This past Saturday, more than 10,000 people — including civil rights leader and US Congressman John Lewis — gathered at the beautiful waterfront Yards Park for the 2013 DC VegFest to celebrate vegan eating, enjoy engaging speakers and cooking demos, browse over 100 exhibitors or vendor shops, and of course, eat!
Think vegetarian eating is expensive? Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio would disagree. In fact, Sheriff Joe recently announced that all jails in Maricopa County will now serve 100 percent meat-free meals, and he expects this menu change to save taxpayers $100,000.
This Saturday, Sept. 28, is officially recognized as “DC VegFest Day!” thanks to DC Mayor Gray — and an estimated 10,000 people will gather at the beautiful waterfront Yards Park for this annual — and free — celebration! Featuring FREE food samples, nationally recognized speakers, cooking demonstrations, a beer and wine garden, kids’ activities, more than 100 exhibitors, a vegan …
You’ve probably been hearing the buzz and soon you’ll get to see what the rave reviews are all about: the award-winning documentary The Ghosts in our Machine may soon hit US theaters in select markets.
COK’s new all-volunteer Los Angeles Outreach Coordinators Tabitha Phillips and Rachel Rothstein both recently graduated college — and they both ran successful vegan clubs on campus in Georgia and rural Maryland, respectively.
After hearing a presentation about Marketing Our Message by COK’s Erica Meier during the National Animal Rights Conference this past summer, the amazing volunteers at St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) took the information to heart and hit the ground running as soon as they got back home.
As more Americans are reaching for veggie meats, Tofurky is expanding production to meet the growing demand — and it’s doing so with the planet as well as animals in mind. Tofurky’s new home is a LEED platinum certified eco-friendly production plant located in Hood River, Oregon.
Armed with extensive food science knowledge along with compassion and the common sense that cramming birds into cages isn’t good for them — or us — Hampton Creek Foods has a recipe to change our food system. And they’re starting with eggs.
Earlier this year, Chipotle added vegan sofritas to its menus in California, and it’s so popular it already accounts for 5 percent of sales. The company says about one-third of Sofrita eaters are not vegan but rather consumers trying to eat less meat. This shift towards more plant-based foods is further reflected in a recent survey showing that one-third of Americans are buying veggie meats, the majority of whom are not vegan or vegetarian.