Health, Wellness & Fitness - West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Plants for Peace is a non-profit, non-sectarian educational organization that is open to all.Plants for Peace meets three times a semester, with the events always scheduled on Sundays. The programs are always free and open to the public. Meetings offer a share-a-dish vegan potluck followed by a lecture, workshop, film screening, or forum related to our educational mission.Plants for Peace strives to provide:*educational resources for informing the public about the advantages of a vegan diet and choices;*nutritional information, including recipes, that will support and facilitate the adoption and healthful enjoyment of a vegan diet;*insight into the impact of animal-centered diets on human health, on the integrity of our environment, on world hunger, and on cruelty needlessly inflicted on billions of living, feeling, creatures every year;*an opportunity for interested but not-yet-vegan/vegetarians to learn first-hand about the delights of good vegan cooking and to get to know and interact with experienced vegans/vegetarians; *and an opportunity for enriched understanding, mutual support, and shared fellowship for practicing vegans/vegetarians by providing opportunities for community outreach and community service in the interest of good health, environmental protection, and compassionate living.