The Vegetarian Resource Group is an activist non-profit organization that does outreach all-year-long. For example, today we are giving a several hour presentation on veganism to 10 University of Maryland Dietetic Interns (all of whom are not vegetarian and will soon be practicing dietitians). VRG tables at different events throughout the USA and also sends literature free of charge to other groups/individuals doing educational activities in schools, hospitals, camps, restaurants, libraries, etc. Our ability to continue doing this depends on people like you! Your donations allow us to promote the vegan message whenever we’re called upon for assistance. Please consider becoming a monthly or quarterly donor to The Vegetarian Resource Group.

Thanks so much for your support. You can become a monthly or quarterly donor online here: vrg.org/donate

Giving appreciated securities held over a year directly to a charity such as The Vegetarian Resource Group can have some advantages in claiming a federal income tax charitable deduction for the fair market value of the property, and not paying capital gains tax over first selling the securities and then donating the proceeds to the charities.

This is not tax or legal advice. For specifics for your situation, please talk to your tax or legal advisor. Note there may be several tax changes in 2018.

VRG Parents and Kids Facebook Group is intended to be a group that offers support for families raising children on vegan diets and for vegan kids. We envision it as a place to get advice about a wide-variety of topics: pregnancy, birthday parties, school lunches, Halloween, non-leather apparel, cruelty-free products, summer camps, and more. Please use it as a place to share your wisdom, seek advice, or just find a sympathetic ear. The goal is to offer support.

Consequently, any profane, defamatory, offensive, or violent language will be removed. Feel free to disagree, but do so respectfully. Hateful or discriminatory comments regarding race, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or political beliefs will not be tolerated. We expect that posts should relate to vegan diets and lifestyles. The Vegetarian Resource Group reserves the right to monitor all content and ban any user who posts in violation of the above rules, any law or regulation, SPAM, or anything otherwise off topic.

Recent discussion topics include:
What are your favorite gifts for vegan kids?
Feeding vegan toddlers
Shared video on vegan pregnancy and raising vegan kids
Children’s books with a veggie theme
Plus much more!

Please share this information with any veggie families that you know! Thanks.

The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains an online Guide to Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurants in the USA and Canada. Below are some recent additions. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php

To support the updating of this online restaurant guide, please donate at:
www.vrg.org/donate

Banzo
2110 New Rd.
Linwood, NJ 08221
Enjoy greens and grains bowls, pita sandwiches, smoothies, and more.

Bar Verde
65 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003
Bar Verde features upscale takes on Mexican and Latin American favorites like wild mushroom tamales, nachos with butternut queso, hearts of palm ceviche, and a variety of meatless tacos along with an extensive wine selection. They offer brunch all day (try the plantain pancakes) and for dessert, enjoy churros with chocolate sauce. A great place for a date night and open late. The photo above is an example of dishes served.

Beelman’s
600 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Beelman’s offers creative, plant-based pub food that will satisfy both meat and non-meat eaters alike. Bar snacks include items such as wonton mee bites while the ‘Street Food’ menu offers choices like avocado toast and fine chili. The Main menu includes a variety of burger options loaded with non-traditional veggie toppings.

Fox and Fig
321 Habersham St.
Savannah, GA 31401
Savannah, GA is set to be the envy of the South thanks to this southern, plant-based vegan cafe. The brunch centric menu is packed with familiar southern comfort foods such as eggless quiche, breakfast hash with cashew Hollandaise and seared southern seitan, and French toast with Cholula-maple syrup. There’s also a full espresso bar featuring non-dairy milks, specialty tea drinks, herbal loose leaf teas, ice creams, and milk shakes.

Leaf
6 Kings Ct.
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Vegan restaurant run by three veggie sisters with a menu featuring burgers, “crab” cakes, pad thai, tacos, smoothies, and salads. For dessert, try the frozen banana-based ice cream, mini donuts topped with coconut bacon, or marbled raw “cheesecake.”

The District Bar
2110 New Rd.
Linwood, NJ 08221
Offers creative craft cocktails featuring fresh herbs, cold-pressed juice, and Kombucha tea along with carefully selected wines, draft and bottled beer, and liquor. Also enjoy a variety of loaded fries, various bites, and Middle Eastern dishes.

