JournalNow.com: Veggin' Out

Contrary to a popular stereotype, vegetarians are not all champions of self-denial, pathetically munching a sprout on the sidelines while watching the omnivores have all the culinary fun. Instead, the vegetarians we know love good food and know where to get it. They aren't about to settle for a bland meal, either at home or at a restaurant.

Generation Green Festival at WSSU

In honor of Earth Day, Winston-Salem State will hold its first Generation Green Festival April 20-22. The three-day festival is free and open to the public.

Of special note to vegetarians, the documentary “Seeing Through the Fences” will be shown as part of the environmental film festival on Tuesday, April 21, at 2 p.m. In this film, vegan Eleni Vlachos examines the contradiction between our compassion for animals and our tendency to eat them, too, as well as commenting on the state of factory farms and slaughterhouses. Vlachos will participate in a question-and-answer session after the movie.

For more information, check out the press release here.

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By Cassandra Sherrill on 04/17/2009 (3:51 pm)

Comments

Thanks so much for publicizing the Generation Green Festival and the wonderful film by Eleni Vlachos. The film added humor to a serious subject - the treatment of animals in farms and slaughterhouses.

Judy Marie Willis on 04/28/2009 (1:59 pm)