Archive for December, 2009

Vegan On The Cheap [Worcester Magazine]

Worcester Magazine just published the newest article in the Soy de Worcester column: Vegan On The Cheap. Last week, I asked: Where can you get a good vegan meal in Worcester for under $5? There were a ton of comments on facebook. Thanks, everyone! After going through all the wonderful recommendations, this is the result. [...]

December 31, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Bay State Bakery, Fantastic Pizza & Falafel, George's Bakery, Misc, Pickle Barrel, Tortilla Sam's, Veggie Corner  2 Comments

Where can you get a good vegan meal in Worcester for under $5?

Dear vegans and vegetarians of Worcester, I am putting together a short list of places in Worcester where you can get a kick-ass vegan meal for under 5 bucks. The results of my findings will be published in next week’s Soy de Worcester column in Worcester Magazine. What should I include? Here two that I [...]

December 25, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Fantastic Pizza & Falafel, Misc, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

VegWorcester Facebook Page Reaches 200

Worcester’s vegetarian renaissance continues! Time to nerd-out. VegWorcester has reached a new milestone: 200 fans on our facebook page. We launched the facebook page in July 2009, so all the fans are from the past six months. That means we’ve picked up a new fan or two every single day. Speaking of which, if you [...]

December 23, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Help us organize the 2010 Worcester VegFest! [Event]

At the end of April 2010 VegWorcester is holding Worcester’s first-ever vegetarian festival. We need your help. This event has been on our radar for almost a year now, with plenty of planning going on behind-the-scenes. We are now having weekly public meetings. You should come! We are looking for people to organize with us [...]

December 21, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Veg Advocacy, Worcester VegFest 2010  5 Comments

Worcester Magazine Gives Veggie Corner a Good Review

This week’s Worcester Mag featured a review of Veggie Corner, which is located up on 56 Hamilton Street, Worcester. Veggie Corner is a vegan AsianВ  restaurant with many Vietnamese dishes. In September 2009, Veggie Corner took the place of Quan Yin. It’s super cheap and the food is great. Worcester Magazine seems to agree. Zeke [...]

December 20, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Restaurants & Businesses, Veggie Corner  No Comments

Free vegan food samples tomorrow at VegWorcester’s monthly feed-in

This is our third month of vegan feed-ins in Worcester (see photos from last month’s feed-in). Join VegWorcester from 11:30am to 1pm on Saturday December 19, outside the McDonalds at 548 Lincoln Street for an upbeat veg advocacy event. It might be cold, so bring some gloves and a hat! What’s a vegan feed-in? Every [...]

December 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Maple Farm Sanctuary 2010 Calendars Out Now

Christmahanakwanzika is here. If you haven’t already bought or made gifts for your friends and family, consider getting one of Maple Farm Sanctuary’s 2010 calendars from lulu. It features full-color photos of the rescued animals, the beautiful farm sanctuary, and many of the volunteers. They’re a little pricy at $24.99, but it’s one the few [...]

December 14, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights  No Comments

Buddha Hut Vegan Buffet Fundraiser this Saturday [Dec 12]

Since Summer 2009, Buddha Hut has been holding a monthly buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester. Come try some of their new menu items. Starts at noon and ends at 7pm. At 10 bucks, you can’t beat the price. Plus they donate 10% of the income to VegWorcester. Sweet deal.В  (Help promote the fundraiser by inviting your [...]

December 11, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Al Gore Finally Says We Need to Stop Factory Farming

Ever since Al Gore came out with an Inconvenient Truth, vegans and vegetarians have been calling on him to address the fact that raising animals for food is the leading cause of global climate change. Finally, Gore has done so. He’s not calling for a vegan world, but at least he is now addressing factory [...]

December 3, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

VegWorcester’s December E-News Now Online

If you aren’t on the VegWorcester email list, you may not have seen this yet. The December VegWorcester E-News is now online. Here’s what you’ll find in this month’s e-newsletter: Upcoming Events A Report-back from Our Second Vegan Feed-in Veg Books Top the Best Seller List VegWorcester at the Boston VegFest Vegan Cookies at Price [...]

December 2, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc  No Comments