Sara Carinne Redmond (born 20 July 1976) is an American-born
organic foods advocate,
- best known as the star of the Fit
TV show ''Get Fresh With Sara Snow''.
Snow discusses global warming, the harmful effects of meat production, the benefits of recycling, the environmental benefit of going organic, the
vegetarian
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter.
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ethic, and, to a lesser extent, the ethics of
veganism. She is a strong supporter of the
Gaia hypothesis
The Gaia hypothesis (), also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic and self-regulating, complex system that help ...
.
Early life
Redmond was born in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...
to Tim and Pattie Redmond. Her parents are credited with helping to bring the natural food movement to America to help mainstream "alternative" foods, such as
soy milk, through their company
Eden Foods
Eden Foods, Inc., (also known as Eden Organic) is an organic food company based in Clinton, Michigan. It is best known for its Edensoy line of organic soy milk, and its line of organic Japanese foods and condiments. The company claims to be th ...
.
The Redmonds put great emphasis on the concept "you are what you eat". They wanted their children to eat as healthily and as naturally as possible. This concept is later explored in Sara's speeches and on ''Get Fresh with Sara Snow''. The family believes that eating a raw foods diet, with foods grown close to where one lives, is better for the body and the environment.
References
External links
Official Sara Snow website
Living people
1976 births
People from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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