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Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society
New England Veg Groups
Northeastern CT Vegetarian Society
New Haven Vegan Meetup Group
Boston Vegetarian Society
Worcester Vegan MeetUp & EatUp
Salem Vegan Society
Valley Vegan Society
NCVS Directions
Resources
The Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society seeks to advocate a
compassionate and healthful diet. They wish to provide support to vegetarians by building a community for them and all those interested in the benefits of vegetarianism.
Monthly Vegan Potlucks featuring a speaker
are held at Unity Church, 919 Ellington Road (Route 30),
South Windsor, CT
Upcoming Meetings/Events
AUGUST VEGETARIAN/VEGAN
EVENTS
NCVS EVENT - AUGUST 17
August 17, Sunday, 11:00 AM
Northern
Connecticut Vegetarian Society vegan picnic and beach day at Sunrise Park,
2075 Mountain Road (Route 168), West
Suffield, CT.
Musically-inclined people are encouraged to come and entertain us with
their music.
Dogs and children are
welcome. Dogs have their own swimming area! Bring a healthy vegan
dish or juice to share along with a note card listing your ingredients.
Also, please bring your place setting (plate,
cup, and utensils). A donation would be appreciated.
September 28,
Sunday, 5 PM
NCVS
potluck with World Known Vegan Chef Ken Bergeron as the featured
demonstrator. Ken
will show us how to make vegan raw sushi and other vegan delights which are
simple for us to make. Ken has supervised the service of
6,000 vegan meals at the North American Vegetarian Summerfest . Bring
a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note
card listing your
ingredients and your name. Also, please bring your place setting (plate,
cup, and utensils). A donation of $10 per adult is requested. Unity
Church, 919 Ellington Road (Route 30), South Windsor, CT is the location for
this event. For more information, call Harry
at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at
joycegre@aol.com.
November 16,
Sunday, 5 PM NCVS
potluck with Vegan Chef Maribeth Abrams. She will demonstrate healthy
vegan recipes for
Thanksgiving.
Maribeth is a Certified Nutritional Consultant and Cooking Instructor who
see clients and teaches at Monaco Center for Health & Healing in
Glastonbury, CT. She is the author of Tofu 1-2-3 and 4-Ingredient
Wonders. Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note
card listing your ingredients and your name.
Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils). A
donation of $10 per adult is requested. Unity Church, 919 Ellington Road
(Route 30), South Windsor, CT is the location for this event. For more
information, call Harry at 860-623-8082 or
email Harry at
joycegre@aol.com.
December 14,
Sunday, 5 PM
NCVS
potluck with Zaac Chaves
who is an uber-environmentalist known for his long-distance biking, freegan
antics, wild mushroom knowledge, couch surfing, and home-made tire shoes.
He has bicycled down to Florida and up to Canada. Zaac will be
discussing long-distance riding on a vegan diet, and how it not only relates
to other cruelty-free practices(such as those strategies outlined on
freegan.info), but how these are all encompassing a single practice of both
a cruelty-free and fufilling lifestyle. This will be a discussion
style presentation for all willing attendees to contribute to. Bring
a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note
card listing your
ingredients and your name. Also, please bring your place setting (plate,
cup, and utensils). A donation of $10 per adult is requested. Unity
Church, 919 Ellington Road (Route 30), South Windsor, CT is the location for
this event. For more information, call Harry
at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at
joycegre@aol.com.
EVENTS FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS
Thursdays from August
14
To October 2 , 3-7 PM
Simsbury
Farmers' Market with fresh local produce will be held at Simsbury Square,
540 Hopmeadow Street (Route 10), Simsbury, CT. For more information,
see www.simsburyfarmmarket.com.
August 16, Saturday, 2 PM
Western
Mass/Northern CT Raw Food Meetup Group will meet at Groff Park, 72 Mill
Lane, Amherst, MA. For more information, call Theodore at (413)
387-0026 or see http://rawfood.meetup.com/447
to verify.
August 17, Sunday, 11:00 AM Northern
Connecticut Vegetarian Society vegan picnic and beach day at Sunrise Park,
2075 Mountain Road (Route 168), West
Suffield, CT.
