Aveline Kushi 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. Kushi promoted the macrobiotic philosophy and diet, a Taoist-influenced spiritual practice emphasizing organic and seasonal foods.
- Occupation
- writer
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Born
- 1925, 1923
- Died
- 2001
