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: focus, outreach, overview, update, veg dining guide, vegfest, VegWorcester Posted in: 2011 Veg Dining Guide, Activism, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Veg Advocacy, Veg Dining Guide to Worcester 
No Comments
Show Your Veg Pride & Get a Freebie from Like No Udder, this Sunday at stART [Event]
This Sunday: Pick up a pro-veg button from the VegWorcester table at stART on the Street and get a free ice cream topping from Like No Udder. What a sweet deal! ‘ VegWorcester will have a table at stART on the Street this year. We’ll have the usual free leaflets and stickers, but there’s more! [...]
May 20, 2011
Tags: baked goods, cooking, Events, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Events, Food Love, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Like No Udder, Misc No Comments
Full List of 2011 Worcester VegFest Coverage [Photos, Video, Blogs]
The 2011 Worcester VegFest made a big splash this year. We were on TV, the radio, in newspapers, on street poles, on blogs, and on youtube. Here is our attempt at making a complete list of coverage of the 2011 VegFest. If you have photos, video, or a blog review, comment here or post it on [...]
April 21, 2011
Tags: community, photos, Telegram & Gazette, VegWorcester, Worcester, Worcester Mag Posted in: Worcester VegFest 2011 5 Comments
What did the VegFest look like? Here’s a 3 min video overview [Video]
Did you like the Telegram & Gazette’s video of the 2011 VegFest? Well, you’re going to love this one too. Here is a quick 3 minute video overview of the 2011 VegFest. Thanks, Justin, for producing this! Music is “Be Healthy” by Dead Prez. I can’t think of a better song to play in the [...]
April 18, 2011
Tags: community, Events, VegWorcester, videos, Worcester Posted in: Worcester VegFest 2011 No Comments
By Any Greens Necessary – Tracye McQuirter Speaking at Worcester VegFest
You may have already seen this on posters around town: Tracye McQuirter is speaking at the Worcester VegFest on April 17 at Worcester State.tr A vegan trailblazer, public health nutrition expert, speaker, and author, Tracye McQuirter, M.P.H., is passionate about inspiring people to live healthier, happier lives. Her best-selling book is titled By Any Greens [...]
March 23, 2011
Tags: books, community, food, Free food!, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Events, Worcester VegFest 2011 No Comments
March Loving Hut Buffet this Saturday [Event]
It’s been a month already! This Saturday, March 12 from noon-5pm, Loving Hut on Chandler Street is hosting their monthly fundraiser buffet for VegWorcester. $10 for all-you-can-eat, 10% is donated to us. This is an important fundraiser for the VegFest. It is our last one before the April 17 festival. Come and pick up copies [...]
March 9, 2011
Tags: Buddha Hut Monthly Buffet, buffet, mock meats, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses, Worcester VegFest 2011 No Comments
Mac Daddy Competition this Saturday – Vegan Mac & Cheese Cook Off [Event]
Join VegWorcester this Saturday, Feb 26 at 5:30pm at 126 Eastern Ave for the 2nd annual MacDaddy Competition, a vegan macaroni and cheese cook-off. Last year Greg Operman won the Mac Daddy Comp with this recipe. Can you beat that? I think you can. And yes, that is a photo of the exact belt that you will [...]
February 23, 2011
Tags: fundraiser, Mac Daddy Competition, VegWorcester Posted in: Events, Food Love No Comments
Loving Hut Buffet Anniversary In Review
Last Saturday, VegWorcester celebrated the one year anniversary of VegWorcester vegan buffet fundraisers held at the Loving Hut on Chandler Street. It was one of the the busiest vegan buffets since the location began their partnership with VegWorcester, back when they were still called Buddha Hut. With customers waiting at the door to be seated, [...]
November 17, 2010
Tags: Buddha Hut Monthly Buffet, community, Events, fundraiser, loving hut, Loving Hut Chandler, Supreme Master Television, VegWorcester Posted in: Misc No Comments
VegWorcester members join with MARC for Ringling Circus Protest 2010
Animal cruelty issues are a local topic this week with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returning to Worcester over the weekend (and heading to Springfield and Boston throughout this week.) Several VegWorcester members joined up with Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition (MARC) to protest the DCU Center event this past Saturday and bring light [...]
October 11, 2010
Tags: Circus, MARC, outreach, protest, Ringling, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach No Comments
VegWorcester at Open Road Music and Arts Festival
When we heard Honor Roll Productions was putting together the Open Road Music & Arts Festival, VegWorcester was one of the first to jump in and take part in what is being described as “Worcester’s first sustainable and earth-friendly music and arts festival.” We were excited to partake in some vegan outreach and check out [...]
September 6, 2010
Tags: chocolate, community, food, Free food!, loving hut, mock meats, open road music & arts festival, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy No Comments