EARTHSAVE CANADA is a Vancouver-based registered charity advocating the move towards a more whole foods, plant-based diet for environmental sustainability, better health, and compassion toward animals. Charitable # 12995 4707 RR0001

Neal D. Barnard, MD, is a leader in preventive medicine, nutrition, and research. As an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University and a researcher funded by the National Institutes of Health, he has led key research studies to improve the health of people with diabetes, obesity, lipid disorders, and other serious health problems, and to improve nutrition in schools and in the workplace. He is the editor-in-chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians and the author of more than 15 books on nutrition and health for lay readers, and dozens of articles in scientific journals. His research has been cited by the American Diabetes Association and the American Dietetic Association in official policy statements on healthful diets. He received his M.D. degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 1985.