Raw/living food resources in the Washington DC area

Listed below are resources in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia, including: Gatherings, Food, Classes, Radio, Individuals, Bookstores, and Farther resources.

Gatherings

There's a raw vegan potluck gathering each month, open to everyone, held in VA, MD, or DC, on the first Sunday of each month at 4 PM, organized by the Vegetarian Society of DC.

Gather at a local restaurant, on Raw Food Meetup day, second Saturday of every month, 1pm, in: DC, Montgomery County, Northern Virginia, and Baltimore.

See VSDC's website for vegetarian (including raw/living food) events in the DC area.

See another page for a list of directories of raw-food events in other areas.

Raw food

• Organic juice and maybe a few mostly raw meals
  • Everlasting Life, Juice Bar and vegan food (NW DC near Howard Univ., and Largo MD)
  • Kennedy's Natural Foods, and Kasha's Kitchen (Falls Church,VA), mostly not vegetarian
• Organic juice
  • Good Health, natural food store (325 PA Ave SE DC)
  • Berwyn Cafe, juice bar (College Park, MD)
  • Worldgate Nutrition Center, Juice Bar (Herndon, VA)
  • Whole Foods Market Juice Bar (Vienna VA only)
  • Veggie Heaven, juice bar and cafe [also1, also2] (Charlottesville, VA)
• Juice, not organic
  • Delights of the Garden (near Howard Univ., NW DC) Closed!
  • Snack 'A' Shack Juice Bar and Veggie Cafe (near Howard Univ., NW DC)
  • Sunflower Vegetarian Restaurant [also] (Vienna, VA), carrot juice, their "Raw World" entree has tofu
  • Mr. Smoothie (Fashion Centre at Pentagon City)
  • Aladdins Eatery (Burke and Shirlington, VA), juices: orange, grapefruit, apple, carrot, celery
  • Jolt 'N Bolt Coffee and Tea House (NW DC)
  • Jamba Juice, within:
    • Whole Foods Market (only Arlington, Silver Spring, and two in NW DC)
    • George Washington University's Marvin Center (NW DC)
    • American University's Mary Graydon Center (NW DC)
  • Smoothie King (1 in DC NW, 5 in MD, 4 in VA), only wheatgrass juice
  • Liquid: Vegetarian cafe & juice bar (Charlottesville, VA)
  • Euro Market Cafe (no longer selling fresh-squeezed juice?)
• Delivered
  • The People Garden, produce, deli, juicebar (Mt Pleasant, NW DC)
  • SuperNatural Gourmet Catering
  • Natural Zing, packaged products (Elkridge, MD)
  • Veg Out, vegetarian food and juices delivered (Alexandria, VA)
• Other directories
  • Farmers markets and other places to buy organic produce in the DC area
  • Juice Bars in the DC/Metropolitan Area (warning: popup ads)
  • Guide to Great Salads, Washingtonian Magazine

Classes, wellness and food-preparation

• Tanglewood Wellness Center, Loren Lockman (Thurmont Maryland)
• Karen D. Clarke (Hyattsville Maryland)
• Natural Healing Center, Patricia Stranahan (Vienna Virginia)
• Preventive Care Center, Theresa Smallwood (The Plains, Virginia)
• SuperNatural Life
• New Health Education (Fairfax Virginia) Moved to Florida

Radio programs that sometimes discuss raw food

Individuals, occasional events

• Baltimore Live Foods Network [also], Jeanne Badlato
• Eileen Moravetz [email] (Alexandria Virginia)
• Alice Edwards [email] (Silver Spring Maryland)

Book stores and libraries

• Healthway Natural Foods (7 in Virginia, 1 in Bowie Maryland), 20% discount
• Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, USDA, ARS (Beltsville Maryland)
• Roots Market (Clarksville Maryland)

60 to 180 miles from DC

• South (Virginia)
  • Richmond Association for Wellness group (R.A.W.), potluck on 3rd Sundays
  • Alive and Raw, classes, catering, vacations (Richmond)
  • Hampton Roads Living Foods Community, potluck on last Sundays (southeast Virginia)
  • Cuisine Exotica, raw foods delivered, catering (Virginia Beach)
  • Raw Food Meetup, second Saturday, 1pm, in Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Richmond-Petersburg
• North (PA, WV, NJ)
  • Arnold's Way, store, potluck on last Wednesdays, and other events (Lansdale PA)
  • Philly Raw and Real, High Energy Natural Hygiene Group, potluck on first Saturdays (Philadelphia PA)
  • Gaia Center for Healing Arts & Studies, naturopath (Morgantown WV)
  • Living food cafe, planned, in UFA Nutrition Center (Philadelphia PA)
  • Life Empowerment Training, retreats (Wenonah NJ)
  • Greenwood potluck? (Lansdowne PA)

See also a separate lists of food web sites not specific to the DC area.