The Oakland Veg Fest returns to Lake Merritt on May 21st, 2016! This FREE event will feature incredible vendors, speakers, and lots of free food samples! Whether you've been plant based for years or are veg-curious come join us for an amazing day.
2016 Vendors (more to come!):
Animal Place's Vegan Republic - https://www.veganrepublicstore.org/
AnnMarie Skin Care - http://www.annmariegianni.com/
CaCoCo - http://www.drinkcacoco.com/
Charlie's Brownies - http://charliesbrownies.com/
Citizen Fox - http://www.citizenfoxsf.com/
CoYo - http://www.coyo.us/
CORE Kitchen - http://www.corekitchenshop.com/
Ellovi - http://www.ellovi.com/
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition - http://www.ffacoalition.org/
Farm Fresh to You - https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/
Freja's Foods - http://www.frejasfoods.com/
Garden Creamery - http://gardencreamery.com/home/
Green Monday - http://greenmonday.org/
Imperfect Produce - http://www.imperfectproduce.com/home/
Lentilicious - http://www.lentilicious.com/
Mamma Chia - http://www.mammachia.com/
Meaningful Paws - http://www.meaningfulpaws.care/
Mercy for Animals - http://www.mercyforanimals.org/
Millahcayotl - http://millahcayotl.org/
Nutiva - http://www.nutiva.com/
No Worries - http://www.filipinoveganfood.com/
Nucha Empanadas - https://www.nucha-empanadas.com/
Passione Pizza - http://passionepizza.com/
Sanctuary Bistro - http://www.sanctuarybistro.com/
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society- http://www.seashepherd.org/
The Humane League - http://www.thehumaneleague.com/
Timeless Coffee Roasters - http://timelesscoffee.com/
Upton's Naturals - http://www.uptonsnaturals.com/
Veg.me - http://www.veg.me/
Vegan Publishers - http://veganpublishers.com/
Vixen Kitchen - https://www.vixenkitchen.co
2016 Speakers:
Kristie Middleton - Food Policy Director for The Humane Society of the U.S. Meatless Monday advocate.
Ruby Roth - Featured on CNN, FOX, Today, and other major media outlets, Ruby Roth is an artist and the world's leading author and illustrator of vegan and vegetarian books for children.
Milena Esherick - Senior Advisor to The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit focused on promoting plant-based and cultured alternatives to animal agriculture. She is also a clinical psychologist and Director of Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. For over fifteen years, she has worked in a variety of community and medical settings helping people achieve healthy eating and lifestyle changes.
Seba Johnson - Seba Johnson, a vegan since birth, was only 14 when she competed in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, making her both the youngest Alpine skier in Olympic history as well as the first black female skier in Olympic history. She participated again in the 1992 Olympics in France, but in 1994, Seba declined to compete in the Lillehammer, Norway games due to the country’s commercial minke whale hunt. Always an advocate for animals, she was once disqualified from a World Cup event for her ethical objection to wearing a ski suit with a leather patch. 28 years later, Seba gives presentations nationally and internationally at VegFests, animal rights conferences, universities, social justice seminars, and public schools about her activism during and since making history.
Rose Aguilar - Host of Your Call on KALW since 2006. Rose has written for Al Jazeera English, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.
David Yeung - Co-founder of Green Monday, a social venture founded in 2012 in Hong Kong that aims to tackle climate change and global food insecurity by making low‐carbon and sustainable living simple, viral and actionable. Under Green Monday Mr. Yeung launched “Green Common” – world’s first plant-based green living emporium – to introduce Food 2.0 and a revolutionized food mindset through empowering the community with sustainable, innovative, wholesome and responsible food choices.
David Carter - A UCLA grad, David was drafted into the NFL in 2011 by the Arizona Cardinals. Over the past five seasons he has also played for the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Chicago Bears. In his third season after being released from the Cowboys the physicality of the sport started taking a toll on his body. Looking for answers on how to heal his injuries David sat down to watch the documentary “Forks Over Knives.” It was then he decided surprise his vegan wife on Valentines Day with the promise to switch to a compassionate lifestyle overnight. David is now more famously known as The 300 Pound Vegan and is using his platform to be a voice for animals, the planet, and a healthy lifestyle and inspire change everywhere. He is now an international public speaker, humane educator, diversity and community expansion specialist for the non-profit organization Vegan Outreach, and an animal rights activist.
