Lewes author donates plant-based eating course to UD Osher Lifelong Learning

Members of the University of Delaware’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will be able to explore the benefits of plant-based eating thanks to a donation from Lewes resident Dorothy Greet.

A retired clergywoman, Greet used her experience of having a heart attack at age 70 to develop a 2 1/2-hour course focused on improving health and longevity through plant-based eating. She donated her online course, called Journey to Wellness, to OLLI in Lewes so members may view it at their convenience.

A volunteer instructor at OLLI for more than a decade, Greet also documented her passion for plant-based eating in a book, “Go Veg With Class,” published in 2023.

The Journey to Wellness course provides the tools and knowledge to embrace plant-based eating for personal and planetary health. It includes recipes, preparation demonstrations and an interview with longtime local plant-based eating practitioner Barbee Kiker, also an OLLI instructor.

“I think of these meals as E-meals,” Greet said. “They are easy, economical, ethical, Earth-friendly and excellent.”

“We are grateful to Dorothy Greet for her service to OLLI and for generously making her course available for the benefit of fellow OLLI members,” said Sally M. Cole, UD program manager for OLLI in Kent and Sussex counties.

OLLI offers more than 300 live and recorded online courses as well as in-person classes held in Dover, Lewes, Ocean View and Wilmington. Fall semester classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 3.

For more information and to view the fall catalog, go to olli.udel.edu.

UD’s OLLI program is a volunteer-based learning cooperative for adults age 50-plus, and spouses of any age, to take and teach classes together with no grades, exams or educational prerequisites.