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Forks Over Knives Screening this Weekend – Free, free, free. It’s free

This Saturday, May 19, at 5:30pm at the Senior Center in Shrewsbury, you can catch a free screening of Forks Over Knives being hosted by Community Health Group. The film focuses on the research of Dr. T. Colin Campbell from Cornell University. This year at the Worcester VegFest 2012 we had Dr. Campbell give a [...]

May 15, 2012   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Loving Hut Buffet Fundraiser this Saturday

Every month Loving Hut on Chandler Street has an all-you-can-eat vegan buffet for $10. 10% is auto donated to VegWorcester. Join us tomorrow noon-5pm. RSVP on facebook. If you want to meet the VegWorcester crew, join us between 12:30 and 1:30. Don’t be shy!

May 11, 2012   Posted in: Events  No Comments

We are on TV, talking about #WorcesterVegFest [Video]

Worcester VegFest is on TV now. Heck yeah. In addition to our radio PSA that is running on WCHC 88.1FM and WCUW 91.3FM, we have an interview airing on WCCA TV Channel 13 in Worcester in April. Mike Benedetti (person to watch 2010, creator of the 508 podcast) and I went on Soapbox to talk to Mauro about [...]

March 30, 2012   Posted in: Activism, Events, Worcester VegFest 2012  One Comment

Vegan Bake Sale this Wednesday at 9pm [Event]

Last year we had a vegan bake sale to raise some money for VegFest and the city shut it down. Yeah, for real. Can you believe it? Then we met with city officials and legalized bake sales in the city of Worcester. So this year, we are celebrating the first anniversary of legal bake sales [...]

March 26, 2012   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Jasmin Singer & Mariann Sullivan of Our Hen House at Worcester VegFest 2012

Worcester VegFest is Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Worcester Tech High from 11am-5pm. Check out WorcesterVegFest.com for more info. RSVP to the facebook event. Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Worcester VegFest!  Our Hen House, named the 2011 Indie Media Powerhouse by VegNews Magazine, produces multimedia resources that you [...]

March 21, 2012  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, News, Worcester VegFest 2012  No Comments

MacDaddy Competition this Saturday at 5:30pm – Is your vegan mac & cheese THE BEST? [Event]

This Saturday, Feb 25, we will discover who is the vegan Mac Daddy. Bring a vegan mac & cheese to dish to enter to the competition. Or just come and sample all the entries. Arrive at 5:30pm, judging starts promptly at 6pm. 126 Eastern Ave, Worcester. You don’t have to enter a dish to attend. You [...]

February 23, 2012   Posted in: Events, Food Love  No Comments

T. Colin Campell, Ph.D. Presenting at Worcester VegFest 2012. He’s from Forks Over Knives & Authored The China Study

I’m excited to announce our first confirmed speaker! T. Colin Campell, Ph.D. is author of The China Study, respected nutrition researcher, and the focus of the film, Forks Over Knives. T. Colin Campell’s impact cannot be understated. His research has played a huge part in why veganism is being discussed on CNN, why we keep [...]

February 2, 2012   Posted in: Events, Worcester VegFest 2012  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