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EXHIBITORS, POST-PARADE EXPO, UNION SQUARE PARK

Veggie Pride Parade NYC is a non-commercial First Amendment event.
Exhibitor space is granted by invitation only.

EXHIBITORS INVITED 2012

author's table, Rynn Berry, confirmed Catskill Animal Sanctuary, confirmed Compassion Over Killing, confirmed Deliciious TV DoNotEatUs.org F.A.R.M., confirmed

Global Justice for Animals and the Environment, confirmed Friends of Animals, confirmed Green Compassion / Youth Buddhism Communications, confirmed Healthy Planet (Long Island), confirmed Hearts for Animals, confirmed Integral Yoga (food donation) Lantern Books, confirmed Meetup Dot Com (veg groups)

Menu table, confirmed Mercy for Animals, confirmed Micah Books, confirmed Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society, confirmed No. American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) PeTA, confirmed Raw Revolution (food donation) Mercy for Animals, Pay-Per-View (watch a video, get a dollar), confirmed Sadhu Vaswani Center Sequel Naturals (Vega protein packet, food donation), after 3 p.m. 7th Day Adventists

Supreme Master Ching Hai, Int'l., confirmed Team Organic, vegan triathletes United Poultry Concerns, confirmed Vegan Outreach, confirmed Vegetarian Resource Group, VRG, confirmed Vegetarian Vision VivaVegie Society, confirmed V-Spot (food donation), confirmed Whole Earth Bakery (food donation), confirmed Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, confirmed

PAST EXPOS

EXHIBITORS 2011, CLICK FOR IMAGES

EXHIBITORS 2011 FOLLOW

A Well Fed World American Vegan Society author's table, Rynn Berry, Hannah Kaminsky Catskill Animal Sanctuary Christian Vegetarian Association Deliciious TV F.A.R.M. Farm Sanctuary Bruce Friedrich, speaker

Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Friends of Animals Green Compassion / Youth Buddhism Communications Healthy Planet (Long Island) Hearts for Animals Jewish Vegetarians of North America, JVNA Dr. Michael Klaper, speaker Lantern Books Meetup Dot Com (veg groups)

Menu table Mercy for Animals Micah Books Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society Misc. food donations Victoria Moran No. American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) Raw Revolution (food donation) Pay-Per-View (watch a video, get a dollar) Sequel Naturals (Vega protein packet, food donation) 7th Day Adventists

Supreme Master Ching Hai, Int'l. Team Organic, vegan triathletes United Poultry Concerns Vegan Outreach VivaVegie Society V-Spot (food donation) Whole Earth Bakery (food donation)

EXHIBITORS 2010

Click HERE to see the 2009 exhibitors (or just scroll down).

The following images are from the rally and expo in Union Square Park, NYC,
which took place directly after the 2010 Veggie Pride Parade, Sunday, May 16.
Photos by Alan Rice, unless specified otherwise.

American Vegan Society—this year celebrating its 50th year.

Melissa Danielle represents Black Vegetarians Society of New York.

Dawn Moncrief and associate represent A Well-Fed World.

Catskill Animal Sanctuary reaching out to the inquisitive.

Don't Eat Me (Dot Org) distributed deeply persuasive literature.

Betsy Carson strays from her Delicious TV Totally Vegetarian table to capture video footage of the food people.

Farm Sanctuary, making a handsome presentation.

Edita Birnkrant represents Friends of Animals.

F.A.R.M (Farm Animal Reform Movement)—granddaddy vegan group—makes a splash.

Main-stage speaker Joan Wai communes with volunteers of Green Compassion / Youth Buddhistm Communications.

HSUS emailed us late morning of the event that with regrets they had an entanglement.

Hearts for Animals presents. Thank you fearless leader Claudia Rose Emerson for your invaluable crowd-shot photography.

Integral Yoga after a day of free goodie-bag handouts.

Food-donation outpost: Lärabar energy-bar samples & Primal Spirit jerky.

Martin Rowe of Lantern Books displays the wares: so many vegan books!

Menu table introduces the uninitiated to the vegan-restaurant mecca that is New York City.

Matt Rice and associate of Mercy for Animals greets the curious.

Roberta Kalechofsky of Micah Publications pauses for a smile.

Author and main-stage speaker Tracye McQuirter sells her new blockbuster book, By Any Greens Necessary.

Roberta Schiff of Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society (MHVS) represents her group as well as Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA) and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).

Elizabeth Forel represents her group: Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages.

Here we see Meetup.com chums Doug Greene and Demetrius Bagley with associate. Photo by Gina Green.

Volunteer for North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) breaks open another carton of lit for the masses.

Natural Kitchen Cooking School giving Veggie Pride Parade a lot of class.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) puts it weight behind our parade and expo.

Raw Revolution offering a tasty food donation to the throngs.

Prolific author of vegan titles Rynn Berry presents a treasure trove of books.

Seventh Day Adventists enjoys its day in the vegan sun.

Supreme Master Ching Hai Int'l Assn. presents its enthusiatic vegan message.

Team Organic NYC comes on healthfully and energetically.

Main-stage speaker Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns (UPC) make a case to an inquisitive table grazer.

VegOut goes heavy on the vegan lit, and we're thankful for that.

