{"id":27418,"date":"2026-10-05T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=27418"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:59:15","slug":"isabella-rodriguez-from-florida-is-a-winner-of-the-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-video-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/isabella-rodriguez-from-florida-is-a-winner-of-the-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-video-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"ISABELLA RODRIGUEZ FROM FLORIDA IS A WINNER OF THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP 2026 VIDEO CONTEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ISABELLA-RODRIGUEZ-2026-Video-contest-winner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ISABELLA-RODRIGUEZ-2026-Video-contest-winner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isabella said: I\u2019m interested in learning more about vegetarianism because it has encouraged me to think more deeply about how our everyday choices affect our health, the environment, and animals. Researching this topic showed me that even small changes, like choosing a plant-based meal from time to time, can have a positive impact. I believe it\u2019s important to stay open-minded, learn from different perspectives, and share information that inspires others to make thoughtful decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AEbaALW2IGM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/AEbaALW2IGM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deadline for the next Vegetarian Resource Group video contest is July 15, 2027. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See other videos here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VegResourceGrp\/shorts\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VegResourceGrp\/shorts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For information about VRG\u2019s $5,000 scholarships for high school seniors who have promoted veganism, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar<\/a>\u00a0 The next deadline is February 20, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>To support VRG\u2019s outreach to young people, join at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/vrg.org\/donate\">vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isabella said: I\u2019m interested in learning more about vegetarianism because it has encouraged me to think more deeply about how our everyday choices affect our health, the environment, and animals. Researching this topic showed me that even small changes, like choosing a plant-based meal from time to time, can have a positive impact. I believe [&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-27418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27418","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=27418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27420,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27418\/revisions\/27420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}