Where to Eat Vegan: Poplar Springs Thanksgiving with the Turkeys

Poplar Springs in a magical place where animals live stress-free lives and giant vegan potlucks happen and happy people swap recipes. Just don't call it a farm, seriously.

With last year's potluck under our belt, several friends and family and I went out on a beautiful sunny day in November to gorge ourselves on food. The spread was even bigger than last year and we quickly split ourselves between the 4 food lines and stacked our plates high and then decimated everything.

After eating everyone grabs a pumpkin and heads to the pig pen where the pigs anxiously await their turn to eat. If you live anywhere in the area don't miss this for November 2013!

Thanksgiving Feast at Poplar Springs

Today was a gorgeous day filled with food, friends and adorable animals. I'm sooo glad I found out about Poplar Springs in time to make it to the vegan Thanksgiving potluck. I've started volunteering there with my brother and while our job consists of scooping up poop and distributing fresh hay it does allow us some play time with the animals.

After a few little hiccups (Pang got repremanded for calling it a farm and not a sanctuary which is actually my fault because I call it "the farm" because it's shorter than "the sanctuary") we settled into a cozy picnic on the grass and flat out stuffed ourselves. Some of our favorites were the curry samosas, the spicy asian noodles, the veggie lasagna, some amazing mashed potatoes, yummy sauteed kale and of course the cashew mac and cheese. We piled out plates high with dessert as well and I must say, I think my chocolate beet cake went over pretty well! Can't wait for next year!