Bio

Multimedia content virtuoso. Storyteller extraordinaire. Fluent in the range of media platforms including magazines, web, apps, video, webinars, podcasts, Zoom-style virtual events, conferences, newsletters, social, CMS, SEO and, not to be overlooked, MOUSE. Currently ingredients editor as well as dietary supplements editor for NewHope.com and NaturalProductsInsider.com. I provide education and insights to ingredient suppliers, supplements brand manufacturers, and retailers. Titles include Nutrition Business Journal, Natural Foods Merchandiser, NewHope.com, Natural Products Insider, Natural Products Expo and SupplySide events. Host and producer of weekly Zoom-style nutritional variety show, Insider in the Afternoon. Past editor for Nutrition Science News starting in 1997. Science Editor for Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals starting in 2002. Editor-in-chief of Functional Ingredients 2007-13. Responsible editor for science reviews, nutritional ingredient profiles, articles of interest to product formulators, supplements innovators, the raw material ingredient supply sector, and other nutritional zeitgeist. Other specialties: Nutrition science, hemp CBD, healthy product development, there-is-no-box thinking, creative idea factory, natural history, outdoor adventure and trip planning / vacationeering, leftist pursuits from healing modalities to politics to notions occupying the noosphere. Epic can-do attitude and ethic. Yes is the answer! Below are slide decks from recent symposia talks, as well as a selection of magazine articles. For more, go to www.newhope.com or NaturalProductsInsider.com and search ''Runestad''