Vegetarian Journal's 25Th Anniversary Issue
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Cruelty-Free Businesses Still Going Strong Today 3 O N , I V X X E M U L O V VEGETARIAN J O U R N A L HEALTH ECOLOGY ETHICS What Do Longtime Happy Silver Leaders of the Anniversary, Vegetarian Movement Think the Next 25 Years VRG! Colossal Chocolate Cake with Will Bring? Chocolate Ganache (page 32) $4.50 USA/$5.50 CANADA g r o . 25 Wonderful g r v . w w w Vegan Cuisines! NUTRITION HOTLINE QUESTION: “My 10-year-old grand- In addition, your daughter might REED MANGELS, PhD, RD daughter has decided to become a like some resources on vegetarian- vegetarian. My daughter says she ism. VRG’s website has a section doesn’t know what to feed her and on vegetarian children and teens. says she is mainly eating cheese and Your granddaughter and her par- now is not eating veggies or fruits. ents may find it helpful to meet My granddaughter keeps saying with a dietitian who is knowledge- she is hungry all the time.” able about vegetarian diets and A.V., via e-mail can do nutrition education while helping them develop meal ideas. ANSWER: Here are some sugges- tions you may want to pass on QUESTION: “I was wondering if to your daughter. It’s important my being a vegan would affect the for your granddaughter to be health of my daughter who is 11 aware that it’s her responsibility months old and is still nursing. (with the help of her parents) to She is on the small side, but I am choose a variety of healthy vege- only 4' 10". Is it possible to nurse tarian foods. Showing her an eat- and be a vegan at the same time?” ing plan for vegetarian children M.M., via e-mail (like the one on VRG’s website, <www.vrg.org>) and talking with ANSWER: It is certainly possible This issue’s Nutrition her about choices from each food to nurse and be a vegan at the Hotline provides group is a good way to get her same time! Many vegan moms started thinking creatively. Her have successfully breastfed their advice about feeding mom can work with her to help babies. Be sure that your diet children who have her develop a list of healthy vege- contains a reliable source of tarian foods that she will eat. vitamin B12 (such as vitamin just become vegetarian Ideally, some of these will be B12-fortified soymilk, vitamin and discusses issues foods she can make herself like B12-fortified cereal, Vegetarian veggie burgers, peanut butter Support Formula nutritional about vegan women sandwiches, and bean burritos. yeast, or a vitamin supplement) and nursing infants. It might be helpful to look so that your milk will meet your for recipes on VRG’s website or baby’s vitamin B12 needs. in books at your local library. Also, talk to your pediatrician Here are a few simple cookbooks: about your concerns about your daughter’s growth. You may want z Simply Vegan: Quick Vegetarian to share the American Dietetic Meals by Debra Wasserman Association’s position paper on and Reed Mangels (Vegetarian vegetarian diets (<www.eatright. Resource Group). org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/ z Kids Can Cook: Vegetarian advocacy_933_ENU_HTML. Recipes by Dorothy Bates htm>) with your pediatrician (Book Publishing Company). since it provides a wealth of infor- z The Teen’s Vegetarian Cookbook mation on vegetarianism and doc- by Judy Krizmanic (Puffin). uments the nutritional adequacy For grades 5 and up. of vegetarian diets. 2 Issue Three 2007 VEGETARIAN JOURNAL MANAGING EDITOR: Debra Wasserman FEATURES SENIOR EDITOR: Keryl Cryer EDITORS: Carole Hamlin, 6 · 25 Years of Vegetarianism Jane Michalek, Charles Stahler NUTRITION EDITORS: Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, and a Look into the Future Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH, MS, RD Heather Gorn interviews Frances Moore Lappe, Ingrid Newkirk, and NUTRITIONAL ANALYSES: Sarah Ellis, MS, RD others to learn their thoughts about how the movement has developed COVER PHOTO AND STYLING: Fran Costigan, Linda Long ART CONTRIBUTORS: Vonnie Crist, Thomas Brothers over the past quarter of a century and where it’s going with the next. VRG VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND CATALOG MANAGER: Jeannie McStay 14 · 25 Vegan Cuisines — The Reasons, WEB DEVELOPMENT/RESEARCH: John Cunningham RESEARCH DIRECTOR: Jeanne Yacoubou the Regions, and the Remarkable Recipes DEVELOPMENT: Sid Bravmann Chef Nancy Berkoff shares recipes that reflect the needs RESTAURANT GUIDE/MEMBERSHIP: Sonja Helman and beliefs of very diverse segments of the vegetarian population. VRG ADVISORS: Arnold Alper, MD; Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD; Catherine Conway, MS, RD; Jim Dunn; Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH, MS, RD; 27 · Silver Anniversary Donors Enette Larson-MMeyer, PhD, RD; Reed Mangels, PhD, RD; Thank you to VRG’s supporters for making our work possible! Jerome Marcus, MD; Virginia Messina, MPH, RD; Brad Scott, MBA; Wayne Smeltz, PhD 