Through December 31, 2017, you can give a gift membership to The Vegetarian Resource Group (includes a 1-year subscription to Vegetarian Journal) for $15 each (40% discount). This offer is valid in the USA only!

This is a terrific way to share the vegan message, as well as support VRG. Gift subscriptions can be done online by simply typing in your message and the address(s) of the gift recipient(s) in the comments field. Go to: https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=1565

The latest issue of Vegetarian Journal includes reviews for the following products:

Crazy Go Nuts tried something different and created a delicious line of walnut butters. They offer eight vegan flavors of walnut butter: Plain, Banana, Orange, Coconut, Oatmeal Cookie, Chocolate Espresso, Sage Rosemary, and Buffalo. The spreads have a smooth and creamy texture, and the flavors are true to their name.

Bella Gluten-Free offers a Gourmet Italian Pizza Crust Mix that can go from “cup to table in 22 minutes,” making it easy for you to prepare a personalized pizza! All you need to add is water, oil, and an egg alternative (a flax egg or chickpea water work great).

Amy’s Kitchen combined two of our favorite things — pizza and cinnamon rolls — to form a delicious and savory product. Amy’s Vegan Margherita Swirls are satisfying, bite-sized rolls that taste like pizza.

Good Karma Foods has mastered taste, texture, and consistency with their new flax milk yogurts.

Pearls Olives released a new line of certified organic olives, which includes their two most popular flavors: Pitted Kalamata Greek Olives and Red Pepper Stuffed Green Olives.

Milkadamia Latte Da, a vegan milk made from macadamia nuts does indeed “foam beautifully” as the box touts. You won’t get quite the same results as with dairy milk, but it’s the closest we’ve seen.

Farmhouse Culture makes Kraut Krisps, corn chips made with probiotics from sauerkraut. Probiotics are live bacteria that add to or replace the beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract. There are four Kraut Krisp flavors: Dill Pickle, Smoked Jalapeno, Zesty Garden Veggie, and Sea Salt.

To read the entire article, visit:
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2017issue4/2017_issue4_veggie_bits.php

To subscribe to Vegetarian Journal, go to:
Subscribe to Vegetarian Journal

Wrap-up your holiday shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1279034 and Amazon donates to Vegetarian Resource Group.

Are you looking for some new creative dishes to serve this New Year’s Eve or Day? If so, the latest issue of Vegetarian Journal features an article by Anna Lam titled “Veganized Traditional Southern New Year’s Fare.” Recipes in this piece include:

Cornbread Flapjacks with Jalapeño-Mayhaw Jelly
Hoppin’ Johns
Turnip Greens
Seitan ‘Ham’

You can read this article here:
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2017issue4/2017_issue4_new_year.php

To subscribe to Vegetarian Journal, visit:
Subscribe to Vegetarian Journal

When making your end-of-year donations, please remember The Vegetarian Resource Group. We greatly appreciate your support. Visit: www.vrg.org/donate

Here are some of the ways your donation will be used throughout the year to come:
$25 Sponsors sending Vegetarian Journal for a year to a Vegetarian or Animal Rights Group located overseas in a poor country.

$50 Would go towards reprinting copies of Vegan Diets in a Nutshell brochures.
See: http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/vegan.htm

$100 The cost to send a box of vegan literature to a student vegetarian/animal rights/ environmental organization for outreach on their campus.

$200 Allows VRG to send Vegetarian Journal for a year to 20 high school students applying to the Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship.

$300 To print VRG Banners to use at outreach tables throughout the USA.

$500 Will enable us to give runner-up scholarships to high school seniors who promote veganism.

$750 So we can reprint our Spanish coloring book. See: http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2010issue4/2010_issue4_back_cover.php

Thank you and happy holidays!

Don’t forget, please visit: www.vrg.org/donate

Through December 31, 2017, you can give a gift membership to The Vegetarian Resource Group (includes a 1-year subscription to Vegetarian Journal) for $15 each (40% discount). This offer is valid in the USA only!

This is a terrific way to share the vegan message, as well as support VRG. Gift subscriptions can be done online by simply typing in your message and the address(s) of the gift recipient(s) in the comments field. Go to: Gift Subscriptions