Letters to the Editors

Praise for the Journal

Please allow me to take a minute of your time to tell you how pleased I am with your Journal. I have considered becoming vegetarian for quite some time now, but have only recently acted on the thought. I have been receiving your journal for almost a year now, and I must thank you for providing me with the information to make this decision in a well-educated and thought out manner. I also like the fact that you do not use advertisements in your journal, keeping out needless consumerism and keeping in useful articles about topics every vegetarian is concerned about.

Thank you for your wonderful Journal. I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for five years and am trying to become vegan.

The "Baked Tofu Nuggets" from the September/October 1997 issue were delicious. Even my husband (who is not a vegetarian) loved them!

The "Carob Devil's Food Cake" from Recipes from an Ecological Kitchen by Lorna Sass was wonderful, just as Joann Farb's article stated. We found it to be very moist and delicious, far better than any other I have tried.

The lunch ideas in the "Vegetarianism in Educational Settings" were wonderful. I run 3-5 miles several days per week and your journal gives me great recipes to keep me healthy, happy, and satisfied!

Kudos for the VRG Web Site

I just wanted to thank you so much. Your Website answered all of my questions. I am 16 and I am becoming a vegetarian. First I just increased all my veggies (I already eat lots of fruits and grains) and started trying to make meals without meat. Now I've almost cut it out completely. Your site helped me to learn how much protein I need in a day. Now that I'm eating all this good food, I never even feel like eating chocolate or candy, and when I do, I find that it tastes really harsh.

If I ever have more questions, I'm coming to you guys! Thank you so much!

Your Stamp of Approval Is Needed

In an effort to convince the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Spay/ Neuter stamp, I've contacted them and discovered that such a stamp meets all their requirements.

They receive 40,000 requests for commemorative stamps per year; so this campaign needs a lot of letters!

Please encourage your readers to write, simply requesting a first class, Spay/Neuter stamp to:

Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
c/o Stamp Management
U.S. Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW,
Room 4474 E
Washington, DC 20260-2011

Maybe we can draw the public's attention to the tragedy of cat/dog overpopulation with the issuance of a Spay/Neuter stamp.

Veggie Verse

Hi! I'm 13 years old and I have enclosed a poem that I recently wrote about my feelings about vegetarianism. I hope you will enjoy reading it and will consider it for publication in Vegetarian Journal.