As the popularity of alt-meat has increased, so too have plant-based options at summer festivals and events. Alt-Meat looks back at the history of festival food and meat-free menu advancements in 2022.
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We remember Woodstock mostly as a free-wheeling celebration of the counter-culture. But on August 16, 1969, festival-goers burned down two food concession stands.
According to Smithsonian Magazine, the “hungry hippies” were angry because food service was slow and concessioners were selling foodstuffs for quadruple their normal price. Things got so bad that 10,000 sandwiches, along with water…