VIRGINIA WRIGHT is a freelance cooking, health and nutrition writer. When she is not spending time with her husband, or watering her vegetable and herb garden, canning, cooking, feeding the chickens or dog; she spends her time as a freelance writer, doing what she enjoys doing most, writing…
EXPERIENCE:
Virginia is an experienced researcher and writer. Since 2001 she has worked as a freelance writer and webmaster for an online cooking & health information web site, Lowfat Weekly.com.
AWARDS:
While working at Lowfat Weekly, the web site won the 2003-2004 Golden Web Award in recognition of creativity, integrity and excellence on the Web by The International Association of Web Masters and Designers.
HONcode ACCREDITATION:
Since 2001 Lowfat Weekly has been in HON appliance and received the Certificate of HONcode Accreditation from the HON (Health On Net) Foundation after a formal application and accreditation process, which ensures that this website is in compliance with 8 standards regarding ethics, quality and accessibility of its medical and health information.
EDUCATION:
A certificate of completion was awarded to Virginia for coursework which encompassed 24 hours of the Family Nutrition Program through the Mississippi State University Extension Service in Cooperation with Mississippi State Department of Human Services and United States Department of Agriculture. She successfully completed course work in journalism: writing for profit, offered by the University of Maine at Machias Extension Service. Virginia also, successfully completed all testing and licensing procedures necessary to hold the highest class license possible in Amateur Radio: Amateur Extra, with current operator and station privileges licensed through the United States Federal Communications Commission.
FROM VIRGINIA WRIGHT:
A good amount of my time is spent adapting, testing and developing recipes, as well as writing articles about cooking and health. At Lowfat Weekly.com I show you how to make everything from Low Fat Beef Enchiladas to Red Velvet Cake. With delicious, quick and easy recipes, cooking basics, helpful tips, and more, you too will be adding healthy, low fat meals to your recipe collections…
