by Rooted Santa Barbara | Sep 26, 2022 | Community, Events, Fundraising, Rooted News
On Friday, September 9th, Rooted Santa Barbara County hosted our very first celebration for our Board, Advisors and Partners – Rooted in Community! This very special evening celebration brought together our growing community for the first time to appreciate all...
by rsbvolunteer | Sep 10, 2022 | Recipes
Carribean Asopao Soup Asopao is a rice soup prepared in many parts of the Caribbean. This is our plant-based version of this Puerto Rican home cooking classic. ¼ cup medium onion (diced)¼ cup red/orange peppers (diced)1 carrots (diced)1 tbsp tomato paste1 green...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Jul 31, 2022 | Health, Lifestyle, Rooted News
A growing consensus of today’s leading health and nutrition organizations are in agreement – we need to eat more whole, unprocessed plants! In 2016, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics published a position paper on vegetarian and vegan diets. They concluded that...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Jun 30, 2022 | Community, Partners, Rooted News
Every project we undertake at Rooted Santa Barbara County springs from the passion, expertise, and leadership of dedicated individuals who donate their time to our cause. Over the past year, Rooted has been heartened by our rapidly growing support network of...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Jun 6, 2022 | Community, Fundraising, Rooted News
Over the past three years, we’ve grown together. Whether you’re investing in your own learning or lending your ear, voice, time, or other resources, we’ve grown quickly because of all of the ways you’ve pitched in for the hard and thoughtful work of launching a...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | May 26, 2022 | Partners, Rooted News
Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) is a fiscal sponsor for over 60 organizations in Santa Barbara county, including Rooted SBC. They provide an umbrella for groups that don’t have 501c3 status yet and may be just starting out with an idea for a charitable project or...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Apr 29, 2022 | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Rooted News
You could live up to a decade longer by eating plant-based, according to a new study from the University of Bergen in Norway. The research team found that people of any age can add years to their life expectancy by switching from a typical Western diet to a more...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Mar 29, 2022 | Health, Rooted News
A new Rockefeller Foundation report calculates the true cost of food in the U.S., including the impacts on our health, the environment, biodiversity, livelihoods, and much more The way Americans eat and produce food creates massive health and environmental...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Feb 26, 2022 | Health, Nutrition, Rooted News
A plant-forward diet may be an effective way to reduce the risk of contracting several types of common cancers. Researchers from Oxford University conducted a large-scale analysis of diet and cancer risk using data from the UK Biobank study (a database of detailed...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Jan 24, 2022 | Community, Education, Partners, Rooted News
Katie Kinsella is the Project Coordinator for Veggie IQ, a new initiative at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute. She has a passion for food science, health, and social justice that she channels into Veggie IQ’s youth-focused programs. She engages local teens in...
