..from around the world...

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hello, this festival is certainly a great effort! put on in a small city,

this is the effort of the maine animal coalition. good on these people

bringing it on... and everybody else... in every role...

 

i wonder where around us, an i love animals festival could be held, like

in grey lynn park, on new years day? he he.. with funky stuff... bands,

stalls, sponsors, movies, vegan foods, oh dream on... it's really early in

the morning and still dark... and this stuff takes an organization of

efficient, team work.... and a lotta work... not dreams... well... i'll

sleep on that...

 

the message really is eat more proper foods! ;-) this alone would save

billions of creatures from death and torture. hence the..Vegetarian Food

Festival: MAC's Fourth Annual Vegetarian Food Festival.

 

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Maine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine>. It is the county

seat<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_seat>of Cumberland

County <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_County%2C_Maine>. The city

population was 64,249 as of the 2000 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000>

Census <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau>, and

estimated at 63,011 as of the 2006 Census

Bureau<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau>estimate.

The Maine Animal Coalition is hosting their 4th annual Portland Vegetarian

Festival, here's the details..

 

Vegetarian Food Festival: MAC's Fourth Annual Vegetarian Food Festival

 

Join us for MAC's Fourth Annual Vegetarian Food Festival. The festival will

consist of vegan food samples, guest speakers, exhibitors, displays, vegan

product samples, a raffle and more. Additional details will be posted as

they become available. For a taste of what's to come, check out the article

and pictures from our Third Annual Vegetarian Food Festival.

 

DATE: Saturday, June 21, 2008

LOCATION: Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine,

88 Bedford Street, Portland, Maine

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Food, Exhibitors & Displays

Noon - Cathi DiCocco, Outfitting Your Vegetarian Kitchen

2:00 p.m. - Raffle Drawing

2:30 p.m. - Paul Shapiro, Advances for Farm Animals: How and Why We're

Winning

 

FOOD & SAMPLES:

 

The Pepper Club Restaurant, located in downtown Portland, will be catering

vegan food samples again this year. Some of our exhibitors will also be

providing free food samples, and we'll be serving samples of vegan food and

products donated by Betty Lou's Inc. (organic vegan nut balls), Primal

Spirit Foods (Primal Sticks), Larabar, Crispy Cat Candy Bars, Galaxy Foods

(Rice Dream and vegan parmesan), Road's End Chreese, Jason Natural Products,

Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, and Sequel Naturals (Vega Whole Food Meal

Replacement).

 

EXHIBITORS:

 

Exhibitors at the festival include Maine Animal Coalition, Green Elephant

Vegetarian Restaurant, Ployes, Cafe Miranda, Maine Friends of Animals, Farm

Sanctuary, the Humane Society of the United States, People for the Ethical

Treatment of Animals, The Word - The Universal Spirit, and a Vegan Cooking

Information table.

 

SPEAKERS:

 

Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of the Factory Farming Campaign,

The Humane Society of the United States

Advances for Farm Animals: How and Why We're Winning

For decades, the plight of farm animals in the United States has steadily

grown worse. Yet the first few years of the 21st Century have seen historic

strides against factory farming that few would have imagined just a decade

ago. Long-time farm animal campaigner paul Shapiro will discuss some of the

most important victories for farm animals and how to make even more

progress.

 

As Senior Director of the HSUS's Factory Farming Campaign, Paul has

spearheaded numerous successful campaigns to improve the plight of farm

animals, most notably several campaigns to persuade retailers to stop

selling battery cage eggs. Paul is also the founder and former campaigns

director for Compassion Over Killing, where he helped lead campaigns such as

the successful effort to end the use of the misleading " Animal Care

Certified " logo on battery cage egg cartons nationwide. At Compassion Over

Killing, he worked also as a farm animal cruelty investigator, primarily

documenting conditions on egg and broiler factory farms, livestock auctions

and slaughter plants. Paul has been interviewed by dozens of media outlets,

including The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, USA

Today, Fox New Channel and CNN. He has published dozens of articles about

animal welfare in publications ranging from daily newspapers to academic

journals. He received a bachelor's degree in peace studies from George

Washington University.

 

Cathi DiCocco, Chef/Owner of Cafe Di Cocoa-Food for the Soul and Di Cocoa's

Market-Bakery in Bethel, Maine

Outfitting Your Vegetarian Kitchen

Cathi's passion for food began long ago. She was practically raised in the

kitchen of her Dad's Italian restaurant and has been a " foodie " ever since.

Graduating from Florida State University, she earned a degree in Vocational

Home Economics Education. Rather than return to the classroom, Cathi became

a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica and worked with the Ministry of

Agriculture as an extension agent. Teaching nutrition in another culture

brought awareness to the importance of food education. Her Fearless!!

Natural Foods Cooking Classes were well received in the Adult Education

community. Cathi traveled throughout New England presenting " Healty Eating "

workshops for child care providers. It gave her an opportunity to teach

those who influence children's eating habits. She provided food and

education for John Robbins' Y.E.S. camps (Youth for Environmental Sanity) in

Maine and Maryland. Boston Vegetarian Society invited Cathi along wtih

chef/author Didi Emmons and Ken Bergeron to appear as " Iron Chefs in the

Raw " at their annual Foodfest. For many years Cathi did cooking

demonstrations at the North American Vegetarian Society's Summerfest in

Pennsylvania. She was featured as guest chef in five episodes of Delicious

TV's-Totally Vegetarian cooking show that continues to be broadcast

nationwide on PBS. In her ongoing quest for knowledge and inspiration, Cathi

attended The Vegetarian Awakening Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan in

2006. She was invited back the following year to present a cooking

demonstration. The Cancer Project, a nonprofit organization advancing cancer

prevention and survival through nutrition education and research, located in

Washington, DC enlisted Cathi in 2007 to be a Food for Life Instructor for

the State of Maine. " Cafe Di Cocoa-Food for the Soul, " a 28 seat vegetarian

restaurant located on Main Street in a Victorian farmouse, opened in Bethel,

Maine in 1996. The cafe plays host to the feeding and education of

multitudes of people through food tasting workshops, " Gentle Dining " dinner

parties, in-house cooking classes, community soup kitchen, and most recently

the Summer Cooking Camp for Kids. Plans continue for the cooking school and

education center.

 

MAJOR SPONSORS:

 

Betty Lou's

 

Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro

 

Vega

 

SPONSORS:

 

Bumble Bar

 

Crispy Cat Candy Bars

 

Delicious TV

 

The Humane Society of the United States

 

Follow Your Heart

 

LARABAR

 

Maine Coast Sea Vegetables

 

The Pepper Club Restaurant

 

Ployes

 

Primal Spirit Foods

 

Road's End Chreese

 

The Word - The Universal Spirit

 

THANKS TO OUR DONORS:

 

Aubrey Organics

Chris McClay

Delicious TV

The Humane Society of the United States

Galaxy Foods

Hi Bombay

Jason Natural Products

Jennifer Breyer

Kiss My Face

Liz Lovely Cookies

Maine Coast Sea Vegetables

Maine Friends of Animals

Mesa Verde Mexican Restaurant

Morning Glory Natural Foods

O'Naturals

Pangea

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Robin Watts & Taylor Fawns

V-dogfood, LLC

Vegan Essentials

VegNews Magazine

 

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