The Boston Vegetarian Society seeks to help people, animals, and the environment by promoting a vegetarian way of life. We provide education, community support, and outreach to encourage healthy plant-based eating and compassionate, earth-friendly living.
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View How to Go Vegetarian or Vegan to get you started and keep you going as a healthy, happy herbivore! Any steps you take in the direction of a more plant-based diet will benefit you, the earth, and the animals -- and BVS is here to help.
Visit our Resources page for information on raising veg children, veg-promoting documentaries, finding local organic and farmers markets, Boston area lodgings and veg B & Bs, and more!
Upcoming Events
BVS organizes a variety of popular events, and we hope you will join in! We offer cooking classes, monthly speaker events and dinners, holiday events, author events, our summer Peace Abbey outing, and more! We organize the annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival and do other outreach events as well. Our events are open and welcoming to vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. View Events Calendar!
eNewsletter
The BVS eNewsletter (sent via our e-mail list) contains local news of interest to the veg community, plus timely information we hope is useful to readers. Subscribe in the right sidebar. We respect your privacy and will not sell or share your address with anyone.
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What’s Cooking
- Monthly Vegan Cooking Classes with Veg Cookbook Author Didi Emmons. Have fun while learning to make healthy, scrumptious recipes, and share a fabulous vegan meal that we have learned to prepare together!
- Tips for Restaurant Owners. Entice vegetarian diners and their companions to your restaurant!
- Restaurant News and Reviews.
BVS is an all-volunteer organization. Membership and events are open to all. BVS began in 1986, is incorporated in Massachusetts as an educational non-profit, and has 501(c)3 tax-exempt status under the IRS. BVS is an affiliate member of the North American Vegetarian Society, the Vegetarian Union of North America, and the International Vegetarian Union. Read more about BVS...