| Summary and
Impressions
of the Macrobiotic Community:
Elizabeth Masters
started macrobiotics in Wichita about 15 years ago. She left
Wichita for a while and then returned about eight years ago
and resumed
giving classes. But she stopped even this two years ago. Wichita macrobiotics depended entirely
on Elizabeth Masters for as long as she remained active.
Without her leadership, there are no community activities, and even
basic resources seem hard to come by. Dona Baba, inactive for some time, is thinking of starting
cooking lessons and counseling services.
Wichita would benefit
significantly from this change. |
| Paid
or Potluck Dinners:
No |
| Education
Centers:
None.
|
| Seminars:
None
|
| Newsletter:
None.
|
| Visiting
Counselors and Cooking Teachers:
None.
|
| Resident
Counselors:
None
|
Resident
Cooking Teachers:
Elizabeth Masters
stopped giving cooking lessons two years ago, but continues to reside in
Wichita.
|
| Professional
Cooks or Caterers:
None
|
| Work
Study Programs:
None. |
| Other
Counselor Interests:
Elizabeth Masters
worked 47 years as an electro-mechanical-structural engineer.
|
| Promotional
Activities:
None.
|
| Publications,
Books, Cassettes:
Some at the local health
foods stores. |
| Web
Sites:
NA. |
| Cottage
Industries:
None.
|
| Macrobiotic
Restaurants:
No macrobiotic restaurants;
only 1 restaurant with vegan options. |
| Natural
Food Chain Stores:
None
|
| Independent
Natural Food Stores:
Natures Mercantile Ltd,
Lorenas Nutrition Inn, Green Acres Natural Food, Natural Of Course, Food
For Thought Inc. Note that
organic vegetables are not readily available at the local health food
stores, and local farmers are used instead. |
| Natural
Food Co-Ops:
None; there used to be
one.
|
| Mail
Order Buying Clubs:
None. |
| Macrobiotic
Community Assessment: Dormant Services: No
counselors or cooking teachers. Elizabeth
Masters started macro services about 15 years ago, but no longer teaches
or counsels. Dormant Activity:
No activity. |
| Area Description:
Wichita is the largest city in Kansas.
It serves as a major manufacturing center and as a distribution
center for a large farm region that produces dairy products, grain and
livestock. It ranks as the
world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft and is called the
Air Capital of the World. Its
metropolitan area population is 485,300. |
|
Municipalities with Macrobiotic services or community activities:
Wichita only. |
| Link
to Macrobiotic Practitioners who were
interviewed in Wichita, KS for this project who also earn money by providing
Macrobiotic
services |