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2016 Vendors (more to come!):
Animal Place's Vegan Republic - https://www.veganrepublicstore.org/
AnnMarie Skin Care - http://www.annmariegianni.com/
CaCoCo - http://www.drinkcacoco.com/
Charlie's Brownies - http://charliesbrownies.com/
Citizen Fox - http://www.citizenfoxsf.com/
CoYo - http://www.coyo.us/
CORE Kitchen - http://www.corekitchenshop.com/
Ellovi - http://www.ellovi.com/
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition - http://www.ffacoalition.org/
Farm Fresh to You - https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/
Freja's Foods - http://www.frejasfoods.com/
Garden Creamery - http://gardencreamery.com/home/
Green Monday - http://greenmonday.org/
Imperfect Produce - http://www.imperfectproduce.com/home/
Lentilicious - http://www.lentilicious.com/
Mamma Chia - http://www.mammachia.com/
Meaningful Paws - http://www.meaningfulpaws.care/
Mercy for Animals - http://www.mercyforanimals.org/
Millahcayotl - http://millahcayotl.org/
Nutiva - http://www.nutiva.com/
No Worries - http://www.filipinoveganfood.com/
Nucha Empanadas - https://www.nucha-empanadas.com/
Passione Pizza - http://passionepizza.com/
Sanctuary Bistro - http://www.sanctuarybistro.com/
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society- http://www.seashepherd.org/
The Humane League - http://www.thehumaneleague.com/
Timeless Coffee Roasters - http://timelesscoffee.com/
Upton's Naturals - http://www.uptonsnaturals.com/
Veg.me - http://www.veg.me/
Vegan Publishers - http://veganpublishers.com/
Vixen Kitchen - https://www.vixenkitchen.co
2016 Speakers:
Kristie Middleton - Food Policy Director for The Humane Society of the U.S. Meatless Monday advocate.
Ruby Roth - Featured on CNN, FOX, Today, and other major media outlets, Ruby Roth is an artist and the world's leading author and illustrator of vegan and vegetarian books for children.
Milena Esherick - Senior Advisor to The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit focused on promoting plant-based and cultured alternatives to animal agriculture. She is also a clinical psychologist and Director of Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. For over fifteen years, she has worked in a variety of community and medical settings helping people achieve healthy eating and lifestyle changes.
Seba Johnson - Seba Johnson, a vegan since birth, was only 14 when she competed in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, making her both the youngest Alpine skier in Olympic history as well as the first black female skier in Olympic history. She participated again in the 1992 Olympics in France, but in 1994, Seba declined to compete in the Lillehammer, Norway games due to the country’s commercial minke whale hunt. Always an advocate for animals, she was once disqualified from a World Cup event for her ethical objection to wearing a ski suit with a leather patch. 28 years later, Seba gives presentations nationally and internationally at VegFests, animal rights conferences, universities, social justice seminars, and public schools about her activism during and since making history.
Rose Aguilar - Host of Your Call on KALW since 2006. Rose has written for Al Jazeera English, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.
David Yeung - Co-founder of Green Monday, a social venture founded in 2012 in Hong Kong that aims to tackle climate change and global food insecurity by making low‐carbon and sustainable living simple, viral and actionable. Under Green Monday Mr. Yeung launched “Green Common” – world’s first plant-based green living emporium – to introduce Food 2.0 and a revolutionized food mindset through empowering the community with sustainable, innovative, wholesome and responsible food choices.
David Carter - A UCLA grad, David was drafted into the NFL in 2011 by the Arizona Cardinals. Over the past five seasons he has also played for the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Chicago Bears. In his third season after being released from the Cowboys the physicality of the sport started taking a toll on his body. Looking for answers on how to heal his injuries David sat down to watch the documentary “Forks Over Knives.” It was then he decided surprise his vegan wife on Valentines Day with the promise to switch to a compassionate lifestyle overnight. David is now more famously known as The 300 Pound Vegan and is using his platform to be a voice for animals, the planet, and a healthy lifestyle and inspire change everywhere. He is now an international public speaker, humane educator, diversity and community expansion specialist for the non-profit organization Vegan Outreach, and an animal rights activist.
