Healthy Eating Happy Planet Festival 9/28/2012
Exhibitors:
Animal Nature
How do you find your way through all the information out there about dry food versus canned? Freeze dried or dehydrated? Where do you check for the most up to date info about recalls, voluntary product pulls, and other safety alerts? How do you decipher the ingredients and additives in your animal companion’s food? Who do you trust when there is so much conflicting information out there? Who can help you find the right products, the right plan for elder care, the properly fitted lifting harness? Come to Animal Nature for all the answers.
Abay Ethiopian Cuisine
Enjoy Pittsburgh's first Ethiopian restaurant in an authentic atmosphere which captures the warmth and zest of Ethiopian culture while adding diversity to Pittsburgh's cultural landscape. Eating like an Ethiopian requires you to tear off a piece of injera, cover the morsel you desire, and scoop it into your mouth in one graceful swoop. In keeping with Ethiopian tradition, Abay serves its food on a platter with injera as opposed to providing individual plates for each guest (plates and utensils are available upon request).
Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of factory farming and encourage a new awareness and understanding about farm animals. Today, Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s largest and most effective farm animal rescue and protection organization.We educate millions of people about their plight and the effects of factory farming on our health and environment. We advocate for laws and policies to prevent suffering and promote compassion, and we reach out to legislators and businesses to bring about institutional reforms.
The 2012 Pittsburgh Walk for Farm Animals takes place Saturday, September 29th right in the Southside! This is a fantastic opportunity to get right into action right away and make the world a better place for farm animals.
Beans Not Bambi
Learning the ins and outs of a vegan lifestyle can be overwhelming. The blog at BeansNotBambi.com makes it easy and exciting. Recipes, grocery lists, and cooking tips can be found side by side with information about factory farming, upcoming animal welfare legislation, current events, opportunities for activism, and more.
Alma Pan-Latin Kitchen
Africans profoundly contributed to the culture and cuisine of a number of countries in Latin America. Alma pays homage to those contributions by offering creative dishes from Latin American countries, with an emphasis on African-influenced items. A first of its kind in Pittsburgh, Alma meets the demand of the varied and growing tastes of Pittsburghers who desire to dine at an array of restaurants serving food from various countries and cultures throughout the world.
Environmental Charter School
The mission of The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park is to educate each student to high academic learning standards using a themed curriculum that will foster knowledge, love of and respect for the environment and the will to preserve it for future generations.
Humane PA
The Humane USA PA Political Action Committee is dedicated to electing candidates who demonstrate an understanding and a willingness to work to amend Pennsylvania laws to eliminate animal cruelty within the Commonwealth. It is also dedicated to encouraging everyone who cares about animals to get involved in getting to know their Representatives. They have created the Humane Scorecard to help Pennsylvania citizens better understand how their representatives stand on animal cruelty laws!
Quiet Storm
A vegetarian & vegan cafe in Pittsburgh's East End, Quiet Storm is known for creative meals that are healthy, delicious, and totally unique. The menu is updated frequently. Open weekdays 10am-10pm and weekends 10am-5pm, the Quiet Storm is a great place to meet a new friend for coffee or a great meal.
Bethany's Story
Janet McKee saw a 13-year-old girl suffering from a mystery ailment that baffled doctors get out of her wheelchair after drastically changing her diet, that's when she knew that the story had to be documented for others to learn from. The ensuing production, entitled 'Bethany's Story,' chronicles the girl's illness from its onset to her recovery and should be ready for viewing later this year. Janet will be sharing her experiences on our panel.
Hope Haven Farm Sanctuary
Hope Haven is a non-profit farm animal sanctuary nestled in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, PA. Their mission is to rescue neglected pigs, goats, sheep, and poultry. These animals have been surrendered at local animal shelters, confiscated by local humane agents, or saved from factory farms. They now live out their lives with comfortable housing, nutritious food, and companionship from others of their own kind. They also receive endless love and affection from the human components of the sanctuary!
Double Wide Grill
The Double Wide Grill is a Pittsburgh vegetarian restaurant. They have a wide variety on their vegan and vegetarian menus, including tofu, homemade seitan, portabella mushrooms, and a diverse selection of vegetables.
They even have a separate fryer for our deep-fried vegan items. Our vegan wood-grilled items are prepared on a separate elevated section of our grill. We teach our employees the many reasons for a vegetarian doctrine, including ecological, health, allergy, and religious.
The Enchanted Garden
The Enchanted Garden shares your love of urban outdoor spaces. From unique tools, handcrafted-garden-art and local honey to flowers, plants and organic options this one-stop shop is sure to grow on you. The newly opened Juice Bar is sure to delight you with a custom made concoction to satisfy both your taste buds and your desire for flavor! Open daily, The Enchanted Garden is located in the Historic South Side at 73 South 13th Street, just off East Carson.
Panthers for Animal Rights
The members of this student organization at the University of Pittsburgh advocate animal rights by promoting a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle. The organization aims to raise awareness about animal cruelty in various industries such as the food industry, fashion industry, and entertainment industry. This organization gives a voice to all the animals that cannot speak for themselves.
Construction Junction
Construction Junction promotes conservation through the reuse of building materials. They are Pittsburgh's first non-profit building material reuse retailer. Since its founding in 1999, Construction Junction has received more than 100,000's of items donated by 1,000's of individuals and companies. In addition to reusable items, you can also donate your time, by volunteering to sort, clean and stock inventory.
Voices for Animals
Voices for Animals is a community-based, all-volunteer, animal rights organization working to end the cruel and unnecessary exploitation of animals. They work diligently to make our community, and the world, a more compassionate place.
Rabbit Wranglers
The mission of Rabbit Wranglers is to help abused, neglected, and abandoned rabbits and to educate the public to improve the lives of these companion animals. They will have some rescued rabbits on site at the event so you can meet them in person and learn a little more about them!
United Poultry Concerns
Founded in 1990 by Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns is the world's foremost non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the respectful treatment of domestic fowl. UPC runs a haven for chickens in Virginia, and also teaches people about the egg and chicken meat industries, the natural lives of free chickens, pleasures and benefits of human-chicken companionship, and alternatives to chicken farming and the use of chickens in education and scientific experimentation. UPC will have rescued chickens on site at the event so you can meet the in person and get to know more about them!