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Perfectly Posh

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Welcome to Perfectly Posh, who will have a booth at Rochester VegFest!

Perfectly Posh is a skincare company that makes naturally-based products in the USA, never tests on animals, uses recyclable containers, has many vegan options, and all individual items cost under $25.

Want to experience their products at the booth first?  There will be samplers of hand cremes, facial moisturizers, and body butters.  You’ll be able to smell big Chunk bath soap bars, scrubby Snarky bars, body scrubs, skin sticks, and face masks/body muds.  They will also have individually wrapped bath bombs for sale – you can’t try them, but you can definitely smell them.  And they’ll be handing out prepackaged samples to take home.

They’re also bringing a raffle basket, and providing goodies for our SWAG bags!

Institute for Animal Happiness

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Thank you to our friends at The Institute for Animal Happiness, for donating a raffle basket and free music download cards!  The raffle basket will include some of the vegan-message items they sell.

What is the IFAH?  Rebecca says,

“We create art and opportunities that encourage joy, learning, non-speciesist dialogue and positive action for animals that is grounded in a vegan, animal rights = human rights (Intersectional) philosophy. IFAH also creates empowering and fun message-wear that helps support our animal rescue, care & advocacy efforts – and has supported the efforts of many great organizations. We also make spontaneous gifts of our merch to hard working animal rights advocates in the trenches, because we’ve been there and know that a sign of support and a warm hat in winter can be meaningful when you are outside caring for animals or leafletting in the cold.”

Among many other things, they have recorded a song, Animal Anthem.

Miyoko’s Kitchen

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Thank you to Miyoko’s Kitchen for donating coupons for our SWAG bags and a $50 gift certificate to our raffle!

Think vegans can’t have cheese?  Miyoko’s Kitchen says we can!

Their products were created by Miyoko Schinner, who embarked on a mission to recreate the range of flavors and textures she had once enjoyed from dairy cheeses before becoming vegan. Several years of experimentation culminated in the publication of her groundbreaking book, Artisan Vegan Cheese, which she hoped would inspire others to make their own.

Despite the success of the book, people frequently requested that she simply make and sell them. To satisfy this demand, she assembled a team of passionate vegans with expertise in different areas, and Miyoko’s Kitchen was born! Today, Miyoko’s Kitchen ships to all 50 States and is available in select retailers.

Asha Sanctuary

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Have you visited Asha Sanctuary yet?  Asha will be visiting Rochester, when they attend the VegFest.  We can’t wait!

Asha Sanctuary is a nonprofit that rescues, rehabilitates and provides shelter to abused farmed animals in Newfane, NY.  You can follow along on their social media with what the nonhuman residents are doing.

Thanks, Asha, for donating a gift basket to our raffle!

Rochester People’s Climate Coalition

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Welcome to RPCC, which will have a booth at VegFest!

The Rochester People’s Climate Coalition unites local organizations to address the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to a clean energy economy, and prepare for the impacts of global warming.

RPCC makes a strong connection between diet and climate change.  We are excited that they’re coming!

Jo-Anne McArthur

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Photo: Lesley Marino

We are so excited that Jo-Anne McArthur will be speaking at Vegfest!

McArthur is an award-winning photographer, author, and educator based in Toronto, Canada. Through her long-term body of work, We Animals, she has been documenting our complex relationship with animals around the globe. Since 1998, her work has taken her to over fifty countries.

McArthur’s first book, We Animals, was published in 2014. Her forthcoming book, Captive, will be published in summer 2017.

McArthur was the subject of the critically acclaimed 2013 documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine, which followed her as she documented the plight of abused and exploited animals and advocated for their rights as sentient beings.

Her newest endeavour, The Unbound Project, with co-author Dr. Keri Cronin, is a photographic project that celebrates female leaders at the forefront of animal advocacy, both contemporary and historical.

McArthur’s photography and writing has been in publications such as National Geographic and National Geographic Traveller, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, the LA Times, Elle Canada, Canadian Geographic, THIS Magazine, DAYS Japan, Helsingin Sanomat, Der Spiegel, PhotoLife magazine, PDN Online, Huffington Post, Earth Island Journal, Outdoor Photography, Feature Shoot, Alternatives Journal, Canadian Living, and Canadian Dimension. In addition, We Animals images have been used by more than 100 organizations, publishers and academics to advocate for animals.