The Oakland Veg Fest returns to Lake Merritt on May 21st, 2016! This FREE event will feature incredible vendors, speakers, and lots of free food samples! Whether you've been plant based for years or are veg-curious come join us for an amazing day.
2016 Vendors (more to come!):
Animal Place's Vegan Republic - https://www.veganrepublicstore.org/
AnnMarie Skin Care - http://www.annmariegianni.com/
CaCoCo - http://www.drinkcacoco.com/
Charlie's Brownies - http://charliesbrownies.com/
Citizen Fox - http://www.citizenfoxsf.com/
CoYo - http://www.coyo.us/
CORE Kitchen - http://www.corekitchenshop.com/
Ellovi - http://www.ellovi.com/
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition - http://www.ffacoalition.org/
Farm Fresh to You - https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/
Freja's Foods - http://www.frejasfoods.com/
Garden Creamery - http://gardencreamery.com/home/
Green Monday - http://greenmonday.org/
Imperfect Produce - http://www.imperfectproduce.com/home/
Lentilicious - http://www.lentilicious.com/
Mamma Chia - http://www.mammachia.com/
Meaningful Paws - http://www.meaningfulpaws.care/
Mercy for Animals - http://www.mercyforanimals.org/
Millahcayotl - http://millahcayotl.org/
Nutiva - http://www.nutiva.com/
No Worries - http://www.filipinoveganfood.com/
Nucha Empanadas - https://www.nucha-empanadas.com/
Passione Pizza - http://passionepizza.com/
Sanctuary Bistro - http://www.sanctuarybistro.com/
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society- http://www.seashepherd.org/
The Humane League - http://www.thehumaneleague.com/
Timeless Coffee Roasters - http://timelesscoffee.com/
Upton's Naturals - http://www.uptonsnaturals.com/
Veg.me - http://www.veg.me/
Vegan Publishers - http://veganpublishers.com/
Vixen Kitchen - https://www.vixenkitchen.co
2016 Speakers:
Kristie Middleton - Food Policy Director for The Humane Society of the U.S. Meatless Monday advocate.
Ruby Roth - Featured on CNN, FOX, Today, and other major media outlets, Ruby Roth is an artist and the world's leading author and illustrator of vegan and vegetarian books for children.
Milena Esherick - Senior Advisor to The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit focused on promoting plant-based and cultured alternatives to animal agriculture. She is also a clinical psychologist and Director of Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. For over fifteen years, she has worked in a variety of community and medical settings helping people achieve healthy eating and lifestyle changes.
Seba Johnson - Seba Johnson, a vegan since birth, was only 14 when she competed in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, making her both the youngest Alpine skier in Olympic history as well as the first black female skier in Olympic history. She participated again in the 1992 Olympics in France, but in 1994, Seba declined to compete in the Lillehammer, Norway games due to the country’s commercial minke whale hunt. Always an advocate for animals, she was once disqualified from a World Cup event for her ethical objection to wearing a ski suit with a leather patch. 28 years later, Seba gives presentations nationally and internationally at VegFests, animal rights conferences, universities, social justice seminars, and public schools about her activism during and since making history.
Rose Aguilar - Host of Your Call on KALW since 2006. Rose has written for Al Jazeera English, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.
David Yeung - Co-founder of Green Monday, a social venture founded in 2012 in Hong Kong that aims to tackle climate change and global food insecurity by making low‐carbon and sustainable living simple, viral and actionable. Under Green Monday Mr. Yeung launched “Green Common” – world’s first plant-based green living emporium – to introduce Food 2.0 and a revolutionized food mindset through empowering the community with sustainable, innovative, wholesome and responsible food choices.
David Carter - A UCLA grad, David was drafted into the NFL in 2011 by the Arizona Cardinals. Over the past five seasons he has also played for the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Chicago Bears. In his third season after being released from the Cowboys the physicality of the sport started taking a toll on his body. Looking for answers on how to heal his injuries David sat down to watch the documentary “Forks Over Knives.” It was then he decided surprise his vegan wife on Valentines Day with the promise to switch to a compassionate lifestyle overnight. David is now more famously known as The 300 Pound Vegan and is using his platform to be a voice for animals, the planet, and a healthy lifestyle and inspire change everywhere. He is now an international public speaker, humane educator, diversity and community expansion specialist for the non-profit organization Vegan Outreach, and an animal rights activist.
