Vegan News for October 2024
Tabay’s Mindful Kitchen, 520 Keolani Place, Kahului (across from Costco), offers “fast food favorites & comfort food classics with a mindful twist.”
Farmers Market Maui Honokowai has closed. Its website states, “Our Honokowai location is now CLOSED permanently. We are working to find a way to continue to serve our West Side community. Please check our social media for updates.”
NEWS AND TRENDS
New Federal Bill Would Help End Factory Farming for Good
USDA Urged To Remove Dairy Category From 2025 Dietary Guidelines
The Technology That ‘Could Turn the World Vegan’
Largest California K-12 School Meal Vendor Launches First Plant-Based Vegan Meals
How Much Do Vegan Diets Improve the Health of Dogs?
Thailand’s Path to Becoming a Global Plant-Based Food Hub
After 136 Years, Italy’s Gruppo Tonazzo is Ditching Meat for Plant-Based
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Soy Milk Better Than Cow’s Milk for Cardiometabolic Health, Study Suggests
Two common, ultra-processed foods can raise the risk of heart disease: Harvard study
Groundbreaking Study: Plant-Based Proteins Could Be the Key to Longer Life
Eating more raw vegetables may help weight loss, reduce heart disease risk
Scientists Discover More Sustainable ‘Healthy Chocolate’
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Celebrity Trainer Kollins Ezekh Talks Boxing, Veganism, and the Power of Nutrition
Two Vegan Women Become Strongman and Bodybuilding Champions
Top NFL Superstars Who Are Vegan
RESOURCES
These are the Best Vegan Desserts, According to a Dietitian
The 7 Best Plant-Based Foods for Gut Health, According to a Dietitian
Vegan cookbooks that will win over even meat and dairy lovers
CONNECTIONS
Check out three Facebook groups: Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the Facebook companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life. The Vegan Society of Hawaii sponsors monthly educational Zoom presentations and occasional lectures in Kahului.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
October 1848: The Vegetarian Advocate states that “. . . Pound cakes and tea-cakes are also extremely good made with oil (instead of butter and eggs), and cheese-cakes are well imitated by means of mashed potatoes mixed with oil and sugar put into a crust … without animal substance of any kind, or of eggs, milk and butter.”
October 2, 1983: World Day for Farmed Animals is declared by the Farm Animal Rights Movement. It is dedicated to exposing the needless suffering and death of sentient animals for food.
October 1995: Turtle Island and The Higher Taste introduce the first “Tofurkey.”
October 2003: Melbourne, Australia initiates a celebration of World Vegan Day on the last Sunday in October.
October 25, 2020: Vegan British racecar driver Lewis Hamilton won a record-setting 92nd victory.
October 2020: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is released on Netflix. Sir David encouraged viewers to adopt a plant-based diet to protect the future of the planet.