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Earthsave Baltimore E-News: Earth Friendly Food Choices

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
~Steve Prefontaine~

Hi Earthsaver,

Here’s the latest news from Earthsave Baltimore. We are an all-volunteer nonprofit that helps people make healthier, compassionate, earth friendly food choices. We have some real good news for you!

Our July dinner event with Dr. Michael Greger’s annual nutrition update was a wonderful way to celebrate Earthsave’s 13th year in Baltimore. The talk, the food, and the attendance were all exceptional. And Dr. Greger’s nutritional recommendations, along with an article by veg icon Dr. Dean Ornish, which Dr. Greger sent us, are now posted on our Earthsave Baltimore website. See “Fliers & Handouts” on the menu to your left.

I’m really grateful to Earthsave’s founder, author John Robbins, whose book “Diet for a New America” led to the formation of our nonprofit. I’m grateful, also, for the members, volunteers, and event attendees who have helped our chapter to grow and prosper. It feels terrific to be involved in helping to bring about the dietary and lifestyle changes that are so needed for us to become the kind, thoughtful, and compassionate stewards of the earth that we wish to be.

Our society has gone so far in the other direction that we have to wonder sometimes whether there really is a way to turn things around. But I’m encouraged to keep the faith and to do my best every time I get together with the wonderful, like-minded people who attend the Earthsave and Veg Meetup events, which occur several times each month.

Our next Earthsave dinner event, on Saturday, August 28th, will be a real special one, with Bruce Friedrich, of PETA, speaking on “Effective Advocacy: Living as a Vegetarian in a Non-Vegetarian World.” Bruce is a wonderful speaker, and one of the all-time favorites of Earthsavers. And please let us know if you might be able to arrive early to help with folding and placing our Earthsave brochures inside the Health Quest and On Purpose Woman magazines that we help distribute.

We’re happy to inform you that “The Land of Kush”, Baltimore’s newest vegan restaurant, will open any day now. And they promise that their Mount Vernon area restaurant will feature the “Ultimate Vegetarian Soul Food Cuisine.”

Many Earthsavers already know about Facebook, but here’s a reminder that it’s a free online social network that allow us to make lots of new friends easily. It’s also a great way to educate and support others in making healthier food choices. See more info below.

I’m happy to invite new friends to join me on Facebook for some real interesting conversations on food, animal protection, philosophy & spirituality, and more. You can easily find me by going to Facebook and searching for Earthsaverdon.

Hope to see or hear from you soon! Be well!

Peace, Don Robertson

EARTHSAVE VEG DINNER ED SERIES: SATURDAY, Aug. 28th, 6-9 pm: Dinner will feature a live presentation by animal protection advocate Bruce Friedrich on “Effective Advocacy: Living as a Vegetarian in a Non-Vegetarian World”. Bruce Friedrich spearheaded the PETA campaigns that resulted in landmark reforms in the animal treatment practices of several huge fast-food corporations, and was named by Details magazine as one of the most influential young men in this country. He recently co-authored “The animal Activist’s Handbook”.
There’s more info on this event at http://earthsavebaltimore.org/. You may download and print an event flier at http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/47.
If you plan to be there, please RSVP at 410-252-3043, or email Baltimore@Earthsave.org. Direct replies to this email message may not go through.

DINNER GUESTS bring a dish made without animal products to serve 6-8 people, along with a donation of $5 (members $2). Guests may attend without bringing a dish for a $12 fee (members $10). To attend only the presentation, donation is $5. Please give 1 day notice if paying for dinner. Dinners held at the Learning Center of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Rd., in Owings Mills. Please RSVP and join us if you can!

HELP WITH FOLDING AND STUFFING: Volunteer help will be especially appreciated at our August 28th Earthsave dinner. Each month volunteers fold several hundred brochures and place them inside the new magazine issues of Health Quest or On Purpose Woman, which we help distribute. This month we will be filling both magazines with brochures, so we can use all the help we can get! Please let us know if you can arrive early by calling 410-252-3043. And feel free to arrive as early as 4:30 pm. Dinners start at 6 pm.

