Plant Powered Peoria Potlucks bring our community together each month to share delicious whole food, plant-based, oil-free meals and meaningful conversation. Everyone is welcome—whether you’re fully plant-based or simply curious about healthier, compassionate eating. These gatherings are about more than food; they’re about connection, learning, and support. Guests swap recipes, discover new ingredients, and leave inspired to continue their plant-powered journey.
We would love to have you join us at an upcoming potluck!
Plant Powered Peoria is a chapter of the Building Healthy Communities program through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Building Healthy Communities is a global grassroots movement that brings people together to reimagine a healthier world.
Launched nearly a decade ago, the initiative was born from a powerful call to action in the award-winning documentary PlantPure Nation—a spark that ignited a movement for change.
Now led by the Physicians Committee, Building Healthy Communities empowers local leaders to foster strong community connections, support plant-based lifestyles, and provide educational programming that makes a lasting impact.
Plant Powered Peoria meets the last Sunday of every month (January - October) from 11:30-1:30 at the Life Together Center in Peoria, IL (with the exception of a few special offsite events). During our potlucks we follow the gold standard of nutrition leaving the animal products, animal byproducts, highly processed foods, and added oils off our plates.
For questions, please email plantpoweredpeoria@gmail.com
Not from the Peoria area but interested in joining or even creating a local chapter near you? Check out the Building Healthy Communities Page and learn more, by clicking here:
Check out some fun photos from past events. Look how we've grown over the past several years. We started hosting these events in our driveway on the tail end of the pandemic and quickly outgrew them. Then we had the wonderful privilege of hosting our events at a small Vegan restaurant and quicky outgrew THAT space. Next, we found a wonderful business whose owners aligned with our mission and allowed us to use their conference room. We actually outgrew even THAT and are n ow finally in a space that is large enough for our group and with ample parking at the Life Together Center in Peoria, IL! There's so much in our future, we can't wait to include you!
This was our very first gathering - There was a total of 8 people in a driveway. We were sharing a vision and a health forward meal.
Over the years, we've shared a LOT of incredible healthy whole food plant-based oil free dishes and recipes.
Some months our potlucks are bustling with guests, and other times they’re more intimate—but one thing never changes: the sense of friendship and community that fills the room.
