Work- and core mission-related posts on Eleanor Boyle’s main blog
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 affected by our diets and by our entire […]
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 City University of London’s Centre for Food Policy
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 a participant asked about public versus private goods,
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 one of the numerous Restaurantes Populares in Belo
My follow-up for attendees of my presentation at Food Thinkers conference Thank you so much for attending my talk at the Centre for Food Policy’s Food Thinkers event, held Sept 19, 2023: I enjoyed speaking with you, and hearing some
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) has taken a strong stand against factory farming of animals, and against the industrial ways in which most meat and dairy are produced. Given the reluctance among many mainstream activists, scholars, and policy-makers
Canadians’ tax dollars are a potent support for beef marketers, who have faced a downward trend in domestic per capita beef consumption since at least 2008. According to the 2021-22 annual report of industry marketing program Canada Beef, “had there
Thank you so much for attending one of my sessions on bringing food topics into the classroom. I loved meeting you all, from high schools including Windermere, Tupper, Lord Byng, John Oliver, Churchill, Point Grey… and more. Thank you for
A new research article by Wood, Lawlor, and Freear explores rationing as a tool to more equitably share the sacrifices required to avert the worst effects of climate change. Read their original piece here or a good summary of it
ABOVE: Youth celebrate their harvest of garlic, which they will sell at a local farmers’ market. They’re becoming more food-literate, learning about stewardship, and boosting local food security in programs from the Vancouver-based non-profit Fresh Roots. Photo courtesy of Freshroots.ca
