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Keeping Our Pets Safe: What to Feed Fido

A few months ago, the thought of purchasing organic pet food or preparing home-cooked meals for a dog or cat might have seemed obsessive even to the most devoted pet lover. But with tainted pet food being blamed for numerable pet deaths, preparing salmon and sweet potatoes or seeking organic pet food for the family’s furry companion suddenly sounds sensible to many more people. This has meant shelling out a fair bit more on an organic pet food or spending some time in their kitchen (maybe even re-familiarizing themselves with their oven and roasting pans). Perhaps it's not even organic that pet owners want but a higher quality food with more natural ingredients. Wanting to know the origin of our own food is a fast-growing trend and is now extending to four-legged family members as people are increasingly elevating pets to family member status. Many pet owners feel this means doing what you can to keep them healthy, including organic food, filtered water and maybe even acupuncture for Spot’s skin rash....

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About Melissa
Melissa has extensive experience in both the natural food industry as well as qualitative research. She has worked as a certified chef, specializing in whole foods cuisine and in the natural products retail sector. Melissa's research experience includes the European soy foods industry and the natural products consumer in the UK. Melissa's research interests are focused on dietary trends, functional foods and sports nutrition.
EDUCATION:
MS National University of Ireland, Cork
BS Communications, Emerson College, Boston