Vegan News for March 2022
Photo by the Kihei-based Grow Some Good, a nonprofit community organization dedicated to creating hands-on, outdoor learning experiences that cultivate curiosity about natural life cycles, connect students to their food sources, and inspire better nutrition choices.
3 Easy Plant-Based Recipes Your Family Will Love is a free, online class presented by Blue Zones Project Hawai’i on Friday, March 25, 12 noon – 1 pm. Free. Registration required. The Vegan Climate Summit 2022, an online event, will be held Friday, April 22, 2 -5 pm HST. More information here.
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NEWS AND TRENDS
We could pause global emissions for 30 years—everyone just needs to switch to a plant-based diet
European Parliament Advocates Plant-Based Diet to Fight Cancer
A Vegan World Would Require 75% Less Farmland Than Present
New BBC documentary exposes the dark side of dairy, and it's turning people vegan
New Documentary MILKED To Expose Dairy Industry After Eclipsing $100k Fundraising Goal
Italy Votes to Shut Down Fur Farming
Plant-Based Fast-Food Options Saved More than 600,000 Animals in 2021
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Meat-Free Diet Reduces Cancer Risk By 14%, Says Oxford University Study
Meat-Heavy Diets Might Have Link to MS
Flavonoids Reduce All-Cause Mortality Risk in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
New Olive Oil Study Sparks Questions for Whole-Food, Plant-Based Eaters
How Switching to a Plant-Based Diet Can Add Years to Your Life, No Matter What Age You Are
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Meet Maryland's Newest Football Star, a 6’7” 300 lb Vegan
Sting like a V: The vegan boxer fighting stereotypes
10 Pro Vegan Female Athletes Redefining the Game
Running diet: how to train, recover and perform while eating vegan
RESOURCES
A Guide to Vegan Baking: Banana Bread, Peanut Butter Cookies and Much More!
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.