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Recent Updates from the Good Food Fund
The Good Food Fund (GFF), our partner organization in China, has been actively engaged in the lead-up to the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. Jian Yi, Director of GFF, is chairing the Food Environments section (Workstream 1)… Read More
Rio 2016: Fighting Deforestation while Selling Burgers
The 2016 Olympics kicked off in Rio, Brazil with the opening ceremony on August 5th. During the event there was acknowledgement of climate change with images that illustrated rising temperatures, melting polar ice caps, and rising sea levels. Following these images there… Read More
ChinaFit Expo 2016: Vegan Health Trending?
Brighter Green Associate Wanqing Zhou traveled to China in June and attended the 5th ChinaFit Convention and Trade Show in Beijing. She was one of the lead panelists at the Health Nutrition & Vegan Forum. Wanqing reported that around 10,000 came… Read More
A Vegan in Norway: Food, Policy, and Public Attitudes (Part IV)
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 third in what will be a four-part series on her experiences and observations during the trip. Some context… Read More
A Vegan in Norway: Food, Policy, and Public Attitudes (Part III)
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 third in what will be a four-part series on her experiences and observations during the trip…. Read More
Vegan Exposures in the Latest Sustainable Events in D.C.
From the Food Tank Summit to the Green Festival Expo, springtime in Washington D.C. is seeing the sustainable food revolution heating up. Danielle Nierenberg, founder and president of Food Tank, started off the summit by saying, “I’m frankly… Read More
A Vegan in Norway: Food, Policy, and Public Attitudes (Part I)
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 observations during the… Read More
Montreal Vegan Festival – An Exchange on the Food Movement
It was 40 degrees Fahrenheit and windy, but veganism created a hot spot at the heart of Montreal. Organizers of the Montreal Vegan Festival estimated that on November 7th, over 10,000 people were attracted to the rows of… Read More
Braai and Brotherhood in South Africa (Part IV)
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 fourth in a four-part series on her experiences and observations during… Read More
U.S. Diet Guidelines and Sustainability: Brighter Green’s View
Here are the comments Brighter Green submitted to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) in May 2015 in support of including sustainability criteria in the revised “Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” The Guidelines… Read More