Boston Vegetarian Festival – Sunday’s Full Speakers Schedule
Posted by Drew.
Last year the Boston Vegetarian Festival expanded to holding the event across two days. This year they are following the same format. Yesterday I posted the full list of speaker for Saturday and today we have the full list of speakers for Sunday, October 31.
From the Boston Vegetarian Society’s website:
Sunday Speakers
10:45 – Music Video: Animals (Oh Why?)
Come watch on the big screen this upbeat new music video that will leave you with a song in your head. Created by OhWhyOhWhy.Org, a non-profit dedicated to spreading vegetarianism through compassionate media.
11:00 The Discerning Brute: Fashion, Food & Etiquette for the Ethically Handsome Man
Joshua Katcher
Joshua Katcher is a Brooklyn-based artist, writer, self-taught vegan chef, businessman, activist, television producer, and green-living guru. In 2008 he founded The Discerning Brute, a resource for men who want to make ethical, informed decisions concerning their lifestyles. With style, wit and savvy, Katcher shows us that we don’t have to make sacrifices when choosing to live discerning lives — being good is hot.
Katcher spreads the word about compassion with amazing, delicious food, cool clothes and fun activities, believing that it is shocking how easily and enjoyably we can all make lifestyle changes that help. Joshua surveys the fashion world and finds the many designers who are doing amazing things from shoes, to accessories, to denim, to outerwear, showing that it is pretty easy to avoid animal products in fashion, and he can help us see how. He will use powerpoint and “various computer-related shenanigans” to illustrate his talk. Joshua will host a vegan fashion showcase at a festival in Paris this fall.
Katcher is earning rising vegan star status for combining a straightforward sense of justice with cruelty-free fashion sense, green living, and an enjoyment of the pleasures of food, style, and feeling good about how we live our lives. Read his recent article on the current state of the fashion industry when it comes to compassion and sustainability.
12:00 Defeating Diabetes
Brenda Davis, R.D.
Brenda Davis, Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, is a leader in her field and one of its most authoritative and acclaimed speakers. She has worked as a public health nutritionist, clinical nutrition specialist, nutrition consultant and academic nutrition instructor. She currently works on a diabetes intervention research project in the Marshall Islands, where she spent eight months in 2006, and returns for 4-6 weeks once or twice a year.
This presentation partners with Brenda’s book, Defeating Diabetes. It examines the epidemic of type 2 diabetes, and how individuals can make the diet and lifestyle choices that will give them the best possible chance of defeating this disease. This discussion challenges many of the commonly held beliefs about diabetes, including the optimal quantity and sources of carbohydrates, fiber, protein and fat, including essential fatty acids.
Brenda will share from her research project in the Marshall Islands, which, like many other Pacific Islands, are riddled with type 2 diabetes. Brenda’s team is working to reverse this epidemic using diet and lifestyle intervention. Learn about the project, the people and their inspiring health transformations.
Brenda is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. She is co-author of seven nutrition books, best-selling classics Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian, Defeating Diabetes, Dairy-free and Delicious, and the newly released, Becoming Raw and Raw-food Revolution Diet. Brenda comes to us from British Columbia, western Canada.
Brenda’s books will be available for sale and signing after her presentation, and in the exhibitor room at Book Publishing Company all weekend.
1:30 Cooking Demo: Who Knew Vegetarian/Vegan Cuisine Could Taste this Good?
Chef Tal Ronnen
Celebrity Chef and New York Times bestselling cookbook author Tal Ronnen is one of the most acclaimed vegan chefs working today. He became known nationwide as the chef who prepared meals for Oprah Winfrey’s 21-day vegan cleanse, and appeared again on Oprah at the release of his cookbook. He has since catapulted to fame, catering Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s vegan wedding, Arianna Huffington’s party at the Democratic National Convention, and the first vegan dinner at the U.S. Senate.
Ronnen applies his training in classical French technique to create plant-based dishes that are appealing to non-vegetarians and vegetarians alike. A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, Chef Tal has worked at the top vegan restaurants in the United States. He conducts master vegetarian workshops for students and staff at Le Cordon Bleu College campuses nationwide. As part of his mission to bring vegan cooking into the mainstream, he has worked with major hotels, corporate dining halls, and universities to bring plant-based options to their menus. Chef Tal divides his time between Los Angeles and British Columbia, western Canada.
Chef Tal will teach recipes from his award-winning cookbook, The Conscious Cook; Delicious Meatless Recipes that will Change the Way you Eat. Featured recipes will be Celery root soup with granny smith apples, and Gardein “chicken” scaloppini with shiitake sake sauce, braised pea shoots, and crispy udon noodle cakes.
Tasting samples of the soup will be offered to all attendees, and several lucky people will try the scaloppini entree. After his talk, Chef Tal will sign his book at the book table outside the speaker room. His book will be available there all weekend.
3:00 The Latest in Human Nutrition 2010: Part II
Michael Greger, MD
A perennial hit speaker at our Festival, Dr. Greger will use an engaging interactive quiz show format that lets us test our nutrition knowledge with some surprising outcomes. Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this brand-new talk of the latest in cutting-edge research. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in peer-reviewed scientific nutrition journals, Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to feed ourselves and our families to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease.
