Vegan News for March 2025
Hempy’s Shake and Wake. “Small tiny café in Wailuku serving healthy shakes, soups and sandwiches.” Photo: Happycow.net.
Due to a fire destroying the Maui Meadows home of Sahel and Tabay on February 8, Tabay’s Mindful Kitchen, a vegan food truck in Kahului, will be closed until further notice. A GoFundMe account has been created to help them get back on their feet after this devastating setback.
EVENTS
Saturday March 1, Maui Pig Sanctuary National Pig Day Open Farm, Makawao, 10 am - 2 pm. Call 808-298-7390 for reservations. $20 suggested donation.
Friday, March 21, 6 pm, Free screening of film “I Could Never Go Vegan.” 5:15 pm vegan food, mini resource fair and networking. 6 pm film. 7:40 - 8 pm, discussion and further networking. Sponsored by the Vegan Society of Hawaii. Location: J. Walter Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St. Wailuku.
Saturday, April 26, 29th 2025, East Maui Taro Festival
NEWS AND TRENDS
Animal Welfare Groups Urge Governor Josh Green to Ban Cruel Live Cattle Exports from Hawaii
Even One Person's Food Choices Effect the Whole Planet
Regenerative Ag Isn’t Kind to Animals—But It Could Be. Here’s How
Surging Egg Prices Boost Vegan Alternatives Like Just Egg, Yo Egg
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
New Study Finds Vegan, Plant-Forward Diets May Help Prevent and Slow Parkinson’s
An Expert Explains Why Eating More Plants Supports Respiratory Health
The number one diet change to lower your cancer risk, according to experts
How Healthy Are the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat vs. Beef?
SPORTS AND FITNESS
There’s Now a Vegan Meal Delivery Service for Athletes
RESOURCES
New Ultra-Processed Food Database Ranks 50,000 Products at Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods
Vegan World Now offers an impressive, detailed monthly report on victories for veganism around the world.
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you might visit three Facebook pages, Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the Facebook companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
March 1944: Woodwork teacher and vegan pioneer Donald Watson published the first of a two-part article, “Should Vegetarians Eat Dairy Produce?”
March 1946: Fay K. Henderson produces Vegan Recipes, the first recipe book with “vegan” in the title.
March 1996: The British Government admits a link between contaminated beef and “New Variant CJD,” a condition linked to consumption of beef with Mad Cow Disease.
March 2003: A poll of British doctors names vegan John Snow, MD, pioneering 19th century anesthesiologist and epidemiologist, the greatest physician of all time.
March 21, 2016: University of Oxford researchers find that a worldwide switch to diets that rely more on fruit and vegetables could save up to 8 million lives by 2050, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two thirds, result in healthcare savings and avoid climate-related damages of $1.5 trillion (US).
March 2018: Alibi, the first hotel restaurant in Australia to serve a 100 per cent plant-based menu, opens.
March 2024: billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledges $60 million to help build a more sustainable, ‘plant-forward’ food system.