Meet fellow Raw Foodists near you! Everyone is welcome to come our local Raw Food Meetups to have fun, share raw food meals, support each other, and discuss the raw vegan diet and health issues. Whether you want to reach your ideal weight, eat a beautifying diet, share your story, or have the best health ever, this is a wonderful site for you. It's free to join, and you will receive our monthly newsletter!

The Inland Empire Organic Produce Buying Club is a group of people living in and around Redlands, CA, and Cherry Valley, CA; we pool our money to make a big group purchase of fresh, certified organic produce from an organic wholesaler, and when possible, local, organic farms. Then we divide the produce evenly amongst the participants. Everyone goes home with a big basket containing a variety of fresh, organic fruits and veggies, for a fraction of what we would pay in supermarkets. Produce shares …

Come together for community support in healthy eating, clearing away old emotions and discovering a truly healthy lifestyle together. Our group comes together and is committed to producing results like these: "My wife Susan brought me here, & at first I didn’t want to have anything to do with it. I have a friend who is a vegetarian & five months ago I used to give him a bad time about it. I eat steak & I am from Montana. I have been 85-90% raw for the past 3 months, I have lost 30 plus pounds. …

Meet fellow Vegans and Vegetarians near you! We love to get together for great food and friendship and are branching out into some animal activism. We would love to welcome more members who want to contribute their passion for animal rights and a vegan lifestyle. We do have some guidelines we ask of our group. -Although this is a vegan and vegetarian group, we ask that all meetups are strictly vegan, which is without dairy, eggs or honey. -We ask that there be no self or business promotion.  We …

Inland Empire Vegan Meetup- Mission Statement The Inland Empire Vegan Meet-up Group is a community for vegans, raw foodists, vegetarians, veg-minded, and veg-curious folks looking to connect with other kindred spirits on their journey towards plant-based and compassionate living. We believe that being vegan is not just a diet, but a lifestyle, and one that encompasses respect for all living beings - and that goes with having respect with what we put into our bodies. This is an all-inclusive com …

Animal Protection and Rescue League is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which works to document and expose animal cruelty occurring behind closed doors, educates the public on animals issues through innovative outreach campaigns, and works with policymakers and politicians to implement humane change. Since forming in 2003, APRL has garnered the attention of national and international media, influenced animal protection legislation, conducted numerous rescues of abused factory farmed …

Come join us in a relaxed entertaining discussion of issues of non-duality. If you are a fan of writers such as Alan Watts, Nathan Gill, Tony Parsons, Wayne Liquorman (Ram Tzu), Sailor Bob Adamson, Adyashanti, Stephen Batchelor, Ramesh S. Balsekar, Gary Crowley, Jeff Foster, Steve Hagen, Leo Hartong, Chuck Hillig, Jerry Katz, Jan Kersschot, Ken Keyes, Jr., Peter Marjason, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Eckhart Tolle, John Wheeler, Ken Wilber, Wei Wu Wei, Buddha, Buddhism, or Ad …

If American diet trends continue, it is predicted that by the year 2015, 2 in every 5 adults will be obese. Hundreds of nutritional studies have demonstrated a strong and undeniable link between malnourishment and chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, Heart Disease, and Cancer. By providing our members with the opportunity to attend FREE nutrition lectures in addition to special diet cooking classes, healthy eating store tours, fitness assessments, a nutrition book club, and consultations w …

This group is for people to come together to discuss and participate in lectures, cooking classes and events geared at making us all the best we can be mind, body and soul. We will have certified nutritionists, personal trainers, culinary trained chefs and authors here to demonstrate their knowledge and provide you with the tools you'll need to go forth and spread health. You'll also get some great Whole Foods Market freebies too!

Dear Veggie Fonders, It has been over eleven years since I became a vegetarian. Little did I know that the decision I made to become a veggie back then would change my life for a wonderful start. I did it solely was out of respect for all living beings. And guess what? This veggie diet has completely cured my stomachache occurred since I was a teenager, decreased my doctor visits drastically, and made me a healthy and energetic person that my friends call me an energetic bunny!   As a result, I …

We are a local group of compassionate people dedicated to healthy lifestyles that promote kindness and peace in our community.  We're based in Orange County, California.  However, our offerings are relevant for people anywhere in the world as online wellness sessions and virtual events. Veganism is the foundation for justice, health, wholeness, and compassion in our lives and in the larger world. I've found that there are many vegan groups out there, but many of us (including myself) would benef …

The intent of this group is to keep people informed about the roaming "No Meat & Mingle" vegan potlucks and sometimes other vegan gathering in or near Los Angeles county. The "No Meat & Mingle" vegan potlucks are a great place for open hearted people to come together in community and share conversation and great vegan food, and to learn about veganism.  All people who are respectful to other people are encouraged to attend (you need not be vegan). The "No Meat & Mingle"  potlucks are raw friendl …