SATURDAY, Sept. 25th, 6-9 pm: Dinner will feature a video screening of Registered Dietitian Jeffrey Novick’s talk, “Reading Food Labels”. Jeff’s talk is is a really good one! It’s packed with useful information to help us separate truth from sales hype. Jeffrey Novick has the soul of a standup comic, and his presentation will have us laughing as we learn! Join us if you can! There’s more info on this event at http://earthsavebaltimore.org/.

MONTHLY VEG DISCUSSION GROUP MEETUPS are casual and are held in restaurants over great vegetarian food. Attendance is usually around 10-20 people, and discussions include a wide variety of topics that support people in making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle. There are two different groups, one vegan and one vegetarian. The vegetarian group currently meets on the first Sunday at noon at the Kathmandu Kitchen in Towson, and the vegan group meets on the third Wednesday, at 7 pm, at Mr. Chan in Pikesville. Both groups welcome all who are interested in learning about healthier eating. For details, or to register and let others know you plan to attend, go to http://vegetarian.meetup.com/9/, or to http://vegan.meetup.com/29/.

THE HUGE EGG RECALL now in effect, for salmonella contamination, is just one more reminder of how far off track we've gone by relying so heavily on animal products for food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the major food borne microorganisms that make people sick and can even kill them – viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi – occur mainly in “meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products and eggs”. Current egg production methods involve so much violence and insensitivity to the needs of animals that it really should be no surprise when the violence comes full circle and is visited upon us. Most people have no idea that half of the newly hatched chicks in egg industry hatcheries are killed before the day’s end. Since male chickens can’t lay eggs and the industry has no use for them, the chicks are routinely tossed into plastic bags with hundreds of others and left to smother. Free range egg production is typically no different. For the latest info on the recall, see http://tinyurl.com/24tkztx.

Dr. Michael Greger, the director of Public Health & Animal Agriculture with the Humane Society of the U.S. was interviewed by CNN about the recall, and how the close confinement and filthy living conditions in which laying hens are kept contribute to such problems as this. See video at http://tinyurl.com/244eoac.

DR. MICHAEL GREGER’S DVD: “LATEST IN NUTRITION RESEARCH” contains some amazing information. Baltimore Earthsavers got to hear a presentation by Dr. Greger last month, which included one hour’s worth of Michael’s newest findings. One such interesting piece of info – an organization recently purchased burgers from several of the largest fast food companies, and analyzed them for content, which included some unappetizing thing like nerves, blood vessels, and cartilage, and some unhealthy things like ammonia. But the real surprise for most of us was that the content of the burgers ranged from only 5-14% meat. We think Dr. Greger’s DVDs are well worth owning. Volume 4, his newest DVD, is a two disc set which contains answers to the following questions and more:

• Dangers of folic acid supplementation
• Dietary theory of Alzheimer’s disease
• Dietary treatments for rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
• How to improve memory through diet and reverse cognitive decline.
• Is homeopathy good, bad, or useless?
• Is stevia harmful, harmless, or helpful? What about chili peppers, kimchi, kombucha, licorice, and peanut butter?
• Mad fish disease
• Melatonin and breast cancer
• Obesity-causing chicken virus
• Plant-based diets and mood
• Toxic megacolon superbug
• Wart cancer virus exposure through food
• What are the best fruits for cancer prevention?
• What is the new target cholesterol level?
• What’s the healthiest form of chocolate?
• What’s the healthiest variety of apple to eat?
• Which is the healthiest herbal tea to drink?
• Which vegetables are healthier cooked?
• Which common vitamin supplement significantly shortens our lifespan?

