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 What's On gives you the latest information every weekday leading up highlighting who and what will be at the 26th Annual Vegetarian Food Fair . For up-to-the-minute news, follow our Facebook and Twitter feeds. Make sure to check the official schedule before the Food Fair begins for any timing changes.
This year, the Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair is packed with a fantastic line-up of speakers, cooking demonstrations, exhibitors and musical entertainment. Stay tuned for daily editions of What's On for the next two weeks to help you plan your own Food Fair schedule. There is so much to see, and sadly not enough time to see absolutely everything, but you can try! Whether you're a veteran Food Fair goer or it's your first time, these updates will help keep you informed. Today we're featuring a few people that will be able to teach you a thing or two about the wonder that is raw food (and much, much more). Tip: Make sure you bring your own water bottle, there are fountains on-site for refills. Also, check out our special pre-Food Fair podcast episode where we discuss more here.
Featured Presenter - Brenda Davis Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She is co-author of seven books: Becoming Raw, Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian, The Raw Food Revolution Diet, Defeating Diabetes and Dairy-free and Delicious. Brenda is the lead dietitian in a diabetes intervention project in Majuro, Marshall Islands. She is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. In 2007, Brenda was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. She is married with 2 grown children, and lives in Kelowna, British Columbia.
Her first talk at the Food Fair this year is titled "Eating for Life... designing the optimal plant-based diet" and will take place on Saturday, September 11th at 3:00pm. Have you ever received a prescription for an optimal diet? Consider it done. In this presentation, registered dietitian and author, Brenda Davis, explores the most popular plant-based diets, and explains the finer details of what makes a diet truly optimal. You will learn about the most helpful and most harmful dietary components, and how to ensure your nutrient needs are met. Brenda takes you a step beyond human health, considering the ethical and ecological consequences of our food choices. Her second talk, titled "Becoming Raw... separating fact from fiction" will be happening on Sunday, September 12th at 2:30pm in the Studio Theatre. Raw food diets are hot! While there is solid evidence that raw food diets can provide powerful protection against disease, are they safe and adequate? What does science say about common raw food claims? Join registered dietitian, and co-author of Becoming Raw, as she examines the following controversial issues in raw nutrition:
Are plant enzymes essential to human health?
Are cooked foods toxic?
Can we get enough vitamin B12 from plant foods or internal production?
Are the following foods healthful or harmful?
Buckwheat greens, sprouts, raw mushrooms, sea vegetables
Can raw food diets reverse chronic diseases? Featured Cooking Demonstrator - Jae Steele Jae Steele is a registered holistic nutritionist living in Toronto. She's the author of Get It Ripe: a fresh take on vegan living (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008) as well as 17 zines, six of which are cookzines. She has written food columns with a health and political focus for university student newsapapers in Ontario and Quebec, and maintains a popular food-based weblog (domesticaffair.ca) which features vegan and wheat-free recipes as well as holistic health tutorials.
Her demo, "Ripe From Around Here: Local bounty in your kitchen" will take place on Saturday, September 11th at 3:00pm in the Lakeside Terrace. We are so lucky here in Toronto with all the access to local food from our neighbourhood farmers' markets, CSA programs and food co-ops. Early September is an especially wonderful time for delicious produce that grows within a short distance from us. Join holistic nutritionist and award-winning cookbook author jae steele as she demonstrates how simple it is to make ice creem at home with local fruit, and without dairy, eggs, soy or refined sugar! Her talk, "Ripe from around Here: local and sustainable choices for a plant-based diet." will take place on Sunday, September 12th at 5:30pm in the Studio Theatre. Jae's past experience working on small organic farms, her love of farmers’ markets and community-building, and the time she spent on the board of directors at Karma Food Co-op that inspired the writing of her latest book, Ripe From Around Here. Her lecture on the same topic underscores the importance of local, sustainable eating and living by helping others deepen their understanding of organic and seasonal foods, and their positive impact on our health and our planet. While local foods is a big buzz phrase across the western world these days, jae makes a point of providing information and suggesting doable actions we can all take from a non-animal-consuming, vegan vantage point. Featured Exhibitor - Cruda Cafe
 Raw and Living foods are uncooked, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouted grains. These raw foods can be eaten whole or combined to make the healthiest, most delicious meals.
Sound boring? NO Way!!! Imagine eating burgers, pizza, pasta, cookies, cakes and pies everyday. Imagine never having to count calories, proteins, fats or carbs! You won’t have to weigh or measure your food. The raw and living food diet is about eating whatever you want, whenever you want! You can lose weight, heal your body, and increase your energy, look and feel younger, not in years, not in months but within days! Sounds good? Cruda Cafe is committed to bringing you flawlessly fresh food with its life force still intact. The concept is green, organic and locally grown vegan, raw food served in a cafe style and setting. Our menu changes daily and reflects the availability of organic, high quality, living foods. Our staff is knowledgeable about our cuisine and carry ingredient lists to assist those with food allergies in making their choices. We use no peanut or peanut oil of any kind, no animal products whatsoever. We use no artificial ingredients or processed foods. Our recipes include many nut-free choices. Our equipment is washed between recipes to avoid trace ingredients from previous recipes. We use no MSG or Soy TVP. Find Cruda Cafe in the World Cafe for the entire weekend of the Food Fair. Featured Musician - Two of Us 
The names Larra Skye and Kevin Zarnett first appeared together in 2006, as each musician contributed a Beatles song in support of a membership drive for radio station CIUT 89.5 FM. At the time, Larra’s debut album “The World Disappears” was the #1 bestselling independent jazz album for music retailer HMV, and her authentic, expressive voice and easygoing stage presence won her acclaim as a rising star on the jazz scene. Meanwhile, Kevin was garnering kudos from roots music publications for both his vocals and songwriting as leader of The Complements, while becoming guitarist of note with Kirsten Jones (named by Billboard Canada as one to watch in 2010) and a go-to songwriter for projects by other Canadian artists. Their music has appeared on radio worldwide, and they have performed across Canada, on television, in clubs, theatres and festivals, sharing the stage with the likes of Chantal Kreviazuk, Jim Cuddy, Sarah Harmer, Lisa Brokop and Corb Lund. Now they are combining their talents to make the musical element of your event shine with golden harmonies and delicate guitar interplay. You can listen to Two of Us playing on the Redpath Stage on both Saturday September 11th and Sunday September 12th 1:30pm. Listen to them on their website here . |
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