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.

In today's quick update, let's take a look at some of the new visitors to look forward to this year. Every year, the Food Fair has an exciting array of exhibitors and speakers.

Tip: Check out our special pre-Food Fair podcast episode where we discuss who we're excited for here.

Featured Presenter - Shakira Abubakar

Shakira moved from Ghana to Canada at a young age to pursue academics. At a young age, she was well aware of the development issues that faced her native country but it was not until her move to Canada that she was aware that these issues were not isolated to Ghana but shared global realities for many people. Therefore, she formed Continental Rescue Africa while in grade 10 and getting her friends involved, began charity work in Ghana and mentoring young girls in the Greater Toronto Area. Since its inception, Continental Rescue Africa now operates in Ghana, Uganda, Liberia, and Canada.

Her talk is on Saturday, September 11th at 12:00pm titled "Helping Others While Staying Healthy"

As an activist, I am always on the run and busy with various activities. From late night assignments to early morning deadlines, it is easy to fall into an unhealthy lifestyle. As a vegetarian, it is even easier to resort to unhealthy snacks during the day. How then can we balance our activism and social justice work with healthy lifestyle? How do we stay active with continuous deadlines? How do you manage as a vegetarian while traveling in countries with no vegetarian options? Staying active is key to holistic activism.

Featured Special Presentation - Passion for Compassion

Join leaders in the vegan movement to hear what sustains their passion, their hope and their ability to inspire others to embrace compassion. A rare opportunity to engage in an intimate discussion with those who are leading change. panel: Brenda Davis, Carol Adams, Jonathan Balcombe, Terry Hope Romero, jae steele, Harold Brown, Jerry Cook.

7:30pm  "Passion for Compassion" - an evening discussion with Carol J. Adams, Brenda Davis, Jonathan Balcombe, Jae Steele, Terry Hope Romero and Harold Brown will be held in the Lakeside Terrace (where the cooking demos also are).

Featured Exhibitor - Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss

People are continually asking us how we came up with Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss. We'd like to say we are entrepreneurial geniuses, but the truth is much humbler—we just wanted a tasty frozen dessert that we could enjoy eating without feeling bad afterwards. We had both given up dairy for health and ethical reasons, and tried all the soy- and rice-based alternatives, but weren't satisfied with any of them. They either didn't taste good, or we felt sick after eating them, or they had a long list of ingredients that didn't really sound like food. One day Luna said 'what about coconut milk?'  We'd used it a lot in Thai-style cooking and it seemed ideal. It was naturally rich and creamy and had great nutritional properties. So with the aid of a two-dollar hand-cranked ice cream maker from Goodwill we made our first batch. As soon as we tried it, we knew we were on to something special. As time went by and we shared it with our friends, who also loved it, it became apparent to us that we should focus our energy on this and make it available to more people. --Luna & Larry Kaplowitz, Founders

Find Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss at the Fair Fair all weekend long in the Brigitine Room.

See you tomorrow for more updates!