television, social media, videos, and film. She also enjoys organizing farm and sustainability tours across the world, including her collaboration on an Italian Alps Sustainability Food Tour. And she still has time to blog every day for her popular online community at SharonPalmer.com, The Plant-Powered Dietitian. Living in the sustainability mecca of Ojai, California with her husband and two dogs, Sharon enjoys tending to her own organic garden and orchard, volunteering in local environmental organizations, visiting the local farmers market, and cooking for friends and family.