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Most plant-based coaches have a story.
For Jennifer Ernst, MSCN, PN1, it started at age 10—when her grandfather had a heart attack. It shook the family up, and they decided to eat in a more healthful way. So they became plant-based—they just didn’t know to call it that.
Most of their meals revolved around home-grown produce. “We lived on a farm and grew our vegetables,” she says. “Except we had chickens and cows, too.”
As Ernst got older and moved away from the farm, she grew uncomfortable buying meat that wasn’t coming from her backyard.
She didn’t have a problem with eating meat overall, but without knowing where it…