{"id":22185,"date":"2017-10-20T08:50:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T00:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=22185"},"modified":"2017-10-21T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T03:53:07","slug":"vegans-of-manila-kick-start-the-2nd-vegan-festival-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/vegans-of-manila-kick-start-the-2nd-vegan-festival-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegans of Manila Kick-start the 2nd Vegan Festival in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Vegans of Manila<\/strong> who come from all walks of life will descend to Manila again\u00a0as the\u00a0<strong>2nd Vegan Festival<\/strong>\u00a0hits the country. They held the first vegan parade last October 19 while handing out free vegan food such as ice cream, cookies, tacos and much more. It\u00a0was also a way for them to draw the attention of the public\u00a0and\u00a0invite everyone to the 2nd Vegan Festival that will happen on on<strong> November 18-19 <\/strong>at<strong> Eastwood Central Plaza<\/strong>\u00a0and on\u00a0<strong>November 25-26, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>Lucky China Town.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22191\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v1-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><br \/>\nThey also invited the media to see the different products and food that will be available at the fest. Different celebrities were present such as actor Rafael Rossel, DJ Samir, and Rhem Enjavi. Jaq Abregas, founder and head organizer of VegFest Philippines says &#8220;This event is not just for vegans; it&#8217;s for everyone from all ages and all walks of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22187\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V2-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Jaq Abregas, founder and head organizer of Vegan Festival<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22188\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V3-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Assorted fresh vegetables and fruits were available <\/em><\/span><em>at<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em> the event<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the brands that were present include <em>Dear Jamie<\/em> (handmade handsoaps, sugarcane-based perfumes), <em>Cocolatto<\/em> (coconut based vegan ice creams), J<em>ertie&#8217;s Kitchen<\/em> (Gluten-free and vegan pastries), <em>Antojitos<\/em> (vegan tacos, nachos), <em>Hebivora<\/em> (an all vegan restaurant in Quezon City), <em>Lokalitea<\/em> (freshly brewed turmeric teas), and <em>Vitamix Philippines<\/em> (high-speed power blender). All of the booths gave out samples for the guests and media to try.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22193\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v5.jpg 512w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v5-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/rsz_v5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>One of the eye-catching booths, Dear Jamie makes sugarcane-based perfumes and other essential oil<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vegan or not, all are welcome to join this event! For more information, please visit their facebook page @VegFestPilipinas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegans of Manila who come from all walks of life will descend Manila again with their 2nd Vegan Festival in the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[500,4258,4257,4256],"class_list":["post-22185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-launching-and-opening","tag-november","tag-vegan-festival","tag-vegans","tag-vegans-of-manila"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/V2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22185"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22237,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185\/revisions\/22237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}