1. The popularity of vegetarianism is on the rise in the United States, and converts cite personal health, spiritual and religious beliefs, concern about animal welfare, and distress about the economic and environmental consequences of a meat- based diet.

2. Can a vegetarian diet satisfy established nutritional requirements? Tieshquanna Richardson

3. Research Background on vegetarians  How long have vegetarianism been around  What were vegetarians known as Different types of vegetarianism  Lacto vegetarians  Lacto-ovo vegetarians  Semi-vegetarians

4. Research Why people become vegetarians  Ethical reasons  Health reasons  Animals are their friends  Religion

5. Research Vegetarians can meet nutritional requirements  By eating legumes, dried fruits, nuts, beans and tofu  By taking vitamins

6. Because I researched vegetarianism, I decided to become a vegetarian for my product.

7. Product Finding a mentor Creating a blog Researching what foods I could eat Cooking the foods and writing on my blog

8. Product I used word press for my blog I wrote on my blog five times I talked about how the foods made me feel and how I made them

9. Product Going vegetarian made me lose some weight It also made me have more energy then what I normally would have It helped clear up my eczema a little

10. http://cecevegetarian.wordpress.com/2013/0 4/23/five-spice-turkey-burgers/

11. Mentor My mentor was Raquel Wescott. She helped me with getting my hours. She also helped with checking my blog before I posted on it.

12. Challenges and Successes Some of my challenges were cooking the food, also finding a mentor to help with my product. My successes were getting all my hours and actually liking the foods that I made. My biggest success was making the blog and becoming a vegetarian for 2-3 months.

13. What I Learned I learned about the different types of vegetarians. I also learned that vegetarian food is great. I learned that it doesn’t hurt to try new things.

14. Thank you for your time. Do you have any questions?