Durango News 

Events:

July 20 - outdoor veggie BBQ party with special speaker: Betzi Murphy, Registered Dietician from San Juan Basin Health Dept., on Vegetarian Nutrition during Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and for Children

Some good websites on this topic:
http://vegetarianbaby.com/
http://www.vegsource.com/parent/

* Listen as Paige plugs the veg group on KDUR 91.9 FM between 7-8 a.m. on Thurs. July 17, on the "Dirty Water and Porridge" show.

Note: In August Paige will be going to a conference in Boulder on promoting vegetarianism so can't make our regular third Sunday of the month meeting. We will meet at Local Wild Life, (Katrina Blair's raw foods cafe) for lunch in August, date TBA.

News

The Durango branch has been enjoying having a monthly theme or topic of discussion. Following are the topics covered so far in our Durango meetings since the group formed in January of 2002.  Our contact list has grown exponentially since the group started. We hope to see more new faces coming to our monthly gatherings!

We usually meet the third Sunday of each month at 6 p.m., but date and location may vary. For more info or to get on our email list, write paige@vsc.org or call 970-247-5702, ext. 242.

2002

Jan. - Initial Meeting
Feb. - Living with Meat-eaters
March - India Video about Treatment of Cows with Indian food 
April - Ecological Reasons to be Vegetarian with Michelle Reott of Earthly Ideas
May - Paige went to VSC board meeting in Grand Junction
June - Raw Foods with Katrina Blair
July - The Controversy with Soy
August - Mad Cow Disease
Sept. - Eating Vegetarian in Durango meeting at Gazpacho
Oct. - Eating a Balanced Vegetarian Diet with Chuck Hoffmann's research
Nov. - Veggie Thanksgiving
Dec.- Making Tamales with Carrie Redfern

2003