Speakers
Central Florida Veg Fest features several great speakers on a variety of vegan-related topics! Veg Fest speakers are sponsored by Earth Sponsor Vegetarians of Central Florida and emceed by Shannon Blair of Jungle Sponsor Solutionary Species.
If you are interested in being a speaker at Veg Fest, please fill out the Speaker Application. If you have any questions about speaking at Veg Fest, please contact Larry Rumbough at [email protected] or 321-331-1859. 11:00 a.m. Thomas Goodman, "Strategies for Plant-Based Food Outreach!" Plant Dining Partnerships The presentation will showcase the vast opportunity in encouraging businesses to carry plant-based food options in their supply chains. These tools will be shared through step-by-step illustration highlighting how fun, easy, and efffective we all can be creating a more compassionate food system. In this process, will also discuss various ways all of us can use our passions and strengths to create a revamped food system accordingly. Thomas Goodman has been a lifelong admirer of animals, was raised meat-free and later became a professional advocate in 2014. He has since worked in various initiatives such as corporate outreach, federal state and regulatory advocacy, promotion of Meatless Mondays, leafleting across North America, public speaking, campaigning, community organizing, and more for the animal protection movement. 1:00 p.m. Lisa Wong, "Get In Touch and Listen to Your Inner Doctor"
Center For Healing By Design Our organization provides the general public self-care and self-healing education that integrates WFPB (Whole-Food Plant-Based) diet and lifestyle to empower them to take control of their health. We offer a presentation entitled "Get In Touch and Listen to Your Inner Doctor". The purpose of the presentation is to raise awareness of how our body communicates the damage done to our body from intake of animal protein, emotional stress, and toxic chemicals via ear readings. Lisa Wong, L.Ac. is known as the champion for the voiceless, both the animals and the Inner Doctor. She is the world’s first vegan acupuncturist to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and the founder of Center for Healing By Design, a 501c3 non-profit organization with the mission to empower people worldwide with evolutionary self-care education, experience, and tools to get in touch with their Inner Doctor and create the happy healthy fulfilling lives in harmony with Mother Earth and all living beings. 3:00 p.m. Ron Knaus, "Here, There, Tomorrow; Tools for Resolution" The Vegan Doc Here: Present status of health conditions with cause and effect. There: Present results of society, food industry, and human behavior with leaders of change. Tomorrow: Present present day guidelines of recover using lifestyle behaviors; offer positive tools for recovery that can be utilized today and tomorrow. Ron Knaus was a physician who was always interested in 'social justice issues'; in fact he was the founder and CEO of American Aspergers Association where he gave free Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy to any child within the spectrum. Once he retired he became plant-based, lost over 30% of his weight, and has become a leader in teaching physicians and others about the benefits of Lifestyle Alterations. He is a sought-out speaker for Veg Fests thoughout Florida and a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. |
Special Guest!
10:30 a.m. VeganEvan, VeganEvan's Mission "Welcome to Central Florida Veg Fest and Vegan Rap" |