11TH ANNUAL PLANT-STOCK WEEKEND
Join Us Online! September 9th - 11th, 2022
Join Us Online!
September 9th - 11th
Join The Family
Spend the weekend with the Esselstyns!
Get Inspired
Enjoy cooking demos featuring the best and brightest plant-based chefs!
Fill Your Plate
Plant-based living is about abundance, not deprivation. Learn how!
IN THIS 3-DAY VIP ONLINE EVENT, YOU'LL DISCOVER
The Seven Pillars of Optimal PLANTSTRONG Living
Learn the fastest and easiest way to optimize your results in adopting a whole food, plant-based lifestyle. Our program will lower your cholesterol, improve your blood pressure, and increase your insulin sensitivity (that’s a good thing!).
Recipes—Recipes—Recipes!
Every presenter will share new and inspiring meals that you can make and enjoy at home. All attendees will receive a download of the recipes!
The Surefire Path to Sustaining the Lifestyle
Tired of starting and stopping? We’ll discuss the small daily habits that yield big results in keeping you on track.
How You Can Prevent—and Reverse—Heart Disease
Learn from the man himself: Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease and legendary leader in the whole food, plant-based, oil-free crusade to health!
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MEET YOUR HOST
RIP ESSELSTYN
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR
FOUNDER OF PLANTSTRONG
Rip Esselstyn spent a decade as one of the premier triathletes in the world. He then joined the Austin Fire Department where he introduced his passion for a whole-food, plant-based diet to Austin’s Engine 2 Firehouse in order to rescue a firefighting brother’s health. To document his success he wrote the national bestselling book, The Engine 2 Diet, which shows the irrefutable connection between a plant-based diet and good health. He is featured prominently in the documentary Forks Over Knives and The Game Changers.
As the founder of PLANTSTRONG, Rip develops and implements a range of programs and events geared toward education, inspiring and nurturing PLANTSTRONG living for individuals, families, and organizations across the globe.
IT'S THE FOOD!
LET'S GET COOKING...
Plant-Stock has always celebrated the ‘broc stars’ of the movement to eat more plants. At PLANTSTRONG, we are on a leafy green mission to reach as many people as possible with the good news about plant-based nutrition.
Whether you are new to the lifestyle or have yet to eat greens for breakfast (if you know, you know), this event will help you start or strengthen your path to plants. Join in and spend a long weekend with the Esselstyns. Get inspired to jump in the kitchen and eat more plants!
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
DR. CALDWELL B ESSELSTYN JR
PHYSICIAN
Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. is author of the New York Times bestseller Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. Dr. Esselstyn was a researcher and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic for more than thirty-five years. In 1991, he served as the president of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and organized the first National Conference on the Elimination of Heart Disease. In 2005, he became the first recipient of the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet for more than forty years. They work together to counsel patients in Cleveland and at the farm in Upstate New York where Dr. Esselstyn grew up
ANN CRILE ESSELSTYN
AUTHOR
Ann Crile Esselstyn graduated from Smith College and received a master’s degree in education from Wheelock College. She taught English and some history for 27 years and was a field hockey coach for 15 years. Ann won the Hostatler Award for outstanding teacher in 1963. She stopped teaching in 2000 to focus on creating delicious and healthy recipes to prevent and reverse heart disease, and counseling patients with her husband Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn on how to follow a plant-based diet. Through the years she juggled four children, teaching, and figuring out plant-based, oil-free ways to cook. Ann developed the recipes for the New York Times Best Seller, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease and in 2014 she wrote The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook with her daughter Jane Esselstyn.
JANE ESSELSTYN
AUTHOR
Jane Esselstyn is an avid and inventive designer of plant-based recipes and the co-author of The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook with her next-door neighbor and mom, Ann. And she created the recipe section of #1 New York Times Best Seller, Plant-Strong by her brother, Rip. Jane has worked as a science, outdoor, and health educator for over 25 years, and more recently a researcher. The Journal of Pediatrics recently published the study she worked on with the Cleveland Clinic, observing the effects of a plant-based diet on pediatric obesity. A tireless champion for kids and their health, Jane brings remarkable clarity, compassion, and humor to the table and presents a no-nonsense approach to raising plant-strong kids.
RIP ESSELSTYN
FOUNDER OF PLANTSTRONG
Rip Esselstyn is the author of four books, and founder of PLANTSTRONG. When Rip discovered that several of his firefighter colleagues were medical time bombs, he changed their food and rescued their health. Through his lectures and his best-selling book, Rip spreads the word about eating strong food. If Rip can save an entire Texas fire brigade, imagine what he can do for you and your family!
