Notes from The VRG Scientific Department
VEGAN Education
VRG volunteer Marcy Schveibinz, who has a degree in nutrition, staffed an outreach
booth at Oracle Corporation in Columbia, Maryland, for an employee health and
wellness fair. Schveibinz reported that a vegetarian approached the booth stating
she was interested in going vegan, and another guest who was a self-described "big
meat eater" wanted to know "how easy it is" to transition to veganism, because he
"liked the idea." Schveibinz offered both support, gave the guests ideas for vegan
protein sources, and pointed them to VRG's website, www.vrg.org, which offers extensive resources,
recipes, and more. Another guest at the health fair discussed with Schveibinz how
his doctor was encouraging him to go vegan due to health issues.
Schveibinz also led a vegan cooking demonstration about healthful meal preparation techniques for a group of about 15 residents at a low-rent senior community named DePaul House in Baltimore.
The Vegetarian Resource Group submitted testimony to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on horizontal approaches to food standards of identity modernization. You can read VRG's testimony here: www.vrg.org/blog/2019/11/22/vegetarian-resource-group-testimony-submitted-to-food-and-drug-administration-fda-on-horizontal-approaches-to-food-standards-of-identity-modernization.
