Vegan News for May 2024
Niu Life Kitchen is an innovative, plant-based food company created by Chef Sha’anan Fader and Ashley Stewart. “We are a family owned and operated farm-to-kitchen venture, creating delicious, life-giving, and cutting-edge foods on Maui.” WAILUKU LUNCH + DELI, 2050 Main Street, Unit FC-2, Wailuku, Wednesday - Friday 11 am – 3 pm, Saturday 9 am-2 pm. UPCOUNTRY FARMERS MARKET - Saturday 7 am – 11 am.
Unfortunately, Maui has one less vegan dining option. Papio’s Place, a food truck in Kihei, closed at the end of April.
According to a recent Instagram post, Haiku restaurant Maui Kombucha has switched from serving vegan food to vegan and vegetarian food.
EVENTS
Sunday May 12, 2024, 12 noon, Meg Kelly discusses Grow Your Garden Veganically! Free Zoom presentation hosted by the Vegan Society of Hawaii. Details here.
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.
NEWS AND TRENDS
Can Radical Marketing of Vegan Food Brands Change Our Food System?
Understanding the Shift Towards Plant-Based Eating
Is Vegan Food Worse Than Meat? A Factcheck of Media Coverage
'Transfarmation' Stories: Farmers Switch from Animals to Crops
Healthy plant-based diets cut mortality risks for Spain's seniors
Dogs Thrive on Vegan Diets, Demonstrates the Most Comprehensive Study So Far
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Plant-Based Diets May Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Low-fat vegan diet tied to improved insulin sensitivity for adults with type 1 diabetes
Plant-Based Diet Intervention Improves Disease Activity, Symptoms in RA, Osteoarthriti
Ulcerative Colitis Remission with a Plant-Based Diet
Going Vegan: 5 Ways Plant-Based Dieting Is Saving Black Lives
Vegans Are 15% Less Likely to Get Cancer
Most plant-based meat and dairy alternatives have lower saturated fat and higher fiber, study finds
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Vegan Olympian Morgan Mitchell named as F45’s Global Athlete for Australia
Vegan Wins National Weightlifting Championships in Croatia
Ultra-Runner Flo Neuschwander Uses Vegan Diet to Improve Performance
Meet Hellah Sidibe: The Vegan Athlete Who Ran Across the U.S. in 84 Days
Top boxer quits, goes vegan: 'I couldn't hurt people anymore
RESOURCES
I Could Never Go Vegan film review: A watertight case for plant-based living
Eunice Reyes Reveals Five Top Secrets to Vegan Travel - UnchainedTV
The 8 Best Vegan Cookbooks For 2024
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you might consider following three Facebook pages: Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the Facebook companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
May 1847 – The first proposal for a vegetarian society is published in a letter from a reader in the English publication The Truth Tester.