VRG provides educational materials for GA School Food Service Directors

Vegetarian Journal, March-April, 2005

VRG Nutrition Advisor Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH, RD, was a featured speaker at the annual School Food Service Directors Conference sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education in Athens, Georgia, October 19-21, 2004. Sue's session explored issues concerning the addition of vegetarian options to school meals. She presented results of an in-depth, national survey of school food service directors that focused on practical advice for food service managers who want to include more vegetarian foods on school menus. Survey data was collected and compiled over the summer by Christina Niklas, a VRG summer intern and master's degree student in public health from the University of Illinois at Chicago. We will share these findings with VJ readers later this year.

In addition to Sue's presentation, VRG provided nutrition education materials and samples of Vegetarian Journal and VJ's Foodservice Update to the 225 food service directors in attendance. VRG also provided copies of Vegan in Volume, Meatless Meals for Working People, and Simply Vegan as raffle prizes at the conference.