Potatoes: Good food in war or peace. image

Potatoes: Good food in war or peace.

Our time of Covid has brought challenges, especially to those who have become ill or lost businesses or jobs. If...
Eleanor Boyle
October 6, 2020
Like Wartime Appeasers, Climate Change Deniers Can Change Their Views image

Like Wartime Appeasers, Climate Change Deniers Can Change Their Views

When I hear deniers bellow that climate change isn’t real or serious, I think of historical accounts of the 1930s...
Eleanor Boyle
August 21, 2020
Leaving "Gotcha!" Behind: Helping Ourselves and Others Move Toward Good Eating image

Leaving "Gotcha!" Behind: Helping Ourselves and Others Move Toward Good Eating

A friend of mine has decided to become vegan. Let's call her Lisa in honour of Lisa on The Simpsons who famously...
Eleanor Boyle
June 5, 2020
If You're Buying Meat and Dairy, Buy Sustainable and Humane image

If You're Buying Meat and Dairy, Buy Sustainable and Humane

GRASS-FED BEEF comes from cattle that are more humanely raised. Some ranchers are also using more labour-intensive...
Eleanor Boyle
May 30, 2020
Pandemics Are Poised to Arise image

Pandemics Are Poised to Arise

...Not From Practices Far Away, But From Our Intensive Meat Production
Eleanor Boyle
May 15, 2020
Finding Fun—and Sanctuary—at Home image

Finding Fun—and Sanctuary—at Home

MARGARET JACKSON today, and with her brother and "best buddy", John, during World War II 'We grew up knowing how to...
Eleanor Boyle
April 6, 2020
Am I Biased on the Topic of Meat? Here's My Position image

Am I Biased on the Topic of Meat? Here's My Position

Today I'll focus on a question I occasionally encounter from people who hear me talk about meat. A hidden agenda?...
Eleanor Boyle
January 15, 2020
Just in Time for Christmas: An Essay on Rationing of Emissions-Intensive Consumption image

Just in Time for Christmas: An Essay on Rationing of Emissions-Intensive Consumption

As you can read in this morning’s Globe and Mail, there are strong arguments that our societies should consider...
Eleanor Boyle
December 14, 2019
Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans Has a Lot to Do With Factory Farming image

Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans Has a Lot to Do With Factory Farming

Far more antiobiotics are ingested by animals produced for food than by humans directly
Eleanor Boyle
December 14, 2019
Eat Less Meat to Address the Climate Crisis image

Eat Less Meat to Address the Climate Crisis

We've heard that meat production is tough on the environment, but what are the numbers?
Eleanor Boyle
October 19, 2019

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