Food For Life brings vegan food to Haiti
The first wave of International Food for Life Global volunteers are in the Dominican Republic and have joined the local…
Summer Staff Needed for Vegetarian Kitchen in International Teen Camp
The Global Youth Village, a residential, international leadership camp in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia, is seeking seasonal food…
Applications for VRG $5,000 College Scholarship Due Feb 20
Each year, VRG awards $10,000 in college scholarship money to two high school seniors who have promoted vegetarianism in their…
VRG Generates Interest in Vegetarianism at Agricultural Conference
By Ben Shaberman Organic farmers, specialty growers, and agricultural professionals from throughout the Midwest braved arctic-like conditions to attend the…
Save Our Water: The Vegetarian Way
VRG's new brochure, Save Our Water: The Vegetarian Way, is now online! The beginning portion is excerpted below: We all…
Nutrition Blog-Line: Dark Leafy Greens
As a parallel segment to Vegetarian Journal’s Nutrition Hotline feature, The VRG Blog runs a Nutrition Blog-line feature. In this…
Make Your End of the Year Gift to VRG! (Fully Tax-Deductible)
Don't forget to support VRG by the end of the year - your gift is fully tax-deductible! Click here to…
VRG finds L-cysteine in McDonald’s Apple and Cherry Pies is derived from an Animal Source
Click here to read VRG's latest report on L-cysteine at McDonald's, also pasted below. L-cysteine is "A common dough conditioner,…
Preventing Childhood Obesity
In a new article, Bucking the Trend: Preventing Childhood Obesity, Alison Ventura, PhD, discusses a variety of ways to prevent…
National Restaurant Association poll finds vegetarian & vegan foods a hot trend for 2010
The National Restaurant Association surveyed 1,854 American Culinary Federation chefs to predict hot culinary trends for 2010. Meatless/vegetarian entrees came…