Tag: Vegfest

Charlotte VegFest 2022 – UPDATE

Charlotte VegFest 2022 is right around the corner (Saturday, September 17th) and we are getting SO excited! Hopefully you are following along on the official Facebook and Instagram pages, but in case you missed something, here’s the news from this week. (If you missed the first installment, where I answered a lot of common questions,… Read More ›

Everything You Need To Know About CHARLOTTE VEGFEST 2022! (So Far!)

I am PSYCHED to be part of the Charlotte VegFest team this year as Social Media Manager! It has been a very uplifting and exciting experience to work with people who are similarly passionate and enthused about animals, health, and the environment. Hopefully, if you are living in or around Charlotte, NC, you are already… Read More ›

Third Annual Charlotte VegFest 2014!!!

Saturday, May 17th, was the Third Annual Charlotte VegFest! It was also my third year attending. The first year I helped out at the Chelly’s Cakes ‘N Pastries booth. The second year I could be found at the booth for Keep Charlotte Boring (another blog I write for). This year, however, I attended as just part… Read More ›

Charlotte’s First Annual Vegfest 2012 – A Look Back

In less than a month, Charlotte, NC – city of bankers, baptists, and BBQs – will celebrate its Second Annual Vegfest! Thanks largely to the efforts of new organizer Curt Albright, Charlotte VegFest 2013 promises to be radically different from 2012. Charlotte Vegfest 2012 was held in the back parking lot of Eco-Licious; Charlotte VegFest 2013… Read More ›

Chelly’s Cakes-n-Pastries

2012 has been a milestone year for Charlotte vegans and vegetarians! From Charlotte’s first Vegfest … to the opening of Bean, Charlotte’s first sit-down vegan restaurant and all-vegan bar … to the launch of Chelly’s Cakes-n-Pastries, it’s been quite a year! Chelly’s Cakes-n-Pastries has particularly taken the area by storm. The wholesale vegan bakery’s Launch… Read More ›

Introduction

It doesn’t matter why I originally went veg about 20 year ago – it only matters that I did. And at that time, Charlotte was one of the worst cities to attempt to go veg in. It wasn’t just that it was the height of the Atkins diet revival, when protein was good and carbs… Read More ›