Our communities are popping back up,
including a celebration of meatless
delights from food to fashion.
I spoke to the founder of Vegfest
about their return to Union market,
so Andy, welcome to Great day, Washington
tell us everything about Veg Fest.
Hey Mark, thanks for having me on
yes so Veg Fest is an exciting event
that my company Green Body brand is
hosting at Union Market here in DC this
Saturday and the event starts at 11 and
it goes all the way until 6:00 PM and
you know the the idea of a veg facets.
It's a vegan festival and so
there's going to be quite a few.
You know food vendors and non food vendors.
That's there, and it's it's.
It's all around health and
Wellness and and veganism.
And you know, the the focus is just having
a good time getting out of this pandemic.
You know people haven't been able
to get out and socialize,
but I want to tell you that
we're we're focused on safety,
and the venue is set up.
You know, for just that,
it's an indoor portion and an
outdoor portion and the indoor.
Portion actually has garage style
doors that opens from Florida ceiling,
so it's going to be very well ventilated
for the indoor portion and you know,
it's just it's just going to be a great
fun atmosphere for people to socialize.
And, you know,
enjoy some really tasty delicious vegan food
and are meat eaters welcome. Carnivores come,
that's a great question, you know.
Absolutely, to answer straightforward,
they the answer is absolutely because
it would defeat the purpose for
vegans to host an event and say,
hey, we only want vegans there,
you know, the a big part of it is,
let's get the the non vegan folks
you know out so they could try
vegan food and say, OK, this works.
This is actually not that bad, you know,
because I remember back to a time when I
wasn't vegan and I used to think that vegan,
you know, vegans ate this,
you know, boring stuff.
And it's just tofu and it's just not
tasty and this is just a great opportunity
for folks to come out and try vegan
food and realize that you know this
stuff is really delicious and there
is an alternative to meat and you know,
it's it's.
It's just really fun,
and it's it's it's tasty.
And I understand the DMV really has a
large vegetarian population, correct?
Yeah, absolutely.
So the the movement the vegan movement.
So there's a difference between
a vegan and a vegetarian.
The vegetarians.
They still have dairy in their diet.
You know where the vegans we exclude
any animal based products, right?
So this is a little bit of a clarification,
but yeah, the you know in terms
of the number of people who
identify as vegan or vegetarian,
that number is high and it's growing.
A man this is part of why,
you know we do veg fest,
you know because when we introduce
people to this lifestyle,
we notice that a lot more people say,
well, you know and and and to get
back to your question from earlier.
Can you know non vegans come out
and you know we don't really push
people you know aggressively and
say you must be vegan because
from the perspective that we have,
even if you just kind of eliminate meat.
A few days from your diet,
you know we greatly appreciate that.
So we're definitely excited for the non
meat eaters to come out and and partake.
And it sounds like a great time.
I know there's a website where
people can find out more information,
give that to us. Yes,
so the website is GB Dash Vegfest.
And now if you forget GB B Dash web fast,
just Google best fast in DC
and you'll be sure to find us.
And again it's going to be at
Union market starting at 11:00 AM
going all the way until 6:00 PM
and it's going to be a good time.
Thanks so much for joining
us and we look forward to it.
Absolutely thank you for having me.
Alright brother, good job my friend,
I'll contact you I'm trying.
From 11 to six will be right back.