For a complete listing of topics and to order, go to http://www.DrGreger.org/DVDs.
Earthsave Baltimore has one copy available in our library, which is exclusively for group members. So it’s first come, first served. If you want it, we suggest you arrive early on the 28th.

NEW VEGAN RESTAURANT – THE LAND OF KUSH will open in September in the Mount Vernon area of Baltimore, and promises to present the “Ultimate Vegetarian Soul Food Cuisine.” You may already know proprietors Greg Brown and Naijha Wright if you’ve visited ArtScape, the African American Heritage Festival, or one of the other Baltimore area street fairs at which they have been popular food venders. We hope to be among their many frequent visitors, and wish them the very best. You can register at their website to receive a special 25% Grand Opening discount coupon. http://www.thelandofkush.com/home Hope to see you there!

FREECYCLE.COM provides a real helpful service that finds new homes for our serviceable but currently unused items. Freecycle will list any items we have to give away, which of course will help slow the growth of landfills. We may also create “Wanted” listings for any items we might like to have. Those who would like to have our discarded item will contact us by email and tell us when they will be able to pick it up. Most Freecyclers will then leave the item on their porch for pickup. Our experience with this service has been very favorable. Here’s a link to a local Freecycle listing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecyclebaltimore/.

A HANDY NEW BOOKLET: VEGETARIAN GUIDE TO BALTIMORE is now available from Earthsave Baltimore. Those who attend any Earthsave event, information table, or Meetup discussion group are welcome to a free copy of this handy guide to the vegetarian, vegan, and veg-friendly restaurants in the Baltimore area. If you’d like to receive one in the mail, please just send us a small donation of your choice to Earthsave, 517 Talbott Ave., Lutherville, MD, 21093.

DID YOU KNOW… the clinical studies of medical doctor Dean Ornish have shown us that most patients who followed standard medical advice for coronary artery blockages got worse, while those who adopted a total vegetarian diet coupled with lifestyle changes showed improvement, including reversal of coronary artery blockages. See more fascinating facts about our food choices at http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/78.

CAMPBELL COALITION FOR HEALTH CHANGE is a new educational initiative that’s being developed by “China Study” author Dr. T. Colin Campbell and his son Nelson Campbell. Dr. Campbell is the nutritional biochemist from Cornell University who led the most comprehensive large study ever completed on the relationship between diet and disease. That study gives us some of the best scientific evidence available to show that a plant-based diet has the potential to prevent and often reverse the chronic diseases that cause the vast majority of deaths in this country each year.

What they have in mind is a replicable wellness program that could be revolutionary – one that has never been used in a business start-up. They “will launch a company to spearhead this business and then place this company’s stock into a trust, subject to the requirement that financial returns generated from these shares be used to support initiatives consistent with a defined social mission statement. The Trust will fund activities that 1) promote our health message, 2) benefit the environment, and/or 3) help to strengthen communities. This ‘not-just-for-profit’ structure will enable us to harness the power of the free market, but in a way that maximizes our contribution to the social good.”

“While confident we can make this dream a reality, we recognize that we lack sufficient resources. And for this reason, we are starting as a cash-generating foods business. We soon will announce details of a company launched with a group of like-minded business partners that is focused on selling tasty, wholesome and affordable plant-based foods. This company will be embody our health message and will set a new standard for product quality.”

“At this early stage, we also are working hard to widen our circle of support, primarily through web-based networking. We are committed to building a community of people who can join with us in launching a revolution. This is not a story about any one person or group; this is about building a movement around an idea that may be the most powerful idea of our time. We invite you to join with us and thank you for your time.”
To learn more, see http://campbellcoalition.com/, and see the video “Money, Politics, and the Truth of Health” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjNi8MFqQoY.

FACEBOOK.COM is a free social network that gives us a terrific opportunity to connect with others for mutual support and inspiration. It’s a wonderful way to get to know others and their friends real quickly, and to find out about their musical tastes, favorite books, movies, activities, quotes, etc. Earthsave Baltimore director Don Robertson posts helpful information on earth friendly food choices each day, and would be happy to add you to his list of friends. He’s especially happy when you forward his info to your friends. Don’s FB page is at facebook.com/earthsaverdon.

