Notes from The VRG Scientific Department

Vegan Education

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, held a virtual presentation at the UMD Eastern Shore and Morgan State University in Baltimore. VRG Researcher Jeanne Yacoubou, MS, examined confined animal feeding operations and air pollution. See: vrg.org/blog/2024/01/23/cafo-ammonia-a-major-source-of-pm2-5-air-pollution

VRG Interns Carolyn and Danielle from Loyola University Maryland interviewed former intern Heather concerning being an environmental lawyer. See: vrg.org/blog/2024/04/01/words-of-wisdom-from-an-environmental-lawyer

Thank you to everyone who worked with and helped VRG's summer interns Nadely Requena from Texas and Akua Oppong from Maryland. Thank you to VRG staff and volunteers who staffed booths at the Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Meeting, Santa Cruz California VegFest (Arnie), New England VegFest (Heather), Richmond and Charlottesville Virginia VegFests (Elsa), and the Annual FNCE Meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Cathy).