Come by this Thursday, April 17 at 6 p.m. for enVeg elections in Rinker 225. If you’d like to be nominated for a position on the e-board next yaer, the positions available are:

• President
• Vice-President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Historian

We’ll also be talking about summer plans for enVeg for those of you who will be in Gainesville over the break. It’s our last meeting this semester so try to make it out. See you soon.

Here’s a list of the dining locations we’re going to be visiting to find out what vegetarian options they have on their menus (more info here):

• Broward Dining Hall - on Inner Road (next to Rinker) between Newell & 13 st.
• Gator Corner Dining - by the O’Connell Center near where Stadium Rd. intersects Gale Lemerand
• the Reitz Union Food Court on the first floor of the Reitz Union
• The Hub on Stadium Rd. behind Turlington
• Racquet Club Dining Center - on Fletcher Dr. (across from the Hub), behind the stadium

For better directions, use the campus map.

We’ll form groups at tomorrow’s meeting and decide when we’re going to go to these places. Hope to see you there.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the first meeting last Thursday.

As mentioned, we’re gonna be teaming up soon to compile info about all the vegetarian/vegan options in the restaurants and dining halls on campus. Our goal is to make it easy for everyone to eat meat- and/or dairy-free at UF.

We’ll update here soon with a list of all the places we’re going to be hitting up, then we’ll get into groups and go have some fun.

Our next meeting will be Thursday Feb. 21 at 6pm in Rinker, room 225… so jot that down in your planners. Hope to see you there!

We’ll have our first meeting this Thursday Feb. 7 at 6pm in Rinker, room 225. We’ve got some fun stuff planned for the near future and we’re looking for new ideas, so please come by and share your thoughts.

Join the enVeg Facebook group & we’ll send you a reminder.

See you there!

If a baking recipe calls for eggs, you can easily make it vegan by using any of the following egg replacements:

• Ener-G egg replacer

You can find this egg replacer at most health food stores, like Mother Earth in Gainesville.

• 2 Tbsp. water + 1 Tbsp. oil + 2 tsp. baking powder = 1 egg
• 1/4 cup pureed soft tofu = 1 egg
• 1/4 cup soy yogurt = 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp. cornstarch + 3 Tbsp. water = 1 egg
• half a mashed banana = 1 egg

This is best for sweet recipes if you don’t mind a hint of banana flavor.

When a recipe contains milk, simply substitute plain or vanilla soy, rice or almond milk.

If you try any of these replacements, leave a comment and let us know how it went.

A 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization [PDF] revealed that the industrial production of meat, dairy and eggs causes more harm to the climate than even cars and SUVs:

Climate change is the most serious challenge facing the human race. The livestock sector is a major player, responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalent. This is a higher share than transport.

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