Community Plant-Based Food Advocacy Presentation at Vancouver Vegan Festival 2025

Join us for an inspiring talk with Thomas Goodman, who will be coming from Washington DC to share his knowledge and passion with us at Vancouver Vegan Festival! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 Thomas Goodman, Plant Dining Partnerships 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧. 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Presentation: 5:00-5:45pm, 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 Festival: 10am-8pm Kitsilano Beach Thomas will share strategies and insights about how to inspire local businesses and national chains to add plant-based food options for everyone to enjoy. Easy strategies to implement in your day-to-day life Making your community a more vegan-friendly place Thomas has been a lifelong admirer of animals, was raised meat-free, and later became a professional advocate for plant-based living in 2014. He has since worked on various initiatives and strategies, such as corporate outreach, federal state and regulatory advocacy, promotion of Meatless Mondays, leafleting across North America, public speaking, campaigning, community organizing, and more. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘋𝘰𝘨-𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺. 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦! Check out the full schedule at:vancouverveganfestival.org/schedule Check out our growing vendor list at:vancouverveganfestival.org/vendors 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥!!