Rapid City Vegan Meetup Group

Welcome to the Rapid City Vegan Meetup Group! This group is for anyone interested in plant-based living, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, and delicious vegan food. Whether you're a lifelong vegan or just curious about the lifestyle, join us for meetups, potlucks, cooking classes, restaurant outings, and more. Let's support each other and inspire positive change in our community together!
This meetup group is new but it's our fourth meetup an is open to anyone who wants to learn how to prepare simple plant-based, vegetarian, whole-foods. At our gatherings, live food demonstrations may be presented; and nutritional and educational information may also be provided depending on the particular venue. If you're interested in becoming "plant strong", or you want to learn new recipes for preparing vegetarian, whole-foods, this meetup is for you! We are interested in meeting others who are interested in a whole food plant based lifestyle.
We will often gather in restaurants that serve plant based meals but if we prepare food, it will be totally "plant strong", dairy free, caffeine free, alcohol free and contain minimum amounts of oil and no refined sugar.
Our goal is to provide a social environment that encourages the western South Dakota residents an invitation and encouragement to live a simple, wholesome and healthier life through exercise, plenty of sunshine, spiritual growth, and a vegetarian, whole foods plant-based diet.
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Occasionally we may combine an outdoor activity with our events, so please note that you are responsible for your own safety and well-being! You are the leader of your own adventure and or culinary experience. If food is prepared for you, please be aware of any food allergies you may have and eat wisely. Know your own capabilities, as any participation in group events is “at your own risk”. By signing up for an event, you agree to take responsibility for yourself and any guest(s) you may bring. There are no “liability waivers” or other written agreements to sign. By signing up for an event, you agree to forgo the right to exercise legal action in the event that you and/or your guest(s) are injured at one of the events. 
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All food at any event where we actually prepare the food will be total plant based (vegan) with no eggs or dairy and generally will include gluten free alternatives (also vegan)

We moved to the Rapid City area in 2023 but have been organizers of other meetup groups in eastern Tennessee.

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• https://www.meetup.com/theveggielink
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In 2015 we started "Healthy Taste of Knoxville" later changed to "Healthy Taste, Inc" Our primary focus was on plant based whole foods that helped to improve health and immune systems. We were able to bring plant based vendors as well as medical professionals together into one event in an annual festival. When we moved to South Dakota, we turned it over to another entity. A short video of one of our "Healthy Taste" events is listed below.