Harold Brown

We are so happy that Harold Brown will be speaking at VegFest!

Harold Brown, appearing in the documentary Peaceable Kingdom, The Journey Home, spent half of his life in agriculture. Growing up on a beef farm in Michigan and later working in the dairy industry, Harold has been involved in the behind-the-scenes operations of food production that uses animals.

Today Harold is an activist advocating for sustainable food production, social and environmental justice, animal liberation, and peace through non-violence.

In addition to his talk, you may also find Harold at the Animal Rights Rochester tent at other times of the festival, if you’d like to stop by and talk to him.

 

Dinner & a Movie: Speciesism and Director Mark Devries

Ticketing is now closed.

Start the VegFest celebration early with a special ticketed dinner on Friday, September 15, 2017. We’ll begin the evening in the big tent at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 5:00 pm, when you can view and bid on all of our Silent Auction items, including a Ramon Santiago print, a beautiful handmade metalwork sign by local artist, John Greico, and gift certificates to some of Rochester’s best places! Dinner will be at 6:00, created by the talented folks at The Red Fern, and finished with dessert by Happy Cakes. At 7:00, we will screen “Speciesism: The Movie”, followed by a talk by the movie’s producer and director, Mark Devries. Tickets are very limited, and can be purchased for $40 below, with proceeds going to help defray the cost of bringing some of the vegan community’s best speakers to Rochester VegFest – and many of those speakers will be at the dinner on Friday night!

Mark Devries and a Friend

  • 5 pm Arrive and silent auction
  • 6 pm Red Fern restaurant’s Buddha Bowl & Happy Cakes dessert
  • 7 pm Speciesism, the Movie
  • the director Mark Devries will give a talk afterwards

 

  • When: Friday, September 15, 2017
  • Where: the big tent on the lawn of Martin Luther King Jr. Park
  • Tickets: $40, purchase below

Buddah Bowl-Red FernBuddha Bowl is gluten free and vegan.  – organic marinated tofu, coconut brown rice, sautéd kale, roasted beets, pickled carrots & cabbage, sesame seeds, ginger garlic tamari sauce.

Happy Cakes

 

 

 

 

Happy Cakes Cupcake

 

 

 

Yoga Benefit for We Animals

We are pleased to offer you an amazing way to start your day at Rochester VegFest! Mary Barletta will be leading a very special Yoga Benefit Class from 8:00 to 9:30 on Saturday September 16. All proceeds from your $20 donation will directly benefit Jo-Anne McArthur’s We Animals Project, which documents through photography animals in the human environment. Ten lucky yogis will receive a free Coobie Yoga Bra, generously donated by our friends at Coobie. We hope to see you there!

  • When: 8:00 am – 9:30 am Saturday, September 16th
  • Where: the Lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
  • Tickets: $20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calf in distress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment

Welcome to Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment, who will have a booth at the VegFest.  They’re based in Grand Island, NY, and we’re excited that they’re coming to provide information to people about how we can help animals that live free.  Check out their projects to see how you can help.

They’ll be bringing a gift basket to our raffle lineup – thanks!

Asha Sanctuary

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!