In Wartime, Food Systems Were Transformed to Face a Crisis
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…
Easy Ways to Get More ‘Plant-Based’ Into Your Diet and Your Life
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…
Time to Tackle the ‘Supply Side’ of a Meat-Driven Emissions Problem
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….
We’ve Got Climate Anxiety, and Need Climate Action
Young adults, teenagers, and even little kids are hurting. As polls show, many of them are anxious and depressed about the climate crisis. On top of that, this week we got the…
‘Four Levels of Action’
[Thanks, Will Grant] Plant-based eating. Plant-rich meals. Eating less meat. Whatever terms you want to use, this shift is one of the most powerful you can make to cut greenhouse gases and…
In Defense of Flexible Definitions
What does it mean to eat “plant-based”? For some people, the term should apply only to individuals who eat completely vegan. But others consider themselves ‘plant-based’ if they consume veggies, grains, lentils and…
Food Prices Are Up, Which Reminds Me: We Need a Public Food System
Food Prices Are Up, Which Reminds Me: We Need A Public Food System You may have noticed that food prices are on the increase. A large majority of Canadians have anxiously noticed,…
City of Vancouver Votes YES to Replacing Some Meat with Plant-Based Alternatives
What a win for environment, public health, and animal welfare! It’s a small win, but a significant one. Vancouver City Council has just voted to shift its food to be less meaty…
Write Good Letters. Send Them
When I taught college-level Introductory Psychology, I occasionally assigned each of my students to write a letter, as follows. Identify a social or policy issue you feel is important, and that moves…
To Face Down Climate, We Need to Face Down Excessive Livestock
It’s time to resize the livestock industry Unless we decrease the billions of livestock animals on the planet and eat less meat and dairy, we will never solve the climate crisis. That’s…
Early-Morning Mobilization
It was 3:30 a.m. and I was wide awake, making a presentation at an online symposium and answering questions about wartime food. Suddenly my screen went blank and I was offline. My…
Hello VegClub at the University of Toronto!
Greetings to all of you who tuned in to the VegClub Gala at the University of Toronto on March 30, 2021. I was honoured to be one of your speakers. During my…