Living and Raw Foods Resources -
Support Groups and Organizations

Below are a list of Support Groups and Organizations that educated and help people with raw and living foods.  If you know of any other resources, please add them! 

Please let them know you saw them at http://www.living-foods.com

California
San Francisco Living Food Enthusiasts
(415) 751-2806
Monthly meetings- usually every 1st sunday of the month. see website or call above number for further details.

North Bay Living Foods Community: Raw Energy for Life
Meets 2nd wednesday microtel hotel (conference room)
3000 Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA
http://www.beraw.com
(707) 793-2365
The North Bay Living Foods Community provides a community-based structure for the education and support of a living foods vegetarian diet and lifestyle.   Monthly potluck meetings ($3). See website or call for further information.

Marin Living Foods Community
Meets 2nd Saturday of each month, 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm.  Meets at Aldersgate Methodist Church, 1 Well Brock Heights in San Rafeal, 94903 (terra linda area) Website coming soon.   $3 with dish at door, or $8 without a dish.  Bring own silverware and plates.

San Mateo Rawfoods Group
meets at Yoga Wellness Center
35 North San Mateo Drive
San Mateo, California 94401
Meets last saturday of each month. Contact smrawfoodsgroup@yahoo.com

SDC Living Foods - Support group of San Diego County
P.O. Box 3397
Vista, CA 92085-3397
619-364-6968 or 619-260-6968
nomad@rawfoods.com
Meet monthly on the 2nd Saturday of the month for a meal-sharing gathering with a guest speaker. Call the LifeLine (619-260-6968) for further details.

Belmont, California 
Contact: Jim Montrose or Zaida Rivene, 650-591-5125
Potluck: Second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6:30 PM
Where: 2133 Pullman Ave., Belmont

Santa Cruz
Contact: Darrie Hilyard, 831-458-9532, or dhilyard@aol.com
Potluck: Second Friday of each month, 6:30-9 PM.
Where: The Subud House, 3800 Old San Jose Road, Soquel
Cost: $3 with a raw dish, $10 without a raw dish (3-day notice required if not bringing a dish)

Monterey County Raw Foods Network
Meets at the Carmel Crossroads Community Room.
Call for information: 620-0520.

East Bay Living Foods Group
eastbaylivingfoods@yahoo.com
Phone (415) 789-8005
East Bay raw/living vegan foods support group. Monthly potlucks with speakers on the third Saturday of the month in Alameda at 6:15 p.m. Get on our e-mail list for potluck announcements/details as well as local raw/living food event info. Call our information line for potluck details, including directions.

South Bay Living Food Community
Info@vibrantliving.org
650-941-8797
Monthly gatherings and special events

Greater Sacramento Living Food Community
6130-A Madison Ave.
Carmichael, CA 95608
gslfc@yahoo.com
Phone (916) 705-8921
Living Food Potluck on the second Sunday of every month with a short lecture by a member of the living food community. We will begin hosting bigger events soon.

Natural Hygiene Los Angeles
Sophie Holzgreen 213-388-4332
Health education lectures and gatherings every 2 to 3 months.

Living Lighthouse
1457 12th. St. (N.E. corner at Broadway)
Santa Monica, California 90401
310-395-6337
Tuesday and Thursday events, ongoing events.

Los Angeles Area Potluck and Lecture
7860 Willoughby Ave.,
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323-653-6314; 323-852-0403
Learn how to eat enjoyable, natural raw, unprocessed foods, that you like and that agree with you. Bring your favorite raw, unprocessed foods, whether they be fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouts, juices, etc.
to share with others who are at the FREE POTLUCK. Call for times

Inland Empire RAW
(909) 370-1271
RawGirl@msn.com
Weve started a RAW food support group for the Inland Empire area. Riverside/San Bernardino Cty, Calif. "Inland Empire RAW" meets at Fairmont Park in Riverside on the second Saturday's from 1-3pm for more info contact Kathleen.

Orange County Raw
(949) 651-6309
simplyraw@ocraw.com
Dinners, parties, Potlucks and resources for people in the Orange County and surrounding areas.

Nevada
Las Vegas

Hawaii
Loving Foods
PO Box 576
Paia, HI 96779
Jeremy Safron
808-579-9729

United Kingdom
Newby Cottage, 103 St Anns Road, Prestwich
Manchester, M25 9GE
pmadeley@easynet.co.uk
Phone UK 00944 (0)161 773 5455 Fax
Major raw food group beginning in manchester

Oregon
Raw Health Network
rawhealth@involved.com
Portland, Oregon
Meets 6:00pm every 2nd tuesday at 6410 SE Foster at the cross roads of SE 64th ave.

Essene Church of Christ
45 N. 3rd St.,
Creswell, OR. 97426
esseneinfo@aol.com
Phone (541) 895-2190 Fax (541) 895-2190 (call first to say fax coming)
Essene church teaches raw/live diet of Jesus

Washington
Olympic Penninsula/Port Townsend WA raw food support group
718 A Fir Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
jespaty@olypen.com
Phone 360 385 0126
Group of totally raw and aspiring raw foodists forming on the pennisula to give each other support, information and share a raw food potluck periodically.

