Plant-Based Eating
Want to learn more about the many benefits of plant-based eating? Want to support Mountain View’s amazing restaurants? The City’s sustainability team launched a plant-based eating program that will focus on promoting healthy and ethical food choices, supporting equitable access to healthy food, and spreading awareness of the positive health and environmental impacts of a plant-based diet.
We will be hosting quarterly public events, featuring cooking demonstrations, film screenings, and community speakers. Local restaurants will also be invited to promote plant-based eating opportunities here in Mountain View. Finally, the City Council is expected to consider a resolution in support of plant-based eating by the end of the year.
Looking for ways to get started?
Recipes:
- Vegan baking recipes from Minimalist Baker
- Meatless Alphabet from Acterra
- Zero Waste Chef recipe index
- Veggie burger recipe from Love and Lemons
- 10 African inspired vegan recipes from Afro Eats
Resources:
- Meatless Monday
- Green Monday
- Forks Over Knives beginner's guide
- Acterra's plant-forward eating resources
- Acterra's Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet fact sheet
- What science says about the benefits of a plant-based diet (Discover, June 2020)
- Emissions from the livestock sector (FFAC)
- 10 weeks to vegan challenge & resources
- 10 million black vegan women movement