Rooted In Community

Enjoy more life, eat more plants! 🌿 Join us for a plant-powered community day and food festival, where we’ll celebrate the role of plant-centered nutrition in equipping our community with more healthcare options, including those that prioritize plant-forward eating for better health. We'll showcase our amazing partners, bilingual recipes and tips, fun activities for kids, and serve up scrumptious plant-powered bites! 🌱🎉

Rooted Santa Barbara County is committed to growing health equity and resilience through whole food plant-based nutrition education and support. This event is part of Health Literacy Month, where we focus on ensuring that everyone has the knowledge and resources to make informed health choices. Join us for a fun-filled day of activities and learn how you can eat your way to better health!

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¡Disfruta más de la vida, come más plantas! 🌿 Únete a nosotros en un día comunitario y un festival de comidas basadas ​​en plantas, donde celebraremos el papel de la nutrición centrada en plantas para equipar a nuestra comunidad con más opciones de atención médica, incluidas aquellas que priorizan la alimentación basada en plantas para una mejor salud. Presentaremos a nuestros increíbles socios, recetas y consejos bilingües, actividades divertidas para niños y serviremos deliciosos bocados basados ​​en plantas. 🌱🎉

Rooted Santa Barbara County se compromete a aumentar la equidad y la resiliencia en materia de salud a través de la educación y el apoyo a la nutrición basada en plantas con alimentos integrales. Este evento es parte del Mes de la Alfabetización en Salud, donde nos enfocamos en garantizar que todos tengan el conocimiento y los recursos para tomar decisiones de salud informadas. ¡Únete a nosotros para un día lleno de actividades y aprende cómo puedes comer para tener una mejor salud!

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2:00 PM - 5:00 PM - FREE Rooted In Community - Bilingual Plant-Powered Community Day & Food Festival presented in partnership with the Greater Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Let us know you're coming! Pre-register and you'll receive a special treat from our friends at Sun & Swell foods and be entered into a drawing for giveaways including two Rooted farmer's market totes filled with plant-based goodies.

Try delicious food in our Plant-Powered Canteen from Rascals Vegan, Cafe La Fonda, Nimita’s, and Farm to Bar serving plant-based mocktails!

Engage with Rooted Educators and community partners for bilingual tools, recipes, and get 5-minute meal plan tips!

Participate in our Eat the Rainbow mural, kids activities, storytime, trivia, local music by DJ Frew and the Melody Joybakers, and more!

Convenient Parking at the CAW: https://www.sbcaw.org/parking

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2:00 p. m. a 5:00 p. m. - GRATIS Rooted In Community - Día comunitario y festival gastronómico bilingüe basado en plantas presentado en asociación con la Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Santa Bárbara

¡Avísanos si vienes! Regístrate con anticipación y recibirás un obsequio especial de nuestros amigos de Sun & Swell Foods y participarás en un sorteo de obsequios que incluyen dos bolsas de mercado de agricultores de Rooted llenas de delicias a base de plantas.

¡Prueba comida deliciosa en nuestra cantina basada en plantas de Rascals Vegan, Cafe La Fonda, Nimita's y Farm to Bar sirviendo cócteles sin alcohol a base de plantas!

¡Interactúa con los educadores de Rooted y los socios comunitarios para obtener herramientas bilingües, recetas y consejos para planear platillos en 5 minutos!

¡Participa en nuestro mural Eat the Rainbow, actividades para niños, hora del cuento, trivia, música local de DJ Frew y Melody Joybakers, y más!

Estacionamiento conveniente en el CAW: https://www.sbcaw.org/parking

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm: The Plant-Based Showdown - a Chopped-style local chefs competition! Tickets: $20/person

Hosted by TV Producer and Host JD Roth!

Come experience our first showdown as four teams of talented local chefs and culinary educators show off their skills as they face off against each other to prepare an appetizer and entrée using a mystery basket of plant-based ingredients for a panel of judges! It’ll be a high pressure; timed challenge and the teams will need your support and cheers to become the Rooted in Community Plant-Based Showdown winner!

Featured Chef Teams:

Emma West, Executive Chef, Satellite

Diurka Sotomayor RD and Mary Galindo, RD, Registered Dietitians & Culinary Educators, Rooted Santa Barbara County

Sandra Adu Zelli, Chef and Owner, Gipsy Hill Bakery

Melissa Pettito, RD, A-List Personal Chef, Registered Dietitian, Cookbook Author

Panel of Local Guest Judges:

Dalan Moreno, Chef and Owner, Rascals Vegan

Erik Talkin, CEO, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Michelle Fried, Sustainability Manager with a Masters in Food Systems Sustainability, native of Santa Barbara, and Lover of Chopped for over 20 years

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm: The Plant-Based Showdown: ¡una competencia de chefs locales al estilo Chopped! Entradas: $20 por persona

¡Organizado por el productor y presentador de televisión JD Roth!

