Lori Taylor

Lori Taylor is a clinical dietitian with 25 years of experience in patient care, practitioner education and health care consulting. Lori trained as a biochemist at UC Berkeley, worked as a molecular biologist and holds master's degrees in education from Stanford University and in nutrition from Bastyr University. She is considered an expert on the nutritional and environmental impacts of genetically modified foods, having published and spoken widely on the subject.

Lori has specialized training in functional digestive disorders through the Institute for Functional Medicine and has held certifications as a specialist in oncology and in nutrition support from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is trained in sustainable agriculture, and holds a Permaculture Design Certificate from the prestigious Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, California and is a graduate of their Ecology of Leadership program. In addition, Lori is a small-scale beekeeper and shepherds a burgeoning urban food forest at her home in Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, in Washington State.

Lori chairs the graduate program in Integrative and Functional Medicine at Saybrook University and has taught for the Nutrition Department for Bastyr University. She is a founding member of Coupeville's Farm to School program and maintains a consulting practice, Save Your Plate.

Lori's mission is to educate individuals, practitioners and professionals about the evidence-based connections between our food environment and personal health, while giving practical and humane advice on how to make positive change. Her goal is to mobilize people to work toward a regenerative food system, where clean water, healthy soil and healthful foods are abundant and accessible to all.