Vegan News for June 2020
Compassionate veganism on Maui is alive and well, thanks the multiple grassroots efforts. The Common Ground Collective needs volunteers to help with fundraising. If you are interested, email cgcmaui@gmail.com or send a message through Facebook. Chilis on Wheels continues to seek volunteers to donate, prepare and deliver vegan meals and supplies to unsheltered people. Contact Nicole at 633-4811. Maui Food Not Bombs offers free vegan food at Paia Bay on the third Thursday of the month at 5:45 pm.
Toward a new normal: Although the pandemic is far from over, small, but important steps are being taken toward a new normal. For example, more and more vendors have been returning to the Upcountry Saturday Farmers Market. Dine-in table service under new health guidelines begins on June 5th. Many parks re-opened June 1. Taking appropriate health safeguards, let’s support vegan-friendly enterprises so that they may survive and prosper.
EVENTS
Friday, June 19, 4:30 pm. Sign waving and protest against Mahi Pono slaughterhouse. More information here.
NEWS AND TRENDS
EU to Promote Plant-Based Shift with $11 Billion “Farm to Fork Strategy”
Consumers are Choosing More Vegan Food During COVID-19 … New Report Predicts COVID-19 Pandemic Will Increase Sales of Plant-Based Meat … NY Times: Plant-Based ‘Meats’ Catch On in the Pandemic
Former Slaughterhouse Workers will be Trained to Make Vegan Meat
Plant-Based Bottles Could Degrade in One Year
Elizabeth Warren Backs Cory Booker’s Bill to Shut Down Factory Farms
Washington Post: Meat is not essential. Why are we killing for it? … The End of Meat is Here
UK Doctors Urge Public to Go Vegan to Prevent Future Pandemics … US Doctors Call For Slaughterhouse Closures Due To Health Risks Of Meat
'The Next Coronavirus May Come from Pigs Not Pangolins' Says Infectious Disease Expert
Taking Animals Off Our Plates Would Help Prevent Pandemics, Says Dr. Neal Barnard
HEALTH AND FITNESS
NBA Champ John Salley: “I work with Brands that Share my Eco Vegan Values”
Vegans outperform omnivores in endurance tests
RESOURCES
The Best Easy-to-Make Vegan Cleaning Products (That Work)
Watch: The 9 Best Vegan TED Talks
How to Survive a Pandemic (Audiobook and Ebook by Dr. Michael Greger)
The Vegan Activist Guide to Strategic Communications, free instructional guide and workbook available here.
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you may wish to visit three Facebook pages: Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
June 16, 1824 – Twelve men meet at a London coffee house and become the founders of the world’s first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
June 1842 – Bronson Alcott visits Alcott House, named in his honor.
June 19, 1997 – A British court rules that McDonald’s made false claims about the nutritional value of its food and is responsible for animal cruelty.
June 2001 – In response to pressure from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Burger King announces a set of animal welfare guidelines.
June 2018 – A study published in Science asserts that the adoption of plant-based diets in the United States alone could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 61% to 73%, and that the global adoption of a vegan diet would reduce the use of agricultural land by 75%.