{"id":26579,"date":"2026-04-29T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=26579"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:52:38","slug":"trisha-choudhary-from-new-jersey-wins-1000-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/29\/trisha-choudhary-from-new-jersey-wins-1000-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"TRISHA CHOUDHARY FROM NEW JERSEY WINS $1,000 VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP 2026 SCHOLARSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trisha became a vegetarian in eighth grade after learning about factory farming, and then vegan because of her \u201cstance of not supporting animal exploitation.\u201d In high school she met with food vendors to advocate for more plant-based options in the cafeteria. NJveg said,\u201dTrisha has helped NJveg with our educational outreach program, where we answer questions and provide free literature (including some from VRG) on the benefits of going vegan. She was a great asset to us, engaging both adults and children \u2026 She is now a contributor to our social media, and is learning Word Press so she can start helping with our website.\u201d Trisha aspires to work in food policy \u2013 potentially pursing a degree in public policy or law.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The deadline for the VRG scholarship contest for high school seniors is February 20th<\/sup> of each year. For details, and to see other winners, go to\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

To support VRG\u2019s outreach to young people, donate at <\/span>vrg.org\/donate<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Join at <\/span>https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trisha became a vegetarian in eighth grade after learning about factory farming, and then vegan because of her \u201cstance of not supporting animal exploitation.\u201d In high school she met with food vendors to advocate for more plant-based options in the cafeteria. NJveg said,\u201dTrisha has helped NJveg with our educational outreach program, where we answer questions […]<\/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-26579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26579","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=26579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26581,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26579\/revisions\/26581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}