Schedule for SF Veg Society Celebration of World Vegetarian Day

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends ~

 

Here's the latest schedule. Something for everyone! Please take advantage of

this upbeat event to introduce friends, family members, and co-workers to

vegetarianism.

 

Best regards,

Alka

 

San Francisco Vegetarian Society

World Vegetarian Day: Celebration 2002

Sunday, October 13, 2002, 10 am - 4:30 pm

Fort Mason Center, San Francisco

 

 

Bay Room (Building A)

Videos & Lectures

 

10:30 - 10:50 Devour the Earth

Narrated by one of today's most famous vegetarians, Paul McCartney, this video

explores the relationship between our diet and environmental sustainability.

Rainforest destruction, global warming and water pollution are just three of the

environmental impacts linked to meat production in this

powerful film.

 

11:00 - 11:20 Food without Fear

This award winning film looks at all the vital issues surrounding vegetarianism

including the way animals are reared; the effect meat has on our health, the

environment and the Third World; and where vegetarians can obtain all the

nutrients they need.

 

11:30 - 12:15 The Witness

This deeply moving documentary recounts the personal journey of activist Eddie

Lama as he changes from an ordinary construction contractor raised in a violent

Brooklyn neighborhood to one of the most compassionate and dedicated voices for

the animals.

 

12:30 - 12:55 Undercover Investigations - Videos from Behind-the-Scenes

Viva! USA (Vegans International Voices for Animals)

Ducks Out of Water * When Pigs Cry * Meet the Real Dairy Producers * Killing for

Kicks: Kangaroo Leather

Go behind the scenes with Lauren Ornelas, as she reveals what you don't see in

advertisements for meat, dairy and eggs.

 

1:00 - 1:23 Silent Suffering: An Investigation and Rescue at Ohio's Largest Egg

Factory Farms

Accompany animal advocates with Mercy for Animals as they rescue 34 sick,

injured, and dying hens from Buckeye Egg Farm and Daylay, Inc.

 

1:25 - 2:25 A Diet for All Reasons

In this powerful one hour presentation, Dr.Michael Klaper demonstrates how the

foods we eat can either support our health or contribute to disease. Logical,

scientific, easy to understand and compelling.

 

2:30 - 2:43 Life Behind Bars

Narrated by Mary Tyler Moore, this video produced by Farm Sanctuary documents

the acute animal suffering caused by extreme confinement on mechanized farms,

providing a rare first-hand look inside factory farm warehouses and exposing the

brutal conditions that agribusiness wants to keep hidden from

public view.

 

2:45 - 4:30 David Blume

(Talk/Workshop) Organic Farmer

" Living Organically "

 

 

Golden Gate Room (Building A)

Exhibit Hall - Vendors & Non-Profits

 

 

Marina Room (Building A)

Cooking Demos & Talks

 

10:15 - 11:15 Lauren Ornelas

(Talk) Director, Viva!USA (Vegans International Voices for Animals)

" Investigations and Campaigns for Farmed Animals "

 

11:30 - 1:00 Kay Bushnell

(Cooking Demo) " Easy Vegan Cooking "

 

1:30 - 2:30 Erhhung Yuan

(Cooking Demo) " Chinese Cooking: Vegetarian Style! "

 

3:00 - 4:00 Keith Akers

(Talk) Author, The Lost Religion of Jesus and The Vegetarian Sourcebook

" Vegetarianism and World Religions "

 

 

Gate House

Raw Demos & Talks

 

10:30 - 11:30 Jack Norris

(Talk) Founder & Director, Vegan Outreach

Editor, Making Sense of Vegan Nutrition Research

" Latest scientific research on a vegetarian diet: Benefits and modifications

to maximize your health "

 

11:45 - 12:45 Shanta Sacharaoff

(Cooking Demo) " Indian Cuisine "

 

1:15 - 2:15 Emily Toback & Robert Angell

(Talk & Demo) " Delicious Raw "

 

2:45- 3:45 Jordan Rothstein

(Talk & Demo) " Raw Foods: Why & How "

 

4:00 - 5:00 Anusha Amen-Ra

(Talk) " How to Detoxify the Body "

 

 

Room 362 (Building C)

Talks

 

12:15 - 1:15 Bruce Friedrich

(Talk) Director of Vegan Outreach, PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of

Animals)

" Factory Farming and You: How factory farming is destroying our ecosystem,

harming our health, and abusing animals "

 

1:30 - 2:30 John Robbins

(Talk) Author, Food Revolution and Diet for a New America

" The Food Revolution: Eating in the 21st Century "

 

3:15 - 4:15 Dr. John McDougall

(Talk) Founder & Medical Director, McDougall Plan

Author, The McDougall Plan: 12 Days to Dynamic Health, The McDougall Program

for Maximum Weight Loss, and The McDougall Program for Women

" Eating Slim "

 

 

Room 260 (Building C)

Café International: Food & Entertainment

 

10:00 - 11:00 Rob Schaaf & his Sensual Sax

 

11:15 - 11:45 Lorraine Bowser & the Children of the Congo

 

12:00 - 1:00 Jimmy Efird & the Nightingales

 

1:15 - 1:45 Wayne Huey of the Red Panda Acrobats

 

2:00 - 3:00 Bamboosical Musical