Linda has been vegan for 34 years, beating her cancer, heart disease and obesity. She is the Organizer for the Sacramento Vegan Society now with 5,055 members and is active putting on vegan events, Go Healthy LIVE, Get Healthy Sacramento, Go Compassionate LIVE and Go Sustainable LIVE and events featuring doctors and and leaders in health, animal advocacy and climate change. She had a graphic design business, Graphic Side, for 25 years in Davis, CA. She is 78 years old. She is a VeganMentor health coach under www.veganmentor.com as well as a Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Instructor, Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Neal Barnard. She 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 16 years ago so dogs could benefit from a healthy, cruelty-free and environmentally friendly dog food. Linda is also a Personal Trainer, and an Aerobics Instructor for California Family Fitness. She remains an active animal rights activist for PETA, DXE, Sacramento Animal Rights, and Animal Save Movement.

Sacramento State University: B.A. German Language and Literature

Graduate Certification: Graphic Design, UC. Davis

Certified: Plant Nutrition, Cornell University, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.

Business: VeganMentor: www.veganmentor.com. Includes the 30- Day Vegan Health Watch Program.

Affiliate Member: American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Certified: Cancer Project: Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Instructor, PCRM, Neal Barnard, M.D.

Certified: “The Starch Solution”, John McDougall, M.D.

Organizer: Sacramento Vegan Society/Sacramento Animal Rights/Sacramento Animal Save

Certified: Personal Trainer/Aerobic Instructor, AFAA. Teacher for California Family Fitness.

Owner: v-dog.com

Contact: Linda Middlesworth: [email protected], or on website: www.veganmentor.com

Awards:

Animal Rights Work, In Defense of Animals

Plant Based Hero Award, Chef AJ and Charles Shrewsbury, Get Healthy LA

Hero to Animals Award for v-dog, PETA

Winner: Peta’s Sexiest Person Over 50

Outstanding Vegan Mentor, Social Compassion in Legislation

Awarded Video for Animal Compassion, Supreme Master

Linda’s Banana Oatmeal Cookies/Jam Thumbprint

with 3 Ingredients

4 ripe bananas

5 cups rolled oats (oatmeal)

Optional:

Add/use a thumbprint of fruit sweetened Jam (like Dalfour) or (BioNature) on top of each cookie.

Or use 1 cup vegan chocolate chips (like Zero Choc brand/order on Amazon)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to (375°F)

Get a bowl and mash the bananas until they’re mushy

Add the 5 cups oats and any of the optional ingredients

Stir until everything is nicely mixed

Put parchment paper on the tray so the cookies don’t stick. I use Silpat nonstick mats. To make the cookie shape just grab a handful. I make my cookies large (about 3.5 inches in diameter)

Add the jam thumbprint on top of each cookie (about 1 inch in diameter)

Bake in oven for about 40-42 minutes.