Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

Say NO to Circus Cruelty in Worcester [event]

  WHAT: Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition (MARC) is hosting the Ringling Bros Circus Protest in Worcester again this weekend. VegWorcester members have participated in this demonstration in previous years and will be joining again to send the message that animals used in circus entertainment is cruel and unnecessary. WHEN: Saturday, October 8th (1:00-3:30pm) WHERE: Worcester [...]

October 7, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

September Loving Hut Buffet &Upcoming Worcester Festivals [Events]

Loving Hut’s monthly vegan buffet is this coming up again tomorrow – Saturday, September 10th, from noon-5pm! ALL VEGAN! ALL TASTY! ALL YOU CAN EAT! Only $10, and 10% of proceeds are donated to VegWorcester to support local events and outreach. Come chow down on some delicious vegan food, 415 Chandler St. Worcester, MA. Don’t forget to grab [...]

September 9, 2011   Posted in: Misc  2 Comments

VegWorcester 2011 Focus

VegWorcester has been busy this year and we thought we’d share some of the projects we’ve been workin on… WINTER/SPRING 2011: Last winter we had a small awesome group putting together the entire 2011 WorcesterVegFest. Our group met weekly, organizing everything to do with a kick-ass vegan festival for about 3,000 people. We had several [...]

August 31, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2011 Veg Dining Guide, Activism, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Veg Advocacy, Veg Dining Guide to Worcester  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

Want to get involved in VegWorcester? Come to the general meeting this Tuesday [Event]

If you’re interested in getting involved in VegWorcester, come to our general interest meeting on Tuesday, July 19. It’s at 7pm at the Artichoke Food Coop. We’ll be talking about what our focus is for the upcoming month and how to get involved. Casual vegan potluck (In other words, bring a vegan dish to share [...]

July 16, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Events, Misc  No Comments

Rise Against Vocalist Says Go Vegan [Video]

Check out this new video from peta2 of Tim McIlrath, vocalist for Rise Against, urging people to go vegan: Somewhat related to this… Warped Tour is coming to MA tomorrow (July 13) and Humane League of Boston is coordinating some folks to go and hand out flyers about veganism. There’ll be a couple people from [...]

July 12, 2011   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Vegan Recipes from Squire White’s Restaurant featured in the InCity Times

The recent issue of InCity Times has a vegan story on the cover. Sweet! “Try Chef Joey’s yummy vegan/vegetarian recipes” is right there on front page. Inside there is a good article about how eating less meat can improve your health. There are 3 vegan recipes: grilled veggies, lentil meatballs, Joey’s favorite vegan tomato sauce. [...]

June 25, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

We’ve had some website problems, but they’re fixed now. Right?

Hi everyone, we’ve had some reports come in about our site having some problems. Some browsers were reporting that VegWorcester was a spam site or something. It should be fixed now. But we need your help. Could you give a quick check in your browser and leave a comment here if you’re still experiencing any [...]

June 22, 2011   Posted in: Misc  4 Comments

Daiya’s New Cheesy Vegan Pepperjack Shreds

Daiya won the VegNews 2010 Veggie Award for Best Vegan Cheese for thier tasty and melty Mozzerella and Cheddar flavored vegan “cheese” shreds, and now they’ve got a new flavor: Pepperjack! The Living Earth on Park Ave. in Worcester carries all three flavors, including the new Pepperjack style shreds. Whole Foods in Framingham does not [...]

June 8, 2011   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Want to join us to see Forks Over Knives in Boston this Sunday? [Event]

This Sunday VegWorcester people are taking a trip to Boston to see Forks Over Knives. Want to join us? This new pro-vegan film has gotten such good reviews that we can’t wait to see it. First Robert Ebert endorsed it, saying “What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole [...]

May 27, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Events, Misc  3 Comments