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Worcester VegFest this Sunday at the Airport!

Worcester VegFest is here! This Sunday, April 14 from 11am-5pm, join VegWorcester for our big annual vegetarian food festival. We have a beautiful website featuring all the info about the event please check it out: WorcesterVegFest.com Join us from 11am -5pm at the Worcester Regional Airport. Free admission, free parking, inspiring speakers. Fun, Fun, Fun

April 10, 2013   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Did you know Clark University runs a Meatless Monday program?

Did you know Clark University participates in Meatless Mondays? Maybe it’s not surprising for a school whose motto is “Challenge convention. Change our world”. Check out Erica Meier’s recent letter published in Clark’s newspaper. Erica Meier, executive director of Compassion Over Killing and Clark Alumna (Class of ’96) just published a letter entitled, “Meatless Mondays: [...]

March 14, 2013   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Tomorrow: MacDaddy Competition, a vegan mac & cheese cook-off – 5:30pm

Tomorrow at 5:30pm, join VegWorcester for an annual tradition: the MacDaddy Competition. 126 Eastern Ave, Worcester. WHERE: 126 Eastern Ave, Worcester, MA WHEN: Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 5:30pm Last year there were 26 entries, so there will be a ton of dishes to sample from. You are welcome to come just to taste the [...]

January 25, 2013   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Rip Esselstyn’s TED talk – Plant Strong & Healthy Living

Rip Esselstyn shares his story about how he made his Austin, Texas firehouse go all vegan. Check out his TED talk.

December 14, 2012   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Loving Hut buffet tomorrow! Noon-5pm. $10

Loving Hut has been hosting this fundraising buffet for VegWorcester for 3 years now. If you haven’t been, you need to go. And if you’re a buffet veteran, well, you’re being called back for buffet duty. WHERE: 415 Chandler Street, Worcester WHEN: Second Saturday of every month, noon-5pm COST: $10 all-you-can-eat

December 7, 2012   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Enjoy writing letters? Join the Farm Animal Writer’s Network to Advocate for Animals in the Media

Wouldn’t it be awesome if there were pro-animal letters filling up the Letters to the Editor section of the Telegram & Gazette? Why aren’t there? It probably comes down to us. Farmed animals can’t speak up for themselves, so we have to. If you’re looking for a great way to be an advocate for farm animals, [...]

December 6, 2012   Posted in: Animal Rights  No Comments

Worcester Newspaper Showcases Veganism this Thanksgiving [Telegram & Gazette]

The Telegram & Gazette ran a different kind of Thanksgiving story this year: Some cook free-range turkeys, others “adopt” but don’t eat turkeys. The story features a photo of Tracy A. Schulz from Paxton, a vegan student from Northeastern University, who “adopted” a turkey from Farm Sanctuary on Turkey Adoption Day. The first half of the article [...]

November 22, 2012   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Vegan Thanksgiving at Clark University this Friday, Nov 16 at 6pm. Free dinner!

It’s an annual Worcester vegan tradition. Every year Clark University’s vegetarian group, Student Alliance of Vegetarian and Vegan Youth (SAVVY), hold a giant free vegan Thanksgiving dinner. It’s this Friday, Saturday Nov 16 at 6pm-8:30pm at Clark University in Winton Dining Hall in the Higgins University Center. If you bring vegan food to share, you [...]

November 14, 2012   Posted in: Events, Food Love  No Comments

This Saturday Celebrate 3 years of Loving Hut Fundraising Buffets… with a buffet

The awesome vegan restaurant on Chandler Street has been holding monthly all-you-can-eat buffet fundraisers for VegWorcester for 3 years now. Yeah, three years. You’re getting old. On the second Saturday of every month, from noon-5pm, there’s a $10 vegan mock-meat bonanza at Loving Hut. This Saturday, we’re celebrating 3 years of awesome vegan buffets at [...]

November 8, 2012   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Got milk? You don’t need it [infographic]

Check out this sweet infographic about dairy consumption, sent to us by Hannah at LearnStuff.com. Dairy was made for growing calves, not adult humans. From Hannah at LearnStuff.com: For years, we’ve been told that milk does a body good. But does it really? Though touted as the healthier option at home and in restaurants, milk [...]

November 4, 2012   Posted in: Misc  No Comments