Mark Stosberg

REMINDER: BloomingVeg / PEA Pod Potluck on Sunday, June 8th

For June, we will be joining the BloomingVeg potluck, so there's a different time, date and location– This Sunday! When June 8th, 2025 from 12 to 2pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share * Plate and utensils for yourself * Beverage for

June, 2025 BloomingVeg / PEA Pod Potluck on Sunday, June 8th

My apologies if you haven't heard from PEA Pod in a while. There was an email service outage for these messages that affected the April and May potluck announcements. PEA Pod is alive and well and our email system has been fixed! For June, we will be joining

May, 2025 PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes, and discuss recipes. Plant-based video When May 18th, 2025 from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share * Plate and utensils for yourself

April, 2025 PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes, and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview When April 27th, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share * Plate and utensils for yourself * Beverage

REMINDER: March 2025, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes, and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview When March 23rd, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share * Plate and utensils for yourself * Beverage

March 2025, PEA Pod Potluck (REVISED DATE)

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck has moved to a new date– one week later on March 23rd! This conflicts less with the school and college spring break, so perhaps more people can attend, including myself. The rest of the message is the same as the original announcement. Plant-based interview When

CANCELED: PEA Pod February, 2025 event

Today's PEA Pod event on Feb 16th, 2025 is canceled due to the weather. The church where we host the event that is responsible for clearing their parking lot has also cancelled services this morning. We will meet next in March. Thank you! Mark

February 2025, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes, and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview When February 16th, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share * Plate and utensils for yourself * Beverage

January 2025, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes, and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview When January 19th, 2025, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share * Plate and utensils for yourself

How to automate monthly potluck announcements with Ghost

For something a little different today, here's a peek behind the curtain to look at the process of how our potluck announcements are automated in batches of six months at a time using Ghost. 1. Gather the dates for the next six months and reserve the space in

Annual Vegan Cookie Swap & Potluck, 2024

This December, PEA Pod will be hosting the annual vegan cookie swap following a potluck. Come for either event or both! Bloomington's annual vegan cookie swap dates back at least seven years when it was hosted in a living room and has now grown to one the largest

December 2024, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview Dr. Gustavo Tolosa on Overcoming Frustration. Also see the related cookbook co-authored by Glen Merzer: New cookbook: Live your healthiest life: one bite at a time, one meal at

November 2024, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss recipes. Plant-based video The healthiest breakfast with Chef AJ When November 17th, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with no added oil to share,

October 2024, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview Glen Merzer interviews Dr. Zach Burns on Practicing Plant-Based Medicine. When October 20th, 2024, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with

September 2024, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview Glen Merzer interviews Dr. Alan Goldhamer: Can Fasting save your life? When September 15th, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes with

August, 2024 is the Bloomington, Indiana Vegan Chef Challenge

During this time, restaurants throughout the Bloomington area will feature special vegan menu items. Diners have the opportunity to go out, enjoy meals, vote, comment, and post photos of the delicious vegan meals they have ordered. For participating restaurants and their vegan menu options see their website Bloomington IN VCC

August 18th, PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview Glen Merzer interviews Chuck Burt, a cattle ranger who went vegan. When August 18th, 2024, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based vegan dishes

July, 2024 PEA Pod Potluck

Our next whole-food, plant-based potluck is coming up! Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss recipes. Plant-based interview Glen Merzer interviews our own Mark Stosberg about his recovery from sciatica and running. When July 21st, from 1:30 to 3 pm. What to Bring * Whole food, plant-based

June 2024, PEA Pod & BloomingVeg Potluck

Our next potluck is coming up. BloomingVeg members will be bringing vegan dishes, while PEA Pod dishes will additionally focus on whole-food dishes with no added oil. Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss vegan and WFPB recipes. Plant-Based Interview Glen Merzer interviews Tracy Childs, author and

Talk on relationship between the oppression of humans and other animals with potluck: May 17th, 2024

On Friday, May 17th at 6pm, David Nibert will be giving a talk on the historical entanglement between the economic exploitation of marginalized humans and other animal species. David is a Professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University and authored the book Animal Oppression and Human Violence. He is also the

May 2024, PEA Pod & BloomingVeg Potluck

Our next potluck is coming up. BloomingVeg members will be bringing vegan dishes, while PEA Pod dishes will additionally focus on whole-food dishes with no added oil. Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss vegan and WFPB recipes. Plant-Based Interview Glen Merzer interviews Sailesh Rao from Climate

April 2024, PEA Pod & BloomingVeg Potluck

Our next potluck is coming up. BloomingVeg members will be bringing vegan dishes, while PEA Pod dishes will additionally focus on whole-food dishes with no added oil. Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss vegan and WFPB recipes. Plant-Based Interview Glen Merzer interviews Brenda Davis, the "

Christspiracy: Food ethics film in nearby theaters March 20th and 24th

From the creators of the films What the Health, Cowspiracy, and Seaspiracy comes a new film on religion and food ethics, following the question around the globe: "How would Jesus kill an animal?" Five theaters in the Indianapolis area will be showing the film on March 20th and

Two more events for March: film screening and book talk

Here are a couple more related events happening in March that you may be interested in. The Animal People Documentary On Wednesday March 20 at 6:30pm there will be a screening of The Animal People documentary, produced in 2019 by Joaquin Phoenix. After the screening, there will be a

March 2024, PEA Pod & BloomingVeg Potluck

Our next potluck is coming up. BloomingVeg members will be bringing vegan dishes, while PEA Pod dishes will additionally focus on whole-food dishes with no added oil. Meet some new folks, share some favorite dishes and discuss vegan and WFPB recipes. Plant-Based Interview Glen Merzer interviews Dr. Gustovo Tolosa, a