Vegan News for March 2021
New vegan dining options: A new vegan food cart has opened at the Garden of Eden (mile marker 10.5 Road to Hana), the Maui Garden Grove Café. Among its offerings are Hawaiian Curry and Hawaiian Chili over rice, Coconut Glen's ice cream, pineapple upside down cake with a scoop of pineapple banana ice cream. … Sprout Vegan Café, formerly a food truck, is now a restaurant at 10 Wailea Gateway Place, B102, Kihei, having officially reopened its doors as a brick-and-mortar location. “Serving the same delicious menu as before but with a few great additions! Now offering dine-in, takeout, or order delivery. Indoor and outdoor seating available.” Hours are 9 am to 9 pm, except for Monday, when it closes at 5 pm.
Serving our Community: Thanks to the Aloha Aina Center, the Common Ground Collective has secured its own spot. With the help of hard-working volunteers, almost 4,000 pounds of fresh local backyard produce has been distributed, 3,638 pounds of was donated to local community members in need and the rest sold to local businesses to help them fill their orders. Common Ground also benefitted from a huge produce donation from PueoKea Farms and matching donation campaign sponsored by Ho’omakua Farms.
NEWS AND TRENDS
5.86 Million Deaths ‘Could Be Avoided In 2040’ By Switching to a More Plant-Based Diet, Says Report
Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report
Bill Gates: ‘All Rich Countries Should Move to 100% Plant-Based Beef’ to Fight Climate Crisis
UN Endorses Call for a Global Shift to a Plant-Based Diet
Why the British vegan market is set to double in just 5 years
Doctors Urge Biden: End Factory Farming, Promote Plant-Based Diet
LA Times Column: Burgers are great. But make no mistake, they’re killing the planet
What Longtime Vegetarians Think About the Plant-Based Meat Boom
USDA: Plant-Based Milk Sales Leading to the Decline of Dairy
Former French Slaughterhouse Is Now a Vegan Cheese Factory
HEALTH
Report: Egg and Cholesterol Consumption Linked to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer
Vegan diet better for weight loss and cholesterol than Mediterranean diet: study
Plant-based diets reduce risk of heart disease, dementia, study finds
Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women's Brains
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Vegan Powerlifter Takes Gold Medal in Heavyweight Championship
Vegan Runner Eyes 2021 Olympic Games After Smashing National Record
RESOURCES
Essential COVID-19 Info for Vegan Activists
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you may want to check out 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 2018 – Alibi, the first hotel restaurant in Australia to serve a 100 per cent plant-based menu, opens.