DR. WILL BULSIEWICZ, MD, MCSI
GASTROENTEROLOGIST & AUTHOR
Award-winning gastroenterologist and the author of the plant-based gut health book Fiber Fueled. He's authored more than twenty articles in the top American gastroenterology journals and has been featured in Shape, Women's Health, Men's Health, and on HuffPost.
CHEF AJ
CHEF & AUTHOR
Chef AJ is a chef, culinary instructor, and speaker who uses her series Healthy Living with Chef AJ to promote her plant-based diet. She has also appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Late Show with David Letterman. She has worked as the executive pastry chef at LA’s Sante La Brea Restaurant and is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program. Her expertise comes from her own personal journey, forty years in the industry, and a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell University. Chef AJ is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also the author of Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight. She is the recipe author of Own Your Health by Glen Merzer.
SHERRA AGUIRRE
AUTHOR
Sherra is an health enthusiast, environmentalist, and food security activist. She founded and led a successful business for three decades, winning national awards for entrepreneurship, innovation, and service excellence. She sold the company in 2016 to focus on sharing her passion for a healthy diet and lifestyle. One of Aguirre’s main goals with her new book is to make the change to a healthier diet and lifestyle more accessible, particularly to African Americans and other communities who are at high risk for diabetes and heart disease. Aguirre writes about the healing qualities of compassion, simplicity, and gratitude, and the ripple effect vegan eating can have on individuals, families, and communities.
CARLEIGH BODRUG
AUTHOR & SOCIAL MEDIA STAR
Carleigh is an American author, TikTok star, YouTuber, and social media starlet who has created a huge following as a vegan plant-based recipe and New York Times Bestselling Cookbook Author. Along with this, her TikTok videos have crossed millions of likes and followers. Carleigh also owns a self-titled Youtube channel as well as is active on Instagram and Twitter.
NISHA MELVANI
AUTHOR
Nisha (CookingForPeanuts) is the author of Practically Vegan: More Than 100 Easy Delicious Vegan Dinners on a Budget. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Natural Gourmet Institute Culinary School Graduate, and food blogger. Nisha is born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica to Indian parents, and educated in England, Montreal, and New York City. She is the creator of Cooking For Peanuts, a popular vegan Instagram account, and blog. Nisha currently lives in NYC with three teenaged girls.
JULIEANNA HEVER
REGISTERED DIETITIAN & AUTHOR
As a Registered Dietitian, Julieanna has authored seven books, including the brand new Choose You Now Diet, The Healthspan Solution, Plant-Based Nutrition (Idiots Guide), Vegiterranean Diet, and two peer-reviewed journal articles on plant-based nutrition for healthcare professionals (in Journal of Geriatric Cardiology and Permanente Journal). Julieanna is the host of The Choose You Now Podcast.
DREENA BURTON
AUTHOR
Dreena Burton is the OG vegan cookbook author, with six solo titles, publishing her first book in 2001. She began her plant-kind life over 25 years ago, and has raised three daughters from birth on a plant-based diet. When you open one of Dreena's books, you will find recipes that you can trust.
CATHY FISHER
AUTHOR
Cathy Fisher is the author of the Straight Up Food cookbook and creator of the blog StraightUpFood.com, featuring 100% plant-food recipes free of added salt, oil and sugar (and gluten-free). Cathy has been vegan for 23 years and has taught cooking classes in Santa Rosa, California since 2010 at TrueNorth Health Center (founded by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.) and the McDougall Program (founded by John McDougall, M.D.).
CHEF BAI
AUTHOR
Bailey Ruskus was diagnosed with endometriosis at age 11, leaving her in tremendous amounts of chronic pain, while constantly being dosed up on multiple medications. Throughout her young adulthood, she exhausted all standard treatments and turned back to the only thing she really knew – FOOD.
You see, Bailey, who goes by Chef Bai - is also a classically trained chef from San Francisco’s Le Cordon Bleu. She spent years in the grind working 65-70 hours a week until her body just simply collapsed. Nothing about her lifestyle was sustainable, that is, until she went back to her food choices and began to study the true healing power of plants. She literally had to “unlearn” what she had learned in culinary school.
Today, at the young age of 30, she is PLANTSTRONG, off all meds, feeling vibrant, and is the author of the best-selling book, Cook. Heal. Go Vegan!
