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Cimate change is a health issue: Public Health Assn of BC

This week I had the opportunity to speak to the Summer School of the Public Health Association of B.C., on ways we...
Eleanor Boyle
July 13, 2016
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China (Yes, China) showing leadership on meat reduction

China has a reputation for creating environmental problems, not solving them.  But the country is demonstrating...
Eleanor Boyle
June 22, 2016
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Meatless Monday gets thumbs-up from Food Policy Council

The debate wasn't even contentious.  Last month, the Vancouver Food Policy Council (VFPC) voted to support the...
Eleanor Boyle
June 19, 2016
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Let's replace Agriculture policies with Food Policies.

That headline says a lot.  Like other countries, Canada has governed food largely through Agriculture policies that...
Eleanor Boyle
April 30, 2016
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Yes, organic food is worth the price.

One of the myths about organic foods is that they’re not worth the extra price. Consider a different point of view:...
Eleanor Boyle
February 15, 2016
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A question about GMOs: Who controls food systems?

There’s something I want to say about genetically modified organisms.   You’ll hear opposing opinions on the...
Eleanor Boyle
February 15, 2016
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To feed the world, let's cut food waste.

One of my food heroes is a man named Tristram Stuart, an English writer and speaker who for many years has...
Eleanor Boyle
February 5, 2016
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Meatless Monday goes to Paris.

Eating less meat is one of the most important steps you can take to fight climate change.  Yet, at the recent...
Eleanor Boyle
January 23, 2016
Canada needs a national Food Policy -- and now is the time. image

Canada needs a national Food Policy -- and now is the time.

Food is at the crux of most of the crucial issues of our time.  Producing and consuming food in ways that are good...
Eleanor Boyle
January 12, 2016
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Could we learn from the Ministry of Food?

Could millions of people learn to grow their own vegetables, and change their diets to include more greens, less...
Eleanor Boyle
January 9, 2016

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