Vegan Diet
Resources for This Diet
The Vegetarian Resource Group
PO Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
www.vrg.org
Vegan Outreach
211 Indian Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
www.veganoutreach.org
Vegan Action/Vegan Awareness Foundation
P.O. Box 7313
Richmond, VA 23221
www.vegan.org
The Vegan Society
Donald Watson House
21 Hylton Street
Birmingham
United Kingdom
www.vegansociety.com
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
PO Box 6322
Washington, DC 20015
www.pcrm.org
How to Be Vegan: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Cruelty-Free Eating, Living, Dating, Travel, Decorating, and More by Elizabeth Castoria. Muskogee, OK: Artisan, 2014.
The Vegetarian Way: Total Health for You and Your Family by Virginia Messina and Mark Messina. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996.
The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without Sacrifice (Second Edition) by Erik Marcus. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011.
Simply Vegan: Quick Vegetarian Meals by Debra Wasserman and Reed Mangels. Baltimore, MD: Vegetarian Resource Group, 1999.
May All Be Fed: A Diet for a New World by John Robbins and Jia Patton. New York: Avon Books, 1993.
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