Best Selling Vegan Products
Here's an interesting opportunity for vegan outreach. Compassion4Animals is organizing a world-wide vegan bake sale. From June 20th to June 28th various vegan groups will hold bake sales. This purpose is to show the general public that vegan baked goods can be just as tasty (or more) as those baked goods prepared with animal products. Jane loves to bake, and since it's just the two of us at home, I often bring things in to work with me. At first, if I mentioned they were vegan goodies, people would pass them up. If I didn't mention it, they would gobble things up and ask for more. Then I'd say, oh those were vegan muffins, and people would be incredulous. Now, everyone knows they're vegan goodies, and everyone knows they taste great.
So I think this bake sale can do wonders. You can find more details at WorldWide Vegan Bake Sale.com.
If you are planning on doing some baking, but aren't sure what to make, we recommend the vegan brownies and vegan banana nut chip muffins from The Joy of Vegan Baking
. And apple pie is always an easy sale. These are the three desserts Jane makes most frequently.
If you can't or don't want to organize an event, but do want to participate, here's where the bakes sales are scheduled. This page will continue to be updated as more events are scheduled, so keep checking back to find something in your area. Or get together with your vegan friends and hold a bake sale of your own. Don't forget to register!
Best Selling Vegan Products
When we first went vegan it seemed like the Portland/Seattle region was the vegan version of Mecca. It seemed like a pilgrimage was in order. If we'd been around last week, we might have noticed that Seattle is hosting Vegfest this weekend at the Seattle Center's Exhibition Hall. Vegfest is being sponsored by Vegetarians of Washington. The festival runs this weekend and cost is $7 for admission. They'll have food samples from over 200 vendors. Products will be available for sale including food and books. There will also be speakers and cooking demonstrations from celebrities in the veg*n community. Some of the topics they'll be covering:
- Nutrition for a healthy heart
- Distance yourself from diabetes, and
- Cancer prevention
All topics near and dear to my heart!
According to the Vegfest site, the purpose of the festival is:
Many people recognize the health and other benefits of vegetarian food choices, but they are not sure what to eat, what to buy and how to cook it. This festival provides all the support that people need, and it's fun too. With free health screenings, books and lots of food, there's something for everyone. There’s even a special kids section where kids can learn about healthy food while having fun, with clowns, face painting and more.
Jane and I still haven't made it to Oregon or Washington. But we have the Frommer's guide to the Pacific Northwest sitting on my nightstand. One day... Maybe even this year! Or perhaps we'll try to attend next year's Vegfest.
Best Selling Vegan Products
I haven't written much about happenings in the vegan community recently. Jane and I have been pretty busy over the last 3 months, and football takes up a large part of my weekends during the season. I'm such a fan that whenever we're invited to something on a Sunday (during football season), Jane will often decline, telling the host/ess "Lane attends the church of the NFL on Sundays." Well, football is almost done, so that means we're looking at things to fill up our weekends.
Anyway, here's the first green event of the season... If you're going to be in the Pasadena, CA area on Saturday, you may want to stop by the first annual Neighborhood Green Fair which will be held at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91103. The event takes place from 10am to 4pm.
It sounds like it will be a fun day. There will be live music all day long. There will also be movies and children's activities. For adults, there will be displays, films, lectures, and entertainment, which will showcase innovative green products and services. There will also be "healthy" food available. I'm wondering if that includes vegan fare. Since this is a "green" festival I would hope that veganism will be touched upon at the least, but I expect that the focus will more likely be local foods.
If nothing else, Jane hopes to pick up some drought tolerant plants at the fair. They'll be selling them there, and it looks like we might be facing water restrictions again this year.
Best Selling Vegan Products
World Vegan Day is this Saturday, November 1st. How are you planning on celebrating? We're having a few friends over (omnivores), and feeding them vegan food. They are aware that they'll be eating vegan, and are game to try. Jane hasn't settled on a menu yet. But I'm sure she'll make something wonderful.
Here are a few links to World Vegan Day Celebrations around the globe:
There are a number of small events going on locally, so make sure to check out your local vegan groups and your papers or internet listings too.
And, sorry we missed it, but the Aussies celebrated early: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide - World Vegan Day.
If you can't find anything scheduled in your neck of the woods, you can do as we're doing and feed a few of your omnivorous friends/family some delicious vegan fare!
