Archive for October, 2009

BostonVegFest Today and Tomorrow (Want a Free VegWorcester Shirt?)

Don’t forget that the Boston VegFest is today and tomorrow at the Regie Lewis Center at Roxbury Community College. I know Boston seems like it’s far from Worcester, but it’s totally worth the trip! Would a getting a free t-shirt sweeten the deal enough for you? The Boston Veg Fest is a blast, but if [...]

October 31, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc  No Comments

Boston VegFest Speakers List

This weekend is the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. It’s all day on  Saturday, October 31 and Sunday November 1 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. Below is the speakers list. I’m most excited about Nohm Moyr’s talk about global climate change and vegetarianism. Saturday Speakers 10:45 —Cooking Demo: Favorites for Fall Emilie Hardman, The [...]

October 29, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Boston Vegetarian Festival This Weekend

This weekend the Boston Vegetarian Society is holding their big annual VegFest. Free admission, free parking, free food samples. There are some great speakers lined up and will certainly be tons of yummy food samples. The chef from Atlantic Union college is giving a vegan cooking demonstration and Buddha Hut will be there with samples [...]

October 28, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

VegWorcester.com Now Back Online [Whoops]

The VegWorcester website was down for the past few days, but it is now back online. We were transferring the site to a new host and there were some bumps along the way. I can’t promise that there won’t be a couple glitches here and there, but the worst is behind us. Should be totally [...]

October 28, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Cooks for Compassion Raising Money in Florence, Mass for Farm Sanctuary

UPDATE: The event is now sold out! Listen up! Sheryl and others from Cooks for Compassion are organizing a gourmet vegan dinner in Florence, MA this weekend to benefit the fine folks at Farm Sanctuary. It’s on Sunday, October 25, starting at 7pm. Sounds like it’ll be a great event. It’s about an hour’s drive [...]

October 20, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar [New Cookbook]

Isa Chadra Moskowitz, the woman who brought you Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Vegan with a Vengeance, the Veganomicon, Vegan Brunch, has just published a new cookbook. Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar has 100 original animal-product-free cookie recipes. The book is all finished, but has not yet been release. However, it is available [...]

October 16, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Misc, Vegetarian Recipes  One Comment

This Sunday: Ride Your Bike to Maple Farm Sanctuary [Event]

This Sunday, October 18, join Worcester Earn-a-Bike and VegWorcester for a casual 18 mile bike ride from Downtown Worcester to Maple Farm Sanctuary’s Annual Picnic in Mendon, MA. Maple Farm is an animal sanctuary providing lifelong homes for abused farmed animals. The rescued animals live the remainder of their lives in peace. We are leaving [...]

October 14, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Events  No Comments

A Grab-bag of Worcester’s Veg News

This post is going to be a little schizophrenic. There are a few interesting stories that happened in the past few days of Worcester’s continually blossoming vegetarian renaissance. Let’s do a brief overview of them all: Today Veggie Corner received some good coverage from the Telegram & Gazette: “Vegan cafe offers meals for a penny“ [...]

October 13, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Buddha Hut, Events, Misc, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy, Veggie Corner  No Comments

Tomorrow in Worcester: McDonald’s Vegan “Feed-in” & Buddha Hut Buffet

Tomorrow will be a fun day in Worcester. The Weekend of Yum Come out to the McDonald’s at 995 Main Street, Worcester to give away free sample of veg “chicken” and literature at Worcester’s first vegan “feed-in”. If you can’t make it to the feed-in, definitely be sure to stop by Buddha Hut sometime between [...]

October 9, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Worcester Protests Animal Abuse at Ringling Brothers [Photos]

QUICK UPDATE: Charlene, the co-founder and organizer of Pet Rock, just posted a great blog post reflecting on the demonstration at the DCU center. Today Worcester animal activists gave out flyers about Ringling Brother’s history of animal abuse and encouraged people to boycott the circus. I wish one of those animal-free circuses came to Worcester [...]

October 8, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights  One Comment