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  Seminars & Food Demos

This year's event will feature a series of live seminars, book signing events, and food-prep demos.
How to get to Central Park.

8:30 am Exhibitor Setup
10 am - 5 pm Exhibitor Booths Open
10 am - 11 am Patricia McAllister Smith

Patti has been around the health industry for almost 20 years. After being diagnosed with a pituitary tumour in 1987, she began the path of health that ultimately healed her. She has been vegetarian for 15 years, studied iridology and holistic nutrition, and is a Certified Living on Live Food Chef and Teacher, and a Chartered Herbalist. Patti worked for the late master healer, Dr. Leo Roy, M.D., N.D. Since she discovered the raw life four years ago, she has studied many books, attended courses and lectures, and discovered how wonderful the world of sprouts and wheatgrass really are. She has been sprouting and growing greens for many years and her speciality is making Essene bread.

11 am - 12 pm Brendan Brazier

Brendan is a professional vegan Ironman triathlete, the 2003 and 2006 Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion, a bestselling author on performance nutrition ("Thrive" and "The Thrive Diet") and the creator of an award-winning meal replacement and energy bar formula called VEGA.

www.brendanbrazier.com

12 pm - 2pm Pie Contest Judging - Adrian Harewood

Join celebrated CBC radio host and festival emcee Adrian Harewood as our panel of celebrity judges attempt to pick a pie contest winner. The pies will be available for viewing (and ooing and awing) starting at 11:30. Pie samples will be freely shared with the general public after they are judged.

1 pm - 2 pm Yoga with Core-Elation

Bring your yoga mats and join in the free outdoor yoga session under the trees and in the sun, led by experienced yoga teacher Eileen Scully.

www.eileensyoga.com

2 pm - 3 pm Angela Stokes

Angela experienced recovery from morbid obesity by adopting a healthy lifestyle of raw food and natural healthcare. Author of numerous books including "Raw Reform", she now spreads her message through community talks, writing and lifestyle coaching.

www.rawreform.com/

3 pm - 4 pm Matt Monarch

Matt is 100% raw vegan, and is the author of “The Raw Spirit”, one of the best-selling raw books available. Matt is also a recognized international speaker on the raw food diet. He inspires audiences with his enthusiasm and simple, accessible approach to going raw in a healthy and sustainable way.

www.rawspirit.org

4 pm - 5 pm Dorit

Specializing in transitioning to a Plant Based, Living Foods Lifestyle from a grounded perspective. Adding variety to her work as a Certified Living Foods Chef, Dorit is an educator for the Chopra Centre, coaches Lifeskills Groups, and is a retreat and workshop leader for medically supervised Cleansing and Detoxification Retreats such as the one that Dr David Wong and Dorit organized and ran at the Fox Hollow Clinic and Spa in Kentucky.

www.serenityspaces.org

5 pm Pie Contest Awards - Adrian Harewood

Everyone is a winner in the pie contest! Stick around to see who earned top scores and for lots of prizes to be handed out.