What we’re about
Join this fast growing movement in adopting a Whole Food Plant Based dietary lifestyle (WFPB) Come to learn more with group discussions, sharing, videos, lectures, cooking demonstrations, and eating!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Plant-Based Potluck: Enjoy and Connect!Santa Cruz Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sundean Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
LET'S EAT TOGETHER!
Join Eat for the Earth for a whole food plant-based potluck and an opportunity to connect with other plant-based and plant-curious folks! Please bring a dish to share that is made exclusively from whole plant ingredients and is free of added oil. Please avoid bringing dishes containing meat, dairy, fish, eggs, or other animal-derived ingredients.Here are some recipe sites for inspiration:
- Forks Over Knives Recipe Collection (Please note: FOK now includes oil in some recipes. Either avoid those recipes, or leave out the oil, please.)
- Monkey and Me Recipes
- Center for Nutrition Studies Recipes
If you are new to this way of eating, feel free to bring something simple like a fresh fruit platter or green salad.
LET'S CONNECT!
No presentation is scheduled, so we will take the opportunity to build community, exchange ideas, ask and answer questions about eating this way, and commune with others on the plant-based journey.Join Eat for the Earth for a delicious, healthy meal and make some great connections!
What to Bring
in addition to your plant-based dish to share, please bring your recipe or a list of ingredients. And please invite your friends!To Find Us
Drive towards the back of the parking lot. About halfway down you will see a smaller parking lot towards the left. We are in Sundean Hall, between the side parking lot and the street.Donations are Appreciated.
All donations go to support the nonprofit Eat for the Earth. - Gardening in Your Kitchen: The Magic of SproutsSanta Cruz Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sundean Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Always Wanted to Grow Sprouts?
Learn how to grow tasty, healthy, immune-boosting sprouts in this class.Sprouts may be tiny plants, but they are HUGE on nutrition! With minimal investment in time and equipment, you can grow an abundance of delicious, healthy, diverse sprouts in even the smallest of kitchens.
In This Class, You Will:
- Learn about the wide variety of seeds that can be simply sprouted at home to produce tasty, healthy food,
- Find out about essential equipment for sprout-growing, including alternative equipment you might have on hand,
- Be exposed to all of the steps for producing your own home-grown sprouts,
- See and sample examples of multiple types of sprouts,
- Hear about a variety of ways to include nutritious sprouts in your dishes, and
- Have a chance to get your questions answered.
Sprout Tasting Party!
This demonstration and presentation will include a delicious sprout tasting party in which you will get to put together a plate of delectable healthy treats from our buffet of sprouts and accompaniments.Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and be nourished on all levels!
Donations are Appreciated.
All donations go to support the nonprofit Eat for the Earth.About the Presenter
Rev. Chef Beth Love has been creating luscious, vibrant foods that deeply nourish on all levels—palate, body, planet, heart, and soul—for over four decades. She is a gifted teacher and speaker, ordained New Thought minister, personal coach, and author of the Tastes Like Love book series. Beth has brought a message of transformation to multiple audiences with her speaking and facilitation skills, in contexts as diverse as the California state prison system, schools, churches, businesses, radio, local community television, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is known for her fierce commitment, wise counsel, strategic mind, and huge capacity for love.Rev. Beth’s life calling has taken many twists and turns, but has always been centered on human transformation. She has taught in and run Montessori schools, helped to found a New Thought church and served in various capacities in that community for over 20 years, run non- profit organizations focused on the topic of child abuse, and done extensive volunteer work with prison inmates. Due to her concern about the contribution of animal agriculture to environmental breakdown, Beth started Eat for the Earth, an organization that supports a human dietary shift towards more plants and less animal products to sustain all life on Earth. Learn more and find out how you can get involved at Eat for the Earth.
To Find Us
Drive towards the back of the parking lot. About halfway down you will see a smaller parking lot towards the left. We are in Sundean Hall, between the side parking lot and the street.
