{"id":17129,"date":"2021-03-24T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17129"},"modified":"2021-03-24T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:24:44","slug":"my-vrg-internship-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/24\/my-vrg-internship-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My VRG Internship Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Nina Lehr, VRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many other college students, I spent the better part of January 2021 searching for a virtual internship. I knew I wanted to find one that would allow me to hone in on my writing and journalistic skills, but I wasn\u2019t sure what kind of company or organization would be a good fit. Once I stumbled upon The Vegetarian Resource Group internship page, however, I was immediately excited about the possibility of combining my interest in media with my passion for vegetarianism. Throughout the duration of my internship, I was able to complete a variety of projects that allowed me to do just that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     I started by\nwriting entries for the VRG online USA\/Canada\nrestaurant guide<\/a>. This was a great way for me to practice compiling\ninformation from a variety of sources. It was also awesome to get to learn\nabout a variety of vegan and vegan-friendly eateries throughout the country! I\nlook forward to hopefully visiting some of the restaurants I wrote about one\nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     One of my\nfavorite parts of my internship was reading and responding to essay\napplications to the VRG College Scholarship Contest. It was truly amazing to\nhear the inspiring stories of today\u2019s vegetarian youth! So many applicants\nwrote engaging essays about how their vegetarian lifestyle has empowered them\nto make an influence in their local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Another highlight\nof my internship was contributing to Veggie Bits\u2013 a Vegetarian Journal<\/em> column dedicated to vegan product reviews. I was\nsent a package of LongEve Plant-Based Protein Crumbles and Breadless Crumbs,\nwhich I used to make lettuce wraps and heart of palm \u201ccrab\u201d cakes. It was great\nto be exposed to a product I had never heard of before and to have the chance\nto make two new dishes out of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Throughout my\ninternship, I also wrote a series of blog posts. The first one was a review of\nWildseed, an amazing plant-based restaurant in San Francisco, CA. I tried a\nvariety of different dishes with my parents and enjoyed the opportunity to\nsummarize the memorable experience in a review. I also worked with another VRG\nintern to write a blog post about tips on starting a vegetarian club in high\nschool. Being able to connect and collaborate with a fellow VRG intern was fun\nand rewarding for both of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The next blog\npost was about the vegan options available at my school, Santa Clara University\nin California. It was fun to reflect on what I ate on and around campus,\nespecially since I haven\u2019t been able to go back to campus in a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Another memorable\nexperience was writing a book review of In\nSearch of the Wild Tofurky<\/em>, Seth Tibbott\u2019s memoir centered around his life\nand journey of founding the Tofurky Company. The story was heartfelt, engaging,\nand full of lessons for both life and business, so I thoroughly enjoyed reading\nand reviewing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The final blog post I wrote was a profile of Hiroko Kato, a freelance writer based in Tokyo and a former VRG intern. I loved hearing about her current work on a vegan\nnutrition book. In addition, it was fascinating to hear her thoughts about the\nstate of vegetarianism and the movement\u2019s future within Japan.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     All in all, my\nVRG internship was a rewarding experience that allowed me to grow as a writer\nand expand my knowledge of vegetarianism. I highly recommend it to any student\ninterested in writing, media, and the vegetarian lifestyle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on The Vegetarian Resource Group\ninternships, see <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support VRG internships, donate to The Vegetarian\nResource Group at vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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