Truth To Power | Kristina Addington | LIVE From Bluegrass VegFest | Part 5 | 8-18-23

Forward Radio was thrilled to participate in the 2nd annual Bluegrass VegFest, at the historic Mellwood Art Center on Saturday, July 15th, 2023! Bluegrass VegFest is a FREE public education event whose mission is outreach about the benefits of veganism as a way to protect animals and the environment, and improve health. Learn more at http://bluegrassvegfest.com

Forward Radio not only hosted a booth to help you translate your plant-power into community radio, but we also conducted a live broadcast to bring you interviews with some of the many vendors, keynote speakers & cooking demos.

On today's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the fifth hour of our live broadcast, including a vegan charcuterie cooking demo with:
KRISTINA ADDINGTON
Owner of V-Grits, Chef, Vegan Activist

After learning about the cruelties of factory farming and exploitation of animals across many industries more than sixteen years ago, Chef Kristina chose to dedicate her life to educating and promoting a cruelty free, vegan existence. She spent the next few years as a Campaign Coordinator and Corporate Liaison for PETA, while also teaching vegan cooking classes. 

In 2014 Chef Kristina used the prize money from a cooking competition on the food network to launch the V-Grits food truck (an acronym for vegan girl raised in the south) with a focus on southern style vegan comfort food. V-Grits (https://www.vgrits.com) has taken many forms over the last decade, including a meal service, a product line, a full service restaurant and brewery, and now resides inside Louisville’s Logan Street Market serving fast casual vegan comfort food. In addition to being a business owner and animal rights activist, Chef Kristina is a mom to her four year old son Andrew, a health food and fitness enthusiast, and a vintage toy collector.

On Truth to Power each week, we gather people from around the community to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else!

Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at http://forwardradio.org