ISSUE 46 | MAY/JUNE 2018
The Growth Issue ART & FOOD SOUTHERN STYLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
NELSON CAMPBELL’S
Heal AMERICA mission to
GREENFARE DISHES UP HEALTHY OPTIONS
FARMER FRED’S harvest of health
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Refreshing Springtime Recipes
Is hydroponic gardening the future of sustainable agriculture?
One family goes plant-based, cold turkey | FOOD, FUN & CHILDREN
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Look for imaginative sculptures, some of them kinetic, all around downtown Greenville.
Find this friendly pig sculpture at the Children’s Garden along Swamp Rabbit Trail.
Gumby adds red to Falls Park at one end of The Lib-
Swamp Rabbit Trail: Bike 21 miles each way on one
erty Bridge. Il Porcellino represents a handsome wild
of America’s most awesome trails. On the way to
boar of legend. At the Children’s Garden, look for
the cute community of Travelers Rest, take a break
Vincenzo, a whimsical pig sculpture, and Fear Not,
to see the lake and clock tower at Furman University.
depicting a child drawing courage in the embrace
greenvillerec.com/swamprabbit
of a lion. Bonus: you can view the City of Greenville Public Art Walking Tour on your digital device.
Downtown Alive: Each Thursday for 24 weeks, it’s
gis.greenvillesc.gov/publicarttour/index.html
a party on Main Street, with regional bands rocking out while people dance in the street.
The Mice on Main, inspired by the book “Goodnight
greenvillesc.gov/1321/PNG-Downtown-Alive
Moon,” appear along Main Street between the Hyatt and the Westin Poinsett hotels. This fun project
Carolina Music Museum: Based in a former Coca-
was conceived by a local community-minded high
Cola bottling plant at the Heritage Green museum
school student and sculpted by Greenville-based
campus, this is the new home to spectacular restored
artist Zan Wells.
harpsichords, early pianos and other instruments.
Stir your senses
carolinamusicmuseum.org Magnolia Scents: A master chandler, Tina, helps
Falls Park on the Reedy: This urban park’s amaz-
you create soy candles in scents such as orange
ing features include beautiful rocky waterfalls and
chili pepper and Greenville. The shop uses vegan
the Liberty Bridge, a curved ultra light architectural
ingredients for its candles, bath bombs and lotions.
feat spanning 345 feet. Held in the air by a single
magnoliascents.com
suspension cable, it floats over the gardens and the waterfalls that were once used to power mills.
Tina also shared with me information about
fallspark.com
Greenville’s vegan supper club (greenvillevegan.com).
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VEGWORLDLY WANDERINGS - IN GREENVILLE
Sleep in Swamp Rabbit Inn is a modern bicycling-themed B&B that’s an easy walk to downtown. The kitchen is stocked with goods to make breakfast, and the on-property Bike Shed is the place to rent bikes. Owner and cycling guidebook author Wendy Lynam moved here from Chicago in 2005 after experiencing Greenville’s southern-cosmopolitan vibe. swamprabbitinn.com So bring comfy shoes, a camera and your appetite and dig into Greenville. Here are two more servings of southern comfort. The friendly international airport makes getting here easy. And for a free ride, hop the cool trolley!
More Information visitgreenvillesc.com This wonderful “bookcase” staircase is among delights at the Swamp Rabbit Inn.
About the Author Robin Tierney travels the world in search of creativity, beauty, fun and great plant-based food.
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VEGWORLD EVENTS CALENDAR
Looking for the most exciting, fun, inspiring, and informative vegan events worldwide? Here they are! If you have an event coming up, let us know. Send the details to editor@vegworldmag.com Vegan Street Fair
Shoreditch Viva!
