Join us for our first lecture of the fall on Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00 pm. We will welcome Maine writer and independent researcher Avery Yale Kamila to the History Center for a lively discussion of Maine’s 300 years of vegetarian food history. Learn about the earliest known Maine vegetarian from 1722, explore Maine’s 19th century riots, prophecies, and doctors tied to vegetarianism, examine the 1970s vegetarian resurgence in Maine, and discover America’s original milk, made in Maine from nuts and seeds. It’s sure to be a fascinating journey through some little-known areas of Maine history.
Avery Yale Kamila is the founder of the Maine Vegetarian History Project and recently co-curated the Maine Historical Society exhibition Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History. Kamila is the long-time former author of a popular Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram food column. Two decades ago, she served as the Yarmouth beat reporter for a short-lived PPH weekly.
All programs are free and will take place at the Yarmouth History Center (118 East Elm Street, Yarmouth) at 7:00 pm. The lecture series is generously sponsored by the Leon and Lisa Gorman Fund.
