{"id":4711,"date":"2026-07-26T21:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:33:34","slug":"teaching-health-and-wellness-the-vegan-block-party-returns-to-springfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4711","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Health and Wellness: The Vegan Block Party returns to Springfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB\/WSHM) — After many years on hiatus, one of Springfield\u2019s most beloved community events has made its return. The vegan block party is back, showing how you can maintain a <a href="https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4679" title="Italy was once a model of <a href="https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4666" title="Kabul, Tashkent discuss health<\/a> sector cooperation”>health<\/a>y eating – now it has a child obesity problem”>healthy<\/a> lifestyle; without having to give up your favorite foods<\/p>\n

Sundays event, held on State Street and hosted by the non-profit \u2018Flags for Health & Wellness\u2019, brought together a vibrant mix of vegan food vendors, live entertainment, wellness re<\/p>\n

Western Mass News was at the block party, getting the chance to speak to Justin Yard; one of the organizers of the block party. There, he told us a little more about all these amazing dishes, \u201c…And so we got vendors from all across New England, Connecticut, Boston. The list goes on. We want people to experience vegan food sometimes for the first time. I know that [there\u2019s] easy and healthy ways to do that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Yard explained, this event wasn\u2019t held solely for vegans. With about 400 to 700 people in attendance, this was a chance for the community to learn more about food they may have never tried otherwise<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw that the vegan community was dying out, not only in Springfield, but cities like Springfield, all across America, especially, that need it the most, right? And so, we look at vegan food as plant-based food. Plant-based food has a huge indicator on what we call pre-existing conditions like diabetes, cancer, all that great stuff. So, we try to make sure that we expose people to real food as much as possible so, we can change their mindset and also change their health as well,\u201d he went on to explain.<\/p>\n

Flags For Health & Wellness\u2019s goal for a healthier community doesn\u2019t end with food. The non-profit, aimed at building wellness knowledge within local African American communities, also hosts events teaching skills such as financial literacy and baby wearing<\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more, you can click here to visit their Facebook for more information<\/p>\n

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB\/WSHM) — After many years on hiatus, one of Springfield\u2019s most beloved community events has made its return. The vegan block party is back, showing how you can maintain a healthy lifestyle; without having to give up your favorite foods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[395,40,393,394,131],"class_list":["post-4711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-family-wellness","tag-block","tag-health","tag-teaching","tag-vegan","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4712,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions\/4712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}