Known as one of the most entertaining medical speakers of our time, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conferenceon World Affairs, the Bird Flu Summit, the National Institutes of Health, and universities, medical schools, and conferences around the world. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine and is Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States.
Dr. Greger’s presentations are described by audiences as “riveting,” “spellbinding,” and “brilliant,” and you can always count on great wit and humor. He is author of the books BIRD FLU: A Virus of Our Own Hatching, and CARBOPHOBIA: The Scary Truth Behind America’s Low Carb Craze, His latest nutrition DVD has just been released and highlights 99 of the hottest topics in nutrition science.Dr. Greger will give Part II of this presentation on Sunday. There is no overlap in his two talks and each part stands on its own.
Following the presentation, Dr. Greger will do a book and DVD signing. His books and new nutrition DVDs will be available all weekend at his table in the exhibitor room. All proceeds go to charity. He will be doing free cholesterol screenings at his table!
Sunday Speakers
10:45 – Music Video: Animals (Oh Why?)
Come watch on the big screen this upbeat new music video that will leave you with a song in your head. Created by OhWhyOhWhy.Org, a non-profit dedicated to spreading vegetarianism through compassionate media.
11:00 The Discerning Brute: Fashion, Food & Etiquette for the Ethically Handsome Man
Joshua Katcher
Katcher spreads the word about compassion with amazing, delicious food, cool clothes and fun activities, believing that it is shocking how easily and enjoyably we can all make lifestyle changes that help. Joshua surveys the fashion world and finds the many designers who are doing amazing things from shoes, to accessories, to denim, to outerwear, showing that it is pretty easy to avoid animal products in fashion, and he can help us see how. He will use powerpoint and “various computer-related shenanigans” to illustrate his talk. Joshua will host a vegan fashion showcase at a festival in Paris this fall.
Katcher is earning rising vegan star status for combining a straightforward sense of justice with cruelty-free fashion sense, green living, and an enjoyment of the pleasures of food, style, and feeling good about how we live our lives. Read his recent article on the current state of the fashion industry when it comes to compassion and sustainability.
12:00 Defeating Diabetes
Brenda Davis, R.D.
Brenda will share from her research project in the Marshall Islands, which, like many other Pacific Islands, are riddled with type 2 diabetes. Brenda’s team is working to reverse this epidemic using diet and lifestyle intervention. Learn about the project, the people and their inspiring health transformations.
Brenda is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. She is co-author of seven nutrition books, best-selling classics Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian, Defeating Diabetes, Dairy-free and Delicious, and the newly released, Becoming Raw and Raw-food Revolution Diet. Brenda comes to us from British Columbia, western Canada.
Brenda’s books will be available for sale and signing after her presentation, and in the exhibitor room at Book Publishing Company all weekend.
1:30 Cooking Demo: Who Knew Vegetarian/Vegan Cuisine Could Taste this Good?
Chef Tal Ronnen
Ronnen applies his training in classical French technique to create plant-based dishes that are appealing to non-vegetarians and vegetarians alike. A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, Chef Tal has worked at the top vegan restaurants in the United States. He conducts master vegetarian workshops for students and staff at Le Cordon Bleu College campuses nationwide. As part of his mission to bring vegan cooking into the mainstream, he has worked with major hotels, corporate dining halls, and universities to bring plant-based options to their menus. Chef Tal divides his time between Los Angeles and British Columbia, western Canada.
Chef Tal will teach recipes from his award-winning cookbook, The Conscious Cook; Delicious Meatless Recipes that will Change the Way you Eat. Featured recipes will be Celery root soup with granny smith apples, and Gardein “chicken” scaloppini with shiitake sake sauce, braised pea shoots, and crispy udon noodle cakes.
Tasting samples of the soup will be offered to all attendees, and several lucky people will try the scaloppini entree. After his talk, Chef Tal will sign his book at the book table outside the speaker room. His book will be available there all weekend.
3:00 The Latest in Human Nutrition 2010: Part II
Michael Greger, MD
some surprising outcomes. Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this brand-new talk of the latest in cutting-edge research. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in peer-reviewed scientific nutrition journals, Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to feedourselves and our families to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease.
Known as one of the most entertaining medical speakers of our time, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conferenceon World Affairs, the Bird Flu Summit, the National Institutes of Health, and universities, medical schools, and conferences around the world. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine and is Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States.
Dr. Greger’s presentations are described by audiences as “riveting,” “spellbinding,” and “brilliant,” and you can always count on great wit and humor. He is author of the books BIRD FLU: A Virus of Our Own Hatching, and CARBOPHOBIA: The Scary Truth Behind America’s Low Carb Craze, His latest nutrition DVD has just been released and highlights 99 of the hottest topics in nutrition science.Dr. Greger will give Part I of this presentation on Saturday. There is no overlap in his two talks and each part stands on its own.
Following the presentation, Dr. Greger will do a book and DVD signing. His books and new nutrition DVDs will be available all weekend at his table in the exhibitor room. All proceeds go to charity. He will be doing free cholesterol screenings at his table!
And don’t forget to RSVP to the Boston Vegetarian Festival facebook event.
October 28, 2010
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