EARTHSAVE MEMBERSHIP is a great way for you to contribute to our important educational mission. All members may receive a free 12-issue subscription to Vegetarian Times magazine and Earthsave’s national bi-monthly newsletter. Folks who attend meetings may check out books from our well stocked EarthSave Library, they may place literature on our networking tables, may make a brief announcement to the group, and receive discounted attendance fees to most Earthsave events. You may join our group online at http://www.earthsave.org/, or you can send a tax-deductible check for $35, or $50 for family membership, or $25 for student or senior, to EarthSave at 517 Talbott Ave. Lutherville MD, 21093. Thanks for your kind support!

PLEASE REMEMBER to be the peace that you wish to manifest. Be well!

EarthSave … May all be fed, may all be healed, and may all be loved.

Baltimore Chapter events http://earthsavebaltimore.org/ Call us at 410-252-3043, or email us at Baltimore@earthsave.org

Earthsave Baltimore E-News: Earth Friendly Food Choices

"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
~Eubie Blake~

Hi Earthsaver,

Here’s the latest news from Earthsave Baltimore. We are an all-volunteer nonprofit that helps people make healthier, earth friendly food choices. We have good news hear for you!

It was a pleasure to see many Baltimore Earthsavers at this year’s Veg Summerfest, which was held at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, PA. We are all still raving about the quality of the presentations and speakers, and the great opportunity to get to know so many friendly, like-minded people in the pleasant surroundings at the Pitt/Johnstown campus, which is atop a mountain in a wildlife sanctuary. (I saw a real live skunk one evening – first time ever! - from a safe distance of about 30 feet) Attendance, at more than 600, was outstanding, despite the economic downturn. And as always, we enjoyed an (over)abundance of tasty vegan vittles, and many of us found it difficult not to overeat. There is always room for a slice of that tasty veggie pizza with the nicely melted daiya soy cheese, isn’t there?

Earthsave Baltimore’s next Veg Dinner Series potluck will happen in Owings Mills on Saturday, July 31st, and will feature a real special presentation. We’ll have a live talk by medical doctor Michael Greger. Each year Dr. Greger studies all of the latest nutrition research journals and informs his audiences of the newest findings and gives his recommendations. We’re expecting a real nice turnout for this event at Your Prescription for Health. Dr. Greger’s 2009 presentation set an ES Baltimore potluck attendance record with 71 attendees.

Hope to see you there! Be well!

Peace, Don Robertson

EARTHSAVE VEG DINNER ED SERIES: Saturday, July 31st, 6-9 pm - Michael Greger, MD, a very popular, internationally known speaker, will update us with a live presentation on all the latest in human nutrition research. Michael’s presentations, in a lively quiz show format, are fascinating and lots of fun. Those who haven’t yet attended our dinner series may want to make a special effort to be there this month.

Dr. Greger serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States. He was invited to testify as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey and Howard Lyman (former president of Earthsave) when they were sued by a group of Texas cattlemen after an Oprah show aired in which former cattleman Lyman informed the public about unsafe practices in the beef cattle industry. Dr. Michael Greger also testified before Congress in the wake of the largest beef recall in this nation’s history. And he has written two books, including “Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching”. For more information, see Dr. Greger’s website at http://www.drgreger.org/.

DINNER GUESTS bring a dish made without animal products to serve 5-8 people, along with a donation of $5 (members $2). Guests may attend without bringing a dish for a $12 fee (members $10). To attend only the presentation, donation is $5. Please give 1 day notice if paying for dinner. Dinners held at the Learning Center of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Rd., in Owings Mills. Please RSVP and join us if you can!

