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**Inside the Next Issue
**VegNews 2008 Brainstorming Focus Group
**Team VegNews @ ING Bay to Breakers 12K
**V in the News
**Event Spotlight: Swap-O-Rama-Rama
**Recipe: I Am Berry Sweet: Fresh Strawberry Milkshake
**Product Review #1: Chomp! Cookies
**Product Review #2: Pharmacopia Herbal Lip Elixir
**Favorite Wedding Contest Winner
**VegNewsletter "Passion for Peanut Butter" Giveaway
**New & Improved Subscription Services
We're glad you discovered VegNews, America's premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine. The VegNewsletter arrives in your e-mailbox just once a month and will clue you in on vegetarian news, dining, recipes, products, activist alerts, reviews, culture, giveaways and all the other good things in life. It's the perfect accompaniment to a VegNews subscription.
Good news—our information-packed May+June edition is on it's way! If you're not yet a subscriber, now's the time. Here's a glimpse of what's inside:
**Green Goes Global: 10 Eco-Fabulous Urba n Hotspots
**Can Vegetarianism Save the Planet?
**(Don't) Eat Your Veggies: How Spinach & Onions Took the Fall for Factory Farms
**Vegan Cupcake Mania!
**Andy Hurley of Indie Superband Fall Out Boy
**Turkish Delights in Istanbul
**VegChic: Green is the New Black
**Exploring Veg Food and Fun in Astoria
**Plus... All the great reads you're used to, including the latest vegetarian news, book reviews, new products, health advice, hard-hitting features, celebrity buzz and so much more. It's all in VegNews. Haven't subscribed? What are you waiting for?!?
Order this very special issue NOW (available May 1 from our website)!
Calling All Vegetarians!
Share Your Ideas With VegNews
The VegNews staff is always cooking up story ideas for future issues, but for 2008, we're trying something new. Ten VegNews readers are invited to join our once-a-year brainstorming extravaganza. We want to hear your ideas, thoughts and feedback so we can continue to create your dream vegetarian magazine. You'll be joining our editorial staff for a creative, fun-filled day of brainstorming, delicious vegan lunch and snacks, and a take-home goodie bag filled with vegan swag we know you'll love.
The 2008 Brainstorming Focus Group will take place Friday, June 1 from 10am to 4pm at VegNews headquarters in San Francisco. Participants must be able to stay for the entire day. To be considered, please email your responses to the following questions to roundtable@vegnews.com by Tuesday, May 15. Selected candidates will be notified on or before Monday, May 21.
...Name
...City
...Phone # & Email
...Vegetarian, Vegan or Flexitarian?
...VegNews Reader For How Long?
...Favorite VegNews Feature?
...Why Would You Like To Participate?
ING 12K Bay to Breakers 2007 Fun-Runners Centipede Race
It's Not Too Late To Join The Party!
There are still a few spots left, so brush the dust off your sneaks and prepare to partake in the festivities at the 2007 ING Bay to Breakers 12K Fun Runners Centipede Race in beautiful S an Francisco on May 20. Join the VegNews Centipede and you'll receive free registration, a fabulous t-shirt, snacks and a delicious vegan lunch. You'll also make 13 new herbivorous friends and have a ball as you cross the finish line. But there’s a catch: Expect to run the race with a serious effort to promote vegetarianism. Veg runners with 9–10 min/mile are encouraged to apply. If interested, email Team Leader Christine Petrozzo with contact information including: name, age, address, phone, email and distance running times. The deadline is April 30th for all interested runners.
Don't miss out on the fun! Visit the ING Bay to Breakers 12K website NOW!
E arth Day 2007
Even if we think planet earth deserves to be honored every day, the official Earth Day celebration falls on April 22 in 2007. To remind folks that going veg is the best way to save the planet, vegetarian societies across the country are hosting fun events: veg festivals, luncheons, parades and street fairs. Check with your local veg group to join the festivities and spread the word.
In San Francisco, the Sustainable Living Roadshow makes a stop in famous Golden Gate Park, and features a Green Marketplace, Renewable Energy Showcase, bio-fuel demonstrations and more. Throw in some jugglers, dancers, hula-hoopers and eco-carnival games, and it's fun for the whole family!
Check out the Sustainable Living Roadshow NOW!
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Swap-O-Rama-Rama
The world's largest clothing swap, the Swap-O-Rama-Rama , is back in New York City on April 22 for an Earth Day wingding. This year's event features do-it-yourself workshops which explore ways to creatively reuse and recycle used clothing. We're especially excited about the sewing stations operated by local designers showing us how to modify used clothing, and the on-site silkscreening demos, too.
