Some upcoming events …

Even though Vegetarian Awareness Month is nearing its end, some special locations (to me) will celebrate in early November.

I have to give a shout out to Boston, Mass. since I lived there for a year and it’s where I became a vegetarian. On Saturday, Boston is hosting its 13th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, just downt the street from where I went to school. It’s free admission, free parking and free vegetarian food samples. It’s such a good opportunity for vegetarians in the area to talk directly to food producers as well as for curious non-vegetarians to see what the diet is all about. I wish Austin had something like this. Go here for more information about the Boston festival: Vegetarian Food Festival. Go here to encourage the Austin vegetarian network to start a veggie food festival of its own: Vegetarian Network of Austin.

Austin may not be having an entire food festival, but mark your calendars for Nov. 9 — the 20th Annual Vegetarian Chili Cook Off happening at the Austin Farmer’s Market on Koenig. It costs $8, but seems well worth it. Check out this craigslist listing for more information: 894743773.html.

Events such as these help bring together a true community of vegetarians, no matter how big or small. To me, its’ especially important in Texas to be a part of events/groups as these, because a great majority of the state’s residents are almost anti-vegetarian. We truly live in longhorn country, so any time those who believe in leaving the longhorns alone get together, it strengthens the community. Get involved, go to events, do anything that’s veggie friendly.