David Blackburn, a retired business executive, has extensive experience in productdesign and development, project management, product launches, training and operationalmanagement. He was honored to accept one of the office furniture industry’s highest awards inproduct design (1997 Neocon Gold Award) and has created successful product designs andinventions for both office and kitchen use. He has special expertise in strategic planning and hasorchestrated the comprehensive planning and management of several new start-up product lines.Over the past 20 years, David has indulged his passion for cooking. He enjoys the creativity ofdeveloping his own recipes and has cooked extensively for family and friends, as well as givennumerous home cooking demonstrations and informal cooking classes. While having eaten at manyfine restaurants worldwide, he prefers home cooking.Visit his website for French Cooking and Canning Classes at VillaHutton.comAndrea Van Wallenburg has more than twenty years of experience researching health and nutritionand brings a wealth of knowledge to her work, with special emphasis on macrobiotic cooking andorganic farming. As the mother of seven children, she focuses on diet as it relates to health andoverall wellbeing. Having personally dealt with multiple sclerosis for more than ten years, Andreahas a personal interest in the role our diets play in health and healing. She has spent many years asa consultant and personal counselor.Born and raised in Toronto, Andrea lived in the San Francisco Bay area for several years and nowoperates Yellow House Bed & Breakfast, Retreat and Small Conference Facility, with her husband,Johan, in Jurancon (Pau), France.Andrea provides personalized diet consulting at Your-Personal-Diet.com and is currently finishing her latest book 'Famine in the West.'