Fashion Forward
Speaking of fashion, the VegNews editorial team is stitching together our first annual Fashion Issue for the September+October edition. Who are your favorite enlightened designers? What cruelty-free clothing lines do you wear? We want to know! Email Senior Editor Jennifer Pickens with the sartorial scoop. Your treasured threads may appear in the pages of VegNews!
Discover more about the Swap-O-Rama-Rama NOW!
 Recipe: I Am Berry Sweet: Fresh Strawberry Milkshake
Spring has sprung, and so have the strawberry crops! Head to your local pick-'em yourself farm or organic produce stand and whip up this easy smoothie recipe from the new cookbook I Am Grateful: Recipes & Lifestyle of Cafe Gratitude. Winner of "Best Vegan Brunch" in the VegNews 2006 Veggie Awards, Cafe Gratitude now has four California locations and seems poised for global domination. One taste of this smoothie and you'll know what we're talking about.
What you need
8 ounces almond milk
7 medium strawberries
1/4 cup dates
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
A tiny pinch of salt
What you do
Place all ingredients in blender and add ice to the 2-cup level. Blend until smooth. Enjoy!
See more from Café Gratitude NOW!
Product Review: Chomp! Cookies
If you read the ingredients list before biting, you won't believe that these king-size cookies could taste as good as they do. Thankfully, Chomp! cookies have all the flavor of a comparable junk-filled version, but without all those bad-for-you additives. Our favorite, Blitzin' Almond Butter, boasts a surprisingly buttery flavor without even a hint of dairy. All six Chomp! varieties are vegan, wheat-free, and contain a minimum of 60 percent organic ingredients. Warning: These may be habit forming!
Check out all the Chomp! cookies NOW!
Pr oduct Review: Pharmacopia Herbal Lip Elixir
Pharmacopia Chamomile Tangerine Herbal Lip Elixir tastes good enough to eat, although we wouldn't recommend it. Instead, glide this soothing lip treat, made with organic oils, on your chapped lips and prepare for instant relief with a hint of fruit. The tube is almost twice the size of typical lip balms, making it longer-lasting and much easier to find when buried at the bottom of your backpack. Plus, it’s cruelty-free and 100-percent vegan.
Visit Pharmacopia's website NOW!
Favorite Vegan Wedding Contest Winner
In our March VegNewsletter, we asked you to choose your favorite couple from our 2007 Vegan Wedding feature in the March+April issue, and to tell us why you selected them for a chance to win a fabulous wedding gift box. It was a tough decision, but we’ve selected the lovely sentiments of reader Betty Holladay as our winning entry. Betty will receive her gift box compliments of Pangea Vegan Store. Here's her response:
Favorite vegan wedding—Lin Bernhardt and Lynn Hill.
"Just look at the photo. This is not young love, but one that is wise, serene and joyful. The unique ceremony in gorgeous surroundings, along with charity-donation gifts, brought substantive meaning to this union. This couple has dedicated themselves to each other and to a lifestyle in a way that is nurturing and caring. What better way to summarize and cement a relationship!"
Order your copy of the Vegan Wedding Issue NOW!
 VegNewsletter "Passion for Peanut Butter" Giveaway
In the current edition of VegNews, staff writer Robin Robertson shares her passion for peanut butter in a salivating food feature on all things pb. Anyone who has come under the spell of a spicy peanut sauce or a luxurious peanut soup understands why peanut butter deserves a higher calling. We don't know about you, but we can't get enough of Robin's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake (one of the featured recipes).
To celebrate this delicious food, we're giving away a melange of organic nut butters from Artisana to one lucky winner. From pecan to macadamia cashew to black sesame tahini, Artisana makes some of the freshest, most flavorful nut butters around. They even took top honors for "Best New Vegetarian Product" at Expo West (awarded by VegNews). The winning product was their Cacao Bliss, a dreamy combination of raw cacao, agave and coconut butter. Look for our special edition of VegPicks in the July+August issue, featuring all 11 of this year's winners.
To win this case of hand-crafted, organic nut butters, simply tell us your favorite way to eat peanut butter. Limit your response to 50 words or less, and email to newsletter@vegnews.com by April 30. The winning response will be announced in our May edition of the VegNewsletter.
Click here to order the March+April issue, featuring "Passion for Peanut Butter" NOW!
New & Improved Subscription Services
For the past six months, our subscriptions team has worked diligently to upgrade our online services to ensure the best possible experience for VegNews readers. We're pleased to announce that subscribers can now access their accounts online to view the following:
• The expiration date
• The status of your subscription
• The status of your gift subscriptions
• The status of your payment
• The ship date of an issue
You may also change you address and renew your subscription quickly and easily right online.
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Preview of the May VegNewsletter
Satisfy your between-issues cravings with this complimentary supplement, featuring exclusive product reviews, musician, artist and event spotlights, slammin' recipes, giveaways, plus the lowdown on how vegetarianism is bettering the world—one delicious bite at a time.
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