LIVE from Bluegrass VegFest 2024 | June 22, 2024

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Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor, providing wall-to-wall live coverage, of the 5th Annual Bluegrass VegFest held on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the Mellwood Art Center. Tune in for a sample of Kentuckiana’s Largest Vegan Food Festival. Learn more at http://bluegrassvegfest.com In addition to mouthwatering plant-based cuisine from over 20 restaurants and food trucks, VegFest offers much more than just great food. Listen in as we talk to vendors & non-profits, and hear from inspiring speakers and a live cooking demo. 2024 Guest Speakers: STUART WALDNER Author of Escape The Meatrix: Eat Plants, Feel Great, and Save the Planet! Kentucky native Stuart Waldner didn’t set out to be an activist. Growing up, he embraced the standard American diet until 1985, when he made a transformative shift to a 100% plant-based lifestyle. As he delved deeper into the statistical correlations between our dietary habits and global crises, he felt compelled to awaken people to the urgent need for change—for our health and the planet's well-being. DR. RUBY LATHON Holistic Nutritionist Dr. Ruby Lathon is an engineer who turned holistic nutritionist after healing herself of thyroid cancer by drastically changing her lifestyle through a plant-based diet. She was featured in the hit documentary, What the Health and the newly released documentary, They’re Trying to Kill Us. Dr. Lathon now teaches others how to re-engineer their health and live disease free. VICTORIA MORAN Bestselling Author, Animal Advocate, Founder of Main Street Vegan Academy Victoria Moran has been vegan for 40 years and is the author of twelve books including the iconic Main Street Vegan and the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. She hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast and the Main Street Vegan Salon, streaming on UnchainedTV. Victoria is also the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches and educators since 2012. ROBERT CHEEKE Bestselling Author “The Plant-Based Athlete” Robert Cheeke has been the face of vegan bodybuilding for the past two decades. He is the author of the books Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, Shred It!, Plant-Based Muscle, the New York Times bestseller, The Plant-Based Athlete, and his latest, The Impactful Vegan, to be released on June 25, 2024. He is often referred to as the “Godfather of Vegan Bodybuilding.” MARISA MILLER WOLFSON - HOSTING A PANEL ON RAISING PLANT-POWERED KIDS Filmmaker, Cookbook Author Vegucated documentary filmmaker & vegan family cookbook author Marisa Miller Wolfson moderates this panel of fellow vegan moms from the region to help answer all your questions about vegan parenting. Marisa grew up in Evansville, IN before moving to NYC, where she became a vegan over 20 years ago. She joins panelists: Chef Kristina Addington owns Louisville vegan restaurant, V-Grits, and is mom to 5 year old Andrew, a proud vegan kiddo and hero for the animals since birth. Nancy “Sultra” Smith is a vegan mother, chef, entrepreneur & hip hop artist, and owner of two former beloved local vegan cafes - Flora Kitchenette and Café Zinho. Christine Beyer has been vegan for 12 years, raising two vegan children and managing Vegans of Evansville Indiana on Facebook. Quiana Counts' family has been vegan for almost nine years. She has four children, aged 14, 9, 7, and 3. Her youngest two have been vegan since birth. ADRIENA DAME - COOKING DEMONSTRATION Founder of HighVibe Mettaverse Adriena Dame is the former owner of LOVAFARE, a vegan cafe that once nestled in the Highlands, serving up scrumptious plant-based delights (healthy, gluten-free, soy-free, low-glycemic, primarily oil-free). Hearty bean-based LOVApatties and sandwich spreads/sauces were their specialties. Desserts became neighborhood favorites, and they made a mean Sassy Kale Salad and Nacho Feast. Her lively talk is titled “Sexy Systems + Lemon Blondies: A Healer’s Quickie Guide to Scrumptious Self-Care Solutions.”