Combining Vegan Values
By Rissa Miller
When planning their wedding weekend, Serena Rose and David Jonczak of Maryland knew every detail had to be exactly right.
"We wanted an intentional experience," said Rose. "It was a complete vegan retreat."
They had some non-vegan guests and family who were "initially hesitant, but came around, and even got seconds after multiple days enjoying the shift to vegan food," she said.
The immersive 3-day weekend at Zigone Farm Retreat included a vegan pizza party, raw vegan breakfast cakes, lunch by Hippy Chick Hummus, dinner of crabless cakes and spring veggie risotto from Nourrie Cuisine, and a vegan brunch with tofu scramble and pancakes. Harmony Bakery created vanilla-lavender cake and cupcakes. All are entirely vegan businesses.
Other aspects included vegan hair and make-up products, vegan attire and shoes for the wedding party, vegan favors/decor/flowers, and interaction with 60 rescue goats and sheep.
Rose said, "Everything that could possibly be questioned, we questioned, and ensured it was vegan. Which is part of the lifestyle, to ask the questions. Our wedding reflected our vegan values. The Earth is all connected, and we wanted to honor that and the lives of animals, as we joined our lives."