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2016 Vendors (more to come!):
Animal Place's Vegan Republic - https://www.veganrepublicstore.org/
AnnMarie Skin Care - http://www.annmariegianni.com/
CaCoCo - http://www.drinkcacoco.com/
Charlie's Brownies - http://charliesbrownies.com/
Citizen Fox - http://www.citizenfoxsf.com/
CoYo - http://www.coyo.us/
CORE Kitchen - http://www.corekitchenshop.com/
Ellovi - http://www.ellovi.com/
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition - http://www.ffacoalition.org/
Farm Fresh to You - https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/
Freja's Foods - http://www.frejasfoods.com/
Garden Creamery - http://gardencreamery.com/home/
Green Monday - http://greenmonday.org/
Imperfect Produce - http://www.imperfectproduce.com/home/
Lentilicious - http://www.lentilicious.com/
Mamma Chia - http://www.mammachia.com/
Meaningful Paws - http://www.meaningfulpaws.care/
Mercy for Animals - http://www.mercyforanimals.org/
Millahcayotl - http://millahcayotl.org/
Nutiva - http://www.nutiva.com/
No Worries - http://www.filipinoveganfood.com/
Nucha Empanadas - https://www.nucha-empanadas.com/
Passione Pizza - http://passionepizza.com/
Sanctuary Bistro - http://www.sanctuarybistro.com/
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society- http://www.seashepherd.org/
The Humane League - http://www.thehumaneleague.com/
Timeless Coffee Roasters - http://timelesscoffee.com/
Upton's Naturals - http://www.uptonsnaturals.com/
Veg.me - http://www.veg.me/
Vegan Publishers - http://veganpublishers.com/
Vixen Kitchen - https://www.vixenkitchen.co
2016 Speakers:
Kristie Middleton - Food Policy Director for The Humane Society of the U.S. Meatless Monday advocate.
Ruby Roth - Featured on CNN, FOX, Today, and other major media outlets, Ruby Roth is an artist and the world's leading author and illustrator of vegan and vegetarian books for children.
Milena Esherick - Senior Advisor to The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit focused on promoting plant-based and cultured alternatives to animal agriculture. She is also a clinical psychologist and Director of Counseling Psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. For over fifteen years, she has worked in a variety of community and medical settings helping people achieve healthy eating and lifestyle changes.
Seba Johnson - Seba Johnson, a vegan since birth, was only 14 when she competed in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, making her both the youngest Alpine skier in Olympic history as well as the first black female skier in Olympic history. She participated again in the 1992 Olympics in France, but in 1994, Seba declined to compete in the Lillehammer, Norway games due to the country’s commercial minke whale hunt. Always an advocate for animals, she was once disqualified from a World Cup event for her ethical objection to wearing a ski suit with a leather patch. 28 years later, Seba gives presentations nationally and internationally at VegFests, animal rights conferences, universities, social justice seminars, and public schools about her activism during and since making history.
Rose Aguilar - Host of Your Call on KALW since 2006. Rose has written for Al Jazeera English, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices we hear in the media.
David Yeung - Co-founder of Green Monday, a social venture founded in 2012 in Hong Kong that aims to tackle climate change and global food insecurity by making low‐carbon and sustainable living simple, viral and actionable. Under Green Monday Mr. Yeung launched “Green Common” – world’s first plant-based green living emporium – to introduce Food 2.0 and a revolutionized food mindset through empowering the community with sustainable, innovative, wholesome and responsible food choices.
David Carter - A UCLA grad, David was drafted into the NFL in 2011 by the Arizona Cardinals. Over the past five seasons he has also played for the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Chicago Bears. In his third season after being released from the Cowboys the physicality of the sport started taking a toll on his body. Looking for answers on how to heal his injuries David sat down to watch the documentary “Forks Over Knives.” It was then he decided surprise his vegan wife on Valentines Day with the promise to switch to a compassionate lifestyle overnight. David is now more famously known as The 300 Pound Vegan and is using his platform to be a voice for animals, the planet, and a healthy lifestyle and inspire change everywhere. He is now an international public speaker, humane educator, diversity and community expansion specialist for the non-profit organization Vegan Outreach, and an animal rights activist.
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