SATURDAY, Aug. 28th, 6-9 pm: Dinner will feature a live presentation by animal protection advocate Bruce Friedrich on “Effective Advocacy: Living as a Vegetarian in a Non-Vegetarian World”. Bruce Friedrich spearheaded the PETA campaigns that resulted in landmark reforms in the animal treatment practices of several huge fast-food corporations, and was named by Details magazine as one of the most influential young men in this country. He recently co-authored “The animal Activist’s Handbook”.

SATURDAY, Sept. 25th, 6-9 pm: Dinner will feature a video screening of Registered Dietitian Jeffrey Novick’s talk, “Reading Food Labels”. Jeff’s talk is packed with useful information to help us separate truth from sales hype. Jeffrey Novick has the soul of a standup comic, and his presentation will have us laughing as we learn! Join us if you can!

MONTHLY VEG DISCUSSION GROUP MEETUPS are casual and are held in restaurants over great vegetarian food. Attendance is usually around 8-20 people, and discussions include a wide variety of topics that support people in making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle. There are two different groups, one vegan and one vegetarian. The vegetarian group currently meets on the first Sunday at noon at the Kathmandu Kitchen in Towson, and the vegan group meets on the third Wednesday, at 7 pm, at Mr. Chan in Pikesville. Both groups welcome all who are interested in learning about healthier eating. For details, or to register and let others know you plan to attend, go to http://vegetarian.meetup.com/9/, or to http://vegan.meetup.com/29/.

EARTHSAVE MEALS FOR HEALTH PROGRAM is an exciting new initiative which will provide healthy food and education for underprivileged families with health problems. Earthsave is teaming with Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services in its pilot program which will include up to 15 families. The dietary regimen and educational program is based upon existing highly successful clinical programs of educator and author John McDougall, MD. Learn more by watching the videos at http://earthsave.org/.

U.N. REPORT RECOMMENDS GLOBAL SHIFT TOWARD VEGANISM: The International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) resource panel, has released a report stating that a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital if we are to halt climate change and other environmental problems. The U.N. report also suggests curbing fossil fuel use, which can also be achieved by going vegan. See full article at http://tinyurl.com/27weqng.

CLEVELAND CLINIC PHYSICIAN CALDWELL ESSELSTYN, JR. was recently inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. The North American Vegetarian Society conferred the honors on Dr. Esselstyn at the 2010 Vegetarian Summerfest in Johnstown, PA. Dr. Esselstyn has received numerous awards, including a Bronze Star for heroism as a U.S. Army surgeon in Vietnam, and an Olympic Gold Medal in a rowing competition. But he’s perhaps best known for initiating one of the most impressive and longest running clinical studies on heart disease and diet that we know of. He placed 17 patients with severe coronary artery disease on a vegan dietary plan. The referring cardiologists had run out of options for the patients in this group, whose members had previously experienced 49 cardiac events. In fact, five members of the group had been given less than a year to live. Twenty-three years later, all were still alive and free of heart disease symptoms. Dr. Esselstyn gives a full accounting of his amazing study in his recently published book “Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease”. The book will be available at Earthsave Baltimore’s bookstore table at upcoming events. More info is available on Dr. Esselstyn’s webpage at http://www.heartattackproof.com/.

DR. CAMPBELL CALLS FOR NIH INSTITUTE FOR NUTRITION: (Article in Huffington Post; by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, July 26, 2010)
Finally, a long overdue scientific correction is happening. The human genome project is failing to advance the cause of human health, as promised. There is a fundamental but frustratingly and long overlooked reason why this is happening.

Working out the details of the human genome was worth doing, on several accounts: monitoring environmental pollutants, evaluating evolutionary lineages, identifying criminal suspects. But initially promising great advances in human health was not and should not have been one of these promises. Hypothesizing that knowledge of the associations of specific genes with serious diseases like cancer, heart disease and related diseases would lead to great health advances (through drug development) was a superficial and costly oversimplification of disease causation.

