Satisfy your craving at Baltimore's Vegan SoulFest

By Melissa Gerr,

Sam Bermas-Dawes

Published August 18, 2023 at 11:57 AM EDT

Naijha Wright-Brown (L) and Brenda Sanders are the co-organizers of Vegan SoulFest. It happens Sat. and Sun. Aug. 19 and 20 at the Baltimore Peninsula, formerly known as West Covington Park in South Baltimore. Photo: Provided by VSF — Naijha Wright-Brown (L) and Brenda Sanders are the co-organizers of Vegan Soul Fest. It happens Sat. and Sun. Aug. 19 and 20 at the Baltimore Peninsula, formerly known as West Covington Park in South Baltimore. Photo: Provided by VSF

You are what you eat! And organizers of the Vegan SoulFest hope you’ll include plenty of plant based choices. The two-day festival features cooking demos, speakers, musical guests and plenty of tantalizing foods to sample.

We talk to co-organizer Brenda Sanders to get a preview.

Links: Vegan SoulFest, Plant Bliss Foods, Afro-Vegan Society, Land of Kush vegan restaurant, Food & Justice podcast

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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Sam Bermas-Dawes

Sam Bermas-Dawes is a producer for Midday.

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