June 5--5:30-8:30pm--Saanich Fairgrounds--Poplar Room
------GALA EVENT! Introducing the first Peninsula RAW FOOD POTLUCK!---

--cost is $4 for entry and suggested donation for guest speaker of $5
--bring a raw dish of your choice (please include serving spoon and ingredients), cutlery, cup/glass, plate, napkin and whatever else you need to eat.
--kitchen will be available for clean-up afterwards!
--musical guest, Kelly McMahon, will be playing his beautiful music for all to enjoy
--GUEST SPEAKER: VESANTO MELINA, MS RD--author of "Raw Food Revolution Diet"


"Vesanto Melina is a Registered Dietitian who did her under graduate and graduate work at the University of Toronto and the University of London, England. She has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and at Seattle’s Bastyr University. She is co-author of Dietitians of Canada and the American Dietetic Association’s Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets Vesanto is widely known in the media - press, TV and radio, - has a monthly column in Common Ground magazine, and is an internationally known speaker. She received the prestigious Clintec award for leadership in dietetics. She regularly consults for government and industry and for individual clients from her home office here in BC.

Vesanto’s eight classic nutrition books include the new "Raw Food Revolution Diet", the classics "Becoming Vegetarian" and "Becoming Vegan"; "Raising Vegetarian Children"; and the "Food Allergy Survival Guide". Her website for the raw food revolution diet is www.nutrispeak.com/rawfood.htm

I look forward to coming to Victoria"