Join us for our Pot Luck.
You can find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store just beyond the cash registers.
Bring a whole Food Plant Based dish to share - NO GLUTEN please, the room we use is Gluten Free.
Bring a friend or two!
Speaker / Presentation TBD
Join us at a pot luck picnic at the charming Bartley Ranch Park.
Meet up at the old school house at 5pm and we will wander through the park to find a nice spot to settle.
As we are meeting away from our usual spot, gluten is not restricted.
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Join us at our Pot Luck - Let’s make it PLASTIC FREE!
Bring a whole food plant based dish to share- GLUTEN FREE please ( room use rules ).
Hot August nights mean it’s time for a Pot Luck dinner + Bring your cool desserts for a N’Ice Cream Social! If you have a Ninja Creami we hope you’ll bring it!!
You can find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store just beyond the cash registers.
Bring a Whole Food Plant Based dish to share - NO GLUTEN please, the room we use is Gluten Free.
Friends are welcome!
Speaker / Presentation TBD
Biggest Little Plant Pod, The Plant Based Treaty and Plant Based Strategies will be manning a booth at Reno’s Earth Day Event.
It is well established that animal-based foods tend to have far higher GHG emissions than plant-based alternatives, both in total and in per protein produced (Poore and Nemecek 2018; Xu et al. 2021).
Dietary change is therefore increasingly highlighted as an important and necessary mitigation option for food system sustainability.
There are very few calls for a global transition to a vegan diet (animal rights advocates excepted), so join us as we share this important information.
OUR GOAL IS THE SHARE INFORMATION, AND ENGAGE IN POLITE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WAYS ANIMAL AGRICULTURE IS SO DETRIMENTAL TO THE PLANET, AND BY EATING MORE PLANT BASED FOODS YOU ARE DOING YOURSELF A FAVOR TOO.
Volunteer positions available in the booth and at the event itself.
Email us at biggestlittleplantpodreno@gmail.com or check out the positions at Great American Craft Fairs.
If you want to eat prior to the viewing, meet at Ike's Love and Sandwiches at 6pm right next door to the the movie theatre.
Documentary movie is playing at Cinemark Century, Summit Sierra, starting at 7pm.
Recommend pre purchasing your seat!
About the documentary:
Two daring filmmakers embark on a global quest sparked by the not-so-simple question “is there a spiritual way to kill an animal”, and along the way discover the biggest coverup in the last 2000 years.
For 5 years, filmmakers Kip Andersen and Kameron Waters, traveled around the world hopping from Rome to Jerusalem, Oxford to India—interviewing everyone from renowned theologians and archeologists to Christian farmers and Indigenous shamans—all to reveal a massive coverup, one that will transform history, forever.
From the co-creator of the hit Netflix documentaries Seaspiracy, Cowspiracy and What the Health, Christspiracy is a fascinating investigation that will change the way you think about faith, ethics and our relationship with creation.
Ike’s menu here : https://www.ikessandwich.com/menu/location/the-summit/
Special baking presentation
from Karen Reed of Bypass The Cow.
We will be learning about the nutritional benefits of using whole food plant based ingredients in baking with no oil. Discover tips and tricks for successful results, followed by Q and A.
Recipes to take home and delicious cookie sample tasking too!
Bring a whole Food Plant Based dish to share - NO GLUTEN please, the room we use is Gluten Free.
Bring a friend or two!
Join us at Thai Lotus for a fun meal.
The restaurant understands Vegan dining and will adapt most of their dishes.
For a peak at their menu click HERE
Bring a friend and we will see you there!
PLEASE RSVP for booking - Send an email to biggestlittleplantpodreno@gmail.com
Come join us at our Pot Luck Event.
Bring a whole Food Plant Based dish to share - NO GLUTEN please, the room we use is Gluten Free.
Bring a friend or two!
Guest Speaker TBD!
Come join us at our first Pot Luck Event of 2024.
Bring a whole Food Plant Based dish to share - NO GLUTEN please, the room we use is Gluten Free.
Bring a friend or two!
Wear your most festive clothes at our end of year Holiday Pot Luck. Ugly sweaters welcome!
Bring holiday themed dishes and some Vegan cookies (gluten free please) to share.
For cookie ideas click here - remember to sub out for gluten free flour
Come find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store.
Bring a friend or two and make some too. Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been close to someone unwell.
No Pot Luck I’m afraid, but instead we’ll meet up at ELIXIR to enjoy their healthy food options and mingle.
Bring a friend or two and make some too. Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been close to someone unwell.
Dine out social get together to enjoy making new friends in the vegan community whilst enjoying vegan Indian dishes from this local Reno restaurant.
India Kabab & Curry is a premier and authentic Restaurant that has been proudly serving the Reno area and beyond since 2000. Since then, their mission has been to provide high-quality food for all those that wish to combine fun and enjoyable ambiance with skillful cooking into one extraordinary dining experience.
