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Community Description

Area Description

Las Vegas is the largest city in Nevada, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States.  It is famous for its hotels, gambling casinos, and 24 hour entertainment. The City attracts about 30 million visitors a year.  Its metropolitan area population was 852,700 in 1990.

Municipalities With Macrobiotic Services Or Activities

Henderson, Las Vegas  

Summary and Impressions of the Community

Nobody was found in the entire area with any information about macrobiotics.  I did talk to Charlene Nixon of Indianapolis who used to give cooking lessons at the Wild Oats supermarket in Las Vegas in the late 1990s, but she could not give me any leads to other macrobiotic people in the area who were still following this lifestyle. During the time Charlene lived in Las Vegas, David Jackson would come periodically, about every 18-24 months, to give consultations to people who were referred to him from the Kushi Institute (KI), or the macrobiotic directory.  The one person Charlene remembered from Las Vegas no longer practices macrobiotics and could not give us further information about the community. Not only was there no macrobiotic community in Las Vegas, but all my efforts to find anyone who practices macrobiotics were in vain. I hoped to have better luck in Reno; there I found Natalie Palmer, a blackjack dealer, who completed all the levels at the KI, advertises herself, though not intensely, as a cooking instructor, but has had only one client in her eight years of practice. 

Macrobiotic Community Assessment

Dormant Services: No counselor or cooking teachers.  In fact, we could not even find one person who practices macrobiotics in the area. Dormant Services: No macrobiotic activities.

Professional Services

Resident Counselors

None

Resident Cooking Teachers

None

Visiting Counselors and Cooking Teachers

None

Professional Cooks or Caterers

None

Support System

Paid or Potluck Dinners

None

Education Centers

None

Seminars

None

Newsletter

None

Support Groups

None

Work Study Program

None

Publications, Books, Cassettes

At local health food stores

Web Sites

None

Natural Food Sources

Macrobiotic Restaurants

No macrobiotic restaurants; only 2 restaurants advertise vegan options on their menu.

Natural Food Chain Stores

Wild Oats.

Independent Natural Food Stores

Valley Nutrition Center  

Natural Food Coops

None

Mail Order Buying Clubs

None

Cottage Industries

None