For our oral history project our research topic focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of being a vegetarian. To find this out we conducted two interviews, one with a health food store owner and another with a dietitian. Melissa Pickell, R.D is a registered dietitian who owns her own practice in Stockon New Jersey. Her main focus is weight loss, special diets, and health coach. Our interview was conduct at the home of Melissa Pickell in Flemington New Jersey on April 12, 2011 at 6:00pm. Our interview consisted of questions about her being a vegetarian, cures for illness/diseases, different types of food, and the diet of a vegetarian. The goal for our interview was to get knowledge from a professional perspective regardless to vegetarianism. Mainly we stayed on topic, but there was one incident when Leo, Melissa’s cat interrupted during the interview. Overall the interview was successful and we completed the necessary task.
Our second interview was conduct with a health food store owner, Dorothy Boody, one of the co-owners of Health Now, a health food store in Vineland New Jersey. The interview was conduct on April 9, 2011 at 4:00pm in the setting of her store at a table near the entrance. She spoke about her experience as a vegetarian and her family's experiences with eating healthier food. In particularly we were interested in the blood type diet. We wanted to ask questions since we knew she supported the idea. Dorothy explained that blood type diets feature heavily in her food philosophy, and as a result, she believes blood type A's are more likely to successfully live a vegetarian lifestyle. Many of her comments on ethics, today's food industry, and keeping fruits and vegetables in the diet speak to meat-eaters and vegetarians alike. Overall our interview went well but some segments may require an explanatory text slide before, but in general, most sound bites should stand alone as independent comments and/or stories.
Our second interview was conduct with a health food store owner, Dorothy Boody, one of the co-owners of Health Now, a health food store in Vineland New Jersey. The interview was conduct on April 9, 2011 at 4:00pm in the setting of her store at a table near the entrance. She spoke about her experience as a vegetarian and her family's experiences with eating healthier food. In particularly we were interested in the blood type diet. We wanted to ask questions since we knew she supported the idea. Dorothy explained that blood type diets feature heavily in her food philosophy, and as a result, she believes blood type A's are more likely to successfully live a vegetarian lifestyle. Many of her comments on ethics, today's food industry, and keeping fruits and vegetables in the diet speak to meat-eaters and vegetarians alike. Overall our interview went well but some segments may require an explanatory text slide before, but in general, most sound bites should stand alone as independent comments and/or stories.