Notes from the VRG Scientific Department
VRG In the News
VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, was interviewed for stories about vegetarian diets in Newsweek, the Scranton Times, and L.A. Parent magazine. In addition, she has been interviewed numerous times for the For the Love of Produce show on KSVY Radio in Sonoma, California. Reed and VRG Nutrition Advisor Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH, RD, with vegetarian nutritionist Ginny Messina, MPH, RD, submitted a letter to the New York Times concerning the Times publishing an op-ed in which the writer made numerous erroneous and misleading claims about vegetarian and vegan diets for children. VRG's Food Service Advisor Nancy Berkoff, RD, EdD, CCE, is celebrating the seventeenth year of her syndicated Healthy Eating column. The weekly column covers the healthy aspects of eating a plant-based diet.
VRG OUTREACH
VRG's Food Service Advisor Nancy Berkoff, RD, EdD, CCE, has been working with Sharon and Don Christensen and their Vegan Culinary Academy ([email protected]), located in the Napa Valley, CA, to develop new courses. The VCA offers consulting to health care facilities that would like to add vegan meals to their menus, has private vegan chefs, and offers long- and short-term vegan culinary classes.
