{"id":1025,"date":"2010-09-14T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2010-09-14T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T15:08:20","slug":"vrg-at-hampdenfest-in-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/14\/vrg-at-hampdenfest-in-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"VRG at HampdenFest, in Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franck is from France and taking time off from his professional
\ncareer so he can learn about vegetarianism in America, as well as improve
\nhis English. His goal is to use his skills and the knowledge learned from
\nvolunteering to promote veganism in France.\n<\/p>\n

\n

Well, this was my first exhibition with The Vegetarian Resource Group. I
\n\twas quite anxious about my capacity to be understood by all these people.
\n\tThe familial atmosphere and the sunny weather sure helped.<\/p>\n

Our booth was located just next to one selling vegan pastries…What a
\n\tcoincidence. And it’d been (extremely) difficult to resist all the day.<\/p>\n

A lot of people stopped by our booth. Many were already vegetarian or
\n\tvegan. Some who weren’t vegetarian at all used to have a friend or a
\n\trelative that was. Or they thought with reason that they could lose weight
\n\tand get healthier that way. With Ann-Marie, we tried to comfort them and to
\n\temphasize that they should aim for a few vegetarian meals a week first, and
\n\tof course check the vrg.org site to find information and recipes.<\/p>\n

There were many people that were interested in what we were doing and even
\n\tupon arrival in the morning, the Baltimore HampdenFest coordinator said how
\n\texcited everyone was that VRG was setting up for today. There were many
\n\tfestival-goers that stopped, veg*n and not, that wanted more information
\n\tand support, and we were able to provide that. Most of them were
\n\tBaltimoreans who wanted to get involved with VRG in one way or another.<\/p>\n

Most of the question were about recipes and the activities of VRG. The
\n\tbooks, brochures and especially the guide to the vegetarian restaurants
\n\twere incredibly successful. More than 40 people subscribed to our email
\n\tlist.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, but this was predictable, we had no questions about ethics
\n\tnor environment and only a very few about nutritional facts (protein myth,
\n\tB12).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It was overall a great day and we look forward to the next HampdenFest!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you would like to volunteer to help with vegetarian outreach, please
\ne-mail Jack at vrg@vrg.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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