Work- and core mission-related posts on Eleanor Boyle’s main blog
[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 help the climate. Food contributes at least ¼ […]
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 fruit — along with their meat and fish.
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, according to reports including one from Dalhousie University
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 and more plant-based. In a unanimous decision on
When I taught college-level Introductory Psychology, I occasionally assigned each of my students to write a letter, as follows. I soon discovered that many students had never before written a letter to any official, whether their Member of Parliament, the
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 the view of more than 50 international organizations
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 WiFi had quit. Thankfully it happened after I
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 talk I mentioned several resources, and here they
More than 80,000 British Columbians turn to food banks to help feed themselves each month, while experts estimate that about half of the value of food produced in this province is exported annually. Photo of the Port of Vancouver: MikoFox
ABOUT THE IMAGES ABOVE: The Canada Food Guide image (right) suggests a model healthy ‘plate’ that is very similar to the EAT-Lancet Commission’s ‘Planetary Health Diet’ (left) Connecting Diet and Climate Useful Resources for the Canadian Association of Physicians for
