1) GIVE A VEGAN JOURNAL GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AND SUPPORT VEGAN EDUCATION
Give your friends, family, and yourself a gift subscription to Vegan Journal. Recipients will be reminded of your thoughtfulness four times throughout the year as new issues of the magazine appear in their mailboxes. In the U.S. $35 will also include two years of "Vegan Journal" plus a copy of "Simply Vegan," with 160 quick and easy recipes, plus a complete vegan nutrition section. Pay here and write the name of the gift recipient in the Comments section. [ https://vrg.org/donate ]
Your extra donation also enables our research and outreach to continue. Thank you.
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2) NOTE FROM A VRG INTERN IN COLORADO
Greetings-currently from Austin, Texas, drowning in college homework, projects, and my adult jobs. Oh, how I dearly wish for the semester to come to an end quickly... Although, a few weeks ago I embarked on a weekend adventure to Denver, Colorado to accompany The Vegetarian Resource Group to a multitude of events.
See rest at [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2023/11/16/vrg-intern-nadely-requena-in-colorado/ ]
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4) A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS
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 ]
- Phil Becker
- Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD
- Jeff Bourdier
- Amy Burger
- Chelsea Chilewa
- Cathy Conway, MS, RD
- Keryl Cryer
- Chis Dunmall
- Heather Francis
- Carole Hamlin
- Angela Jancius PhD
- Jessica L. Langenhan, MD, MBA
- Reed Mangels PhD RD
- Laura McGuiness, MLIS
- Wendy McPherson
- Phyllis McShane RD
- Whitney McVerry
- Julie Neild
- Odette Olivares MSN
- Priscila Reis
- Nadely Requena
- Marcy Schveibinz
- Mae Y. Seon
- Elsa Spencer PhD
- Ruby Sturm
- Joanie Terrizzi
- Cheryl Van Beek
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5) VRG OUTREACH
Thanks to Elsa Spencer, PhD, for staffing The Vegetarian Resource Group's booth at the Richmond VegFest. She said that she talked to one person 10 minutes before the event opened and focused on where she is at diet wise. "It was a steady flow of people - my voice was mostly gone by 6:00 pm when the festival closed, and I was chatting with someone right up until 6:10."
[ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2023/10/25/vrg-outreach-at-richmond-vegfest-in-virginia/ ]
See our 2023 VRG Video Contest Winners
[ https://www.vrg.org/veg_videos.php#coloradoriversolution ]
VRG was interviewed for this article and the reporter used some quotes from former VRG interns, as well as linked to their articles.
[ https://www.deseret.com/2023/9/16/23862956/help-my-son-is-a-vegan-plant-based-meat-candy-torfurky ]
We had a great time at Luvin Arms Sanctuary Fall Festival in Colorado. It was wonderful to connect with prior interns and some current members. It was so cool to catch up with Cathy Schmelter, who interned with us in 1997! Here's her website if you are looking for nutrition coaching. [ https://plantbasednutritionforlife.com/about/ ]
Looking for cooking classes and custom sweets in the Denver area? Try Donna Marino. See [ https://donnamarino.com ]
At VRG's booth during the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Meeting, we were also thrilled to meet Rosemary Lopez RD from The Bronx, who had volunteered with us virtually.
We also had a wonderful weekend with intern Nadely. See [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2023/11/16/vrg-intern-nadely-requena-in-colorado/ ]
Thank you Nadely for all your help and all the great conversations about diversity.
At our dietitian networking dinner, it was so much fun to meet Cody, one of our VRG scholarship winners, who is attending culinary school in Boulder, Colorado. Here is info about Cody's great outreach. [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2023/05/23/utah-student-coda-spier-wins-10000-vegetarian-resource-group-scholarship/ ]
We also enjoyed catching up with Keith Akers and Kate Lawrence from the Denver Vegans, among other organizations. Here is information about Keith's vegetarian, environmental and religion books. [ https://compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/books/ ]
VRG volunteer Angela is looking at school lunch in public schools. If you have tried obtaining plant milk for your child, please let us know your experience. Did you fill out a form? Was the result successful? email [email protected]
To suport VRG veg education and research, join at [ https://www.vrg.org/member/2013sv.php ]
Donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
If you work for a company that matches donations, please request the match form.
If you have to make Required Mininimum Distributions from your IRA, you may want to consider making a donation to VRG through a Qualified Charitable Distribution.
