Vegan News for June 2024
Rainbow Kitchen + Rebel Tonics is a vegan food truck at 2250 Hana Highway, Haiku. "Home of local BBQ Jackfruit! We are a Plant based, organic food truck. Adaptogen Tonics drinks, organic coffee, fresh made Macadamia nut milk. Killer Vegan Food, made from scratch fresh corn tortillas! Gluten free mochi waffles, our iconic Mermaid Dream Cream, for when you want ice cream but you want to feel like you just ate something super healthy. We serve, feel well, be well food. Art is food, food is health."
With the recent loss of two vegan food trucks, it was encouraging to learn that an established California food truck, Tabay’s Mindful Kitchen, announced a move to 520 Keolani Place, Kahului, across from Costco. The truck is here, but work on the vehicle to ensure health department compliance is taking longer than expected. The projected opening date is July 1.
EVENTS
Ongoing: Moku Roots offers vegan farm-to-table meals at its beautiful upcountry location. Email mokuroots@gmail.com for reservations or to be placed on the mailing list.
Sunday, June 9, 12 noon, the Vegan Society of Hawaii Dana Lyons talks with Dr. Ruth Heidrich about his life, his plant-based activism, and his music. Free. J. Walter Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku. Free Zoom presentation. Details here.
NEWS AND TRENDS
Is Vegan Food Worse Than Meat? A Factcheck of Media Coverage … Why 3D printed plant-based meats could end animal suffering
Plant-Based Doctors Group Offers $1.5 Million To Buy Oscar Mayer
Health and Environmental Concerns Drive Growth in the Vegan Food Market
New Study of Bones and Teeth Finds Cavemen Were Mostly Plant-Based
Eating our way to the next pandemic
Empowering Women in Veganism: Inside the Vegan Women Summit 2024
Higher quality plant-based diets are associated with fewer hip fractures than unhealthy ones
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Plant-based diet ‘may potentially help people with cancer live longer’
Consuming more plant-based food reduces risk for prostate cancer progression
Healthy plant-based diets lower gout risk, unhealthy diets raise it
Eating a Plant-Based Diet Can Lower Your Risk of Cancer and Heart Disease
Olive Oil to Prevent Dementia?
Plant-based diet may halve emphysema risk for young smokers
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Plant-Based Protein Supports Building Muscle During Resistance Training
Ask an Athlete: Building Strength with Plant-Based Protein
Foods to Improve Athletic Performance and Recovery
New Online Vegan Fitness Store Launches
The Ultimate Vegan Athlete Meal Plan, According to an Expert
RESOURCES
10 Vegan and Cruelty-Free Eyeshadow Palettes
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%.
June 2021 – Upscale New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park reopens without serving meat, fish and most other animal products.