Musically-inclined people are encouraged to come and entertain us with
their music.
Dogs and children are
welcome. Dogs have their own swimming area! Bring a healthy vegan
dish or juice to share along with a note card listing your ingredients.
Also, please bring your place setting (plate,
cup, and utensils). A donation would be appreciated.
August 17, Sunday, 4 PM
Boston
Vegetarian Society will have Origami Workshop and Vegan Buffet Dinner at
Grasshopper, 1 North Beacon Street, Allston (Boston), MA.
For more information, see
www.BostonVeg.org or call Evelyn Kimber at (617) 424-8846.
September 7, Sunday, 11
AM
Worcester
Vegan Meetup will work at Maple Farm Sanctuary, 101 North Avenue, Mendon, MA
and then have potluck lunch. For more
information, see
http://vegan.meetup.com/365 or call
Organizer
Stephen Dunne
at (508) 410-3172.
September 13, Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM New
York's Capital Region Vegetarian Expo at Saratoga Springs City Center, 522
Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY will have top experts on health, nutrition,
animal concerns, and green living. Admission, parking, and food
samples are free. For more information, see
http://www.nyvegetarianexpo.org/
.
September 14, Sunday,
5:30 PM
Valley
Vegan Group will have its Potluck at Evolution Cafe, 12 Chestnut Street,
Florence, MA.
Bring a vegan
dish to share at the potluck. The telephone number of Evolution Cafe is 413-586-0200. $2
donation requested.
For reservations or for more
information, see
http://vegan.meetup.com/163
.
September 15 thru
October 6,
6-8 PM
Food
For Life Nutrition and Cooking Class for Cancer Prevention and Survival will
be held at First United Methodist Church, 21 Fern Drive, Torrington, CT.
The fee for the 4 classes is $50. To register, call Larry Singnano
at 860-482-1869. The class schedule is:
9/15/08: Fuel Up on Low-Fat Foods/Favor Fiber
9/22/08: Discover Dairy
Alternatives/Replace Meat
9/29/08: Plan Healthy
Meals/Antioxidants & Phytochemicals
10/6/08: Immune-Boosting
Foods/Maintain a Healthy Weight
September 21, Sunday, 4 PM
Boston
Vegetarian Society will have Dr. Brian Clement of Hippocrates Health
Institute as speaker and Vegan Buffet Dinner at
Grasshopper, 1 North Beacon Street, Allston (Boston), MA.
Dr. Clement will
explore 50 years of clinical research on disease prevention, life
extension, and natural anti-aging. For more information, see
www.BostonVeg.org or call Evelyn Kimber at (617) 424-8846.
September 28, Sunday, 5 PM
NCVS
potluck with World Known Vegan Chef Ken Bergeron as the featured
demonstrator. Ken will show us
how to make vegan raw sushi and other vegan delights which are simple for us
to make.
Ken
has supervised the service of 6,000 vegan meals at the North American
Vegetarian Summerfest . Bring a healthy vegan dish to share
along with a note
card listing your ingredients and your name.
Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils). A
donation of $10 per adult is requested. Unity Church, 919 Ellington Road
(Route 30), South Windsor, CT is the location for this event. For more
information, call Harry at 860-623-8082 or
email Harry at
joycegre@aol.com.
October 14 thru November 18, 6-8 PM
Food
For Life Nutrition and Cooking Class for Cancer Prevention and Survival will
be held at Bristol Library, 5 High Street, Bristol, CT.
The fee for the 6 classes is $90. To register, call Greater Bristol
Chamber of Commerce at 860-584-4718. The class
schedule is:
10/14/08:
Fuel Up on Low-Fat Foods
10/21/08: Favor
Fiber
10/28/08: Discover
Dairy Alternatives/Replace Meat
11/04/08: Plan
Healthy Meals
11/12/08:
Antioxidants, Phytochemicals, Immune-Boosting
Foods
11/18/08: Maintain
a Healthy Weight
November 1, Saturday
Boston
Vegetarian Society's 13th Annual Boston Vegetarian Conference
For more information, see
www.BostonVeg.org or call Evelyn Kimber at (617) 424-8846.
