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BVS provides education, community, outreach to advance plant-based living for animals, earth, health.

10/18/2026

Shoutout to Boston Veg Food Fest Sponsor Allie 🍦 Stop by their booth to try their unbelievably dairy-free ice cream! Who doesn’t love diary-free dessert!? 🍨

Thank you for you sponsorship Allie! 🙏

10/15/2026

Good things happen when great businesses support a great cause! 🌱 A big shoutout to our Sponsors for helping bring Boston Veg Food Fest to life. Shire’s Naturals Allie 🍦 Bootstrap Compost Loving Hut Vegan Cuisine 🌱🌎 Superieur Electrolytes PETA Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages Veggie Crust Jennifer Lee’s Bakery

🙏 We couldn’t do this without you, and we’re pretty lucky to have such awesome sponsors helping make our plant-based community more vibrant and compassionate!

10/14/2026

A huge THANK YOU to our Major Sponsors Vegan Treats, Feasty Vegan and Olivia's Organics ! 💚 You help make Boston Veg Food Fest happen, and we’re so grateful to have you on our team. Let’s hear it for the businesses making plant-based living even more delicious! 🌱

10/12/2026

Food, culture, and a delicious Afghan dessert! Come see Wheeler del Torro and Liz DiLuzio at Boston Veg Food Fest for a talk on cultural diplomacy through food and a special cooking demo. 🌎🌱

🥕Cultural Diplomacy Through Food + Cooking Demo
📆 Saturday, Oct. 17
🕝 3:30 PM
📍Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, Boston

Wheeler del Torro is a culinary anthropologist, cultural envoy, cookbook author and our cooking demo for the afternoon! Wheeler will show a traditional Afghan dessert from his newly released “The Peace Cookbook.”

Elizabeth DiLuzio brings expertise in education, public health, social work and evaluation.

They will explore the role that pant-based cuisine can play in promoting cultural exchange and understanding. Learn how shared meals support recovery and connection after conflict, and serve as instruments of diplomacy to foster global dialogue, preserve cultural heritage, and create connections across cultures, religions, and borders.

10/12/2026

Just look at these faces! ❤️ A huge thank-you to Unity Farm Sanctuary for being a Principal Sponsor of Boston Veg Food Fest and for giving rescued farm animals the love and care they deserve.

Unity Farm Sanctuary provides a loving forever home for farmed animal rescues. They are an education and community centered sanctuary and offer many programs: humane education, field trips, and volunteering to name a few. 🐖🐓

After you enjoy the Boston Veg Food Fest, they invite you to visit the Sanctuary on a Tour, have lunch at our Nirvana tea house & cafe and don’t wait to grab tickets for their public event “Celebration of the Turkeys” on November 22. 🦃

Stop by their table a the festival to find out more about the incredible impact they are making for these and so many more farmed animal rescues!

📸 1: Mike and Penny Blossom the Yorkshire Pig
📸 2: Dani and Pony Boy the Pony
📸 3: Humane Education Director Jennifer and Blackbeard the Rooster
📸 4: Wendy and Marky & Napoleon Goats

10/11/2026

Let’s talk about the power of plants! 🌱 Dr. Sandra Musial of Plant Docs 🌿 Plant Based Nutrition is joining us at Boston Veg Food Fest.

🥕 Food is Medicine: The Hidden Power of Plants
📆 Saturday, Oct. 17
🕝 2:30
📍 Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, Boston

Can what you eat really make a difference in your health? Dr. Musial is here to talk about the science behind it. A triple board-certified physician specializing in Food as Medicine, she’ll explore how everyday plant foods can influence everything from blood pressure and cholesterol to inflammation, immune function, and disease prevention.

Dr. Musial founded the nonprofit Plant Docs to help people put the power of plant-based nutrition into practice through education, cooking classes, and more.

Come learn how the food on your plate can be a powerful tool for better health! And be sure to stop by the Plant Docs table in the exhibitor room.

10/11/2026

Special thanks to Principal Sponsor Evaluation + Learning Consulting!

Founded by Wheeler del Torro and Liz DiLuzio, Evaluation + Learning Press recently published "The Peace Cookbook" by Wheeler del Torro. 📖

🎤 Wheeler and Elizabeth will present at Boston Veg Food Fest on Saturday. Oct. 17 at 3:30pm with a cooking demo of firni, a traditional Afghan dessert from the book and a short talk on cultural diplomacy through food.

🌎 Created in collaboration with the Foundation for Post Conflict Development, the book brings together recipes and stories from 10 countries, exploring how shared meals can foster connection and healing after conflict.

The book includes forewords from HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta.

Learn more at www.thepeacecookbook.com

Visit Evaluation + Learning Consulting’s table at the festival for information about the book and free spice samples!

Pic 1: The Peace Cookbook

Pic 2: Wheeler presenting the cookbook to Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, the US Ambassador for St. Kitts

Pic 3: Wheeler, Liz, and the FPCD team presenting the cookbook to President and Nobel Laureat José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste

Pic 4: Wheeler presenting the cookbook to Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine of Serbia

10/10/2026

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Irana Hawkins to Boston Veg Food Fest! 🌱

🥕 12:30 PM, Saturday, Oct. 17th
In Service to Nature with Nutrition

Dr. Hawkins is an internationally recognized registered dietitian and planetary health specialist who explores the connection between what we eat and the health of our planet.

Her talk will look at how plant-based nutrition, native plants, biodiversity, and traditional wisdom can help build a healthier, more sustainable future for all living beings.

Stick around for a Q&A and book signing, AND visit her Nature’s Dietitian table in the exhibitor room to chat about native plants, composting, soil health, beneficial insects, and more!

📍 Boston Veg Food Fest
📍 Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, Boston
🗓️ Saturday, October 17
🕚 12:30 PM

👉 Link in bio for our full speaker lineup!

10/10/2026

🌱 We’re so happy to have OM Botanical on board as a Principal Sponsor! Thanks for helping make Boston Veg Food Fest possible and for supporting our plant-based community.

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Formulated with 4,500mg of Dead Sea magnesium chloride per ounce and enriched with nourishing aloe vera, shea butter, and mango butter, it calms muscle tension without any sting or itch.

🧴 100% plant-based, vegan, and clean. Yuka rating 98/100. Apply before bed to calm your mind, relax your muscles, and enjoy deep sleep!

Stop by the OM Botanical booth and get yours today or get it at www.ombotantical.com

10/08/2026

📸 We’re so excited to welcome Jo-Anne McArthur to Boston Veg Food Fest!

Jo-Anne is an award-winning photojournalist, founder of We Animals , and the author of “We Animals”, “Captive” and “HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene”. Her work has taken her around the world documenting animals and our complicated relationship with them.

At 11:30 AM, Jo-Anne will take us behind the lens with “Seeing Animals: The Evolving Role of Photojournalism in Advocacy & Culture Change.”

Through powerful images and stories from We Animals photographers around the world, she’ll explore how photography can help us see animals differently, inspire empathy, and create real change.

And there’s more! Jo-Anne will stick around after her talk for a Q&A and book signing. 📚

Coming all the way from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 — we’re pretty excited to have her here!

📍 Boston Veg Food Fest
🗓️ Saturday, October 17
🕚 11:30 AM

Full list of this year's speakers at: https://bostonveg.org/foodfest/speakers/

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