Our Founder

Jennifer Sweenie is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Certified

Health-Supportive Chef, and Health Coach. She has over a decade of

experience in the food and nutrition space, and is passionate about educating

others on the importance of consuming real, local food from sustainable sources.

Jennifer believes the key to making healthier choices and behavior modification

lies in understanding and awareness of the correlation between what

we consume and our wellbeing. 

 

She has developed recipes for Paleo magazine, The Today Show, and MindBodyGreen.com, and has written nutrition articles for Cooking Light and Good Housekeeping magazines. Jennifer developed and launched the vegetarian lunch program for the LinkedIn offices in NYC. She offers nutrition workshops and coaching to non-profit organizations such as Bottomless Closet, Ronald McDonald House, and Gilda’s Club. Jennifer serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for Slow Food NYC and is a former Board Member of the Farm to Consumer Foundation.

 

Jennifer holds a B.S.M. from Tulane University and her career prior to health and wellness was in marketing research and publishing, for NBC Television and Hearst Magazines, respectively.

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