Who’s Who in Green: Sara Snow

You probably already know Sara Snow’s face from her Discovery Health television show, Get Fresh with Sara Snow. But Snow is far from just a television host – she’s a green living expert and passionate advocate for sustainable food and she has made it her life goal to share her knowledge about healthy and natural living.

Snow grew up in a progressive household in the country outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with parents who immersed her and her siblings into the world of food and natural living early on.  Her father, Tim Redmond, is co-founder of Eden Foods. Snow spent many of her days communing with nature, helping her parents cook healthy meals and taking part in local theatrical productions. Snow went on to get her degrees in theater performance and telecommunications, and worked briefly as a television producer and later as a reporter.

In 2005, Snow came up with the idea for a lifestyle television series that focuses on the things she learned growing up – composting, recycling, gardening, natural cleaning and eating organically. Soon after, she struck a deal with Discovery Communications and began work on “Living Fresh”, her first show, which is credited as being the first series about natural living on the air. In 2006, Snow got her second show, “Get Fresh with Sara Snow”, in which she travels the country in search of companies that offer green, natural products and services and helps people find ways to go green in their own lives.

Snow visited her fellow ‘Who’s Who in Green’ honorees, the Dervaes Family, at the Path to Freedom Urban Homestead on an episode of Get Fresh with Sara Snow.

Sara Snow is also an advisory board member at Planet Green and is on the board of directors for the Organic Center, a non-profit organization that advocates for organic products. Snow appears regularly on CNN in a segment called “Living Green with Sara Snow” and has a column at Treehugger entitled “Green Eyes On…”. Snow released a DVD with Gaiam called “Growing Green Babies” and her first book, Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home was released just last week.

In a 2008 article at Treehugger, Snow discussed her pleasure at gaining a reputation as an ‘eco warrior’ and what it means to her to be honored with an award by the Natural Products Leadership Gathering:

These men and women have been working day and night since their awakening (some describe it as a smack to the head, though the yogis of the bunch call it their third-eye opening) to improve our planet and our food supply for future generations. And it’s because of the things that they chose to do that I have something to do!

So it was with emotion beyond my imagination that I accepted an award from this very group at the Leadership Gathering, which honors four individuals or companies each year. Most times, the awards go to people who have been fighting the fight with decided dedication and focus for years. One award goes to someone from the so-called second generation, and this year, it was me. I was honored as the Rising Star of the current generation, working diligently to crescendo the message of green and natural living.

Check out Eco Chick’s write-up of Sara Snow’s new book and grab yourself a copy at Amazon.com.

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