Article: VRG member feels vegetarian processed foods undermine efforts to promote good nutrition.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)

I have been a member of The Vegetarian Resource Group for several years now and have enjoyed your publications. Most of all, I enjoy knowing that by being a member I am contributing to the spread of vegetarianism. Considering the increase in the number of vegetarians and the increasing acceptance of vegetarianism, organizations such as ours have been most successful.

I am concerned, however, that the vegetarian movement may be playing into the hand of corporate food companies. At the most recent vegetarian food festival I attended, there was a proliferation of processed foods being distributed. I think these processed foods are okay in a pinch but do not deserve ...

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