The Baltimore Vegetarian September Meetup

Welcome to Veg Meetup!! We are a very people-friendly group that welcomes all those who would like to talk and learn more about any aspect of the veggie lifestyle, including health, food preparation, compassion for animals, ecology, spirituality, communication skills, activism, and more. Please come and enjoy great food, group support, and casual conversation!

Kathmandu Kitchen has a Nepalise/Indian buffet with ample veg and vegan cuisine, and they often make extra veggies when they know we are coming. The wait staff is very friendly and atmosphere is spacious and relaxing.

Some of our members have said that they would like to be more adept at handling the questions and challenges (with reference to their lifestyle) that sometimes come their way. So we will devote a whole Meetup session to looking at some of the key talking points on the benefits of veg and vegan lifestyles.

To which quotes or studies do you like to point to support the claims that veg*ns live longer and avoid the chronic diseases that kill most Americans? Do you know the key differences in body design between humans and true carnivores? Do you know which foods are eaten by the species to which we are most closely related?

How do you respond when someone says that it?s perfectly natural for certain species to eat other species, and that we veg*ns are out of touch with the real world, the natural world? And what about the lifestyle of the early Native Americans? Don?t they provide good eco-friendly role models for us? And aren?t the Eskimos healthy, despite the fact that they eat a diet of nearly all animal flesh?

What evidence can you show people to prove that the common chronic diseases that kill Americans aren?t caused primarily by bad genes, or by air pollution, or by exposure to electronic fields?

What makes you so certain that the reports and recommendations of government and other major institutional health agencies are attuned more to the bottom lines of big business than to the needs of the consumer? And if veg*n was clearly healthier for us, wouldn't that be more widely announced by the media?

Most of the world's greatest athletes eat (or ate) meat. Doesn't that prove that we are natural meat eaters? What do you tell someone who says that you will never convince everyone to go vegetarian?

What do we tell those who justify meat eating by saying that the creator gave us dominion over animals, or that animals have no souls? How do we respond to those who say that they just don?t have the time to learn how to cook and eat in a new way?

Maybe you don't want to be a veg*n activist, but would like to have some of theses questions answered for your own needs or curiosity. Feel free to join us!.

What are some of the questions you have difficulty answering? Please bring a list, and we?ll see if we can help you come to a better understanding. Hope to see you there.

A metered parking lot is right across the street, and it's free on Sunday, as is metered street parking.

And please mark Saturday, June 14th, on your calendar. That is the date for the next Earthsave Baltimore Veg Dinner Series event. It will feature a talk by Erica Meier, who is director of the popular DC animal protection nonprofit Compassion Over Killing. She will talk about how we can work more effectively to help animals by getting more veggie options on restaurant menus. Theses events always have a nice turnout and are lots of fun! For more information, see http://earthsavebalti.... Hope to see you soon!

You might also want to check out the Baltimore Vegan Meetup group, which is very similar to this one, but meets on a Wednesday evening at 7 pm. To register for those meetings, go to http://vegan.meetup.c.... We think you will enjoy the great food and atmosphere, like-minded people, and lively, casual conversation. Hope to see you soon!

Meetup.com now charges each group organizer a monthly fee of $13 for the great services they provide. A donation of $1 per meeting to help cover these costs would be appreciated. Thanks.