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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

“The New Face of Veganism” – article in the T&G

I don’t know how this slipped by me, but the Telegram & Gazette recently ran this AP story about celebrities taking veganism to a more mainstream audience. The story’s called, “The New Face of Veganism”. Isn’t veganism already mainstream? Veganism is already mainstream The Washington Post even proclaimed this back in July 2011. It’s no [...]

December 4, 2011   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments

Bill Clinton drops the v-bomb. He calls himself a vegan now

Bill Clinton is vegan. You should go vegan too. About a year ago, Bill Clinton went on Wolf Blizter’s show and talked about switching to a plant-based diet. He seemed to avoid the word “vegan”. Back then he described his new diet as plant-based, but that he would very rarely eat fish. Apparently now he [...]

August 18, 2011   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments

“Meatless Mondays Catch On, Even With Carnivores”, says the New York Times

The New York Times published a great piece on the national effort for Meatless Mondays. They say it’s going veg once-a-week is getting popular and they use Aspen, Colorado as their example. From Meatless Mondays Catch On, Even With Carnivores the NYT: “It’s very interesting, but for some reason when people come to Aspen, they [...]

June 17, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Ebert Gives Forks Over Knives a Solid Endorsement

A new film makes the case for veganism based on the nutrition data from The China Study. The film is getting some serious love from film critics. After watching Forks Over Knives Robert Ebert said in no uncertain terms that everyone ought to go vegan. Watch the trailer for Forks Over Knives. Forks Over Knives [...]

May 17, 2011   Posted in: News  No Comments

Mercy For Animals Uncovers Horrific Calf Abuses at E6 Cattle in Texas

Mercy For Animals just released a new video investigation into a Texas company that raises calves for dairy farms. This should go without saying, but the video depicts violence and is very disturbing. It’s tough to watch videos like this, but as Paul McCartney says, “if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian”. E6 [...]

May 3, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Animal Rights, News  No Comments

Did you hear us talking about VegFest on WCUW 91.3FM on Friday? [Audio]

Were you listening to WCUW 91.3FM last Friday? I was on Charlene’s radio show talking about how VegWorester got started and promoting the VegFest. Jump below to play the mp3. Last Friday from 5pm-6pm Charlene had me on her show, The Weekly Shuffle, to discuss Worcester’s upcoming VegFest. Charlene is the founder and an organizer of the [...]

April 11, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: News, Worcester VegFest 2011  No Comments

Have you seen the TV program about our VegFest? [Video]

UPDATE: WCCA’s webiste is having problems. I removed the direct links to their site, but the embedded video on this blog post should still work. (If you’re reading this on facebook, click here to see the original blog post.) Throughout April, Worcester’s WCCA TV is airing a short video program about the upcoming Worcester VegFest. See [...]

April 6, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Misc, News, Worcester VegFest 2011  2 Comments

Countdown to Worcester VegFest: Sunday April 17th!

    We’re starting the countdown to Worcester VegFest 2011! Are you ready? Are you pumped? Have you RSVP’d to the VegFest Facebook event and invited your friends? Worcester VegFest 2011 is coming up in less than two weeks and we’d love it if you helped us spread the word via  twitter, facebook, email, or [...]

April 5, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, News, Worcester VegFest 2011  One Comment

Sweet Avenger – Vegan Reality TV Show Comes to Animal Planet

Whale Wars must have gone over well, because Animal Planet is now producing a 12 episode reality TV show about Vegan Treats. The show is called Sweet Avenger and it follows the work of Danielle Konya, the 36-year-old founder and owner of Vegan Treats bakery in Pennsylvania. Danielle said in the Hollywood Reporter: “I want to show [...]

April 3, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments