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2) VRG BOOTHS AND EVENTS
Come visit us at these VRG booths!
- DC VegFest
- Saturday, Sept. 15th, 2018
Yards Park
Washington, DC
- York Harvest VegFest
- Saturday, Sept. 22nd, 2018
Cousler Park
York, PA
- Charlottesville Vegan Roots Fest
- Saturday, Sept. 29th, 2018
Washington Park
Charlottesville, VA
- Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Washington DC
October 21-23rd, 2018
- VRG Annual Vegan Dinner (during the annual meeting of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
- Washington, DC
Sunday, October 21st, 2018, 6PM
- World Veg Fest San Francisco
- Saturday, October 27 th, 2018
San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
- Eat Well Stay Well 2018
- Sunday, November 4th , 2018
Howard Community College
Smith Theatre, Horowitz Center
Columbia, MD
- Vegetarian Resource Group Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Potluck
- North Baltimore Mennonite Church
Baltimore MD
Sunday, November 18th, 2018 at 5PM
To volunteer at VRG booths, please contact Gene at [email protected] If you would like to donate towards our veggie outreach, donate at:
[ http://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Donations can also be sent to:
The Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
Or call: (410) 366-8343
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3) OTHER UPCOMING VEGETARIAN/VEGAN EVENTS
Below are upcoming events occurring nationally and internationally. The VRG will not be at these events but we want to share them with you in case you live in or will be traveling to the area they are taking place and wish to attend:
Boston VegFest
Saturday and Sunday, October 20th and 21st , 2018
Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
Boston, MA
Central Florida Veg Fest
Saturday, October 27 th , 2018
Orlando Festival Park
Orlando, FL
Sedona Health & Nutrition Conference
January 17 & 18, 2019
Sedona, AZ
Sedona VegFest
January 19 & 20, 2019
Sedona, AZ
Vegan Antarctica Cruise
February 20-March 1, 2019
Antarctica
Plant-Based Prevention of Disease
Saturday - Monday, May 18th-20th, 2019
McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State University
Raleigh, NC
Plant Based World Conference & Expo
Announced for June 2019
Javits Convention Center in NYC
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4) TENTH ANNUAL DC VEGFEST BRINGING FOOD AND FUN TO YARDS PARK SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - Compassion Over Killing is proud to present the 10th annual DC VegFest on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Hosted outdoors at famed Yards Park in the nation's capital, the DC VegFest is a free fun-filled festival of food, music, education, and inspiration with more than 20,000 attendees who join the celebration each year.
Featuring over 120 vendors and exhibitors, thousands of festival-goers - vegans and pre-vegans alike - will experience plant-based eating's many flavors, and learn how each of us can protect the planet, our health, and animals simply by enjoying vegan meals.
On the main stage, emceed by rapper Grey, celebrity speakers will share inspiring talks and expert chefs will dazzle the crowd with their culinary creations.
This year's DC VegFest keynote speakers include:
- Carol Adams (Author & Activist) and Ginny Messina (Registered Dietitian & Author)
- Joe Yonan (Food and Dining Editor, The Washington Post)
- Tracye McQuirter (30-Year Vegan, Author, Public Health Nutritionist)
- Dr. Neal Barnard (President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)
- Jerri Evans (Owner, Turning Natural)
- Beverly Kumari (Cookbook Author and Chef)
- Mike Wolf (Director of Investigations, Compassion Over Killing)
- Chef Nikki (Chef, Activist, and Fitness Competitor)
A new TryVeg tasting booth will be hosted by Jessica Carter, COK's talented Vegan Food & Lifestyle Coach, seen often on DC morning shows. The Kid's Zone will have interactive activities including storytime, a cooking demo, and a talk by author Eric Lindstrom, COK's Director of Marketing.
Popular local restaurant chain Busboys and Poets will host our Beer Garden and Music Tent with local brews and musicians. Tails will be wagging in the shaded Barking Lot sponsored and operated by Humane Rescue Alliance, which will also have adoptable animals on site.
