Netherlands Cities Show Leadership
We’re Not Just Sitting Ducks
…or at least, we don’t have to be There are some global problems we feel helpless about. They’re big and complex and seem out of our hands. But bird flu, the highly-pathogenic…
For Health and Environment, We Need to Reform Animal Agriculture
Follow-up to my presentation to the BC NDP Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food Animal agriculture — raising animals for meat, dairy, and eggs — is one of the most difficult sectors…
When We Talk About Drought, Let’s Talk About Beef and Dairy
Summer’s almost here, and media are talking about drought. So they should be. But what they don’t include in these discussions is a major factor in drought both locally and globally: livestock…
Avian Flu Way More Than An Industry Problem
Avian Flu: Way More than an Industry Problem and factory farming is fuelling it DON’T BLAME US: Wild birds such as these Canada Geese have long carried viruses, but generally in innocuous…
Thank You, Vancouver Coastal Health, For More Healthy Hospital Food
A trailblazing program at Vancouver hospitals Changing food habits is hard. For hospitals, shifting meal service toward more lentils and less beef cannot be accomplished overnight. But Vancouver Coastal Health and the…
What’s for Lunch at the Hospital Cafeteria?
What’s for Lunch at the Hospital Cafeteria? Should be healthy and sustainable, but … What’s on offer at the hospital cafeteria? On a recent visit to the biggest healthcare institution in my…
Climate, Food and Health: How Can We Bring it All Together?
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….
Intersections in Healthcare = Possibilities for Multiple Wins
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…
Should High-Emissions Meals Be Considered a Sacrosanct ‘Personal Choice’?
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…
Is Steak On Our Plates a ‘Private Good,’ Or A Public One?
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…
Rationing of Emissions-Intensive Consumption: An Impossible Shift?
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…