WHERE: India Kebab & Curry, 1091 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502.
WHEN: Saturday Oct 28th at 6pm
PLEASE RSVP: BIGGESTLITTLEPLANTPODRENO@GMAIL.COM
Come to our monthly Pot Luck Social at Natural Grocers.
You will find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store.
Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been around someone who has covid.
We may have a guest speaker or possibly a cooking Demo. TBD
Bring a friend or two and make some too. Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been close to someone unwell.
Meet flocal plant based and vegan friends at Kei Sushi.
There are vegetarian and vegan options available on the menu, and we will be sure they know the group is vegan for any adaptations.
See the vegetarian / vegan menu and reviews on Happy Cow.
Please RSVP or find the event on MeetUp.
Join us at our monthly Pot Luck Social with guest Speaker Jacey Cosentino of Morgan Stanley.
Are your investments in alignment with your vegan values?
Learn about how you can navigate and impact your investing to support what you care about.
Jacey J. Cosentino owns and runs a farm animal rescue in Pensacola, Fl called “Bad Donkey Farm”. Her specialty is end of life/hospice care for horses. Jacey has been vegan for 10 years and lives on the farm with her 15 year old son, Clark, and her rescued menagerie of 4 horses, 2 wild hogs, 2 roosters, 1 donkey, 1 Great Dane and 1 Dalmatian.
After a two-decade career in Business Acquisitions, Development and Ownership within the Los Angeles based entertainment, retail and arts industries, she left the "glitz and glam" of Hollywood behind so I could use the knowledge gained as an entrepreneur to assist individuals, families, businesses, foundations, and non-profits with modern, comprehensive, mission-aligned planning and service. Her goal is to deliver experienced wealth planning services for your life and your legacy.
Pot luck starts at 5pm and presentation at 6pm. REMINDER that Natural Grocers Classroom in a GLUTEN FREE space!
Come find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store.
Bring a friend or two and make some too. Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been close to someone unwell.
Come enjoy some delicious Thai food at A Taste of Thai.
All dishes can be made Vegan - except the curries. because they contain fish sauce.
Bring and friend and make some too.
Please RSVP to biggestlittleplantpodreno@gmail.com for our booking reservations.
Want to get out and meet other Vegan or Plant Based people?
Join the Meet Up in the common area at West Street Market.
Thali, Pizza Collective and The Fix all have great Vegan options.
For once, Lots of Vegan options are available!
Join us at out monthly Pot Luck Social.
This month we are delighted to introduce you to Donna Walden of GreenUp! Nevada
Meet Donna
GreenUP! provides environmental education to businesses in Nevada, helping cut down on waste, reduce valuable resource consumption, and fight climate change in an environmentally safe and cost-effective manner. Learn what initiatives are happening in Reno, connect and share the information from the presentation.
Bring a Plant Based dish, gluten free please, to share with the group.
Come find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store.
Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been around someone who has covid.
Class from July 16 was postponed to a new date !!
Join Pod member Juanita as she plays with her Ninja “Creami” machine to make wonderfully delicious Ice Cream confections that are all perfectly Vegan.
A great way to explore flavor combinations and what this device can do for satisfying those desert cravings in a healthy way.
Class is held in person, in her home.
Please RSVP to 8lifesteps@gmail.com for more information and directions.
Meet Up for dinner at Laughing Planet Midtown.
They have many Vegan options, and something for everyone to eat!
Bring a friend and make some new ones!
Please Rsvp @biggetlittleplantpodreno.com for reservation numbers.
Join us for our whole food plant based Pot Luck gathering with our special guest Mashpi Chocolate!
We will start with our Pot Luck at 5pm and then have the presentation and chocolate tasting at 6pm. No need for desert! Pot luck dishes gluten free please, per the rules of use for the Natural Grocers room.
The presentation will include how the cocoa is grown in their unique regenerative systems in Ecuador and we will learn how this family run farm produces delicious chocolate and enjoy sampling it too.
Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been around someone who has covid.
Join Pod member Juanita in her home for a cooking class Sunday afternoon.
To attend please RSVP To 8lifesteps@gmail.com
Come meet up for dinner at Great Full Gardens, Midtown.
Bring a friend BUT please RSVP at biggestlittleplantpodreno@gmail.com for reservation purposes!
Join us at our monthly Pot Luck Social.
Bring your brightest whole food plant based and gluten free SALADS, as we eat the rainbow!
Come find us in the community classroom to the right as you enter the store.
Please be mindful and do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been around someone who has covid.
Join us at our monthly Pot Luck Social and enjoy at talk with Dr. Tanya Phares.
She will focus on plant based anti -inflammatory nutrition and immune issues, with a Q and A.
Bring a friend or two and a whole food plant based dish (gluten free) to share if you are able.
