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A Vegan in Norway: Food, Policy, and Public Attitudes (Part II)
April 1, 2016 Mia MacDonald traveled to Norway in October 2015 to visit the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo and to be a tourist. This blog is the first in what will be a four-part series on her experiences and… Read More
Poultry “Progress” in South Africa and Beyond (Part II)
Caroline Wimberly traveled to Durban, South Africa in late August 2015 to attend three conferences on behalf of Brighter Green. Afterwards, she traveled extensively around the country. This blog is the second in a four-part series on her experiences and observations… Read More
Poultry “Progress” in South Africa and Beyond (Part I)
Caroline Wimberly traveled to Durban, South Africa in late August 2015 to attend three conferences on behalf of Brighter Green. Afterwards, she traveled extensively around the country. This blog is the first in a four-part series on her experiences and… Read More
Crossing the Equator: What’s For Christmas Dinner?
No matter where we are, there is one thing in common for the end of year holidays, whether you’re celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or another festival: food. Special dishes. Holiday meals. Gathering around a table. It’s… Read More
China Elaborates Law to Enhance Food Safety
On May 2nd, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) of China issued Interpretations on food safety criminal cases. The next day, a spokesman of the SPC further elaborated on the Interpretations during a… Read More
Updates on the Avian Flu, and Will It Foster Changes in China’s Animal Farming System?
It has been a month since the first case of the human-infected influenza A (H7N9) was reported. By May 1st, the virus had been diagnosed in 128 people and has killed 27 people since March. Recently, a booklet… Read More
Remembering Wangari Maathai: Colleague, Friend, and Inspiration
Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do. Brighter Green is deeply saddened… Read More
Along the Pearl River: Manufacturing, a Multi-Course Meal, and a Meta Narrative
The “Meat World: China” crew wrapped up the film’s three-week shoot in Guangdong province in southern China. They toured a computer parts factory and interviewed the chef in the industrial city of Dongguan, on the Pearl River. Then… Read More
India: A View from the South, and Further North
Brighter Green Associate Sangamithra Iyer writes from India, where she is investigating the intensification of the livestock sector (as well as visiting family) this summer. She’ll be uploading more blogs and photos in the next week or so,… Read More
Illuminating?
From mere idea to more likely reality: a huge solar power project in North Africa, funded by European investors, to provide electricity to much of Europe and perhaps to much of North Africa as well. The many billion… Read More