November 16,
Sunday, 5 PM NCVS
potluck with Vegan Chef Maribeth Abrams. She will demonstrate healthy
vegan recipes for
Thanksgiving. Maribeth is a
Certified Nutritional Consultant and Cooking Instructor who see clients and
teaches at Monaco Center for Health & Healing in Glastonbury, CT. She is
the author of Tofu 1-2-3 and 4-Ingredient Wonders. Bring a healthy vegan
dish to share along with a note card listing
your ingredients and your name. Also, please bring your place setting
(plate, cup, and utensils). A donation of $10 per adult is requested.
Unity Church, 919 Ellington Road (Route 30), South Windsor, CT is the
location for this event. For more information,
call Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at
joycegre@aol.com.
December 14,
Sunday, 5 PM
NCVS
potluck with Zaac Chaves
who is an uber-environmentalist known for his long-distance biking, freegan
antics, wild mushroom knowledge, couch surfing, and home-made tire shoes.
He has bicycled down to Florida and up to Canada. Zaac will be
discussing long-distance riding on a vegan diet, and how it not only relates
to other cruelty-free practices(such as those strategies outlined on
freegan.info), but how these are all encompassing a single practice of both
a cruelty-free and fufilling lifestyle. This will be a discussion
style presentation for all willing attendees to contribute to. Bring
a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note
card listing your
ingredients and your name. Also, please bring your place setting (plate,
cup, and utensils). A donation of $10 per adult is requested. Unity
Church, 919 Ellington Road (Route 30), South Windsor, CT is the location for
this event. For more information, call Harry
at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at
joycegre@aol.com.
Note: All events take place at 5:00pm at Unity Church, 919 Ellington Road
(Route 30), South Windsor, CT (unless otherwise noted).
Click here for directions or contact
Harry at Emailto:joycegre@aol.com
or 860-623-8082. Please bring a dish to serve 6-8 containing no animal products (meat,
fish, egg, dairy or honey).
Notices/Of Interest
Friends Of Animals
Maribeth Abrams New Tofu 1-2-3 DVD!
It's No Joke: Even Animals Laugh - Scientists suspect that the panting behavior exhibited by dogs during "play chasing" is an analog for human laughter.
Vegetarian Is The New Pruis
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/47668/
UN report on "Livestock's long
shadow"
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html
Check out the
Farm Sanctuary
Calendar for upcoming events!
NCVS member rescues farm animals. Click
here
for info about adoption or donations.
Suggested Reading
Dining with Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine
by Lee Hall & Priscilla Feral
Get Political For Animals And Win The Laws They Need by
Julie E. Lewin, President of National Institute for Animal Advocacy
The China Study
(Most Comprehensive Study Of Nutrition Ever
Conducted) by T. Colin Campbell And Thomas
Campbell
What's New
GET POLITICAL FOR ANIMALS AND WIN THE LAWS THEY NEED By Julie E. Lewin, President National Institute for Animal Advocacy Available At http://www.NIFAA.org
Why Become A Vegetarian http://www.veggie123.com How to Successfully become a vegetarian, even if you think you can’t do it, even if you think it’s way too hard, even if you have tried & failed before..
Local Interest
Divine Treasures (Vegan Chocolates)
Middle Turnpike West, Manchester, CT
(860) 643-2552
The Sounding Board
Folk Music & More
West Hartford, CT
Dr. Peter Meadow
Chiropractic Center Of Farmington
519 Cooke St, Farmington, CT
(860) 674-9112
For Gentle & Effective Treatment
www.farmingtonchiropractic.com
Ahimsa
Vegan Organic Restaurant
1227 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT
06511
(203) 786-4774
VeganRadio.com
Alchemy
Juice Bar Cafe
Outrageously Organic Food & Stuff
203 New Britain Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Summer Hours
Thursdays through Saturdays 11:30am-8:30pm
Sunday Brunch 10am-6pm
Compassionate Living Project
Well on Wheels:
Vegan cooking classes with Mary Lawrence
The Hartford Food System
Member Highlights
NCVS member, Christa Elkovich, offers professional portraits of companion animals
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