¡Ven a vivir nuestro primer enfrentamiento en el que cuatro equipos de talentosos chefs locales y educadores culinarios mostrarán sus habilidades mientras se enfrentan entre sí para preparar un aperitivo y un plato principal utilizando una canasta misteriosa de ingredientes de origen vegetal para un panel de jueces! Será un desafío cronometrado y de alta presión, y los equipos necesitarán tu apoyo y tus aplausos para convertirse en el ganador del concurso Rooted in Community Plant-Based Showdown.

Equipos de chefs destacados:

Emma West, chef ejecutiva, Satellite

Diurka Sotomayor RD y Mary Galindo, RD, dietistas registradas y educadoras culinarias, Rooted Santa Barbara County

Sandra Adu Zelli, chef y propietaria, Gipsy Hill Bakery

Melissa Pettito, RD, chef personal de primera, dietista registrada, autora de libros de cocina

Panel de jueces invitados locales:

Dalan Moreno, chef y propietario, Rascals Vegan

Erik Talkin, director ejecutivo, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Michelle Fried, gerente de sustentabilidad con una maestría en sustentabilidad de sistemas alimentarios, nativa de Santa Bárbara y amante de Chopped durante más de 20 años

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A very special thank you to our event sponsors and partners making Rooted In Community possible!

Sansum Clinic now a part of Sutter Health, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, eji event co., Dr. Fred and Sarah Kass, David and Lori Tremer Huey, The Skidmore Family, Greater Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Cottage Health, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Foundation, Friendship Center, Crawford Speier Group, Rascals Vegan, Farm to Bar, Cafe la Fonda, Nimita’s, Sun & Swell Foods, Edwards & Sons, Chrissy & JD Roth, Veggie Rescue, Hodo Foods, Apples to Zucchini Cooking School, Community Arts Workshop, and Eji Events.

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¡Un agradecimiento muy especial a nuestros patrocinadores y socios del evento que hacen posible Rooted In Community!

Sansum Clinic ahora forma parte de Sutter Health, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, eji event co., Dr. Fred and Sarah Kass, David and Lori Tremer Huey, The Skidmore Family, Greater Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Cottage Health, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Foundation, Friendship Center, Crawford Speier Group, Rascals Vegan, Farm to Bar, Cafe la Fonda, Nimita’s, Sun & Swell Foods, Edwards & Sons, Chrissy & JD Roth, Veggie Rescue, Hodo Foods, Apples to Zucchini Cooking School, Community Arts Workshop.

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More on Rooted Santa Barbara County:

Our community-based nutrition and food skills programming and resources fill a critical gap. Rooted equips county residents with the knowledge, confidence and resources to prioritize, prepare and enjoy whole plant-based foods to build health equity and resilience, reduce medical expenses and medications, and grow quality of life. As a collaborative hub, partner, and resource for healthcare practitioners and direct service organizations, we do this through:

• Low to no cost, bilingual, plant-forward nutrition and food skills education programs, tools, resources, and support
• Healthcare and community health worker training, and
• Community collaborations that ensure inclusivity and accessibility, healthy food access, healthcare community engagement, and culturally relevant support to improve health outcomes county-wide.

We’re on a mission to reduce the burden of chronic disease, optimize health, and help our County residents eat to thrive. Learn more at RootedSantaBarbara.org!

About Health Literacy Month
Health Literacy Month puts awareness into action! According to the Institute for Healthcare Advancement, health literacy is how well a person can find, understand, and use information and services to make decisions about their own health and the health of others as well as how well organizations equitably help all people find, understand, and use information and services to make decisions about their own health and others. Greater health literacy helps us overcome barriers and challenges that may result in harm. By collectively working to improve health literacy, we’ll create a more equitable world where everyone can access high-quality care and achieve positive health outcomes.

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Más sobre Rooted Santa Barbara County:

Nuestra programación y recursos comunitarios sobre nutrición y habilidades alimentarias llenan un vacío crítico. Rooted brinda a nuestras comunidades el conocimiento, la confianza y los recursos para priorizar, preparar y disfrutar de alimentos integrales de origen vegetal para generar equidad y resiliencia en la salud, reducir los gastos médicos y los medicamentos, y mejorar la calidad de vida. Rooted es un centro colaborativo, socio y recurso para profesionales de la salud y organizaciones de servicios directos; lo hace a través de:

• Programas, herramientas, recursos y apoyo de educación sobre nutrición y habilidades alimentarias, bilingües y de bajo costo o gratuitos
• Capacitación de personal sanitario y de salud comunitario, y
• Colaboraciones comunitarias que garanticen la inclusión y la accesibilidad, el acceso a alimentos saludables, la participación de la comunidad de atención médica y el apoyo culturalmente relevante para mejorar los resultados de salud en todo el condado.

Tenemos la misión de reducir la carga de enfermedades crónicas, optimizar la salud y ayudar a los residentes de nuestro condado a comer para prosperar. Obtenga más información en RootedSantaBarbara.org.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Community Arts Workshop, Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, United States