{"id":10592,"date":"2017-03-16T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=10592"},"modified":"2017-03-16T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:53:17","slug":"the-vegetarian-resource-groups-annual-essay-contest-for-kids-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/16\/the-vegetarian-resource-groups-annual-essay-contest-for-kids-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Annual Essay Contest for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file000503327926-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"400\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Each year the Vegetarian Resource Group sponsors an essay contest for kids. Winners receive a $50 prize. Entrants should submit a 2-3 page essay on any aspect of vegetarianism\/veganism. Vegetarianism is not eating meat, fish, and birds (for example, chicken or duck). Vegans avoid all animal products. Among the many reasons for being a vegetarian\/vegan are beliefs about ethics, culture, health, aesthetics, religion, world peace, economics, world hunger, and the environment. <\/p>\n<p>Entrants should base their paper on interviewing, research, and\/or personal opinion. You need not be a vegetarian to enter. All essays become the property of The Vegetarian Resource Group. Deadline for the contest is May 1, 2017!<\/p>\n<p>Details on the contest, as well as previous winning essays, can be found here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/essay\/\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/essay\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year the Vegetarian Resource Group sponsors an essay contest for kids. Winners receive a $50 prize. Entrants should submit a 2-3 page essay on any aspect of vegetarianism\/veganism. Vegetarianism is not eating meat, fish, and birds (for example, chicken or duck). Vegans avoid all animal products. Among the many reasons for being a vegetarian\/vegan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10598,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10592\/revisions\/10598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}