FREE Admission Weekend Open House -- Come and Explore the wonder and healing power of Asha's Farm Sanctuary
Get ready for a moo-velous day at COW FEST 2025!
Enjoy heartwarming meet and greets with the cows, pumpkin smashing, live music, nature trail, engaging cooking demonstration, and select vendors. Sip on refreshing harvest drinks as you explore our new visiting center, designed to foster a compassionate community that also values self-compassion.
This year, we’re excited to focus on delicious, bountiful whole foods that are vegan, low in salt, and low in oil—showing that healthy eating can be both fun and flavorful!
Our mission is to promote compassion for cows as friends, not food, while offering tasty alternatives that nurture you and the planet.
More to come.
Vendors:
Asha’s Mindful Eating Kitchen
Entertainment:
To be announced.
Cooking Demo Instructor:
-JL Fields, Author and Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach
We’re thrilled to welcome JL Fields to this year's COW FEST! As a passionate advocate for holistic well-being, she brings her knowledge as a vegan chef, health coach, and educator to inspire and empower individuals on their wellness journeys.
JL will showcase her compassionate kitchen at COW FEST, delighting us with morning cooking demonstrations on both Saturday and Sunday. These sessions will also feature a discussion on how to create your toolkit for self-compassion.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
JL holds certifications as a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), Certified Nutrition Coach (PN1-NC), and Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator. Additionally, she’s a CDC-Certified Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach, RYT 200 Yoga Teacher, and a Certified Specialist in Coaching Dietary Strategies, focusing on plant-based, macros-based, and intermittent fasting approaches.
AUTHOR & EDUCATOR
As the author of six books, including The Complete Plant-Based Diet, Vegan Baking for Beginners, and The Vegan Air Fryer, JL aims to make plant-based living accessible and enjoyable. She also co-authored The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook and Vegan for Her, collaborating with esteemed colleagues in the field.
COACHING & CONSULTING
With a background in higher education and nonprofit leadership, JL transitioned her skills to the health and wellness sector. She’s led coaching teams in the digital healthcare space and teaches Advanced Wellness Coaching at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.
Through JL Fields Consulting, LLC, she creates and delivers inspiring wellness programs, helps others lead with confidence, and develops coaching excellence through learning, development, training, and mentorship.
In addition to JL’s consulting work, she also offers private health and wellness coaching, culinary instruction, and career coaching for aspiring health professionals, supporting individuals in aligning their habits, lifestyle, and purpose with plant-based, mindful living.
The following food for purchase prepared fresh by Asha’s Mindful Eating
Outdoor Patio:
To be announced.
Inside Visiting Center at the Merch & Mingle Bar:
-Harvest Smoothies with mixed berries and banana
-Hot Pumpkin Spice Tea sweetened with maple syrup and delightfully topped with oat-based whip cream and cinnamon stick
-Raw food fun snacks to be announced.
No substitutions, eliminations or additions are available on any of the menu items due to festival demands and limited resources. Remember we are a volunteer-based organization!
Sponsors:
JL Fields
Ross Rental
You may also like the following events from Asha’s Farm Sanctuary:
- Next month, 27th September, 10:00 am, Cow Fest Health and Wellness Expo in Newfane
- Next month, 27th September, 11:00 am, Free Vegan Cooking Demo with JL Fields, Nationally Recognized Author and Board Certified HWC in Newfane
- Next month, 28th September, 10:00 am, Cow Fest Health and Wellness Expo in Newfane
Also check out other
Health & Wellness events in Newfane,
Festivals in Newfane,
Music events in Newfane.
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