Best Vacation Spot Vegan Sustainable Wellness Destination - The Stanford Inn

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GET MY FREE INSTANT POT COOKBOOK: https://www.chefaj.com/instapot-download ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MY LATEST BESTSELLING BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1570674086?tag=onamzchefajsh-20&linkCode=ssc&creativeASIN=1570674086&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.1GNPDCAG4A86S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joan and Jeff Stanford have owned and operated the Stanford Inn and Resort on the North coast of CA in Mendocino since 1980. Rated Four-diamond by AAA, it is the only totally plant based property in the country and is the home of Ravens Restaurant, The Mendocino Center for Living Well and the Environmental Leadership Field School. Joan is also the author of The Art of Play: Ignite Your Imagination to Unlock Insight, Healing, and Joy. She is a board-certified art therapist as well as full-time innkeeper She has been facilitating creativity groups for over twenty-five years encouraging people of all ages, especially non-artists, to expand their awareness through playing with art materials. She offers imagination playshops and creativity retreats at their inn and wellness center. Jeff is the author of Dining at The Ravens: Over 150 Nourishing Vegan Recipes from the Stanford Inn by the Sea. He is a true renaissance man with wide ranging interests from anthropology, his academic degree, to creating vegan recipes. He is a master gardener, a minister, a designer, a voracious reader of science and spiritual books, a meditation teacher. His vision, passion and boundless energy have created this unique property. Gene Baur, president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary says, “Joan and Jeff have built an amazing business rooted in compassion, sustainability and wellness…” Joan and Jeff raised their two kids at the Inn and are happy grandparents of two! For more information: https://stanfordinn.com/