28 · 25 Years of Vegetarian Food COPYRIGHT 2007 BY THE VEGETARIAN and Nutrition: Where We’ve Come From RESOURCE GROUP, INCORPORATED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. and Where We’re Going Now The Vegetarian Journal (ISSN 0885-77636) is Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, considers changing views of vegetarian nutrition. published quarterly. The contents of Vegetarian Journal and our other publications, including web information, are not intended to provide personal 31 · Vegetarian-FFriendly and Cruelty-FFree medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often Firms Still Going Strong After 25 Years depend on company statements for product Wayne Smeltz, PhD, revisits the people and companies and ingredient information. It is impossible to be that made being vegetarian easier then and continue to now. 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your own best judgement about DEPARTMENTS whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own. Nutrition Hotline 2 SUBMISSIONS: We do not accept unsolicited What should a vegetarian child eat? And should vegan women breastfeed? manuscripts. Please send a query letter first. ADVERTISING: Vegetarian Journal does not Note from the Coordinators 4 accept paid advertising. We do review Letters to the Editors 5 vegetarian products. E-MMAIL: Contact The VRG via e-mmail at [email protected]. Notes from the VRG Scientific Department 30 The VRG’s Worldwide Web page is <www.vrg.org>. Our dietitians grant interviews and help parents of veggie kids online. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please send change of address to P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD Catalog 33 21203. You may also e-mmail a change of address to [email protected]. Vegetarian Action 35 FOR INFORMATION, CALL (410) 366-VVEGE. William Shurtleff—The Soy King, by Heather Gorn. Also, if you do not want your name traded to other organizations, please let us know. Resources for Veggie Kids and Teens! Back Cover Coloring books, brochures, scholarships, and more! The Vegetarian Journal is one project of The Vegetarian Resource Group. We are a nonprofit organization that educates the public about vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, nutrition, ecology, ethics, and world hunger. To receive Vegetarian Journal in the USA, send $20 to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203. www.vrg.org VEGETARIAN JOURNAL Issue Three 2007 3 NOTE FROM THE COORDINATORS CELEBRATING VRG’S 25 YEARS harles became vegetarian in 1975 and vegan in 1977 because he believed in promoting non-violence and making the world better. Not knowing C any vegetarians, he inquired if a friend knew any non-meat-eaters. The answer was just one who said he was vegetarian, but he still ate hamburgers at McDonald’s. For a college marketing paper in the 1970s, Charles wrote that Burger King should start Vege King since, back then, Burger King was a part of Pillsbury, which owned Green Giant. Over 30 years later, Burger King does sell a veggie burger produced by a company that owns a meatless burger brand formerly distributed by Green Giant. To make a statement about solving world hunger and promoting non-vio- lence, Debra became vegan in 1980 while studying international relations at Georgetown University and working for the State Department. Previously, she had taken college courses on terrorism. Unfortunately, the government didn’t take seriously much of what was known then about terrorism, ending in disas- trous results. We hope the long-term health, ethical, environmental, and mone- tary implications of vegetarianism will be taken more seriously in relation to the health care crisis, global warming, world hunger, and other complex issues. In the 1970s, many vegetarian activists and groups were anti-science and anti-establishment. However, we believed there were many professionals and businesspeople interested in vegetarianism. We thought that vegetarian groups didn’t always have to be outsiders. In 1982, we joined forces with three others to begin The Vegetarian Resource Group (then known as the Baltimore Vegetarians) to promote vegetarianism in a scientific and practical way to the general public. Much of what we did was pio- neering and criticized by some vegetarians, but the vegetarian movement adopted much of it years later. We appreciate Natural Foods Retailer, an industry magazine, which named us as one of 25 influential pioneers, along with the founders of Amy’s Organics, Ben and Jerry’s, Celestial Seasonings, and White Wave (Silk). The VRG has had and continues to have a major impact on a daily basis. Here are just a few of our innumerable accomplishments over the years: 1) A 1984 Baltimore Sun article by Tom Horton about us, which connected the environment and vegetarianism. A resulting Sun editorial in this major American newspaper said, “But a decline in the amount of meat and dairy products in the U.S.