VEGANS OF BALTIMORE
Thrive Baltimore
An dynamic resource center for education and community events
Thrive Baltimore is a dynamic community resource center located in the Station North community of Baltimore City. Run by a collective of food, environmental and social justice activists, our mission is to provide education, resources and support to anyone interested in adopting a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle.
Part of Thrive Baltimore’s mission is to provide free plant-based cooking demos, nutrition lectures, food tastings, film screenings and other fun, informational programming in an open, socially conscious environment that makes it a space where all are welcome. We’re dedicated to encouraging people to make healthier, kinder choices that will enable them to live more conscious lifestyles.
By offering low-cost delicious vegan food at all our events, we at Thrive Baltimore are doing our part to raise awareness and address the health disparities and food access issues that plague Baltimore City. We’re also providing a practical alternative to the current food systems which cause so much harm to our health, our planet and the animals with whom we share the Earth.
Thrive Projects
Plant-based Jumpstart
The Plant-based Jumpstart Program is a bi-annual, immersive, 4-weekend event designed to help people who are interested in the vegan lifestyle to transition and stay vegan. The program offers cooking demos, lectures, screenings, question and answer sessions, supporting literature, and the supportive community of Thrive Baltimore and its continuing vegan events.
Learn more at thrivebaltimore.org/jumpstart
World Vegan Mac 'n Cheese Championship
2018 marked the 3rd annual World Vegan Mac ‘n Cheese Championship (formerly the Vegan Mac ‘n Cheese Smackdown). With over 2,000 people in attendance, 30 contestants from across the country, celebrity judges, and more than $2,000 in prizes, this is truly an event no one should miss! Usually occurs in February of each year.
Learn more at worldveganmac.com
Vegan Crabcake Cookoff
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Vegan Marketplace
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Monthly Potlucks
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Vegan Artstraveganza
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Invisible Vegan Screening
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David Carter Lecture
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Bingo for the Animals
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Vegan Food Festival
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Vegan SoulFest
Baltimore's Premiere Vegan Festival
Vegan SoulFest is Baltimore’s premiere celebration of veganism and culture. Featuring local and national exhibitors, lecturers and activists, and world class performing artists, SoulFest has something for everyone in the community, vegan or not. The festival has continued to grow by leaps and bounds every year since its inception in 2014. 2018 is expected to be the biggest yet, with over 20,000 attendees.
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Community Engagement
Afro Vegan Society
Afro Vegan Society (AVS) is a non-profit organization based in Baltimore, MD. Through community engagement and event planning, AVS is providing an alternative to systems that currently oppress black communities and as well as a vehicle for resistance.
Afro Vegan Society (AVS) was founded in May 2017 in Baltimore, MD by a group of passionate black vegan activists. AVS is now a non-profit organization advocating for food justice in our black communities, and using veganism as a tool of resistance through education and community engagment. AVS provides resources and pro-black vegan reading materials on our website, and can be found throughout Baltimore and Maryland engaging and empowering the black vegan community.
Afro Vegan Society stands for food justice, black community empowerment, environmentalism and community engagement.
Black Vegan Social Group
Held at Thrive Baltimore, this monthly event provides a safe space for new and existing vegans of color to socialize, network, and just plain relax with some good vegan food. This event is one of Afro Vegan Society’s cornerstone community building events.
Vegan Soul Food Tour
This bi-yearly event takes members of Afro Vegan Society on a tour of major U.S. cities to find, sample, chronicle, and promote black-owned vegan businesses. The 2018 tour encompassed dozens of businesses across the east coast. You can find a list of these and other black-owned restaurants here.
Penn-North Community Gardens
Fighting against food injustice through community gardening! Join Afro Vegan Society members at the Penn-North Community Garden every Wednesday at 6:00pm and Saturday at 11:00am – 1:00pm. Contact us for more information at info@afrovegansociety.org.
The Greener Kitchen
More than just your average food company,The Greener Kitchen (formerly PEP Foods, Inc.) was conceived as a platform to help expand access to quality vegan foods to people across Baltimore and beyond. Through affordable wholesale distribution of locally produced, vegan staple products to local businesses and institution, innovative and culturally appropriate catering, and an affordable, cooperative kitchen space that local vegan chefs can use to jumpstart their businesses, we aim to create a more just food system that everyone can benefit from.
Wholesale Vegan Distributor
We partner with existing food service companies and government organizations in Baltimore city to help get vegan food in front of as many people as possible. Our long-term goal is to have delicious, vegan foods in every school and in every corner store throughout our city and in others as well.
Catering
Bringing food to people has never been more important. Through food demos and traditional catering we’re working to inspire people to consider plant-based foods in their every day lives.
Plant-based Kitchen Incubator
Baltimore will soon be host to the east coast’s first – and one of the world’s only – fully vegan cooperative kitchens. Created with accessibility and affordability in mind, the Greener Kitchen is a space that local and regional vegan chefs can use to give their businesses a start and receive the support they need to carry it to the next level.
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