Some People and Events Veggies Should Know About

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Some People and Events Veggies Should Know About

 

We focus first on three great veggie pioneers:

 

Fannie Schaffer creator of The Vegetarian Hotel in Woodridge, NY

The late Fannie Schaffer founded The Vegetarian Hotel in Woodridge,

New York in the Sullivan County Catskill Mountains in 1920. The

Vegetarian Hotel thrived under her leadership, and later under her

son, Verbie Konviser's leadership, through the early 1980s. A

remarkable achievement, which spanned generations of vegetarians. I

have many fond memories of fine visits to The Vegetarian Hotel. I

wish

it were still there. If anyone has a story to share about The

Vegetarian Hotel I would love to read it.

 

 

H. Jay Dinshah Fond Memories

I first met the late H. Jay Dinshah in 1972. We were to work

together on a variety of projects as time went on including the

memorable 1975 World Vegetarian Congress in Orono, Maine. You can

read more about the late H. Jay Dinshah and his work at :

http://www.americanvegan.org/history.htm

 

 

Marcia Pearson Vegan Activist

and fortunately still among the living. Though many of the great

vegan

activist pioneers have passed away, Marcia Pearson is still with us.

I first met Marcia Pearson at the 1976 North American Vegetarian

Congress in Ithaca, New York. Marcia Pearson was listed among the

speakers at THE INTERNATIONAL VEGAN FESTIVAL which was held at San

Diego State University, San Diego, California