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The Eugene VeganFest is a celebration of compassionate and sustainable living with fantastic food, innovative vendors, and inspiring speakers.

10/15/2026

MUSIC BONUS on this episode! Join Hope for a wonderful conversation with vegan musician and Eugene VeganFest performer, Brent Ratkovich. A singer and guitarist, Brent has recently been focused on a recording project that will produce three animal rights, vegan themed songs. They will be released as an EP called Three to Set Them Free in October of 2026. Listen and enjoy two of Brent’s new songs on this episode!

Brent shares the challenges of writing vegan themed lyrics and his inspiration and process to create animal freedom songs. He also talks about activist burnout and the importance of finding balance and even joy in your life. He and Hope discuss how music and art can help us create the world we want to see, adding emotion and humane creativity to messaging.

LISTEN AND SHARE: https://hopefortheanimalspodcast.org/episode-144-helping-animals-finding-balance-with-brent-ratkovich/

09/24/2026

THIS SATURDAY! If you can make it down to Santa Rosa, California, check out this exciting day of with so much to experience at the Sonoma County VegFest! Dozens of vendors, nonprofits and animal rescues, speakers and an incredible food court. Come enjoy community conection and in-person, meaningful moments.

This Saturday, September 26 from 10 - 3 at the Santa Rosa Veterans Budiling.

Get your tickets today for faster entry! https://compassionate-living.networkforgood.com/events/103847-sonoma-county-vegfest-2026

09/17/2026

Get your tickets for a mixed media variety show all about kindness and compassion! There will be music, poetry, art and entertainment for all ages, all benefiting Blue Barn Farm Animal Sanctuary, Saturday, September 26 at Drop Bear Brewery.

Tickets are limited so get yours today: https://donorbox.org/events/946152/steps/choose_tickets

09/16/2026

On this episode of the Hope for the Animals Podcast, Jack Gescheidt talks about connecting the protection of wild animals and places to a vegan ethic of nonviolence.

Jack and Hope talk about the program of killing half a million Barred Owls to supposedly “save” the Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest and what “invasive species” really means. They also talk about the problems with grass-fed animal products, rotational grazing, and how these forms of animal agriculture use extensive land and fencing that disrupt migratory animals. They share the importance of having reverence and love for nature and an ethos of protection and not destruction.

Listen and share this episode: https://hopefortheanimalspodcast.org/episode-143-owls-cows-duplicity-and-deception-with-jack-gescheidt/

09/02/2026

Calling all caring young people! Check out this FREE virtual YOUTH FOR ANIMALS Summit on Saturday, September 19. Better Life for Animals is partnering with Danielle Hanosh and LEAP to show young people the many ways they can turn their love for animals into meaningful action. It's a great line up of speakers with Cheryl Moss hosting and Dr. Crystal Heath, Britty Mann and more!

Register today: https://betterlifeforanimals.com/blfa-leap-2026/

08/25/2026

We are getting excited for the Northwest VegFest THIS WEEKEND! There's a great line up of films at the VegFest along with fantastic food, speakers, vendors and more. It's worth the drive up to Portland! 🐓💜🤩

08/23/2026

Our VR goggle vegan outreach at the Eugene Saturday Market was awesome! We had 12 people watch the videos, up from 9 last time. We had a lot of young people watching, including a very young girl (maybe 12?) watching with her Dad’s permission and she had no idea that bacon “came from” a pig. While watching the video she asked “why are they killing the pig?” and her Dad was honest and said, “That’s where our bacon and ham come from.”

We had another woman end the dairy cow video in tears and pretty shaken. Hope sat with her and told her that she had the same reaction to the VR experience 10 years ago (true story) and that’s why we are vegan so we know that we're not complacent or causing any harm. There are so many terrible things happening in the world, but this is one thing that we can actively do something about every day.

Such an FANTASTIC and rewarding experience. 🐓💜 This event was a collaboration between Eugene VeganFest, Compassionate Living, and Animal Compassion Eugene (ACE).

08/15/2026

We're so excited for the Northwest VegFest to return to the Portland area! They have 2 days of speakers, vendors, food, films, and fun to explore. You can pre-buy tickets or get them at the door. Hope to see you there!!

https://nwveg.org/vegfest

08/01/2026

Meet Peanut: Artificial Intelligence for Vegan Encouragement! Jeannie Walter is a retired librarian, longtime animal advocate, and the creator of Peanut the pig, a vegan AI coach. Peanut uses warmth, humor, and a distinct personality to help people take meaningful steps toward eating more plants.

In the interview, Jeannie talks about the importance of embracing new technologies to assist in our animal advocacy outreach. She and Hope also discuss the concerns and challenges of Artificial Intelligence, the possibilities of AI sentience, and how this could potentially support animal advocacy.

Listen and share: https://hopefortheanimalspodcast.org/episode-140-can-artificial-intelligence-help-animals-with-jeannie-walter/

07/19/2026

Volunteers with Compassionate Living, the Eugene VeganFest, and Animal Compassion Eugene showed VR video of the reality of animal farming at the Saturday Market in Eugene. We had 9 people watch the videos! They could choose between a virtual reality video of the chicken, pig, or cow dairy industry. All who participated were not vegan and two vegetarians watched the cow dairy video.

We also had some great conversations and connections with folks that didn't choose to watch the video, but wanted to chat. It was overall such a receptive and positive experience! We'll be doing it again in August, get in touch if you would like to help.

Thanks to Brent for providing the VR goggles, and Lindsey, Trish, and Zay for helping throughout the day.

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2690 Willamette Street
Eugene, OR
97405

Website

http://www.eugeneveganfest.org/

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