Ep 210: Kim Anderson - Destination: Plant City!

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Medicine, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

After this interview, I promise you’ll want to load up the family and head east to Providence, Rhode Island!

Over eight years ago now, Kim Anderson and her family watched “Forks Over Knives” and “Cowspiracy” and felt an IMMEDIATE responsibility to educate others and inspire change.

They hosted movie nights and dinners where hundreds would come to enjoy a delicious plant-based meal, but the refrain they kept hearing was, “It’s a shame I can’t eat my values and my health when I go out to eat.” There just weren’t many plant-based options.

That changed when Kim and her family opened Plant City, the world’s first plant-based food hall and marketplace in the heart of Providence, Rhode Island. Packed with multiple restaurants (including Mexican, sushi, Italian, and burgers), Plant City also features a bakery, coffee shop, and a vast community space packed with monthly educational programs and cooking classes.

Today, she and Rip discuss:

The genesis and inspiration behind Plant City
Her personal journey to plants, inspired by her son
How this experienced entrepreneur with no restaurant experience brought her vision to life with internationally acclaimed chef, Matthew Kenney
The unique environment and worldly flavors they bring in each of the restaurants
Transformations of guests who visit since most are not plant-based
How Plant-City, which opened in the fall of 2019, adapted the business to survive the pandemic
How Kim continues to educate students at area universities about the impact of climate change, animal agriculture, and sustainability

Kim and her family’s mission is to invest in companies for a more sustainable and humane future and you’ll hear that unrelenting passion in today’s conversation. She was inspired by "The Game Changers," but she, too, is a true game changer.

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0:00.0	I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that in the not too distant future we have two events
0:06.4	and there is something for everyone. Now first up on the docket we have our 12th annual
0:13.4	plant stock weekend celebration. This is going to be a virtual event and it is incredibly
0:21.2	affordable. I hope that you'll join us. We have Dr. Michael Greger speaking to us all about his
0:28.8	new book How Not to Age and the whole theme of this year's plant stock is coming together
0:37.2	around food and in that spirit we have assembled the most insane list of Brockstar chefs that you
0:45.4	could imagine. We've got Max Lamana who's an award-winning author social media sensation
0:52.6	and incredible chef. We have got some of your tried and true favorites like chef AJ. We have
0:59.8	Kim Campbell. We have the other social media sensation Carly Bowdrug. We have Cameron Clements.
1:07.2	Mrs. Plant based on a budget Tony Acha Modo. The incredible registered dietician Desiree Nielsen.
1:16.8	Kiki Nielsen. Shane Martin. Jackie Ackerberg. Janet Verney. The list goes on and of course
1:24.6	Jane and Anne Essleston and and my father. Now the other event that we have coming up in October
1:32.3	from October 9th to the 14th. It is our live Sedona retreat. It's a life changing event.
1:40.1	Highly recommend that anyone looking to take a deep dive with 80 to 90 other people in this
1:47.9	very remote location in the austere red rock mountains outside Sedona, Arizona. You do not
1:56.0	want to miss this. We've been putting these on now for close to 13 years and this Sedona retreat
2:03.3	is one of my absolute favorites. We're talking unlimited buffets of plant strong food, yoga,
2:12.1	world class lectures, stargazing, bonfires, pickleball and all kinds of wonderful bonding
2:21.2	and camaraderie. All right. I hope to see you at either or both in the not too distant future.
2:28.0	Whether it's plant stock or whether it's Sedona for either one simply go to planstrong.com
2:35.9	and then click on either 12th annual plant stock or Sedona retreat 2023 and I hope
2:45.0	to see you at either or both. You can't go wrong.
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