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**What's Inside the May+June Edition
**VegNews 2008 Brainstorming Focus Group
**V in the News
**Veggie Event Spotlights
**The Vegan Marshmallow Debacle
**Recipe: Roasted Asparagus
**VegNews Book Giveaway
**Mother's Day Product Review
**Passion For Peanut Butter Contest Winner
**Team VegNews @ ING Bay to Breakers 12K
**Fashion Opinion Poll
**VegNews Wins Maggie Award
**June VegNewsletter Preview
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.
Subscribers everywhere are enjoying our page-turning May+June "Green Goes Global" edition. If you're not yet a subscriber, be sure to pick up a copy at your local newsstand before it's too late. Here's a glimpse of what's inside:
**Green Goes Global: 10 Eco-Fabulous Urban Hotspots
**Can Vegetarianism Save the Planet?
**How Spinach Took the Fall for Factory Farms
**Vegan Cupcake Mania!
**Fall Out Boy's Andy Hurley
**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
Order this fabulous issue now (just $5)!
Calling All Vegetarians!
Share Your Ideas With VegNews
Roundtable Roundup
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?
V in the News:
Humane Society of the United States Names 25 Most Humane Cities
HSUS recently announced its first ever "Humane Index," which ranked America's 25 largest metropolitan areas for their compassion toward animals. Leading the humane pack is San Francisco (home of VegNews Magazine), which was found to be twice as humane as the average large US metro area. With its abundance of dog parks, vegetarian restaurants, and animal-friendly hotels, the city ranked number one in three of the 12 criteria and scored in the top ten in all but two measures. The study also looked at policies of regional lawmakers, the number of hunters and fur retailers in the area, and the conditions of companion animals, farm animals, wild animals, and animals used in entertainment.
And the least compassionate cities? Rounding out the bottom three were Dallas (#23), Cincinnati (#24) and Chicago (#25). Get with the program, people!
Check out the entire list here!
Veggie Event Spotlights
Bike to Work Week
Finally, there is a vehicle that uses absolutely no gas and emits not a single toxin. May 14-18 is Bike to Work Week, and cities all over the nation are hosting Bike to Work Day—so onward to the daily grindstone! If your urban center isn't already immersed in the biological and ecological benefits of national Bike to Work Week, set your own example and ride. They finally gave us our own lane; let's use it.
Tofu Haiku Contest
Tofu and haiku
What is it about them both?
That makes me so stoked
Do you see how easy it is to write a haiku about tofu? Throughout your day, you're probably inadvertently coming up with thousands of tofu haikus. It's time to win a prize for all that poetry. Win books, Tofutti ice cream, a VegNews subscription, or any of the other fine veg goodies for submitting a beefy(less) haiku about the pleasures of one of our favorite beans. Hosted by the Toronto Vegetarian Association, the contest will be judged by some well-known members of Canada's literary and vegetarian communities. Don't delay... Tofu Haikus must be submitted by May 21.
Enter your Tofu Haiku now!
The Vegan Marshmallow Debacle
The Return of the Vegan Marshmallow
For most vegetarians, the thought of marshmallows has always had a particularly unpleasant connotation (they're made from hooves for cryin' out loud!). Then, a few years back, a handful of companies seemingly perfected the animal-free marshmallow to the delight of herbivores everywhere. We enjoyed them in hot cocoa, melted in s'mores over the camp fire, in rice krispy treats, and just straight out of the bag. Our veggie existence was complete—or so we thought. Questions started arising about the origin of the gelatin used in these modern-day marshmallows. The company producing the gelatin, Emes, claimed that its product was kosher and vegan, but official lab tests proved otherwise. Overnight, most of the vegan marshmallow industry went belly-up.
But now, one of the original vegan marshmallow companies, New York City-based Sweet & Sara, recently announced that they have truly perfected the vegan marshmallow. Think fluffy white cubes of sweet bliss, in flavors such as vanilla, Mexican chocolate and toasted coconut (the VN staff favorite). These babies are competely addicting, and they're 100 percent vegan.
To celebrate the return of the vegan marshmallow, we're giving away a Sweet & Sara gift box full of vegan marshmallows to one lucky VegNewsletter winner. Simply tell us your favorite way to eat marshmallows. Responses should be limited to 50 words or less and emailed to newsletter@vegnews.com by May 31. The winning response will be announced in our June edition of the VegNewsletter.
Order some Sweet & Sara marshmallows for yourself right now!
Recipe: Roasted Asparagus
Looking for a great way to enjoy the abundance of fresh asparagus available now from your local farmers’ market? Try this quick and easy recipe from renown vegan chef and VegNews columnist Robin Robertson. Robin's latest cookbook Quick-Fix Vegetarian just hit the shelves in March.
