Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

Veg Books Take Over Amazon Bestseller List

Take a look at the Amazon.com bestseller list, vegan books are once again topping the list. On Sunday, March 14 World Peace Diet sat at #1 for 12 hours. The Kind Diet (Alicia Silverstone’s vegan cookbook) and Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes are right up there too. Both advocate eating a vegan diet for health [...]

March 15, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

March Buddha Hut Buffet Fundraiser Tomorrow

Tomorrow Buddha Hut is holding their monthly all-you-can-eat vegan buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester. Come check it out anytime noon-7pm. It’s only $10 and 10% of sales are donated to VegWorcester.
The Worcester Vegan Meetup group is going to be there at noon!
Here is the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=363724580126

March 12, 2010   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

VegWorcester March E-news Now Online

The March 2010 VegWorcester e-news is now online.

In this month’s e-newsletter:

Upcoming Events
Worcester VegFest – Saturday, April 17, 2010

Speakers
Music
Sponsors

Upcoming VegWorcester Events

Wednesday, March 3, 5:30pm-7pm – VegFest volunteer party. Join us for a fun evening of volunteer tasks like preparing literature and making signs. Contact: kaylee@VegWorcester.com. (facebook event)
Thursday, March 4, 6pm-8pm – Free screening of The Cove at [...]

March 1, 2010   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Today on WBUR 90.9: Melanie Joy Discusses Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows

Were you listening to 90.9 today?
On today’s edition of WBUR’s program Here and Now, Robin Young interviewed Melanie Joy, the author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Download the interview.
Earlier this year Joy released a video promo for the book. Her video points out the [...]

February 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc  No Comments

VegWorcester’s February E-New Now Online

If you aren’t on the VegWorcester email list, you may not have seen this yet. The February VegWorcester E-News is now online.
Here’s what you’ll find in this month’s e-newsletter:

Upcoming Events
Why did VegWorcester give away free vegan donuts in downtown Worcester?
New Book by Melanie Joy: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
The Prizing-Winning Vegan [...]

February 8, 2010   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, News, Restaurants & Businesses, Vegetarian Recipes  No Comments

The Vegan Mac Daddy Explains TVP, Shows Off His Belt On This Week’s 508 Podcast

On this week’s 508 podcast, Mike Benedetti and Brenden Melican talk to Tracy Novick about local education policy then talk to Greg Opperman about winning the Mac Daddy competition and creating the world’s best vegan mac & cheese recipe. Greg also talks up the upcoming Worcester VegFest is going to be. If you’re just watching [...]

February 7, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Misc, The Living Earth, Worcester VegFest 2010  No Comments

Announcing the Winners of 2010 Mac Daddy Competition [Bling]

The 2010 Mac Daddy Competition was a tremendous success, with over 15 entries and a packed room of vegan mac & cheese lovers. We raised around $150 for the 2010 Worcester VegFest! Let’s cut to the chase, who won? The fancy, mock-meat filled, cheesy casserole from Mr Gregory Lee Opperman won him the belt. His [...]

February 4, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Belmont Veg, Events, Misc, Worcester VegFest 2010  One Comment

Avoiding Cargo Cults [508 podcast]

On this week’s 508 podcast, Mike Benedetti–the blogging king of Worcester–and Brenden Melican talk about VegWorcester’s recent vegan donut feed-in (see photos).
Mike and Brendan discuss how Richard Feynman’s concept of cargo cults relates to activism and Worcester’s vegetarian renaissance. Mike’s analogy raises a question that we need to be constantly asking ourselves about VegWorcester’s [...]

February 3, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

What’s Wrong with Dairy? ABC Airs a New Investigation into the Dairy industry

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.” -Albert Schweitzer
Last night ABC aired a shocking new investigation that shows some of the animal cruelty that is common the dairy industry. Did you see it? The footage was taken by Mercy For Animals on one of New York’s largest dairy farms.
The [...]

January 29, 2010   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Photos & Quick Reportback from Today’s Vegan Donut Feed-in [Photos]

Today’s vegan donut feed-in went really well! We gave out about 100 donut samples and flyers about the campaign to get Dunkin Donuts to add vegan donuts. We were out there urging Dunkin Donuts to quit supporting animal cruelty at egg factory farms. We met some vegetarians and vegan who were excited to see us [...]

January 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc, More Veg Options, Veg Advocacy  2 Comments