Vegan News for April 2021
Another new vegan dining option: Last month we noted that the Sprout Vegan Café transitioned from food truck to brick-and-mortar restaurant and that a new vegan food cart, Maui Garden Grove Café, opened at the Garden of Eden (mile marker 10.5 Road to Hana). We are pleased to report another new vegan option: Earth Aloha Eats has opened a second food truck in Kahului directly across from Costco at 520 Keolani Place.
NEWS AND TRENDS
Report: Plant-Based Diets are Necessary to Transform Global Food System and Protect Biodiversity
Vegan Meat Price Parity: Why Cost Not Kindness Will End Animal Agriculture
Europe and US will reach ‘peak meat’ by 2025 due to rise of vegan protein
Is China Going Vegan? … China Sees Rise in Plant-Based Meat Due to Environment, Says Report
Eating a Plant-Based Diet Spares Over 100 Animals a Year per Person, Study Finds
Nearly 90% of Vegans Changed their Diet for Animal Welfare, Global Survey Finds
Vegan and Alternative Protein Companies Raise Record $3.1 Billion in 2020
World’s First Vegan Hospital is on a Mission to Revolutionize Healthcare … Vegan doctors create UK's first plant-based healthcare service
Your next home could be built with mushrooms, orange peels, cocoa husks and other food waste
HEALTH
Plant-Based Diet May Protect Against COVID-19
New study hits red meat, processed meat, & poultry for higher death risk … Eating meat ‘raises risk of heart disease, diabetes and pneumonia’ … Plant-Based Diets Are Better For Our Hearts, New Study Finds
Plant-based low carb diet associated with lower risk of liver cancer: Study
A vegetarian or vegan diet could reduce the risk of stroke by up to 10 per cent, say researchers
1 Thin Slice of Bacon a Day Associated with 44% Increased Risk of Dementia, Study Finds
Research reveals how tea may lower blood pressure
SPORTS AND FITNESS
The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance (Hardcover – June 15, 2021)
How to Build Muscle and Boost Performance, By a Vegan Bodybuilder
RESOURCES
8 best plant-based sources of protein
Vegan Cooking in an Instant Pot: Quick and Easy Recipes
Avoid These Mistakes When Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet
The Best Vegan Protein Sources According to a Dietician
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you might want to visit three Facebook pages, Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the Facebook companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
April 1842 – The first confirmed use of the word “vegetarian” appears in the Alcott House journal, used to mean what today is called “vegan.”
April 1846 – The Metropolitan Magazine (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin) quotes Dr. Reece’s Medical Guide: “A vegetable diet affords the same support as animal food, with the important advantage of preventing plethora.”
April 2, 1850 – William Horsell, editor-publisher of The Vegetarian Advocate, presents a “Vegetarian entertainment” in which carrot pudding, barley sago and apple without animal products were served.’
April 1944 -- The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review (Manchester) publishes part 2 of Donald Watson’s article, “Should Vegetarians Eats Dairy Produce?” On April 22 a motion to aim to eliminate dairy produce from one’s diet was debated at Croydon Vegetarian Society. It passed overwhelmingly.
April 8, 1945 – The Leicester-based Non-Dairy Produce Group, also known as Non-Dairy Vegetarians, renames itself the Vegan Society and adopts a formal definition of “veganism.”
April 16, 1996 – Oprah Winfrey broadcasts a debate about mad cow disease, sparking declining prices for beef and a lawsuit.