Plant Your Seed – Details, episodes & analysis

Dr. Akil Taher is the author of OPEN HEART a book that chronicles his transformational journey. Dr. Taher had angioplasty at 56, open heart surgery at 61, and ran his first half marathon less than a year later. He then proceeded to run the Chicago, Boston, and Mumbai marathons, and also climbed mountains. He transformed from a middle-aged couch potato with a dangerously bad diet into a vital, energetic athlete, ever seeking new challenges and adventures. His whole food plant-based diet played a major part in his transformation.

Guy Vaknin is a renowned chef famous for his innovative plant-based creations. After serving in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), Vaknin moved to New York in 2005 to study computer engineering. But he quickly realized that his calling was in the food industry. Chef Vaknin then enrolled in the Institute of Culinary Education. Upon graduating in 2007, he became the Executive Chef at Esprit Events, an established kosher catering company in Manhattan. In this role, he met his future wife and co-founder Tali. Together, they developed their signature vegan sushi and the Beyond Sushi brand was born. He is the founder and owner of City Roots Hospitality, New York City’s leading vegan restaurant group, which includes Beyond Sushi, Willow, and his latest vegan restaurant, Coletta.

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Beth Love is the founder of Eat for the Earth, an ordained New Thought minister, and the author of the Tastes Like Love book series. She has brought a message of transformation to multiple audiences with her speaking and facilitation skills, in contexts as diverse as the California state prison system, schools, nonprofits, churches, radio, various online forums, local community television, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is known for her fierce commitment, wise counsel, strategic mind, and huge capacity for love.

Rev. Beth's life calling has taken many twists and turns but has always been centered on human transformation. She has taught in and run Montessori schools, helped to found a New Thought church and served in various capacities in that community for over 20 years, facilitated training on issues of power and privilege, run non-profit organizations focused on the topic of child abuse, and done extensive volunteer work with prison inmates.

Her current focus is running Eat for the Earth, a nonprofit organization that supports a human dietary shift towards more plants and fewer animal products to sustain all life on Earth. Learn more and find out how you can get involved at EatForTheEarth.org.

Karen Ranzi is an award-winning author, internationally acclaimed speaker, holistic health coach since 1998, certified raw foods chef, speech pathologist for 43 years, and director of the online 100 hour Vegan Certification Course. Her new book Heal and Prevent Autism: Natural Solutions That Work is out now. Karen is the winner of the Living Now Award in the category of Health and Nutrition, and the Peer-to-Peer Award for Service to Childrens Health for her book Creating Healthy Children. Karen has traveled throughout the United States and abroad to speak on the extreme benefits of a fresh whole food vegan lifestyle. In 1994, Karen was able to heal her three-year-old son from asthma, chronic ear infections, and multiple allergies, and herself from the IBS, hormonal imbalance, and severe cystic acne through dietary and lifestyle changes. By means of her education, life-changing personal experiences, and sincere desire to share her message, Karen has been able to guide thousands toward developing excellent health through simple plant-based living.

At 44, Ben Raue also known on Instagram as Plant Based Ben, a former corporate paper pusher, decided to change to a whole-food plant-based diet. Not only did he lose weight but he radically changed his physical appearance. You would be amazed at what Ben did in just 90 days.

Kathy Davis is a plant-based lifestyle coach, recipe developer, the CEO of VegInspired.com and the author of three cookbooks. Her third cookbook "Budget-Friendly Plant-Based Diet Cookbook came out on August 17th. Kathy helps people successfully transition to a plant-based way of eating that supports a fast-paced lifestyle, without requiring hours in the kitchen or the added stress of "What am I going to eat?!"

Kat runs a vegan bed and breakfast, offering yoga, meditation, reiki, and horse therapy. She is also the founder and executive director of Promised Land Animal Sanctuary in Campbellford, Ontario.

Ashlee Piper is a political strategist turned eco-lifestyle journalist and TV personality.

Ashlee is also the author of
Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet.

She baby stepped her way to becoming vegan about 10 years ago and hasn’t looked back.

Former NBA player Donny Marshall has been a standout basketball player in high school, college and the NBA. He was healthy, in shape and yet the doctors told him and his wife that they had about a 1% chance of getting pregnant. Donny and his wife decided to change to a plant-based diet and were able to have children.