ABOVE: Youth celebrate their harvest of garlic, which they will sell at a local farmers’ market. They’re becoming more food-literate, learning about stewardship, and boosting local food security in programs from the Vancouver-based non-profit Fresh Roots. Photo courtesy of Freshroots.ca
Hello again, and especially to Brock House members who attended my talk this morning on British wartime programs for food security amid conflict. One attendee asked for suggestions of books on the topic of wartime food. There are so many
Hello readers! A special hello to members of Brock House seniors’ activity centre in Kitsilano. The images above are of some of the generous interviewees for my latest book Mobilize Food! Wartime Inspiration for Environmental Victory Today. They’re individuals who
“Plant-based burgers have too many ingredients,” you say? It’s a common refrain, probably planted by meaty public relations teams. As the complaint goes, veggie burgers contain salt and a few chemical compounds. People looking for reasons to eat meat every
One of the most enjoyable articles I’ve written lately was on the topic of a war leader who never set foot on a battlefield. The leader’s name was Marguerite Patten, and she became an icon in World War II Britain
Farmer Mike Millar at bravechildfarm.ca shows visitors this season’s crop of leafy greens. Peace is my topic here, though the truth is I’ve been thinking a lot about war lately. That’s because of my research on how nations — especially
Wartime Food and Optimism for Today If you don’t know TableDebates, consider subscribing to this online international platform for expert discussion of sustainable food systems. The group is based at Oxford University and is a collaboration of that University along with
In Wartime, Food Systems Were Transformed to Face a Crisis and we, too, can transform food for climate, for justice, and for health I’m happy to be gathering, even online, with the Canadian Association of Food Studies over the next
You may be one of the many who’d like to decrease their meat consumption and eat more plant-based. There are strong reasons for it — from climate and additional environmental issues, to health, to creating more equal societies, to improving
Too many livestock animals creating too many emissions and way too much manure. That’s the reality of intensive meat and dairy production, and the Netherlands is trying to do something about it. The nation that is Europe’s biggest meat exporter
