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Interested in incorporating wholesome, nutrient dense foods into your diet to help lose weight without deprivation and feel great? Do you want to live a healthier, happier life? The goal of “ Whole Foods Healthy Eating ” is to help those 35+ change their relationship with food and focus on healthier eating for longevity. *   Learn how to eat right for your body *   Demystify media hype about food, ingredients and diets *   Learn to reduce and reverse aging and disease *   Rebuild from the ins …

Want to eat healthier? Let us show you the way! Join Healthy Eating Specialist, Michele, at Whole Foods Market Paramus for cooking classes, lectures, supper clubs, health coaching, and special events. Whether you are new to healthy eating, vegetarian, vegan, carnivore or omnivore, welcome!

Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines a traditional aquaculture (raising aquatic animalssuch as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In the aquaculture, effluentsaccumulate in the water, increasing toxicity for the fish. This water is led to a hydroponic system where the by-products from the aquaculture are filtered out by the plants as vital nutrients, after which the cleansed water is re …

We are a group of moms interested in learning how to cook, learning how to cook better, or just in getting together with other moms who like to cook. Some of us are into gluten-free, low-sodium, low-carb, high-protein, all-natural, local, or organic foods while some of us are into buttery pastries or sweet treats - and some of us just love it all! We live in Northern New Jersey and meet once a month to eat, taste each other's cooking, share recipes, throw dinner parties, or try new restaurants a …

The Staten Island Vegetarian & Vegan Meetup is a fun and friendly way to share time with like minded people. For those who are not a vegetarian or a vegan, but would like to know more about it, we welcome you to join us and experience some great food and friendship. We endeavor to be a meeting place to connect with new friends and a forum for thoughts and ideas. I believe that by coming together, we can not only support each other, but help grow compassion in our communities. Help foster veggie …

Together we will work to promote organic non-GM seed retention and organic non-GE beekeeping by putting babyboomers, youth and all lovers of humanity to work ensuring the survival of humanity. All lovers of good health, good food, nature, full sustainable employment and the survival of humanity should join this group. Your involvement will depend on your time available.

 I may just be the ideal person to represent the Italian culture because I am Italian-American raised in the smells and cultures of Italy in NYC and hope to bring my personal experiences to the group to keep it going strong. My parents are 100% Italian while I was born in NYC as a first generation Italian-American Paone. Growing up, I spend many Summers in Italy and recall them to be the best Summer's of my childhood. Spending the Summer months in Italy was a special time allowing me to …

Women Heart Food is a FREE group for Lesbian/Bi female foodies and their friends! We get together for two main reasons, make new friends and of course, EAT! The Foodie's primary objective is to provide women with a casual, safe, and fun opportunity to socialize, relax and make friends through a variety of activities centered mostly around the pleasure of eating FOOD! Being a Foodie is easy and FREE! You just pay for what you EAT :) Our group's primary focus is, but not limited to the following M …

… I am a natural foods chef with 12 years professional experience that is knowledgeable in many cultures practices of nutritional/healing cooking modalities. During this period, I have studied Agriculture & Biodiversity's essential role in having a sustainable future for humanity. I believe that we must create lifestyles that are in accordance with nature’s way. The wisdom of past cultures woven intelligently with the technology of today would prove to be a formidable combination & would go a long …

Who loves food? The answer: EVERYONE! Share your passion and talent for food photography here! We're looking for all experience levels, but if you're someone who is starting out in food photography and styling, we want to help you foster your talent, learn new skills, and develop your portfolios. We're hoping to organize a social environment where we can share advice, organize meetings, and provide tips for events in the NYC area.

This is the place to get and exchange all those great tips on green living, living healthy, living naturally, organic, and all other alternative/holistic lifestyles. If you want to learn more, or you've already got cool info to share, or just want to meet other environmentally-friendly, happy people, this is the place. From ideas for the home, to discussions on different eating lifestyles, to possibly setting up our own community garden and growing our own crops, this is your meetup group. Th …

As a food producer we all face similar hurdles and challenges in trying to create a mission driven business that is sustainable and profitable. We want to build a community of artisanal food businesses to learn from each other, exchange tips and share resources. We don't each have to re-invent the wheel but instead use our collective knowledge, expertise and networks to grow our businesses. Our mission is to bring together NYC artisanal food producers to pave the way in re-designing the current …

This group was started to by residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods (Crown Heights, Flatbush, etc.) to start a food cooperative grocery store in our area. This group will work toward planning, assessment and implementation of a food buyers or store coop with a mission of offering healthy, sustainable and affordable foods to the community. ANYONE is welcome to join, even if you can't (or don't want to) be directly involved in the planning process as important updates …

Meet fellow Raw Foodists near you! . Anyone interested in the raw/live food diet and lifestyle is welcome! If you would like to host a Brooklyn Raw Food Meetup, e-mail the organizer with all the details and it will be added to the calendar! Please join the WINDRIFT Holistic Events Network NYC monthly newsletter mailing list: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102253868640&p=oi&id Contact member Dr. Natural for info about regular meetings and to ask any and all raw related q …

"A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation. The salon was an Italian invention of the 16th century which flourished in France throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. In 16th-century Italy, some scintillating circles formed in the smaller courts which resembled salons, often galvanized by the presence of a beautiful and educated patroness suc …