Is steak on our plates a 'private good,' or a public one? image

Is steak on our plates a 'private good,' or a public one?

When I buy steak from the grocers', it becomes mine—a personal meal for me that is no business of anyone else. Or...
Eleanor Boyle
October 2, 2023
Rationing of Emissions-Intensive Consumption: An Impossible Shift? image

Rationing of Emissions-Intensive Consumption: An Impossible Shift?

A response to Tim Lang
Eleanor Boyle
September 23, 2023
Follow-up to this week's Food Thinkers: Past Approaches for Future Food? image

Follow-up to this week's Food Thinkers: Past Approaches for Future Food?

Thank you so much for attending the Centre for Food Policy's Food Thinkers event, held Sept 19, 2023.  (If you...
Eleanor Boyle
September 19, 2023
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Factory farming undermines Indigenous environments and values, says an influential chiefs' council

The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) has taken a strong stand against factory farming of animals, and against the...
Eleanor Boyle
August 11, 2023
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Why Are Canadians Subsidizing Global Promotion Of Food That’s Bad for Climate?

Canadians' tax dollars are a potent support for beef marketers, who have faced a downward trend in domestic per...
Eleanor Boyle
June 7, 2023
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Hello Vancouver Teachers Who Attended My April 24 Pro-D Sessions at UBC

on FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT: CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR AWARENESS AND ACTION
Eleanor Boyle
April 25, 2023
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Rationing Consumption to Help the Climate

Thank you Wood, Lawlor, and Freear for increasing the profile of this idea
Eleanor Boyle
March 21, 2023
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Hello to Students Who Attended the Independent Schools Youth Environmental Conference at UBC!

Key points from my presentation to the Independent Schools Association of British Columbia Youth Environmental Conference on February 24, 2023
Eleanor Boyle
March 7, 2023
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Books on Wartime Food

Hello again, and especially to Brock House members who attended my talk this morning on British wartime programs...
Eleanor Boyle
January 17, 2023
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Brock House talk today on wartime food

Hello readers!  A special hello to members of Brock House seniors' activity centre in Kitsilano.  The images above...
Eleanor Boyle
January 17, 2023

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