alive Contributors

Mark Davies, RPsych, is a professor, therapist, speaker, and writer in Vancouver.

Sabitri Ghosh is a researcher and award-winning freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail and World Vision's magazine, ChildView.

Jason Mitchell is currently working on his ND from Trinity College of Natural Health. He is director of product development and education at Country Life Vitamins.

Dean G. Morris, MH, is a fifth generation herbalist. He practises privately in Springville, Utah.

Farid Wassef, RPh, CCN, is co-author of Breaking the Age Barrier: Strategies for Optimal Health, Energy and Longevity (Penguin, 2003).

Spring Gillard works for City Farmer. When she is not answering the compost hotline or sifting worms, she occasionally writes articles on urban agriculture.

Rosemarie Tugwood is an alive reader living in Manitouwadge, ON.

Siri Louie is a University of Toronto doctoral student and freelance writer on issues relating to gender, relationships and self-esteem.

Doctors Angela and Mark Stengler have worked together to co-author a comprehensive book on menopause entitled Your Menotype, Your Menopause (Prentice Hall Press, 2002). The Stenglers are naturopathic doctors who practise in La Jolla, Calif. They ca

Charles Walters is executive director of Acres USA a Voice for Eco-Agriculture. He wrote the book, Weeds: Control Without Poisons. Acres USA is at PO Box 91299, Austin, TX, 78709.

Robert G. Ackerman, PhD, AMP, has a diploma in veterinary homoeopathy from the British Institute of Homeopathy and is a board-certified alternative medical practitioner.

Lise Cloutier-Steele is the author of Misinformed Consent - Womenâ??s Stories about Unnecessary Hysterectomy (Next Decade Inc., 2003) and Living and Learning with a Child who Stutters (NC Press Ltd., 1995).

Jennifer Farnell is a writer with a background in practical nursing.

Craig Andrews combines his love of travelling with his interest in journalism.

Daniel Weber practices in Australia.

Dody Dines lives in the country near St Eugene, ON and has resumed her career in stained glass and her passion for hiking.

Glenn Cassie is a freelance writer and executive director for the BC Naturopathic Association.

Leanne Terrace is a friend of Alive Publishing Group Inc. and a dedicated volunteer for the Ekaya Institute.

John Hanselman is an ecological researcher living in Brantford, ON.

Shirin Kalyan, BSc, is in the midst ofobtaining her doctoral degree in experimental medicine at the University of British Columbia. Being an active health advocate and researcher, Shirin often writes health articles to help bridge scientific research an