Aveline Kushi (born Tomoko Yokoyama; February 27, 1923 – July 23, 2001) was a Japanese teacher who was an advocate for macrobiotic diets and world peace. She opened Erewhon, considered the first natural food store, in Brookline, Massachusetts in the early 1960s.[1] Kushi promoted the macrobiotic philosophy and diet, a Taoist-influenced spiritual practice emphasizing organic and seasonal foods.[2]
^Martin, Douglas (July 23, 2001). "Aveline Kushi, 78, Advocate of Macrobiotic Diet for Health". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
^Kohn, Livia (2008). Chinese healing exercises: the tradition of Daoyin. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780824832346. Retrieved August 27, 2016 – via Project MUSE.
AvelineKushi (born Tomoko Yokoyama; February 27, 1923 – July 23, 2001) was a Japanese teacher who was an advocate for macrobiotic diets and world peace...
World War II, Kushi studied in Japan with macrobiotic educator, George Ohsawa. After coming to America in 1949, Michio Kushi and AvelineKushi, his wife,...
Erewhon was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1966 by Michio and AvelineKushi. The name "Erewhon" is derived from the 1872 satirical novel Erewhon...
for their own health. Since the early 1950s, married couple AvelineKushi and Michio Kushi had been introducing modern macrobiotics into the United States...
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