Trace America’s booming vegan food market back to its roots, and we land in 1837 Portland, when a hurled rock altered the course of American cuisine.
My latest untold history column, published in the Feb. 20 Maine Sunday Telegram/Portland Press Herald newspaper, examines the profound influence of Seventh-day Adventist prophet and Maine native Ellen G. White on the commercial market for vegan and vegetarian food.
See rest of article by Avery Yale Kamila at https://www.pressherald.com/2022/02/20/nearly-150-years-ago-seventh-day-adventist-leader-and-mainer-ellen-white-had-a-vision-about-vegetarian-food/