Texas VegFest Shows Vegetarianism a National Growing Trend

Nathan Runkle April 9, 2012

Last weekend, thousands of festival-goers gathered in Central Texas to celebrate and learn more about vegetarianism at Austin’s first-ever Texas VegFest, an uber-successful veg-foodie event that indicates plant-based eating is a growing trend. The Texas VegFest comes on the heels of Dallas’ Second Annual Texas State Veggie Fair, held in October.

MFA_TVF1.jpgThe festival featured inspiring speakers like Robert Cheeke and Dr. Micheal Greger, cooking demonstrations by the Post Punk Kitchen‘s Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, live music, and incredible vegan food, including vegan mac ‘n cheese from Mac’n Food Truck, which had traveled all the way to Austin from Miami.

TVF2.jpgMercy For Animals was thrilled to sponsor the inaugural Texas VegFest and meet so many compassionate people from all over Texas interested in spreading the word about the benefits of plant-based eating.
 
TVF3.jpgMissed us at the Texas VegFest? Visit MFA at these upcoming vegetarian food festivals:

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