"Since 2009, DC VegFest has been bringing the community together, through fun and flavors, for a day of compassionate celebration that pre-vegans and vegans can all enjoy," says Erica Meier, Executive Director of Compassion Over Killing.
"As we mark our 10th annual DC VegFest, expecting 25,000 to join us, Compassion Over Killing is thrilled that Washington, DC is home to an abundance of delicious and nutritious plant-based food and, as the nation's capital, is setting a positive tone for a much-needed national dialogue about the far-reaching impact of our food choices on the planet, our health, and animals," Meier adds.
Vegan food will be served by dozens of vendors including Vegan Treats, Amsterdam Falafelshop, Brewing Good Coffee, Bakeshop DC, Revolution Gelato, and YogiDog.
Over 100 nonprofit and commercial exhibitors will set up shop for the day: Dr. Bronner's, A Well-Fed World, Roots Market, Barnard Medical Center, TryVeg.com, and many more.
Drawing a line of 2,000 people before the start of the festival, free commemorative tote bags, stocked with gifts and samples from our sponsors, will be given out to the first 1,000 attendees.
For more information, visit [ DCVegFest.com ]
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5) GELLAN GUM
By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS
Alternative name: E418
Commercial source: microbial fermentation (Sphingomonas elodea on corn, sugar beet or sugar cane)
Used in: beverages (esp. plant-based beverages), dairy, confections, jams, jellies, pie fillings, salad dressings, sauces, cosmetics, personal care and oral care products, pharmaceuticals, pet food, household cleaners
Used for: Gelling, texturizing, thickening, stabilizing, suspending, film-forming, bulking, and structuring
Definition: A naturally occurring polysaccharide (carbohydrate) used mainly as a stabilizer & suspension agent in beverages, gellan gum is a common gelatin alternative.
Major Manufacturers:
Classification: Vegan
Definition updated: August 2018
For more information:
For information on other ingredients, see [
https://www.vrg.org/ingredients/index.php ]
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6) VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP VEGAN DINNER IN WASHINGTON, DC SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2018 AT 6PM
The Vegetarian Resource Group will host a vegan dinner at BUSBOYS AND POETS in Washington, DC (About three blocks from the Convention Center) on Sunday, October 21, 2018 during the annual meeting of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. *Please note that the restaurants’s location will be changing: 450 K St. Washington, DC 20001.* Meet VRG advisors Reed Mangels PhD RD, Catherine Conway MS RD, Mark Rifkin MS RD, Debra Wasserman, Charles Stahler, and vegetarian dietitians from around the country. All are welcome.
MUST RESERVE AND PAY IN ADVANCE.
TO RESERVE: Send $35 per person (includes tax and tip) with names to
The Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
You may also call (410) 366-8343, M-F 9-5, EST, to pay over the phone, or pay at
[ http://www.vrg.org/donate ]
and write DC Dinner in the Comments.
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7) A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VRG 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, designing handouts, clerical work, writing HTML, judging videos, contributing to our vegan parents group, hosting interns, training interns, doing media interviews, staffing booths, editing, performing nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, and more!
- Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD RD
- Whitney Blomquist
- Casey Brown
- Angelique Complainville
- Keryl Cryer
- Amy Dell
- Carole Hamlin
- Reed Mangels, Ph.D, RD
- Paul Marrocco
- Julia Mathew
- Laura McGuiness
- David Milner
- Karen Peissinger
- Marcia Schveibinz
- Robin Tate
Call for Volunteers:
We're still looking for volunteers who can assist us with updating our lists of vegetarian and vegan restaurants. We've gotten a lot of leads from our scholarship entrants, but we need to research their suggestions.
We also need assistance with clerical work in our Baltimore office.
