{"id":14269,"date":"2019-10-08T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=14269"},"modified":"2019-10-01T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T18:07:27","slug":"the-vegetarian-resource-groups-2019-video-contest-winner-the-power-of-plant-based-diets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/08\/the-vegetarian-resource-groups-2019-video-contest-winner-the-power-of-plant-based-diets\/","title":{"rendered":"THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP\u2019S 2019 VIDEO CONTEST WINNER: THE POWER OF PLANT-BASED DIETS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-01-The-Power-of-Plant-Based-Diets-YouTube-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14270\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Adam Vossen was a 2019 Vegetarian Resource Group video contest winner. He said: During my formative teenage years, I spent hours upon hours getting lost on random websites and videos. One day, I stumbled upon a video that would change my life. \u201cWhy You Should Go Vegan\u201d was the title, and watching it led me into weeks of research and questioning of  my past and future of eating habits. After about a month of contemplation, I decided to make the move to go vegetarian, and a couple months after that, I took it to the next level and went vegan. I\u2019ve always had a grey-cloud of anxiety floating over my head regarding animal abuse and climate change, and with this diet, I finally felt like I was doing something to combat that. Not only did this lifestyle change prompt internal gratitude, it also provided me with a new community and identity I felt I lacked. I was constantly motivated and inspired by the fact that my food choices were helping my body, the planet, and the animals. Today, I define my vegan lifestyle as a project larger than myself, where my diet is 100% plant-based and I prioritize the environment, animal rights, and my health over my taste-buds. <br><br>To see VRG 2019 video contest winners and rules for 2020, go to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php<\/a><br><br>The deadline for the next video contest is July 15, 2020. <br>See: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php<\/a><br><br>For information about VRG\u2019s College Scholarship Contest (One $10,000,  two $5,000 awards), see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/a><br><br>To support The Vegetarian Resource Group scholarships and internships, <br>donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/donate\">www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a><br>or The Vegetarian Resource Group, Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203 <br><br>Video scholarships have been given in honor of W.M. Zahn, who was a  great mentor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Vossen was a 2019 Vegetarian Resource Group video contest winner. He said: During my formative teenage years, I spent hours upon hours getting lost on random websites and videos. One day, I stumbled upon a video that would change my life. \u201cWhy You Should Go Vegan\u201d was the title, and watching it led me [&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-14269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14269","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=14269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14271,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14269\/revisions\/14271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}