Work- and core mission-related posts on Eleanor Boyle’s main blog
Our time of COVID has brought challenges, especially to those who have become ill or lost businesses or jobs. If you’re among them, I extend my thoughts and wishes that you recover soon. Meanwhile, for some of us this pandemic […]
When I hear deniers bellow that climate change isn’t real or serious, I think of historical accounts of the 1930s and another group of deniers. That included Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of Britain from 1937 to early 1940, who despite
A friend of mine has decided to become vegan. Let’s call her Lisa in honour of Lisa on The Simpsons who famously stopped eating meat after realizing that “lamb” on the plate was actually, um, lamb. My friend Lisa had
GRASS-FED BEEF comes from cattle that are more humanely raised. Some ranchers are also using more labour-intensive “managed grazing” practices, which are better for soil health, as part of their application of principles of regenerative agriculture. If we’re going to
The Connection Between Pandemics and Factory Farming ABOVE: WHERE ARE THE ANIMALS? This is why we see so few actual chickens, pigs, or cattle when we drive through rural areas these days. Most of them are stuffed into buildings like
Finding Fun—and Sanctuary—at Home ABOVE: MARGARET jACKSON, with her brother and “best buddy” during World War II. ‘We grew up knowing how to entertain ourselves’ Last weekend, I got a phone call from an 86-year-old woman isolated in a West
Am I Biased on the Topic of Meat? Here’s My Position Today I’ll focus on a question I occasionally encounter from people who hear me talk about meat. A hidden agenda? Imagine this scenario: A public health expert is speaking
As you can read in this morning’s Globe and Mail, there are strong arguments that our societies should consider what may sound like a shocking initiative — rationing of emissions-intensive consumption. My essay is here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-climate-crisis-is-like-a-world-war-so-lets-talk-about-rationing/ or available as a
Far more antiobiotics are ingested by animals produced for food than by humans directly Animals raised for food use the majority of antimicrobials sold on Earth— Thomas Van Boeckel et al. Science. 20 September 2019 It’s true. According to the
Global livestock production really does emit inordinate amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and not just as a portion of agricultural emissions. The sorry fact is that meat and dairy are responsible for a big portion of all human-caused GHGs. What
