Vegan News for June 2023
There aren’t a lot of vegan restaurants on Maui, and we’ve lost one with the closing of Sprout Vegan Café in Wailea. On a positive note, in recent years several new vegan enterprises have opened and one has expanded. One of the newer vegan establishments is a small, friendly, whole food, plant-based café in Wailuku called Hempy’s Shake and Wake, 291 Hookahi St. Hempy’s features smoothies, desserts, sandwiches and soup.
Noon (Hawaii Time), Sunday, June 11, 2023, the Vegan Society of Hawaii presents a free Zoom talk by Peter Rogers, MD, Prostate and Breast Cancer: Lower your Risk! Learn how cancer grows, what you can do to prevent it, theories of cancer, and how to avoid tumor promoters. Once you know what they are, estrogenic chemicals are tumor promoters that are easy to avoid. vsh.org/zoom
NEWS AND TRENDS
Clearing the Air: Big Beef’s Climate Misinformation Campaign
81 Percent of Students Opt for Plant-Based When It’s the Default
Black Americans are Going Vegan at a Higher Rate Than Anyone Else. Here's Why
Study Finds Plant-Based Egg Replacer Reduces Bakery Carbon Footprint by 72%
Is vegan-organic gardening the next plant-based trend?
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Plant-based diets are better for you, new study finds … good for the heart … lowers cholesterol … reduces blood pressure
Low Fat Plant-Based Diets Reduce Severe Hot Flashes by 92%, Study Finds
Plant-Based Diets Improve Daytime Sleepiness for People with Nighttime Breathing Disorders
Houseplants can protect you from cancer-causing air pollutants, study reveals
SPORTS AND FITNESS
20-year vegan dominates European and World Duathlon Championships with back-to-back wins
World’s strongest vegan set incredible world record while on plant-based diet
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you may wish to visit three Facebook pages: Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
June 16, 1824 – Twelve men meet at a London coffee house and become the founders of the world’s first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
June 1842 – Bronson Alcott visits Alcott House, named in his honor.
June 19, 1997 – A British court rules that McDonald’s made false claims about the nutritional value of its food and is responsible for animal cruelty.
June 2001 – In response to pressure from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Burger King announces a set of animal welfare guidelines
June 2018 – A study published in Science asserts that the adoption of plant-based diets in the United States alone could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 61% to 73%, and that the global adoption of a vegan diet would reduce the use of agricultural land by 75
June 2021 – Upscale New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park reopens without serving meat, fish and most other animal products.