Orange County People for Animals is a Southern California-based 501(c)3 non-profit animal advocacy organization founded in 1988 to help create a compassionate, healthy and peaceful planet for all living beings. Our mission is to have our guiding principles present in the fabric of everyday society: Every being has the right to live free from exploitation. By educating people, we will create a compassionate, healthy and peaceful planet. There are consequences to every individual's actions. - …

Green Menu is a non-profit organization that promotes Green concepts such as Vegetarianism, Eco living, Physical well-being, etc. We believe that plant-based diets are the foundations for people’s health and the future for our planet. Therefore, we'd like to start this meetup group to help bring the awareness of Green living lifestyle to our communities. We know that being a vegetarian is the first step to achieving such goal. It is very easy to adapt to the vegetarian diets if the resources suc …

Vegan Drinks is back!  Whether you're vegan, vegetarian, or just curious, meet others who share your interest at our next fun and healthy social event.  Non-drinkers are welcome.  All events are free - just pay for your own food and drink.

Fabulous Traveling Girlfriends Meetup is a fun, friendly, social based travel group of women from all over the Inland Empire, who enjoy traveling locally and abroad. We are an  ACTIVE, diverse community of vibrant women that are serious about travel. Our membership comprises of women who are single, married, or divorced, even single moms; of all ages. Besides traveling together, we like to socialize. We enjoy brunch, movies, plays, comedy, 5K Walk/Runs and so much more! Members also host events …

BELLA SAVOUR BRINGS YOU... LOS ANGELES VEGAN COOKING CLASS AND SOCIAL! As a vegan culinary artist I get asked all the time, "How do you make that?!" So I decided to start this group to share some secrets on how to make delicious vegan meals. But I also wanted this to be an opportunity for people to meet and socialize with likeminded individuals so having in home cooking classes seemed like the best idea! In the Los Angeles Vegan Cooking Class and Social you will get hands on help to create an e …

This group is for Temecula area vegetarians (and vegans) who want to get together for great food and good friendships with like-minded people of a kinder lifestyle. This group is free to join. Hope to see you soon! :)

We would like to meet anyone who is interested in trying new restaurant dishes and sharing their experience. We are launching a foodie-social media app for the iPhone in August that will allow foodies to share short clips of their food experiences with the world!

Doesn't it seem like it can be hard to meet other moms and dads who think about the world the way you do??? Well, we are an exciting group of families who are raising vegan, vegetarian, and clean-eating kids, looking to meet others in the area!  We are a VERY open minded group and have members with many different interests, including clean-eating, gluten-free diets, organic food, different parenting styles, etc.  We look forward to building a community and network of lasting friendships for year …

"Save the World"...(all of Creation) through "Fellowship" & "Good-Stewardship" i.e., healthy food choices, animal rights activism, scriptural & spiritual acknowledgement with personal interaction & awareness of Our Creator: God's Love & Plan for His Peaceable Kingdom on Earth ("as it is in Heaven")...AMEN!

This is a group for anyone interested in finding new ways to live a healthier lifestyle making new food choices. Using more organics and less animal products. Eating food as medicine.

Vegans/Vegetarians of Menifee/Temecula and surroundings are a group of compassionate animal lovers that wish to meet like-minded people and share amazing healthy vegan food, and participate in events that promote compassion toward animals and a healthy nutritional lifestyle. We will have meetups created by you, as well as fun and exciting ones I have in mind, such as; Potlucks, movie junk food nights, holiday events, animal sanctuary tours, cooking classes and recipe sharing gatherings, dessert …

This group is for anyone curious about vegan cooking! Every Saturday we'll meet at Throop Hall in Pasadena where a different guest vegan chef will teach. After class we'll all share a meal based on what we just learned to make!

This is a group dedicated to vegetarian cooking. I started this group to support people that are new to being vegetarian/vegan, people interested in incorporating more veggies in their meals and anyone interested in finding meat and/or dairy substitutes. There is no judgment in this group, no matter your eating habits. Everyone is welcome, vegetarians, vegans and omnivores alike. Lets get together at your home or mine. We could also do baby showers, birthday parties, moms' night out, and anythin …

Love homemade, plant-strong meals? Join this group to team up with other cooks and prep food for the week to take home with you. Learn new recipes Stretch your food dollar Share the workload and get it done faster Build your cooking skills Make new friends New to plant-strong diets? You can learn more here: http://www.forksoverknives.com/ http://engine2diet.com/ Let's all do more with: teaching people to cook, finding sustainable/local farmers, encourage buying from artisan sources over big bo …

This is a group for anyone interested in getting together (mainly in Long Beach) for yummy vegan Sunday suppers. The Sunday meetups will either be dining out or meeting at a member's home for a potluck, good conversation, board games or just mingling with like-minded people. All potluck items should be plant-based and free from any meat, dairy, honey, or eggs. It's a fun, casual way to meet other local veg friendly people! Sunday suppers are all about taking a break from our busy schedules of ac …

Vegetarian gourmet dinner by invitation