To volunteer at VRG, please contact Gene at [email protected]
To support The Vegetarian Resource Group's outreach, donate at [ www.vrg.org/donate ]
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8) VRG HIGHLIGHTS
- Our intern Amy Dell and French volunteer Angelique Complainville recorded a vegan cooking demo for a traditional French lunch. You can see it here:
[ https://youtu.be/vmRhqpU9f8I ]
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- Reed Mangels, Ph.D, RD was able to answer a food company's questions about vegan labeling.
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- A nonprofit organization in Idaho that consults to people starting businesses called us because they needed information for a client wanting to set up a brick and mortar vegan bakery. They were impressed with our website and poll information!
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- We were able to send some Christian-oriented pro-vegetarian literature from another organization to a member who wanted to share vegetarianism with her Bible study group.
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9) VRG WISH LIST
As a non-profit, we can only take on new projects when we are able to get support from donors and our dedicated volunteers. Right now, we are especially seeking your support for the following:
- VRG Outreach Booth at American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, attended by 10,000 health professionals' our most important conference of the year. Here, we're able to educate and put materials into the hands of 1,000 registered dietitians and other health professionals.
($50 to give out copies of Vegetarian Journal and other resources to ten dietitians) ($4,000 to have a booth)
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- We're getting down to the last of our Vegan Nutrition for Teenagers brochures. We're looking for $1,000 for another print run of this very popular pamphlet. [ https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/VeganNutritionForTeenagers.pdf ]
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- Do you have an old car, truck, or RV that you're trying to get rid of? Did you know that you can turn that old vehicle into a tax deductible donation to The Vegetarian Resource Group? You can donate online here:
[ http://www.v-dac.com/org/?id=521279034 ]
, or call 1-877-999-8322.
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- You can make a one time, quarterly, monthly, or an annual donation. To make a donation, call (410)-366-8343 M-F 9:00-5:00, mail a check to The Vegetarian Resource Group at PO Box 1463, Baltimore MD, 21203, or visit [ http://www.vrg.org/donate ]
. Please be sure to let us know which project you would like your contribution to fund. Thank you for supporting The Vegetarian Resource Group!
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10) HUNGRY HARVEST
Hungry Harvest is a produce delivery company on a mission to end food waste and hunger in the US. They work with local farms and wholesalers to recover their surplus produce and deliver it to subscribers every week in a curated and customizable box.
Get $5 off your first delivery. Sign up with code WELCOM
Serves locations in Baltimore, DC, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware, North Carolina, and Southern Florida.
For information, go to:
[ https://www.hungryharvest.net/vrg ]
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11) VEGETARIAN SURVEY
Want to help with a psychology study being conducted? This is an anonymous survey about being a vegetarian, that should only take 20 min to complete.
Participants over the age of 18 are eligible to win a $50 Amazon gift card. Drawn entries will be confidential and not associated with survey responses.
You can take the survey online at:
[
https://tamuc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nYet2okoD8e3mB ]
The survey will be open until September 16th, 2018.
Dr. Courtney Plante, Department of Psychology, MacEwan University
Dr. Stephen Reysen, Department of Psychology & Special Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce
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12) WAYS TO SUPPORT THE VRG
You will be part of a network of givers who support our outreach efforts on an ongoing basis. These donations allow us to continue vegan education in a wide variety of venues including schools, doctor and dietitian offices, libraries, various professional conferences, animal rights events, health fairs, environmental festivals, and much more. Thank you for your support! Go to: [ http://www.vrg.org/donate ]
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13) ABOUT THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP & VRG NEWS
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 [ https://www.vrg.org/journal/ ]
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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] or to volunteer: Gene at [email protected]
Website: [ https://www.vrg.org/ ]
VRG-NEWS is the e-mail newsletter of The Vegetarian Resource Group. This is an announcement list so subscriber messages are not accepted by the list. If you have a technical question about the list, please contact us at [email protected]. If you have any suggestions, ideas, or corrections to VRG-NEWS, please direct them to [email protected]. Thanks. If you are a new subscriber, you might enjoy reading past issues of VRG-NEWS online at
[ https://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/ ]
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[ https://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/ ]
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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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