Derek Goodwin of Vegan Radio / Vegan Bus also functioned as the expo's Soapbox Testimonial Station dj. Go Derek!

Vegan Outreach does vegan outreach.

V-Spot, Brooklyn, hard at work getting free vegan empanadas to the many many hungry expo guests.

Empanada hero Danny Carabano of V-Spot takes a moment to pose.

Veg institution Vegetarian Resource Group helps the newbies get the most from their veggies.

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary gets creative with a portable "ask me" booth.

Jenny Brown and Doug Abel of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary are all smiles at the expo.

Whole Earth Bakery (proprietor Peter Silvestri in the middle) does it again: distributes scruptious vegan baked goods to die for.

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EXHIBITORS 2009

A UNITED FRONT
OF EAST-COAST VEGAN SOLIDARITY


The following images are from the rally and expo in Union Square Park, NYC,
which took place directly after the 2009 Veggie Pride Parade, Sunday, May 17.
Photos by Alan Rice, unless specified otherwise.

Authors' table: Rynn Berry (left) and Charles Patterson sign their books.

Freya Dinshah, principle of the American Vegan Society, which is celebrating its 50th year in 2010, is shown here going all out selling vegan books.

Catskill Animal Sanctuary came to exhibit. It's now working toward a life-giving matching grant

Caryn Hartglass, of Earthsave International, founded by John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America. See video that EarthSave TV made of the event.

F.A.R.M., founders/sponsors of Meatout, World Farm Animals Day, and Gentle Thanksgiving, is also the sponsoring organization of the annual Animal Rights Conference.

Here's David Benzaquen of Farm Sanctuary, the leading national advocacy group for farmed animal welfare.

Radio host and long-time* director of the multifaceted Healthy Planet Bob DiBenedetto staffs his booth at the expo. (*Before Healthy Planet, Earthsave.)

Patrick Kwan is seen here representing the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which has spearheaded numerous ground-breaking undercover investigations that have put the meat industry firmly on notice.

Martin Rowe, co-publisher of Lantern Books, publishers of scores of books on veganism, including parade organizer Pamela Rice's 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian.

The Netherlands was represented at the parade and expo. Marianne Theime (not picutured), MP, Party for the Animals, was a speaker at the 2009 VPP expo. She was the main narrator for the groundbreaking documentary Meat the Truth

Veggie Meetup Groups in NYC; some examples include: NYC Vegan EatUP Meetup, New York City Vegetarian Meetup, and New York City Raw Food Meetup. Seated is Meatup-for-vegans advocate Doug Greene.

A mini-mountain of menus from local veggie restaurants was on hand at this booth.

Mercy for Animals has spearheaded numerous undercover investigations of farmed animal abuse, meanwhile producing invaluable video footage.

Roberta Schiff (head down), events coordinator of Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society, prepares scrumptious vegan sandwiches using donated Tofurky® Deli Slices from Turtle Island Foods

Here are Robert and Roberta Kalechofsky of Micah Publishing, the compassionate source for Jewish-vegetarian and animal-rights books.

Natural Kitchen Cooking School

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), the national media and campaign and celebrity masters for veganism and animals rights

Volunteer Tom Thompson passes out the food donation of Primal Strips, by Primal Spirit Foods

Raw Revolution food donation

Not exactly an exhibitor, but "Church of Not Shopping" poobah and then-"mayoral candidate" Reverend Billy made a welcomed appearance. See the trailer for his upcoming Morgan Spurlock-produced film, "What Would Jesus Buy"

Sadhu Vaswani Mission and Center, inspired by the late founder Guru Sri Sadhu Vaswani and current guru Dada J.P. Vaswani, who spoke at the event.

Supreme Master Ching Hai Int'l Assn., indefatigable advocates of the vegan lifestyle.

Team Organic NYC, vegan world-class cyclists added color and verve to the parade and expo.

United Poultry Concerns, founded and directed by Karen Davis (not pictured), was a speaker at the event.

World-class vegan cylist Christine Vardaros, shown her with her exhibit.

Vegan Outreach, pamphleteers extraordinaire—originators of the great WHY VEGAN information pamphlet; here's their exhibit.

Derek Goodwin (right), of Vegan Radio and Vegan Bus

Michael Balducci and Chef Mark Rasmussen of Veggie Brothers gave out coupons for their mail-order vegan foods

Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG), the long-time national group for a treasure-trove for practical information for vegans everywhere, staffs its exhibit.

V-Spot distributes and distributes and distributes free vegan empanadas all day from its booth at the expo. We love you, V-Spot!

The exhibit table of VivaVegie Society, the sponsoring organization of the parade, is staffed by long-time author, speaker, and anti-dairy advocate George Eisman, RD.

Whole Earth Bakery, here with its food donation to satisfy the soul; Peter Silvestri, shakin' and bakin' chief cook and bottle washer, ur, owner, is in blue and the hat.

Jenny Brown, right, of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

Youth Buddhism Communications. Joan Wai, executive director and featured speaker at the event, is at right.

Zico / Whole Foods Market, Union Square, food donation: two thousand (2,000) containers of Zico coconut waters. Thank you, volunteers Leticia Bido and Donna Irwin for passing them on to the thirsty crowd.

EXHIBITORS: 2008 PARADE