Archive for January, 2012

More than 1000 people like us on Facebook. Are you one of them?

Today we hit 1000 fans on our facebook page. Heck yeah! With the 2012 VegFest coming up on April 15, our facebook page is a great way to stay up-to-date on developments. Yeah, we’ll post the big news here on this blog, but there are always small updates that are exciting but Manda I don’t [...]

January 25, 2012   Posted in: Misc  2 Comments

Remember: Maple Farm’s Volunteer Poluck is this Sunday [Event]

Maple Farm will be having a big vegan potluck with all their current and prospective volunteers this Sunday. Even if you’ve never been to Maple Farm Sanctuary, you’re invited to this potluck.  

January 20, 2012   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

VegFest 2012 Volunteer Work Party Schedule [Events]

VegFest 2012 is going to rock, but we need a lot of help. We have already had our first volunteer work party and there are many more to come. Below is a schedule of all our volunteer work parties between now and April 15, 2012. What can I do? Between now and April, we need [...]

January 19, 2012   Posted in: Events, Worcester VegFest 2012  No Comments

Happy New Year and VegWorcester 2011 In Review

So, the new year is already in full force and you’ve likely started your new year’s resolution of cutting cheese out of your diet or turning your Meatless Mondays into Meatless Everyday. Heck, maybe you’re already vegan and your goal is to finally make that taco recipe from Terry Hope Romero’s Viva Vegan or spend [...]

January 16, 2012  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: 2011 Veg Dining Guide, Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Worcester VegFest 2011  One Comment

Volunteer meeting tomorrow at 7pm at WPI [Event]

Tomorrow we’re having a VegFest volunteer get-together. The idea is to get people together to help make some of the supplies we need to promote the VegFest. You can meet the organizers and plug in with the project. We’re meeting at WPI in the Taylor Room in the Campus Center at 7pm. See you then? [...]

January 16, 2012   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Loving Hut buffet tomorrow noon-5pm [Event]

Don’t miss the Loving Hut buffet tomorrow! Noon-5pm. $10. Here’s the facebook event page.

January 13, 2012   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Another showing of Forks Over Knives in Worcester this Weekend – Sat, Jan 14, 2012 [Event]

If you haven’t seen Forks Over Knives yet, go to this potluck on Saturday. (Well, after you fill up at Loving Hut’s buffet.) The Seventh Day Adventist group in Worcester is hosting another showing of Forks Over Knives in Worcester this Saturday, January 14 at 5:30pm. The film screening is at the Better Living Center, [...]

January 12, 2012   Posted in: Events  One Comment

Maple Farm Sanctuary volunteer potluck in Mendon – Sunday, Jan 22 [Event]

Maple Farm Sanctuary in Mendon is a place where rescued farmed animals can live out the rest of their lives in peace. They’re having a volunteer get-together on Sunday, January 22 in Mendon. It’s a vegan potluck. RSVP on their website. From Maple Farm’s invitation: Past, present and future volunteers and friends – whether you [...]

January 9, 2012   Posted in: Animal Rights, Events  No Comments

Natalie Portman making “Eating Animals” documentary

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, Eating Animals was the catalyst for many people to make the switch to a vegan or vegetarian diet. Now this best-seller might be made into a film with the help of Natalie Portman. From ecorazzi: Last summer the author of the book, Jonathan Safran Foer, revealed Portman “is going to make [...]

January 6, 2012   Posted in: News  No Comments

Harvard concludes that dairy is not a part of a healthy diet

This is something vegans have been saying for a long time, but it’s nice to hear it from Harvard. From Harvard’s press release: Nutrition experts at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in conjunction with colleagues at Harvard Health Publications have unveiled the Healthy Eating Plate, a visual guide that provides a blueprint for eating [...]

January 5, 2012   Posted in: Misc  No Comments