Although genes and/or their mutated forms are fundamental to the initiation of all disease events, it is not their mere presence or absence that determines disease outcomes. Genes may start the job but they do not finish it.
Read full article at http://tinyurl.com/274fecc.

REGISTERED DIETITIAN MARK RIFKIN was recently featured in a Baltimore WBAL-TV 11 morning news segment about healthy snacks. See the video at http://www.wbaltv.com/video/24300650/index.html. Mark also wrote an article that provides historical perspective how our current health and dietary woes evolved. It’s called “The Modern American Diet, Public Policy and Health", and can be read at http://tinyurl.com/2cuo66z.

VIDEO ABOUT BOTTLED WATER: MOM's (My Organic Market) in Rockville not only stopped selling bottled water, but on the shelves where the bottled water used to be they set up a video monitor to show people this educational video about why they did it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0

PHOTOS FROM VEG SUMMERFEST 2010 are on the Earthsave Baltimore webpage at http://earthsavebaltimore.org/, and many more Summerfest photos with captions are available at http://www.facebook.com/earthsaverdon. (lower left at bottom of page) There is also a wonderful photo album called “Peaceable Kingdom” which features animals of various species showing their love and living peacefully together.

DID YOU KNOW… that about 80% of American farmland is used to grow grains, beans, and grasses to feed livestock. Our farms could provide for 7 times as many people who adhere to a purely plant-based diet. See more fascinating facts at http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/78.

JOHN MCDOUGALL, MD, REVIEWS DIETARY GUIDELINES REPORT: Conflicting recommendations for plant-food vs. animal-food consumption dominate the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recent report, meaning that real solutions for obese and sick Americans will, unfortunately, not be forthcoming. Except for a few hopeful sentences, the committee presents a report filled with fear mongering, doubletalk, omissions of major topics, consistently biased views of the scientific literature, and inexcusable factual errors that favor the livestock industries.

I believe the members of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee know the truth about the role that animal products play in causing the vast majority of chronic diseases that afflict Americans today (heart disease, type-2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and breast, colon, and prostate cancer, all of which are mentioned in their report). I believe they also know the solution to the health problems Americans face since they recommend taking steps to “Shift food intake pattern to a more plant-based diet that emphasizes vegetables, cooked dry beans and peas, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and seeds.” They should have stopped right there, but they didn’t.
See full article at http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2010other/guidelines.htm.

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY: Ginny Robertson, publisher of ON PURPOSE WOMAN magazine has generously offered to support Earthsave by donating 25% of all advertising fees from new accounts of those who mention our group. On Purpose Woman is a free bi-monthly publication which features great articles and interesting ads on personal growth, health, community service, and entrepreneurship. It’s available in nearly all Baltimore metro area public libraries and other locations, and has a circulation of 17,000. The Aug./ Sept. issue of OPW will be out in the 2nd week of August. All ad copy is due by Friday, August 6th. For ad rates go to www.GinnyRobertson.com and click on OPW Magazine and then on Standard Rates. Contact Ginny Robertson at ginnyrobertson@comcast.net, or call 410-252-2703.

THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES have supported Earthsave’s Baltimore chapter for years. We hope that you will consider supporting them:

YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTH TALK RADIO (10 am until Noon on Sunday mornings) offers lots of good information and tips on health, nutrition, and fitness. Holistic pharmacist Dr. Brian Sanderoff, does a great job hosting and interviewing his guests. You can listen live on WCBM, 680 AM, or anywhere in the world on the inter-net by going to http://www.wcbm.com/. And there is a tremendous archived library of previous programs that you can listen to. For more info about the show, go to http://www.illnessisoptional.com/aboutus/default.htm.

