VRG outreach.

Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, wrote a chapter on feeding vegetarian children that was included in the Pediatric Manual of Clinical Dietetics, a publication of the American Dietetic Association. Reed also wrote a chapter titled "Nutrition for Babies and Their Moms" that appears in the book Veg-Feasting in the Pacific Northwest, a project of the Vegetarians of Washington. In addition, she wrote the foreword for Nava Atlas' newest book, The Vegetarian Family Cookbook. Reed spoke to the Nutrition Department at the University of Maryland on vegetarian nutrition and to more than 75 attendees at a meeting of the Boston Vegetarian Society on the topic of raising vegetarian children. VRG's Food Service Advisor Nancy Berkoff, RD, EdD, CCE, gave a presentation to the Foodwriters Association of Orange County (California) on the popularity of vegetarian recipe writing. She also gave a presentation on incorporating vegetarian kosher meals into health care and school menus at the Kosher World Conference in Los Angeles. Nancy presented a vegetarian salad dressing, sauce, and soup seminar at MenuDirections in Baltimore. This event was attended by non-commercial food service directors from schools, colleges and universities, and health care organizations. Also, her text, Nutrition for Culinary Arts, was published by Prentice Hall in January 2004.