Plant Power Day – Mar. 7, 2027

Expected Plant Power Day Deals

While we wait for official 2027 promotions to drop, history shows that Plant Power Day inspires a variety of deals from health-conscious brands and retailers. Look for discounts on plant-based meat alternatives from brands like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, as well as special offers on dairy-free milks and yogurts from Oatly and Alpro. Grocery stores such as Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe’s often feature sales on fresh produce, vegan snacks, and ready-to-eat plant-based meals. Additionally, meal kit services like Purple Carrot may offer introductory discounts for new subscribers. We will update this page with confirmed live deals as March 7 approaches.

History of Plant Power Day

The history of plant-based diets is interwoven with veganism, which is itself derived from vegetarianism. The earliest evidence of vegetarianism appeared in 3300 to 1300 B.C. in the northern and western ancient Indus Valley Civilization. It was a lifestyle mainly practiced by Indian emperors and philosophers, including Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Mahavira, and Acharya Kundakunda. Vegetarianism was also practiced in ancient Greece and Rome by prominent individuals such as Seneca the Younger, Ovid, Plutarch, and Empedocles.

They argued this choice of lifestyle was due to health, the transmigration of souls, and animal welfare and justice. The Arab poet, all-Ma’arri, was one of the earliest known vegans. In the 19th century, vegetarianism became a widely accepted movement in Britain and the United States. Professionals that were self-identified vegetarians raised awareness of the benefits of the vegetarian lifestyle through their works.

That includes the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in his 1813 book, “A Vindication of Natural Diet,” the physician William Lambe, and Sylvester Graham — he developed the meatless ‘Graham diet’ that was hugely popular in the 1830s in the United States. Several vegetarian communities and societies were established around this time. The United Kingdom Vegetarian Society, established in the 1840s, was one of those societies.

Several members requested for a section of the Vegetarian Society’s newsletter to be dedicated to non-dairy vegetarianism in 1994. When the Vegetarian Society refused the request, the secretary of the Leicester branch, Donald Watson, started a newsletter called “The Vegan News” in November of that year. That led to the establishment of the Vegan Society and the vegan movement — ‘veganism’. The movement received a large following from individuals who eat mainly plant produce and desist animal exploitations.

In 1980, T. Colin Campbell coined the term ‘plant-based diet’. The term refers to a diet that is low fat, high fiber, and consists primarily of vegetables, focusing on health and not ethics. The term has since been used in various works to mean ‘veganism’, ‘vegetarianism’, and ‘semi-vegetarianism’. In 2018, the European company Alpro, and vegan recipe website, BOSH!, established Plant Power Day to encourage people to eat a more vegetable-based diet and plant-based foods.

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