Raw Seattle
10705 NE 193rd ST
Bothell, WA 98011
christian_blackburn@hotmail.com   or liveintheraw@hotmail.com
Phone 425.398.1673
The mission of Raw Seattle is to educate and support community in the achievement of superior physical, mental, and spiritual health through the adoption of a raw foods lifestyle.

Colorado
Dining in the RAW
9397 w 45th ave
wheat ridge, co 80033
starwulf@prodigy.net
Phone 303.467.0813
A group to support both the new and seasoned Raw Fooder, to share and learn from each other.

New Mexico
New Mexico Living Foods Community
dodger@cnsp.com
Serving the Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos Living Foods Community

New York
Rhio's Raw Food Hotline
212 343-1152
Call this number first if you are in New York for all the happenings.

Accent on Wellness
Manhattan, NY
perroned@aol.com
212-722-7901
Contact donna at above email address for info.
Meet at 7:30-9:30 every monday night.  $3.00 donation. Natural Hygiene approach to raw foods. Helps with transitioning to rawfoods. Support Group Meeting. {starting 1st saturday of each month, raw potluck} 6-9pm at same location. Bring Vegan Raw Dish to share. Call or email for info.

Brooklyn Raw Foods Potluck Dinner 
Eco Books, 192 5th Ave. (between Sackett and Union Sts.)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
ramiller@interport.net
Phone (718)499-6984
Raw Foods Potluck Dinner, last Friday of each month, 7:30 pm

Brooklyn Raw Foods Support Group
192 5th Ave. (between Sackett and Union Sts.)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
ramiller@interport.net
Phone (718)499-6984
Raw Food lecture and support group. 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 7:30 to 9:15 pm

Long Island
sethdavis99@hotmail.com
516-431-2508

Poukipsie
Carissa 914-471-9831

North Carolina
Hallelujah Acres 
PO Box 2388
Shelby, NC 28151
Phone 704-481-1700
Rev. George Malkmus teaches health from a biblical perpective

Ashville Raw Living Food Family
contact: Grace Shen
Ashville, NC 28804
rawgirl2000@yahoo.com
Meets 3rd Saturday at 5:30pm contact Grace at above email address for info.

Raw Food Support Montly Meetings

ashville, NC

contact: kris.pletschke@rawhealth.net

Georgia
Shinui Living Foods Retreat & Learning Center
1085 Lake Charles Drive
Roswell, GA
gideongraff@mindspring.com
Phone 770 992-9218
Free support group meeting every Monday at 7:pm. Please call or email to let us know you are coming. Shinui Living Foods Retreat is home for Live Foodists. Come and join us.

Minnesota
Twin Cities Living Foods Community
1725 Grand Ave. (downstairs)
St. Paul, MN
cstoutland@nwchiro.edu
Phone 651-699-5852
Raw/Living food potlucks the 2nd Saturday of the month; 5-9p.m. Call or e-mail for more info.

Florida
Miami Live!
meets at: Key Biscayne Congregational Church
355 Glenridge Road, Key Biscayne, Florida
Call Karen 305-672-5878
karen@gardenofhealth.com
Interested in meeting other Living Foodists or learning more about the healthy benefits derived from the Living Food Lifestyle? Then mark your calendar! On
the third Saturday of every month Miami-Live! will hold a fun, educational and delicious living food potluck event in beautiful Key Biscayne. Each meeting will
feature a living food expert (author, doctor, PhD, organic grower) to share valuable information while guests feast on wonderful living food preparations. Join us for this 'rawsome' experience! starts at 12:30 pm

Missouri
Raw Foods Foundation
6333 N Rosebury 1W
St. Louis, MO 63105
rawfoods@earthlink.net
Phone 314-725-6085 
Rawfoods resource, seminars, classes, books, food items, etc

Michigan
Living Food Support group
1001 Chester Rd (First Christian Church)
Lansing MI
call Cricket Lott 517-882-1033
e-mail clott@voyager.net
we meet the first Monday of the month except Jul and Sep because of the Holiday conflict, at 7:00 have a potluck share questions and concerns sometimes a speaker no charges, donations to cover the cost of a newsletter in which there is a reminder of the upcoming meeting, and the recipes from all the dishes shared at the potluck.

Illinois
H.E.A.L.
Eva LaRoche, C.M.T. 708-535-1174
Oak Forest, IL
Healthy Eating, Alternative Living Weekly Monday Gatherings and Potlucks.   Meets once each month.s Foundation

Virginia
Hampton Road Vegetarian and Living Foods
PO Box 3905
Virginia Beach, VA 23454-3905
hrv@ivu.org
Monthly Raw foods potluck on the 4th Sunday of each month: Contact Todd.  Tell him you saw it at www.living-foods.com.

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