{"id":17461,"date":"2021-05-31T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17461"},"modified":"2021-05-18T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:47:14","slug":"join-the-discussion-with-540-families-in-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-parents-and-kids-facebook-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/31\/join-the-discussion-with-540-families-in-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-parents-and-kids-facebook-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Discussion with 540+ Families in The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Parents and Kids Facebook Group!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/17634633_1383678708356810_3212165626407255910_n-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/17634633_1383678708356810_3212165626407255910_n-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/17634633_1383678708356810_3212165626407255910_n-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/17634633_1383678708356810_3212165626407255910_n.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent topics brought up\ninclude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Does anyone know recent research or surveys that show how\nmany 8 to 13-year-olds are vegetarian? (Asking for an eco- soul-conscious kids\nvegetarian cookbook author.) \u2013 VRG shared their recent poll figures: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutshell\/Yougov2021youthteenwriteup.pdf?fbclid=IwAR356QnB66wDHaek9qBcmlKF0wI4xJXlAqLEPCF1nDxgGEcIctQZFfUlTVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutshell\/Yougov2021youthteenwriteup.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Impossible Foods has secured Child Nutrition Labels for\nImpossible Burger, which will help in distributing the veggie burger in\nschools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The Vegetarian Resource Group Nutrition Advisor Reed\nMangels, PhD, RD will be leading a virtual online class for teens ages 12-18.\nIt is through the San Jose, California public library. The class will be\noffered several times; however, you must pre-register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/VRGparentsandkids\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/VRGparentsandkids<\/a>\nis intended to be a group that offers\nsupport for families raising children on vegan diets and for vegan kids around\nthe world. We envision it as a place to get advice about a wide-variety of\ntopics: pregnancy, birthday parties, school lunches, Halloween, non-leather\napparel, cruelty-free products, summer camps, and more. Please use it as a\nplace to share your wisdom, seek advice, or just find a sympathetic ear. The\ngoal is to offer support. <br>\n<br>\nConsequently, any profane, defamatory, offensive,\nor violent language will be removed. Feel free to disagree, but do so\nrespectfully. Hateful or discriminatory comments regarding race, ethnicity,\nreligion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or political beliefs will not\nbe tolerated. We expect that posts should relate to vegan diets and lifestyles.\nThe Vegetarian Resource Group reserves the right to monitor all content and ban\nany user who posts in violation of the above rules, any law or regulation,\nSPAM, or anything otherwise off topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share this information\nwith any veggie families that you know! Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent topics brought up include: &#8211; Does anyone know recent research or surveys that show how many 8 to 13-year-olds are vegetarian? (Asking for an eco- soul-conscious kids vegetarian cookbook author.) \u2013 VRG shared their recent poll figures: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutshell\/Yougov2021youthteenwriteup.pdf &#8211; Impossible Foods has secured Child Nutrition Labels for Impossible Burger, which will help in distributing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17463,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17461\/revisions\/17463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}