By Karen Leibowitz<\/p>\n
I started my internship last May and after learning and experiencing
\nso much a few months later it came to an end. On the first day, Charles gave
\nme book upon book about vegan nutrition, recipes, and other information.
\nFrom that first day, I’ve contributed articles to the VRG website,
\nwrote restaurant reviews, created recipes, and translated recipes to
\nSpanish. I also created a 3-day Mexican meal plan and had it approved by
\nthe registered dietitian that works with the VRG. I wrote several Veggie
\nBits and food reviews on vegan products, all to be published in The Vegetarian
\nJournal. I created a survey that gathered information concerning
\norganizations’ opinions on what should be labeled as vegetarian or
\nvegan. I gained experience running booths with other interns and
\nvolunteers at several farmer’s markets, festivals, and other events,
\nproviding VRG resources and selling books. I learned about how
\nnon-profits function and how they can thrive. I gained experience
\nworking in an office setting and learned the details behind how events
\nare organized.<\/p>\n
I came into the VRG as a public health major, but as the internship
\nprogressed and after meeting vegan nutrition professionals, I changed my
\nmajor to dietetics and am now on my way to pursue a career as a
\nregistered dietitian. I always had a strong interest in nutrition but
\nthis internship gave me the motivation I needed to begin pursuing this
\nmore challenging route to health improvement. I believe that being a
\nregistered dietitian can have a heavy influence in changing the way
\npeople eat. If I can be part of that influence, I can help lessen the
\nsuffering of animals and the occurrence of diseases caused by consuming
\nthem.<\/p>\n
The people that work at the VRG are an amazingly friendly and motivated
\ngroup of people. I’ve had the privilege of working with and learning
\nfrom a group that does so much to provide resources for vegans and
\nvegetarians.<\/p>\n
If you are interested in a Vegetarian Resource Group internship, visit: By Karen Leibowitz I started my internship last May and after learning and experiencing so much a few months later it came to an end. On the first day, Charles gave me book upon book about vegan nutrition, recipes, and other information. From that first day, I’ve contributed articles to the VRG website, wrote restaurant […]<\/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-5229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229","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=5229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5230,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nTo support Vegetarian Resource Group outreach, donate at
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