Meat eaters welcome, too, at weekend vegetarian fest

The Seattle Times | Local News

Vegetarians of Washington's Vegfest 2006 is this weekend:

After drawing nearly 10,000 people to last year's event at the Seattle Center's Fisher Pavilion, the fifth-year festival has claimed the much bigger Exhibition Hall.

Clearly this a very successful event, in no small part drawing on the broad number of veg-curious omnivores out there.

it's the cross-eaters who are chewing up the either-or stereotype of the Birkenstock vegetarian vs. the military-boots meat man. Witness Georgetown's Smarty Pants, which features a lineup of sandwiches that can all be ordered vegetarian-style. "There's more integration," Lee says.

Inclusiveness is the order of the day, which is something all vegetarian activists should at least think about. Remember the last time you went to go buy something that involved a salesperson? For me, the low-pressure, leave me alone, but let me have the information when I need/ask for it, approach works best when someone's trying to sell me on something, and I dare say most people would likely agree, especially when it comes to something as personal as one's diet.

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