March/April, 2022
By VRG Staff
Thank you to students that sent in entries for VRG's $30,000 in college scholarships for graduating high school seniors, as well as donors that supported this project. Volunteer Coordinator Whitney is busy coordinating our great volunteers who are reading essays.
Thanks to the following volunteers for all your hard work with The Vegetarian Resource Group, including posting to social media, writing blog posts, research, presentations, restaurant research, clerical work, writing HTML, contributing to our vegan parents group, doing media interviews, editing, photography, performing nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, reading scholarship essays, and more! To volunteer at VRG, please contact us at [email protected] To support The Vegetarian Resource Group's outreach, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels was interviewed for a Washington Post article on vegan and vegetarian children.
Reed responded to queries from a Belgian newspaper De Standaard about vitamin B12. She also did a webinar for Women's Health Dietetic Practice Group and Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Groups on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets Prior to and Throughout Pregnancy: A Practical Update
VRG Vegan Journal editor Rissa Miller demonstrated on RVN Television a vegan pizza using a white bean, garlic spread as a sauce. It may or may not still be up when you read this.
[ https://rvntelevision.com/episode/macro-magic-with-rissa-miller/ ]
VRG Foodservice Advisor Chef Nancy Berkoff, RD presented on Tips for Offering vegan foods in institutions for the Maryland Dietetics in Health Care Communities conference.
In May we will be doing an in-service for ten University of Maryland Dietetic students.
This month we are busy responding to applications for our college scholarships. Next deadline is February 20, 2023. In addition to our annual $20,000 in scholarships, this year we will be supporting New York City area students with an additional $10,000, due to a generous donor.
We continue to receive requests from prisoners for vegetarian information.
We've answered questions about our veg polls for several media and researchers, plus a consultant looking at Blacks and Latinos in the animal rights movement. Watch for the results of our newest poll that we are running in March, 2022.
Past polls on numbers and opinions of vegetarians/vegans are here
In honor of The Vegetarian Resource Group 40th anniversary this year, members have pledged an $8,500 match.
So your donations to support veg education will be doubled. You can donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
and write MATCH in the comments area. Thank you!
Join Vegan Journal Senior Editor Rissa Miller as she talks with Greg Skirboll, the owner of Mexitaly Brick Oven & Brewhouse, about how to get the most from your vegan dining experience in restaurants and cafes. See: [ https://youtu.be/3xSkmQJ22Qo ]
Try this simple vegan French Toast Casserole for your next brunch or breakfast gathering. Using bananas as the base, it pulls together in minutes and can rest in the fridge overnight, all ready to bake the next morning. And just wait until your guests smell the lovely aroma of French Toast Casserole as you pull it from the oven! A wonderful way to begin the day.
See video at:
[ https://youtu.be/Zjd8NkmWhnc ]
March 4 through March 27, 2022
See: [ https://www.mdveganeats.com/?fbclid=IwAR2F67SNlrA_o4aoMgXYletyOp48ytg9JY1skSBF1QO_ArSddfHogwwmjeM ]
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