This podcast is aimed at bringing the public important research findings and news surrounding the Canadian food system, specifically, the plant-based food system and policies surrounding the subject. Joined by Canadians for Responsible Food Policy’s Managing Director, Ina Toncescu and Researcher and Graduate Student, Maddie Youngman. We will be hosting various guests occasionally, who are working towards the same goals of a just transition to a plant-based food system in Canada.
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In the latest podcast episode, we broke down the planetary boundaries -- a concept that presents a set of nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come, but once passed, signal a concern for the Earth's ability to cope with humanity's demand. This Earth Day, you can take action by changin…
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Join us on the latest Plants & Policies podcast episode where we dive into the concerns around outbreaks -- scary times for wild and farmed animals AND humans! News of the Avian Flu, also known as HPAI, H5N1 or Bird Flu, spreading into cows' milk, goats, cats have us worried, but even more so as we hear of the spread inching towards the Canadian bo…
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Animal Agriculture: Propaganda & Conditioning
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After almost a century of conditioning from the animal agriculture industry...we have an uphill battle to educate Canadians about the importance of eating plant-based and also decondition them from the propaganda that has been and continues to be fed to the public. Many accounts in Canadians doctors' offices of cow's dairy advertisements and pamphl…
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Our Experiences Going To Events - Plant-Based Options, Sustainability & More
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On the latest episode, we talked about our experiences at events, including the latest PlantedExpo Toronto that we hosted a booth at, Maddie's student-led conference. We talked about our experiences with access to plant-based foods and what it's like going to events that are supposed to be honouring sustainability!…
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Animal Agriculture's Relationship To Water
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In the latest Plants & Policies podcast episode, we dove into Animal Agriculture's interaction with water -- use, pollution and more. We explored how much water it takes to produce animal protein versus plant protein. We also dove into how Indigenous communities are affected by lack of access to clean water and water pollution, overall. References …
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How are women affected by climate change?
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In honour of International Women's Day, we dedicated this Plants & Policies Podcast episode to the women of the world, many of which will be affected by climate change. Works cited: “THE INTERSECTION OF GENDER AND CLIMATE(five facts ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ” by GABRIELA CARBÓ ZACK https://unfoundation.org/blog/post/five-facts-about…
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In this latest episode, Maddie and Ina talk about the effects the food system has on biodiversity. Biodiversity — short for biological diversity — is the variety of all living things and their interactions. It often involves species richness and diversity of living things in an ecosystem. Everyone does their part to provide for the maintenance and …
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In this episode of the Plants & Policies Podcast, we explored if Canadians can in fact, even adopt healthier eating habits when the prices of groceries have been skyrocketing since the not-to-be-mentioned-by-name-lockdown-causing-event of 2020. Prices are showing to slow down, but food is still very much expensive -- can we save money by eating pla…
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Plant-Based Proteins As Economic Opportunities
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With the plant-based protein market expected to grow at 14% annually by this year (2024), and be a third of the protein market, we question why the Federal Government of Canada is not subsidizing this industry even MORE? We dive deeper into the plant-based protein sector statistics and compare the environmental impacts of animal proteins and the fo…
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Introduction To The Plants & Policies Podcast
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For the first episode of the Plants & Policies Podcast, Ina Toncescu and Maddie Youngman go over what the atmosphere of the podcast will be, a bit about themselves and, what they'll be talking about!By Canadians for Responsible Food Policy
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