Should physicians help patients connect their dietary choices to planetary health? And if so, how? This was the topic of my recent presentation to the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. This follow-up post offers a quick recap plus
What you eat has real consequences for your personal health. But food is also a factor in the broader areas of public health and planetary health. All these levels of human well-being are affected by our diets and by our entire
For those of us with plenty of food, should high-emissions meals still be considered a ‘personal choice’? Last month I had the honour of presenting to a receptive and knowledgeable audience at City University of London’s Centre for Food Policy
When I buy steak from the grocer, it becomes mine — a personal meal for me that is no business of anyone else. Or does it? I’ve been pondering this question since a participant asked about public versus private goods,
Rationing of Emissions-Intensive Consumption: An Impossible Shift? A response to Tim Lang ABOVE: Improving food access, then and now. British Restaurants in wartime, as in this 1941 image from Kent, England, and one of the numerous Restaurantes Populares in Belo
My follow-up for attendees of my presentation at Food Thinkers conference Thank you so much for attending my talk at the Centre for Food Policy’s Food Thinkers event, held Sept 19, 2023: I enjoyed speaking with you, and hearing some
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) has taken a strong stand against factory farming of animals, and against the industrial ways in which most meat and dairy are produced. Given the reluctance among many mainstream activists, scholars, and policy-makers
Canadians’ tax dollars are a potent support for beef marketers, who have faced a downward trend in domestic per capita beef consumption since at least 2008. According to the 2021-22 annual report of industry marketing program Canada Beef, “had there
Thank you so much for attending one of my sessions on bringing food topics into the classroom. I loved meeting you all, from high schools including Windermere, Tupper, Lord Byng, John Oliver, Churchill, Point Grey… and more. Thank you for
A new research article by Wood, Lawlor, and Freear explores rationing as a tool to more equitably share the sacrifices required to avert the worst effects of climate change. Read their original piece here or a good summary of it
