1) Halloween at Greener Kitchen Wednesday, October 31, 2018, Baltimore

Swing by the Greener Kitchen this Halloween for some fantastic deals and treats! Featuring:

• $5 vegan cheesesteaks
• Candied apples
• Caramel apples
• Hot chocolate

We'll also have candy for trick-or-treaters and a free chocolate milk (vegan) for kids in costume!

Our full Saturday menu will still be available as well, including our savory fried chik'un, fiery buffalo chik'un, and tangy pulled barbecue sandwich! See:
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2110614529191502/ ]

2) Eat Well Stay Well One Day Immersion, November 4, 2018, 9AM-5PM, Columbia, Maryland

Co-sponsored by the Health Sciences Division and Wellness Center at Howard Community College

Sunday, November 4, 2018, 9 am to 5 pm

• Howard Community College
• Smith Theatre, Horowitz Center
• Campus Drive,
• Columbia, Maryland

Take charge of your health!

Join for a fun, informative day-long event to learn how to make the transition to a delicious, healthy, rewarding new lifestyle!

Event Details

• 8:30 sign-in and networking
• 9:00 - 5:00 speaker program
• Enjoy delicious whole-food, plant-based lunch provided by GreenFare Organic Café (from Herndon, Virginia)
• Featuring presenters such as Neal Barnard MD, Joel Furhman MD, Dana Simpler MD, Brenda Davis RD, Sharon McCrae, and Chef AJ.
• Mini-fitness breaks with Stephanie Dignan from The Boot Camp Girl
• Meet and network with other health-conscious individuals
• Handouts, recipes, coupons
• Door prizes

For details and to register, go to [ http://eatwell-staywell.com/event/eat-well-stay-well-2018-one-day-immersion/ ]

3) VRG Pre-Thanksgiving Vegan Dinner, Sunday, November 18, 2018, 5 PM, Baltimore

North Baltimore Mennonite Church
4615 Roland Ave, Baltimore, Maryland 21210

Please share these links.
[ https://www.vrg.org/2018_Thanksgiving%20Potluck-1.pdf ]
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/430242214151336/ ]

The Vegetarian Resource Group is hosting our 37th Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Vegan Potluck Dinner, showing appreciation for turkeys by not eating them! Join us in sharing a variety of festive, delicious, vegan dishes. All are welcome. Adult admission is $5 and children are free. Please bring a vegan dish - free of meat, fish, fowl, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal-derived ingredients - that serves 4 per adult in your party. Write ingredients of the dish on an index card to accommodate special diets.

We are also collecting canned foods for those in need. The event will take place Sunday November 18th at 5:00 PM in the North Baltimore Mennonite Church, located at 4615 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210. If you have any questions, please call 9am to 5pm, Monday-Friday (410) 366-VEGE (410-366-8343). You can email us questions at [email protected].

To volunteer for setup or do promotion, email Gene at [email protected] or call (410) 366-8343.

4) Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

Looking for vegan Thanksgiving recipes? We’ve got you covered:
[ http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vegan_thanksgiving.php ]
If you can't cook, check out our restaurant list for take out:
[ https://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php ]

5) Veg Soc. of DC Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday, November 22, 2018, Washington, DC

Greetings! This is a friendly reminder to buy your tickets for our Annual Vegan Thanksgiving Celebration to be held at the Grand Hyatt (1000 H Street NW) in Washington, DC this year! To ensure access to this event, we've extended the early bird deadline for members only until November 10. Purchase today to take advantage of this offer!

Tickets are $70 for members and $80 for non-members. If you are not already a member, join VSDC today to save on your ticket costs!

Our Annual Vegan Thanksgiving includes a gourmet delicous menu, which you can view here: [ http://vsdc.org/VSDC-Thanksgiving ] . The event also features an amazing speaker, Ruby Lathon, raffle prizes, a silent auction, live music, and much more! Please visit our website, www.vsdc.org, to learn more and buy your tickets.

Creating Communities. For your health, the animals, and the planet!

Office: (202) 362-8349; [email protected] Address: PO Box 4921, Washington, DC 20008-0121

6) EarthsaveThanks Living Celebration, Saturday, Nov 24, 2018, 6 pm, Baltimore

Saturday, Nov 24, 2018 - 6:00pm

Earthsave's last potluck of the year will be at Govans Presbyterian Church on Saturday, November 24th from 6:00 until 8:30. There will be live music, and a chance to connect with like-minded people. RSVP and join them for a fun event! [ http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/77 ]

Earthsave Baltimore is a volunteer operated nonprofit group that helps people learn a healthier and more peaceful way of eating and living. The Veg/Vegan Dinner Series meets on the last Saturday of the month at Govans Presbyterian Church, 5828 York Rd, Baltimore, 21212, next to the historic Senator Theater.

DINNER GUESTS may choose to either bring a dish made without animal products (to serve 8) plus $5 (members pay just $2) donation; pay $15 (members pay just $12) to enjoy dinner and presentation; or pay $5 for presentation only. We eat first, then make announcements, and then hear the presentation. Let us know in advance, if possible, if you plan to pay for dinner rather than bring a dish. RSVP by calling 410-252-3043, or emailing [email protected]. Meetings are held at Govans Presbyterian Church, 5828 York Rd, Baltimore, 21212. Please RSVP and join us!

