If you go to the bottom of the page they have a tentative list of who will be this years speakers.

Summerfest is a yearly gathering of vegans and vegetarians. It is 5 days of vegan food prepared by gourmet chefs, classes, workshops, and the most positive vibes you will find at any gathering.

There have been many talks by vegan medical doctors and registered dietitians on nutrition and health info in addition to all sorts of interesting workshops.

Hundreds of vegetarians/vegans, great food, fun classes and very, very positive atmosphere!

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This article is from Metamute, an online magazine about culture technology and politics after the net

COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING TRUST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Keynote speaker: Dr Jane Goodall DBE of the Jane Goodall Institute

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
17-18 March 2005 with optional excursions on 19 March

I went this past summer.

There were plenty of talks given by health professionals and vegans.  Some of the big names were Dr. Michael Greger MD, Dr. Michael Klapper MD, Brenad Davis RD, and George Eisman RD.

The consensus among these experts is that a good vegan diet is one of the best things for your health AND that a bad vegan diet is one of the worst things for your health.

One of the messages the speakers strove hardest to expose everyone to through the plenary talks was that of an incipient health crisis in the vegetarian and vegan community.  

In a nutshell, vegetarians ( and vegans ) need to regularly use a reliable source of vitamin B-12, increase their calcium intake, increase their intake of fresh green vegetables, increase their intake of fresh yellow/orange vegetables, secure a source of iodine, secure a source of essential fatty acids, reduce their consumption of sweets, minimize their use of refined flour products (pasta, breads, bagels, etc.), and get more exercise.  

This is not a new message, but the experts at Summerfest emphasized -- with a palpable sense of caring and urgency -- that many vegetarians and vegans are simply not following this advice, to their great detriment.

This information inspired me to put a web site with links to information from these experts........in a format emphasiszing brevity.......for veg*ns who want to improve their health:

HTH

Steve

        I got a call recently from the Social Justice Chair at a nearby church asking if our congregation would join in supporting the Heifer Project.  She seemed surprised when I told her I thought Heifer was a feel good charity that might harm the very people its intended to serve.