Gena Hamshaw, who has written the New Veganism column on Food52 since 2012, is a certified clinical nutritionist and the author of the book Choosing Raw. Gena has been published in O Magazine, VegNews, and Whole Living Daily. She lives in New York City, where she is completing her masters degree in nutrition at Columbia University and leads workshops and cooking classes.

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