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Rich Roll

Roll once found himself 50 pounds overweight, depressed and staring at a certain heart disease. Adopting a 100% plant-based diet, Rich resumed a fitness regimen and just two years later competed in the Ultraman World Championships.

12-1pm | Studio Theatre

Caroline Dupont – Enlighted Eating

Join Caroline, an expert on fitness, nutrition, yoga and meditation and the best-selling author of The New Enlightened Eating for a vegetarian and raw food preparation presentation

12-1pm | Lakeside Terrace

"Kirtan Yoga" by Guara Shakti Band, ISKCON

Chanting the ancient Maha Mantra, the transcendental vibration for mediation. This is an interactive form of music performance.

12-1pm | Redpath Stage

Main Street Vegan with Victoria Moran

Whether you're considering the vegan life, or you're a vegan already and wish everybody was, this funny, inspiring, and content-packed presentation will answer your questions and cheer you on.

1:30-2:30pm | Studio Theatre

Larra Skye

Skye is a singer/songwriter from Toronto. Her album of original music, The World Disappears was the #1 bestselling independent jazz album of 2006 for national retailer HMV. She’s working on the follow-up.

1:30-2:30pm | Redpath Stage

Free Vinyasa Yoga Class with Duncan

Duncan Parviainen loves yoga. His classes are accessible to all levels, light-hearted, have a pinch of yogic wisdom, and are full of strength, sweat and totally rad fun. We can't wait to have you on the mat!

1:30-2:30pm | Miss Lou’s Room

Spicy Chocolate: Luscious, Gluten-Free Chocolate Torte with Ethiopian Spices

Spicy chocolate desserts are a new classic. Terry Hope Romero will show you how to make a deep and delicious flourless chocolate torte spiked with Ethiopian spices.

2-3pm | Lakeside Terrace

Being a Joyful Vegan: Experiencing the Benefits of Living Compassionately and Healthfully

Calling on people to align their daily behaviour with their deepest values, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau empowers people to make healthful and compassionate choices in this moving talk.

3-4pm | Studio Theatre

Positive Advocating with Holly Larson & 2012 Compassion Award Presentation

In this presentation, we identify and discuss the principal benefits of being compassionate in our activism for the animals, the non-vegans, and ourselves.

3-4pm | Miss Lou’s Room

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over Toronto

Join Isa Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero and six of Toronto’s top vegan bakeries go head-to-head in a Cupcakes Wars-style battle to find the answer to the question everyone wants to know: Who makes Toronto’s best vegan cupcake?

4-5pm | Lakeside Terrace

lightsweetcrude

Raga-based mind and mood altering instrumental music.

4:30-5:30pm | Redpath Stage

The V Word: Media Representations of Vegetarian Diets

With Linda Woolven & Ted Snider. This talk looks at the media’s under- and misreporting of very recent landmark studies of vegetarianism and at what those studies really show.

4:30-5:30pm | Miss Lou’s Room

The Power of a Plant-Based Diet

John Pierre discusses why plant foods are optimal for health, fitness and well-being, how to make the plant-based diet work and how to address unique challenges and concerns that people encounter with switching to a plant-based diet.

4:30-5:30pm | Studio Theatre

Peaceable Kingdom Screening

Harold Brown will be in attendance for this special screening.

6-7:30pm | Studio Theatre

28th Annual Vegetarian Food Festival

September 9, 2012

Food

The largest of its kind in North America, the annual Vegetarian Food Festival gives you an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy a diverse cross-section of vegetarian cuisine. Discover new products and ideas from more than 100 exhibitors and enjoy a wide variety of presentations, cooking demos and music.

Whether you're looking for new ideas to add colour and variety to your meals or you're a "seasoned" vegetarian interested in expanding your knowledge of nutritious and ethical foods, this is the place for you.

For further information on the festival visit festival.veg.ca.

Click HERE for Friday's events.

Click HERE for Saturday's events.

Prices

Everyone: FREE

Sunday, September 9, 2012

12:00PM – 7:00PM

Harbourfront Centre

235 Queens Quay West

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