VEGAN Education
VRG did a booth at the virtual American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FNCE Conference. Dietitians staffing VRG's booth included: Reed Mangels, Cathy Conway, Julie Covington, and Eric Sharer, as well as Elsa Spencer (PhD in nutrition). We had 1,268 visitors come by the virtual booth.
VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, did a two-hour webinar for 170 staff from the New York State WIC program. In addition to sharing practical information about vegetarian diets, she was able to debunk some myths about soy. She also did a virtual presentation for the non-profit organization Eat for the Earth.
Odette Olivares Sanchez did a fall virtual internship with The Vegetarian Resource Group to satisfy requirements for her master's in nutrition. Odette is from Mexico and studying in The Netherlands. You can see her project on traditional vegan Latino foods high in calcium on page 26 and at https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/foods_calcium.htm . Also, her project on Best Latin American Websites with Information on Calcium in the Vegan Diet is at https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/best_latin_american_websites.htm and in Spanish at https://www.vrg.org/nutshell/los-mejores-sitos-latinoamericanos-de-internet-con-informacion.pdf
VRG researcher Jeanne Yacoubou reports on possible differences between Beyond Burger consumer and restaurant versions. See: https://www.vrg.org/blog/2020/12/18/vg-classic-beyond-meat-burger-at-veggie-grill/amp/
