Vegan News for April 2022

The Maui Chapter of Chilis on Wheels regularly provides vegan meals or snack packs in Kihei, Lahaina, and Kahului to the unsheltered and delivers donated produce boxes to anyone in dire need. More information may be found at www.instagram.com/chilisonwheelsmaui.

Those interested in volunteering may email Nicole at nicolerhuguenin@gmail.com or join the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1712744548818848/ Donations may be made through the local fiscal sponsor, Grants Central Station at bit.ly/ChilisMaui

NEWS AND TRENDS

Study: What if the world went vegan?

1 in 10 Americans say they don't eat meat – a growing share of the population

New Documentary ‘MILKED’ Launches Global Petitions to Dismantle Dairy Industry

vKind Announces First All-Vegan Cooking Competition

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Plant-Based Omega-3s Reduce Risk of Heart Disease, Study Finds

Plant-based diet may slow cognitive decline in Black adults as they age

Prediabetes Among Youth Doubled in 20 Years    

SPORTS AND FITNESS

Cade Cunningham Opens Up on Being Vegan: "I Don't Have the Desire To Eat Meat Anymore.”

RESOURCES

Movies that Will Make You Want to Become Vegan

The Best Vegan Cookbooks, According to Bon Appétit

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.

Eric Baizer