Vegas Nights
Vegan Festival
May 4, 2018
May 12, 2018
Las Vegas, Nevada
Shoreditch, UK
Sarasota Veg Fest
Albany VegFest
May 5, 2018
June 2, 2018
Sarasota, Florida Nottingham Viva! Vegan Festival May 12, 2018 Nottingham, UK New Orleans
Albany, New York Maine Animal Coalition’s Veg Festival June 2, 2018 Portland, Maine
Vegan Food Festival
Asheville Vegan Fest
May 12, 2018
June 9, 2018
New Orleans, Louisiana
Asheville, North Carolina
Kent Vegan Festival
South Bay VegFair
May 12, 2018
June 16, 2018
Kent, UK
San Jose, California
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Tri-State VegFest June 16, 2018 Edison, New Jersey Chicago Vegandale Food Drink Festival June 30, 2018 Chicago, Illinois Stockport Viva! Vegan Festival June 30, 2018 Stockport, UK South East Vegan Festival June 30, 2018 Portsmouth, UK Greater London Vegan Festival June 23, 2018 London, UK
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LET ‘EM PLAY WITH THEIR FOOD
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hen I was quite young, my favorite meal was Sunday breakfast. That’s when my dad donned his apron and made pancakes. For the final batch we’d get to choose the shape of our hotcake: bunny or bird, airplane or dinosaur. No pancake ever tasted so sweet! Anything that tickles a child’s imagination will capture her/his interest and affection. Today, our kids are in real trouble. They’re bombarded with unhealthy food messages pushing pizza and soda, sugary cereals, processed and fast food. Obesity and diabetes are becoming epidemic, gut disorders and autoimmune conditions are on the rise – all threatening a growing proportion of our kids and setting them up for a lifelong struggle with chronic illness, a lifespan cut short, dreams curtailed. These are lifestyle diseases and mostly caused by the very foods we feed them1. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard we all
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need to consume more plant foods, rich in fiber, nutrient-dense and low-calorie to lower systemic inflammation and optimize our weight. We also need to seriously lighten up on processed foods, soda, meat, and dairy for our health and for the environment. The more we increase the former and reduce the latter, the better off we’ll be. Ok, you’ve got the message. You’re ready to stock your fridge with healthy choices and spend more time in the kitchen. But how to wean your kids off junk and get them on board?
KIDS NEED TO OWN IT.
The more you can involve children in food shopping, in farm visits, in prepping and cooking, in gardening, in planting even one little lima bean in a paper cup on the counter and watching it grow, the more interested they’ll become in what they eat
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THE GOOD
Farmer by Lori Fryd
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THE GOOD FARMER
F
rom the tiniest single seed to the unfathomable bounty which follows, watching our food grow - nurturing it into fruition ourselves -
In her classic book, The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
brings us back to our origins, to nature, literally to
earth. Throughout the harrowing tribulations of his
our very roots, to the earth itself.
life, he holds onto the land, understanding that his
tells the story of a Chinese peasant who lives off the land and who cherishes and reveres his small plot of
life and his very survival depends solely upon that “Farmer Fred” has a passion for sharing the plant-
small stretch of earth beneath his feet. At the end of
based message through his YouTube channel and
the book, when he overhears his sons planning to
his Facebook sites, “Plant-Based Living With Farmer
sell the land, he lashes out at them:
Fred.” He is trying to help everyone find their “inner farmer.” He wants people to know that grow-
“It is the end of a family—when they begin to sell
ing one’s own food - no matter if it’s on a 10-acre
the land. Out of the land we came and into it
farm like his or in one small container garden out on a deck - goes hand-in-hand with this lifestyle. It enhances this way of life and involves us intimately with the miracle of growth. We can sing the praises of this lifestyle, we can speak and write glowingly about all the benefits of
we must go—and if you will hold your land you can live—no one can rob you of land. If you sell the land, it is the end.” Indeed, the land is where we all live and the land is what nourishes and sustains us. There can be no talk of plant-based living, of healing and restoration of our bodies, of getting back our lives - without
plant-based living, we can try to spread our message
acknowledging and understanding this profound
far and wide -- but, in the end.......somebody’s got
connection. It is the interwoven, inextricable con-
to grow the food, you know? That’s where Farm-
nection between our health and the generous rich
er Fred steps in to remind us all that everybody, no
earth, itself - offering up to us the fruits of our own
matter where they live or whatever their level of ex-
salvation. And the good farmers, like Farmer Fred,
perience, can participate in this miracle.
who tend to it.
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