GINNY ROBERTSON PRESENTS NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN: Ginny Robertson, publisher of ON PURPOSE WOMAN magazine has done a lot over the years to help women find their “big girl voices.” She offers 9 opportunities a month for women to connect, network and support each other in being their best selves, both personally and professionally. Ginny provides a unique business model that assists women in using their natural gifts and abilities to show up and play big. There are morning meetings in Arlington VA and Bel Air, Columbia, Derwood & White Marsh MD, as well as evening meetings in Arlington VA and Annapolis, Columbia and Ruxton, MD. For more info go to www.GinnyRobertson.com and click on Upcoming Events.

HEALTH QUEST magazine features articles and ads on holistic health. It’s a free publication that’s available in most public libraries as well as in health food stores and at the locations of many alternative and complementary medical facilities. You may also pick up a copy at the Earthsave dinners in Owings Mills. Health Quest Publisher Mike Ruby organizes several health fairs as well as a psychic fair each year. To inquire about fairs, advertising, or magazine locations contact Mike Ruby at 410-494-1882.

EARTHSAVE MEMBERSHIP is a great way for you to contribute to our important educational mission. All members may receive a free 12-issue subscription to Vegetarian Times magazine and Earthsave’s national bi-monthly newsletter. Folks who attend meetings may check out books from our well stocked EarthSave Library, they may place literature on our networking tables, may make a brief announcement to the group, and receive discounted attendance fees and EarthSave bookstore prices. You may join our group online at http://www.earthsave.org/, or you can send a tax-deductible check for $35, or $50 for family membership, or $25 for student or senior, to EarthSave at 517 Talbott Ave. Lutherville MD, 21093. Thanks for your kind support!

PLEASE REMEMBER to be the peace that you wish to manifest. Be well!

EarthSave … May all be fed, may all be healed, and may all be loved.

Baltimore Chapter events http://earthsavebaltimore.org/ Call us at 410-252-3043, or email us at Baltimore@earthsave.org

BALTIMORE VEG DINNER SERIES will host a vegetarian potluck dinner featuring the presentation "Tempting and Tasty Tofu Tips" by Registered Dietitian Mark Rifkin. From mayonnaise and ranch salad dressing to orange custard and BBQ tofu, Mark will take us through the range of tofu textures and uses. He will also update us on the controversy about the healthfulness of various soy products, and give us his recommendations. Come prepared to have your taste buds tingled!

Mark Rifkin, MS, RD, LDN, of Preventive Nutrition Services, has been vegetarian for over twenty five years and has earned an MS in Health Education. Through his private practice in Baltimore, MD, Mark provides group and individual sessions to help vegetarians and vegans improve the quality of their diet. He also focuses on plant-based nutrition for lifestyle enhancement, green living, and prevention/therapyof diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and bone/joint conditions. See Mark's webpage at http://preventivenutritionservices.com/. Contact Mark at preventive_nutrition@verizon.net, or call 410-764-8343.

DINNER GUESTS are asked to bring a dish that’s made without animal products to serve 6-8 people, along with a donation of $5 ($2 for members). Guest may attend without bringing a dish for a $12 fee ($10 for members). Please give 1 day notice if paying for dinner. The fee to atttend the presentation only is $5. Monthly Dinner Ed Series events are held on the last Saturday at the Learning Center/Yoga Studio of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Rd. in Owings Mills. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Email Baltimore@Earthsave.org, or call 410-252-3043.

DIRECTIONS From Beltway 695: take exit 19 onto I-795 (Northwest Expressway). Get off at Exit 4 (Owings Mills Blvd). Bear right when exit splits. Take right at first traffic light (South Dolfield Road). Travel approximately l/2 mile. Flying Avocado Café and "Your Prescription for Health" pharmacy is on the right after Gold’s Gym (which is on left). The Learning Center/Yoga Studio entrance is at the opposite end of the building.

DIRECTIONS From Reisterstown Road: Travel West on Painters Mill Road. Turn right at 2nd traffic light onto S. Dolfield Road. Go left at the second driveway into the parking lot of Your Prescription for Health.