FULL CALENDAR of EVENTS is available at MustLoveVeg, where you will find an extensive list of local and national events and resources that promote healthier eating and support people in adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. [ https://www.mustloveveg.com/events/ ]

CONNECT with like-minded local people for discussion and support on Facebook by joining Earthsave Baltimore group at [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/EarthsaveBaltimore/ ]

For MONTHLY EMAIL REMINDER of local events and free subscription to Earthsave's monthly email Newsletter, go to [ http://tinyurl.com/2d34u93 ]

7) Vegan Mac Fest, December 1, 2018, Baltimore

The upcoming event, The First Annual Vegan Mac Fest, is going to be in Baltimore on December 1, 2018. This is a 100% plant-based festival exclusively featuring the Vegan Mac and Cheese. This is not a contest. This is a chance for you to taste and support the area's varieties of delicious vegan mac and cheese. Are you excited yet? Tickets go on sale November 1, 2018. Click [ http://www.veganmacfest.com/ ]
See: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/280498472793239 ]

8) Vegan Drinks Thursday, November 8 at 7 PM at Suspended Brewing Company with The Greener Kitchen Pop-up, Baltimore

Thursday, November 8 @ 7 PM
Baltimore Vegan Drinks at Suspended Brewing Company with The Greener Kitchen Pop-up
912 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Tuesday, December 11 @ 7 PM
Vegan Drinks Holiday Party at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary
3950 White Rose Way Ellicott City, Maryland 21042

9) Volunteer Thank you

A Big Thank You To All Our Volunteers
Thanks to the following VRG 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, staffing booths, editing, performing nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, and more!

• Matthew Baker, RN
• Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD RD
• Whitney Blomquist
• Keryl Cryer
• Jamie Donohue
• Kalie Ganem
• Carole Hamlin
• Suzanne Hengen
• Chloe Hightman
• Reed Mangels, Ph.D, RD
• Paul Marrocco
• Julia Mathew
• Laura McGuiness
• David Milner
• Karen Peissinger
• Beth Preiss
• Marcia Schveibinz
• Brad Scott
• Davin Sims

And thank you to staff Rissa and Jason for all their help.

We have about 50 new vegan restaurants around the country to add to our national restaurant list. If you can volunteer to help with gathering details, please email gene at [email protected], and we can give you an assignment. Thanks.

Here are a few we eateries just added:
[ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2018/10/30/vegan-restaurants-added-to-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-guide-to-veggie-restaurants-in-the-usa-and-canada/ ]

10) VRG Highlights

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD was able to provide advice when a reporter from U.S. News and World Reports called with a question concerning best diets as related to vegetarianism, including which foods to limit from a nutrition standpoint when eating a vegetarian diet.

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD interviewed for the New York Times Well Family section on how parents can handle a situation where just one of their children has decided to become a vegetarian in a family of meat eaters.
( Check out our Vegan Facebook Parents Group: [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRGparentsandkids/ ] )

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD also contributed information for a slide show on vegan and vegetarian pregnancy for US News and World Report: [ https://health.usnews.com/wellness/family/slideshows/how-to-eat-vegan-during-pregnancy ]

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD authored a chapter on vegetarian nutrition in pregnancy in a book titled Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy published, by Springer [ https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319909868 ]

We sent numerous back issues of the Vegetarian Journal for distribution at the Fairfax City Fall Festival in Fairfax, VA.

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD authored two chapters in a book titled Vegetarian Nutrition and Wellness from CRC Press: Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy, Lactation, Infancy, and Early Childhood and Vegetarian Diets Trends in Acceptance and Perception. [ https://www.crcpress.com/Vegetarian-Nutrition-and-Wellness/Craig/p/book/9781138035560 ]

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD developed hand-outs on Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy [ https://vegetariannutrition.net/docs/Pregnancy-Vegetarian-Nutrition.pdf ] and Vegetarian Diets During Lactation [ https://vegetariannutrition.net/docs/Lactation-Vegetarian-Nutrition.pdf ] for the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group.

A European researcher asked us for advice of topics related to vegan pregnancy that needed to be investigated.

A private label manufacturing company asked us for information concerning products and appropriateness for a vegetarian lifestyle.

The table Protein Content of Selected Vegan Foods from Simply Vegan by VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels PhD RD is being reprinted in ACLM's Lifestyle Medicine Handbook by Beth Frates, Jonathan Bonnet, Richard Joseph, and James Peterson, which was scheduled for publication in October, 2018.

We’ve sent literature to Allegheny College’s vegetarian student group in Meadville, PA.

We were asked for permission to share a few recipes from our Vegan Meals for One or Two on various vegan recipe Facebook groups. The inquirer said these were great recipes and people loved them. Thank you to Chef Nancy Berkoff, RD for creating this book.

To support The Vegetarian Resource Group outreach, please donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]

Or join at [ https://www.vrg.org/member/cabdacae.php ]

11) ABOUT VRG

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 Vegetarian Journal, a print magazine, is a benefit of membership in The VRG. (For more information, please see the Vegetarian Journal online at:

[ https://www.vrg.org/journal/ ]

To sign up for The Vegetarian Resource Group national email newsletter, please visit:

We are also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!!

• Facebook [ https://www.facebook.com/thevegetarianresourcegroup ]
• Instagram [ https://www.instagram.com/vegetarianresourcegroup/ ]
• Twitter [ https://www.twitter.com/VegResourceGrp ]
• VRG Parents and Kids Vegan Facebook Group [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRGparentsandkids/ ]

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]
Website: [ https://www.vrg.org/ ]

To donate: [ https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=1565 ]

Copyright The Vegetarian Resource Group 2018 The contents of this newsletter, and our other publications, including Vegetarian 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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