UMBC, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, held a vegan festival, VegFest, this past weekend and I attended with a few friends.
I’m not a vegetarian, though I tend to eat very little meat, so I did feel a little out of place. However, I attended with two friends, one of whom is a pescatarian (meaning she eats fish but not meat) and one of whom is a really hardcore vegan so it was delightful just seeing their joy. While Glar does serve vegan food, the options are definitely more limited. This past year, the vegan/vegetarian options have been particularly delicious though, as we now have a chef who is vegan himself.
To my surprise, some of the food booths had lines that, per people near the front, were about two hours long. Vegan Treats, a bakery, apparently sells the best cupcakes you’ll ever eat. My vegan friend was disappointed because while she really wanted some, we didn’t have time to wait in the line. The food we did ate, from a smaller vendor, was really good–lots of vegetables and tofu!
The highlight for me was the animals. An animal shelter had set up a booth, and volunteers were waking around with dogs up for adoption. They also had cats, to my excitement, and I was very sad that I was unable to adopt all of them as they were so incredibly sweet. Additionally, another organization was supporting humane treatment of animals and they had pigs there. One could adopt a pig, and one could also by a pig painting–a painting by a pig! We got to watch as one of the pigs ‘painted,’ using its hooves to create artwork, and it was really neat.
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