Vegan News for October 2022
Papio’s Place, a new vegan food truck.
Here on Maui we can use all the vegan dining options we can get — especially those featuring locally grown, minimally processed ingredients. With only about a dozen vegan or mostly vegan cafes and food trucks serving the entire island —and not a single upscale vegan — Nui Life Kitchen Deli and Papio’s Place are welcome new additions. Read more here.
On Sunday, October 16 at 12 noon, the Vegan Society of Hawaii will present a free, live online Zoom presentation by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., “Why is Nutrition So Confusing for So Many?” The Zoom link is here. More information is here.
NEWS AND TRENDS
COP27: UN Climate Change Conference to Feature Plant-Based Advocates for the First Time
FDA Modernization Act to Ban Animal Testing Mandates Passes
Meat Consumption is Falling Across Western Europe, New Survey Finds
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Low-carb vegan diets just as healthy as going vegetarian — and better for the planet
Plant-Based Diet Lowers Risk of Fatal Prostate Cancer by 19%, Study Suggests
Harvard Doctors Discover a Link Between a Certain Type of Diet, Depression, and Frailty
Ultra-processed foods linked to heart disease, cancer, and death, studies show
Gut bacteria love plant-based protein, new study finds
RESOURCES
5 Tips on How to Go Vegan in College
11 Vegan Podcasts You Need to Subscribe To
CONNECTIONS
Check out three Facebook groups: Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the Facebook companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
October 1848: The Vegetarian Advocate states that “. . . Pound cakes and tea-cakes are also extremely good made with oil (instead of butter and eggs), and cheese-cakes are well imitated by means of mashed potatoes mixed with oil and sugar put into a crust … without animal substance of any kind, or of eggs, milk and butter.”
October 2, 1983: World Day for Farmed Animals is declared by the Farm Animal Rights Movement. It is dedicated to exposing the needless suffering and death of sentient animals for food.
October 1995: Turtle Island and The Higher Taste introduce the first “Tofurkey.”
October 2003: Melbourne, Australia initiates a celebration of World Vegan Day on the last Sunday in October.
October 25, 2020: Vegan British racecar driver Lewis Hamilton won a record-setting 92nd victory.
October 2020: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is released on Netflix. Sir David encouraged viewers to adopt a plant-based diet to protect the future of the planet.