SEED Food & Wine Festival Austin 2025 “ROWDY GIRL” Screening

The SEED Food & Wine Festival the nation’s first conscious plant-based week-long festival announces their Texas debut with the SEED Food & Wine Festival Austin taking place the week of October 22 - 26 at various locations throughout the city. After almost a decade of hosting the wildly successful SEED Food & Wine Festival in Miami SEED is thrilled to find a new home in Austin a city that boasts a dynamic mix of local farmers food artisans and innovative chefs who are passionate about sustainable and health-conscious living. Named the Top Three Food and Wine Festivals in the country by USA Today SEED promises a culinary experience unlike any other showcasing the best in plant-based foods wines spirits chefs restaurants authors athletes and visionaries from Texas to every corner of the country. Attendees can expect an exciting array of events and activations throughout the week including a plant-based taco competition cooking demonstrations wine tastings celebrity chef dinner craft beer and spirits tastings live music fitness + body care yoga a kid zone and so much more. SEED Austin has also announced that they have officially partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank for their inaugural fest and will be donating proceeds from their ticket sales as well as the contributions from an online auction to the food bank. Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seed-food-wine-austin-plant-based-food-festival-tickets-1138466878079?aff=PressRelease. For more information please see seedfoodandwineaustin.com.

On Wednesday Oct. 22 SEED Austin presents a special screening of the film “ROWDY GIRL” directed by Jason Goldman and executive produced by Moby at AFS Cinema (located at 6259 Middle Fiskville Rd Austin TX 78752). After a spiritual awakening a former Texas cattle rancher leaves the cruel cycle of animal agriculture and transforms her husband’s beef operation into a sanctuary. “ROWDY GIRL” showcases the inspiring work of Renee King-Sonnen who has lived on both sides of the fence and proves that there is a common ground between farmers and vegans: a shared mission of compassion and sustainability. Jason Goldman’s verité style lovingly captures the dynamic connection between Renee her husband Tommy and the hooved and feathered friends who inhabit Rowdy Girl Sanctuary. Renee King-Sonnen is a Texas powerhouse — a former cattle rancher who saw the truth turned vegan and never looked back. She took the very industry that she was a part of and flipped the script transforming her ranch into Rowdy Girl Sanctuary — a groundbreaking safe haven for farm animals once destined for slaughter. Fierce unapologetic and hellbent on change Renee is on a mission to shatter the cycle of animal agriculture proving that even the most die-hard ranchers can turn their backs on cruelty. Rowdy Girl isn’t just a sanctuary — it’s a movement. A rebellion against the system and a wake-up call to the world that compassion is the future.

The “ROWDY GIRL” screening will be from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and will benefit Rowdy Girl Sanctuary. Director Jason Goldman and Renee King-Sonnen whose story is at the heart of the documentary will be in attendance for a special introduction and Q&A along with surprise guests.

Host or Publisher McKenna Ray Sefcik