Vegan News for April 2023
Earth Aloha Eats is a vegan cafe in Kihei (pictured above) and vegan food trucks in Kahului and Lahaina.
Although many traditional Hawaiian dishes are meat- or fish-based, innovative chefs have created plant-based alternatives. Our latest installment of Talk Story provides links to dozens of vegan recipes.
Ahonui Foods is a new vegan food truck featuring homemade vegan goods, coffee, pastries, focaccia sandwiches, loaded toasts, and cold pressed juices. Location: 111 Stable Road, Paia (Spreckelsville). Open Tuesday to Sunday, 8 am - 3 pm. More info: Instagram.
Common Ground Collective has published Fresh from the Fields: Your Ultimate Guide to Maui County's Farmers Markets.
EVENTS
Wednesday, April 12 · 12 - 1 pm: How to Build a Hydroponics Bucket. Online. Details here. Free. Registration required.
Thursday, April 20: Maui Food Not Bombs will offer a free vegan meal at Paia Bay at 5:45 pm.
Sunday, April 23: Eat Up, Slim Down, Get Healthy, Free Zoom lecture sponsored by the Vegan Society of Hawaii. 12 noon. Details here.
Sunday, April 23, 11:45 am, Maui Vegans and Vegetarians Meetup, Moku Roots, 335 Keawe #221, Lahaina. Registration required. More info here.
Sunday, April 23, Plant Spirit Feast, 11:11 am to sunset. Ahimsa Sanctuary Farm, 4505 Hana Hwy, Haiku. Free. Register here.
Wednesday, April 26th – Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Food Revolution Summit Docuseries (online), register here. Free.
Wednesday April 26, 3-6 pm. Earth Day at UH Maui College. Free community event. More info here.
Thursday, April 27, 7 pm. Vegan Society of Hawaii presents Jerome Kellner discussing The Optimal Weight Loss Approach. J. Walter Cameron Center, Wailuku. Free. For more information call 808-873-0820.
NEWS AND TRENDS
Plant-Based Shift Critical to Halting “Climate Time Bomb,” New IPCC Report Warns … Food Production Emissions Alone Will Heat World Beyond 1.5C, Study Finds
Pharmaceutical Animal Tests are No Longer Required in the USA
How single-celled yeasts are doing the work of 1,500-pound cows … Study: By 2040, over half the meat will be vegan or lab-grown
US Restaurants with Vegan Options Now Near 50 Percent
Physicians Group Asks Health Care System to Stop Sponsoring Waikiki Spam Jam Festival
‘Truly Remarkable’: Study Finds Fish Recognize Themselves, Hinting at Self-Awareness
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Sticking to a plant-based diet can keep you alive longer, study reveals
E. Coli from Meat ‘Behind Half a Million UTIs in the US Each Year’
Relationship of Dietary Cholesterol and Cancer
Soy Protein Lowers Cholesterol, Risk of Heart Disease, Study Finds
Study: Red Meat Spikes Endometriosis Risk by 56 Percent. A Plant-Based Diet Could Help Prevent It.
Low-Carb Vegan Diet Reduces Risk of Death for Diabetics by 24 Percent, Study Finds
Plant-Based Diets may Offer Relief for Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Doctors Issue Warning on Keto Diets Following Study on Heart Attack Risk
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Does Eating Meat Build More Muscle Than Eating Plants? Study Says No
RESOURCES
Fresh from the Fields: Your Ultimate Guide to Maui County's Farmers Markets
50+ Fast Food Trends, Stats, and Facts You Should Know
Coffee Wars and Other Vegan Films You Need to See in 2023
Best Vegan Cookbooks For 2023: Top 5 Guides Most Recommended by Experts
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you might want to 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
April 1842 – The first confirmed use of the word “vegetarian” appears in the Alcott House Journal, used to mean what today is called “vegan.”
April 1846 – The Metropolitan Magazine (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin) quotes Dr. Reece’s Medical Guide: “A vegetable diet affords the same support as animal food, with the important advantage of preventing plethora.”
April 2, 1850 – William Horsell, editor-publisher of The Vegetarian Advocate, presents a “Vegetarian entertainment” in which carrot pudding, barley sago and apple without animal products were served.’
April 1944 -- The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (Manchester) publishes part 2 of Donald Watson’s article, “Should Vegetarians Eats Dairy Produce?” On April 22 a motion to aim to eliminate dairy produce from one’s diet was debated at Croydon Vegetarian Society. It passed overwhelmingly.
April 8, 1945 – The Leicester-based Non-Dairy Produce Group, also known as Non-Dairy Vegetarians, renames itself the Vegan Society and adopts a formal definition of “veganism.”
April 16, 1996 – Oprah Winfrey broadcasts a debate about mad cow disease, sparking declining prices for beef and a lawsuit.