Dr. Phares is a preventive medicine specialist who has practiced in the Reno-Tahoe area since 2012. She is a triple board-certified physician in internal medicine, lifestyle medicine, preventive medicine & public health, with additional certification in travel medicine, and a master's of public health in international health. She trained in preventive medicine with the California Department of Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, and the Centers for Disease Control; and in internal medicine with UC Irvine and Los Angeles County/USC. She is a community faculty member of the Department of Medicine at UNR. She enjoys working with clients to improve their health and prevent disease. She believes in re-humanizing medicine, providing patient-centered-care, and addressing the underlying cause of disease.
IT’S HAPPENING!
April 22nd, 2023 Idlewild Park, Reno, NV
Join us at Idlewild Park for this years annual Reno Earth Day. Come find our booth.
Learn about sustainability, recycling, energy and much more from local non profit and educational groups. While you’re at Reno Earth Day, you can expect live local musicians and locally sourced beer.
Be sure to bring your flask and reusable shopping tote. In addition to the complimentary water fill stations, aluminum bottled water will be available for purchase. Shoppers can show a copy of their recycle bill for a free reusable tote.
Representing The Vegan Chef Challenge and The Plant Based Treaty.
Find out how a plant forward diet can help gas emissions and climate change!
To promote plant based dining we will have giveaway discount coupons for Vegan meals at local eateries Buenos Grill, Sizzle Pie and Cafe Capello!
And get a FREE Vegan Starter Kit
There is a climate emergency and you can help by signing the Plant Based Treaty
The IPCC issued a “final warning” in March 2022.
We are heading towards 1.5C warming by 2030 unless we change our reliance on fossil fuels and animal agriculture.
You can help by signing the Plant Based Treaty which has the goal of switching the planet to a plant-based food system and encouraging diet change, not climate change.
Come to our Pot Luck and enjoy a Power Presentation featuring Dr. Harry Matossian GI and FOOD FOR LIFE representative Mary Matossian RN-BSN.
Learn WHY a WFPB lifestyle is the way forward to good health, and how to go about it.
Jump into Spring with fellow pod members!
Come meet your fellow Biggest little Plant Pod members and share some delicious food at our social event. Get to know each other, make new friends and learn more about our Plant Based Community here in Reno.
Please bring a dish that is compliant with a Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle to share with fellow members. If you have a recipe bring it along so we can share the deliciousness and ingredients can be checked by those with sensitivity or allergies.
Natural Grocers is a NO GLUTEN room, so please be sure to check what you are bringing!!
If you can please bring your own plate, cup and utensils. We want to make an effort to reduce the use of disposable goods, especially plastics.
Please use your judgement*, Covid cases ARE still a factor to be considered.
*If you are feeling unwell or may have been around someone who is unwell, we request you do not attend. Masks may be worn if you feel more comfortable doing so. We will request hand sanitizing before serving food.
Meet at Natural Grocers Market, in their community room just to the right at the entrance.
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Come meet your fellow Biggest little Plant Pod members and share some delicious food at our social event. Get to know each other, make new friends and learn more about our Plant Based Community here in Reno.
Please bring a dish that is compliant with a Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle to share with fellow members. If you have a recipe bring it along so we can share the deliciousness and ingredients can be checked by those with sensitivity or allergies.
Natural Grocers is a NO GLUTEN room, so please be sure to check what you are bringing!!
If you can please bring your own plate, cup and utensils. We want to make an effort to reduce the use of disposable goods, especially plastics.
Please use your judgement*, Covid cases ARE still a factor to be considered.
*If you are feeling unwell or may have been around someone who is unwell, we request you do not attend. Masks may be worn if you feel more comfortable doing so. We will request hand sanitizing before serving food.
Meet at Natural Grocers Market, in their community room just to the right at the entrance.
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Treat yourself and your closest Friends/Family to a VEGAN culinary fine dining adventure.
Enjoy a one time only "Vegan Chef Challenge" Chef Table at Cherry Bomb catering’s new and intimate tasting room.
Guests arrive for apps & cocktails at 6pm with dinner seating at 6:30 f
Limited to 12 guests ONLY.
$125 with drink pairing
Exact Menu will be posted later this week.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Come meet other Vegan /plant based diners as we socialize and enjoy a dinner out with “Reno Go!” Meet Up group members. Supporting local small restaurants as they go all out for the Challenge is a WIN WIN!
Please RSVP if you want to attend, its easiest to do that on Meet Up if you have it.
I’ll need numbers by Thursday 26th.
This is a social get together casual lunch for the group.
The Vegan Chef Challenge will be in its last week, so let’s support restaurants who have created new vegan options and encourage them to keep them around long after the Challenge is done!
Please RSVP!
Find the special menu at:
Www.VeganChefChallenge.org/Reno
WFPB Cooking Made Fun - Valentine’s Day Treats
Join Pod member Juanita Stocke in her lovely kitchen as she demonstrates some delicious Valentine treats using WFPB ingredients.
Limited guests so please RSVP !
RSVP & Directions: Juanita Stocke@8lifesteps@gmail.com