COLUMBUS BATISTE, MD, FACC, FSCAI
CARDIOLOGIST
Columbus Batiste, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is the Chief of Cardiology at Kaiser Permanente Riverside and Moreno Valley Medical Centers. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Loma Linda University Medical Center. He is also known as the “Healthy Heart Doc” and he endorses a holistic approach to health care, emphasizing nutrition, stress reduction, and exercise.
THE HAPPY PEAR
AUTHORS
Dave & Steve had been travelling the world and as twin power goes, on opposite sides of the world they switched to a plant based diet within a week of each other. The Happy Pear seed was sown.
We are all about a healthier, happier world. We absolutely love rising early and heading to Greystones beach to catch the sunrise. We appreciate every day and really believe that the key to happiness is good health and a great support network. We love nothing more than inviting over the troops and cooking up a storm!
MONICA AGGARWAL, MD
CARDIOLOGIST & AUTHOR
Dr. Aggarwal gives talks around the community and the country. She was named a “Next Generation Innovator” by Cardiology Today. She is often featured in Veg News, Naked Magazine and has been featured in forksoverknives.com. She conducts research on nutrition education in medical institutions and on how a plant-based diet impacts cardiovascular disease. She has published in major medical journals such as Journal of American College of Cardiology and American Journal of Medicine.
Board certified in cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and advanced cholesterol management, she is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), where she is a member of the nutrition council working on nutrition policies for the nation. Dr. Aggarwal specializes in preventative management of heart disease with lifestyle techniques in conjunction with medications. She is the author of the book “Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It,” which outlines prescriptions to help guide people to better health.
MORE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
EACH WEEK!
THIS EPIC WEEKEND IS FOR YOU IF YOU'VE EXPERIENCED ANY OF THESE:
YOU’VE TRIED A PLANT-BASED DIET BUT QUIT BECAUSE
- It’s too hard to overhaul your family’s meals
- You’ve struggled to find foods you enjoy
- You haven’t been able to stick with it
YOU'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, BUT YOUR CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD PRESSURE ARE CONSTANTLY HIGH
- You’ve heard a plant-based lifestyle can help, but you don't know where to begin
- Your doctor has prescribed statins and blood pressure medication, and you want to test the lifestyle
- You've been trying to regulate your blood pressure for years and you just want to give up
YOU'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, BUT THE WEIGHT WON'T COME OFF
- You’ve tried different diets but the scale won't budge and you're tired of starting over
- You've read the books and know WHAT to do, you just lack motivation
- You have avoided "carbs" for years and are scared to start eating them
PLANT-STOCK 2022 ALL ACCESS PASS
Couldn't make the live event? No problem! Event replays are included with every purchase.
JOIN THE CELEBRATION OF
ALL THINGS PLANTS
GENERAL PRICING
$49
PER TICKET
Discounted group tickets are also available! Help us reach as many people as possible with the good news about plants!
Live Weekend Event Access for Your Entire Household PLUS:
Full Access to Recorded Videos for One Year After Event
Recipe Bundle—Make The Same Meals At Home!
20+ Talks
Live Q & As
Interactive Cooking Demos
Access to Exclusive PLANTSTRONG Product Bundles
$20 Off Annual PLANTSTRONG Meal Planner Subscription
$75 Off Trailblazer Coaching Program
Early Access to 2023 Black Mountain Retreat
PLANT-STOCK 2022 SCHEDULE
Here is what is in store for this year's Plant-Stock!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH
AN EVENING WITH THE ESSELSTYNS
5PM - 9 PM Eastern
Kick off the weekend with Rip, Jane, Ann and Essy
Hear the Seven Pillars of PLANTSTRONG Living
Get hungry with an all-new cooking demo with Jane & Ann
Listen to Dr. Esselstyn's lecture and ask your questions LIVE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH
GET READY TO BE INSPIRED
10 am - 7 PM Eastern
We have back-to-back talks and cooking demos lined up for you. Find a comfy spot to hang out with us and have a notebook handy to write down your questions. We'll have regular stretch breaks and don't worry, if you can't stay for everything - you can watch later!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
MORE FOOD, MORE FUN
10 am - 3 PM Eastern
Dive into the kitchen with us as we whip up countless meals with our favorite experts. You won't believe how delicious it can be to live a PLANTSTRONG lifestyle.
11th Annual Plant-Stock Weekend
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS LIFE-CHANGING EVENT. DON'T MISS IT!