What you need
1-1/2 pounds thin asparagus, ends trimmed
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
What you do
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Toss the asparagus with olive oil and arrange on a single layer on a lightly oiled baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
2. Roast until just tender, about 10 minutes. (The timing will vary depending on the thickness of the asparagus.) Remove from oven and transfer to a shallow serving platter.
See more cookbooks from Robin Robertson here!
VegNews Book Giveaway: The Real Forbidden Fruit
We know that eating meat is unhealthy, destructive to the environment and cruel to animals. But a new book entitled The Real Forbidden Fruit by Jeff Popick now offers compelling and logical evidence that meat was the real “forbidden fruit.”
Is meat the cause of man’s fall from paradise? Is veganism the way back? You can find out right now, because we’ve arranged for VegNewsletter readers to download a copy of the e-version absolutely FREE! Don't delay, as the deadline to get your comp copy is June 1. The hard copy is scheduled for release on June 15.
Get your advanced FREE copy now!
Pro duct Review: Hylunia Grape Seed Exfoliating Scrub
If you’re perplexed over what to get mom for Mother’s Day, she'll love this vegan skin care line. The sensitive skin specialists at Hylunia formulated the Grape Seed Exfoliating Scrub with real grape seed granules to remove dead skin cells and reveal super soft skin. We don't mean to sound like a commercial, but this stuff works! Unlike other medically-endorsed skin products, Hylunia uses hyaluronic acid from a natural vegan source—sugar beets—instead of rooster combs or animal joints. And they meet the VegNews stamp of approval—ingredients are always plant-based, and the products are never tested on animals. We like that, and your mom will, too!
Check out Hylunia's full line here!
Passion For Peanut Butter Contest Winner
 In our April VegNewsletter, we asked you to tell us your favorite way to eat peanut butter for a chance to win a case of hand-crafted, organic nut butters from Artisana. We were flooded with entries—peanut butter is very beloved and versatile—so it was a tough decision. Our most inspired winning entry came from Christy Grecsek who, "with many apologies to Mr. Shakespeare," wrote a sonnet. Here's her response
Oh humble peanut, how I love thee
Thy goodness never overstated.
I love thee in so many guises
My favorite mode cannot be rated.
Soup, sauces, pies or off the spoon
Thy flavor nearly makes me swoon.
If peanut butter be the food of gods,
Eat on!
Congratulations, Christy! You'll soon be receiving a box of gourmet nut butters that will hopefully inspire more delightful sonnets
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 San 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 May 18 for all interested runners.
Don't miss out on the fun! Visit the ING Bay to Breakers 12K website NOW!
Opinion Poll: Would You Wear Used Leather?
Attention VegNews fashionistas!  The VN staff is hard at work stitching together our first annual "Fashion" issue, and we want your thoughts on this question:
Would you wear 20-year-old leather shoes purchased from a vintage store knowing that you wouldn't directly be supporting the leather trade? Or do you think vegan means vegan—no ifs, ands or buts?
This is your chance to share your opinions and possibly be included in this very special edition. Submit your response along with a high-resolution photo of yourself to Senior Editor Jennifer Pickens by May 31. (Sorry, only responses accompanied by a high-res photo will be considered.) Good luck!
Vegan Wedding Resource Guide
Attention Spring brides! The Veg News Vegan Wedding Resource Guide is now online. Each year, we feature eight spectacular vegan weddings in the pages of VegNews Magazine. These couples have done the work for you in finding the very best veg-friendly caterers, photographers, venues, dresses, tuxedos and flowers, so use them as a resource! Whether you're planning a vegan wedding for 300 or an initimate graduation party for 20, check out these great resources for all your party needs.
Click here to peruse the VegNews Wedding Resource Guide!
VegNews Wins Maggie Award
We have great news from the VegNews Headquarters! VegNews was recently awarded our second Maggie Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the magazine industry. This year, we took home top honors for "Best Editorial," specifically for Publisher Joe Connelly's September+October 2006 Editor's Note entitled "You know it's hot out here for a wimp." In this piece, Joe criticized Al Gore for ignoring factory farming as one of the main culprits of global warming in the Oscar-winning film, "An Inconvenient Truth." To win a national award for what is a very controversial subject is just extraordinary, for both VegNews and the vegetarian movement.
More than 600 publishing professionals attended the awards ceremony and banquet in Los Angeles, honoring excellence in magazine and electronic publishing. This year’s Maggie competition received 1,700 entries, and VegNews was the only vegetarian publication honored. The VN team is thrilled to be recognized for our work in promoting the fabulous veg lifestyle.
Click here to purchase issue #51 featuring this award-winning editorial!
Preview of the June 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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