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6) VRG BOOTHS
Please come by and say hi at these VRG Booths at these festivals in 2024:
February 3/4, 2024 Rhode Island VegFest, Providence RI
[ https://www.rivegfest.com/ ]
Saturday, April 6, 2024 Santa Cruz CA VegFest
[ https://vegfestsantacruz.org/ ]
Sunday, April 21, 2024 - Wilmington, NC Veg Fest
[ https://wilmingtonvegfest.com/ ]
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7) MARYLAND NEWS
Angela wrote: Our latest grocery shopping discovery has been Grocery Outlet (way out in Elkridge and Catonsville ...). They seem to specialize in overstock inventory, but the place is full of organic and vegan products, quite fresh ... good vegan ice cream boxes for $2.50, Earth Balance butter 99 cents, Daiya cheese $1.99.... vegan pizza $3. organic oatmilk $1.29. If you want to buy processed vegan foods, they have great prices there...
Also try for pickup or delivery: Ma'at Kitchen: Vegan in Baltimore
Food & Drink SOL food fusion See: [ https://msha.ke/themaatkitchen#vegan-menu ]
and [ https://www.instagram.com/maatvegan/ ]
You have to direct message them on Instagram to place an order.
Hankering for vegan tacos? Visit:
[ https://tacopuss.com/about-us/ ]
3326 Greenmount Ave Baltimore, MD 21218
Land of Kush offers vegan soulfood. See: [ https://landofkush.com/ ]
For monthly Earthsave vegan meetups, see [ https://earthsavebaltimore.org/ ]
Call 410-252-3043.
The Baltimore Hunger Free Zone team makes sure that no one within 10 miles of the HFZ kitchen goes hungry. We're not simply handing out free meals. HFZ prepares fresh, delicious, highly nutritious, and world class culinary vegan meals to the most needy among the Baltimore Community. HFZ is taking the first step in solving long term problems of hunger in the community. (Note that theirs is the Hare Krishna address which does catering [ https://iskconbaltimore.org/catering/ ]
See: [ https://hungerfreezone.org/about/ ]
Sticky Fingers Vegan Baked Goods Mail Order [ https://stickyfingersbakery.com ]
In Baltimore, be sure not to miss Harmony Gluten-Free Vegan Bakery [ https://harmonybakery.net/ ]
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8) OTHER EVENTS AND VEGGIE BITS
Vegan Cruise to the Western Caribbean by Green Earth Travel, as well as other trips. See: [ https://www.greenearthtravel.com/toursandpackages.html ]
Dear VRG,
Please feel free to pass this video of virtual speakers, hosted by the Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter Plant-based Planet Team.
Environmental Impact of Hog CAFOs in North Carolina: [ https://youtu.be/Y0UXf62ebB8 ]
A VRG member shared this vegan challah recipe: [ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/vegan-turmeric-maple-challah-recipe/ ]
We saw this vegan brownie mix at Natural Products Expo East: [ https://vivealth.com/vocoa-gluten-free-vegan-brownie-mix/ ]
The company says their VOCOA Brownie mix is gluten-free, egg-free, nut-free, dairy-free, soy-free, vegan, and easy to make by adding oil and your favorite milk substitute.
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9) VRG COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST - $30,000 IN AWARDS - APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The deadline for high school seniors to submit vegetarian/vegan scholarship application is February 2024.
For past winners and submission details, see [ https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm ]
To help read essay submissions and judge (if a family member is not submitting an application) email [email protected]
Judging several hundred essays is a large project. Thanks so much to Whitney for coordinating this endeavor.
To donate and support VRG scholarships and interns, donate at [ https://vrg.org/donate ]
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10) FOLLOW VRG'S SOCIAL MEDIA
Our Videos can be found here:
[ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSyCToa_i9fA4D5CLCAFWw ]
You can keep up with us on ~
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11) ABOUT VRG/SUPPORT VEGAN EDUCATION
Our health professionals, activists, and educators work with businesses and individuals to bring about healthful changes in your school, workplace, and community. Registered dietitians and physicians aid in the development of nutrition-related publications and answer member and media questions about vegetarian diets. The Vegetarian Resource Group is a non-profit organization. Financial support comes primarily from memberships, donations, bequests, and book sales. The Vegan Journal (formerly Vegetarian Journal), a print magazine, is a benefit of membership in The VRG.
(For more information, please see the Vegan Journal online ( [
http://www.vrg.org/journal/ ]
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If you would like to make a donation, become a member, volunteer, or find out more about The VRG, contact us at:
The Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
Phone: (410) 366-8343
FAX: (410) 366-8804
E-mail: [email protected] to volunteer
Website: [ https://www.vrg.org/ ]
To donate: [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Donate crypto: [ https://every.org/vrg/donate/crypto ]
Or text 'give' to 80660vegan (80660 83426)
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Copyright The Vegetarian Resource Group 2023 The contents of this newsletter, and our other publications, including Vegan Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your own best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.
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