Why is plant-based important now?

Eating a Vibrant Life

Join panelists Marcia English, David Cleveland, Ryan J. Phillips, and Kathleen Kevany as they discuss why plant-based is important now.

With the paperback launch of Plant-based Diets for Succulence and Sustainability, we invite you to join us free on Zoom for a panel discussion on: Why is Plant-based Important Now? Join us on May 12, 2021 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EDT. Panel includes:<ul><li>Marcia English, Chapter Author, Assistant Professor, StFx University</li><li>David Cleveland, Chapter Author, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara</li><li>Ryan J. Phillips, Critical reviewer of the book, Ryerson University</li><li>Kathleen Kevany, Editor and co-author, Dalhousie University, and EatingaVibrantLife</li></ul>Plant-based Diets for Succulence and Sustainability takes an interdisciplinary look at how the transformation towards plant-based diets is becoming more culturally acceptable, economically accessible, technically available, and politically viable and offers strategies for achieving sustainable food systems without having to forgo succulence, sensuality and sacredness of food. This book will be of interest to students and academics, as well as policy professionals in all fields engaging with complex issues and systems analyses. It will be of value to those working in health services, policy development, agriculture, economic development, and social change.Marcia English holds a BSc (First Class Honours, Co-op) Biology from the University of New Brunswick, and was awarded her PhD in Food Science from Dalhousie University (2017). She joined the Department of Human Nutrition (HNU) in July, 2014, and is currently an Associate Professor, with expertise in Food Chemistry, Food Microbiology and Food Product Development. She has been the lead supervisor for several undergraduate and graduate research projects and has mentored several HNU students awarded Wallace Entrepreneurship Internships. She works closely with industry partners in the food industry and currently serves as the Conference Chair for the Science Atlantic Nutrition and Foods Committee, and is the Secretary of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technologists (CIFST), Atlantic Division. Marcia is also one of the Dr. W. F. James Research Scholars in the Pure and Applied Sciences at Saint Francis Xavier University.David Cleveland’s research and policy focus is how we can change our food system and diets to increase their potential for synergistically improving human and community nutrition and health, climate, environmental and biodiversity stability, and social justice. His current research is on the contribution to this change of localizing food systems, increasing the proportion of whole plant foods in the diet, replacing sugar sweetened beverages with tap water, and integrating food, climate and health policies.Ryan Phillips is a Sessional Lecturer in the Ryerson Politics Department and Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. His research interrogates the promotional culture and boundary work of plant-based meats in contemporary consumer society.Kathleen Kevany is editor of and author in Plant-Based Diets for Succulence and Sustainability and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, Dr. Kathleen Kevany focuses her research on the benefits of shifting to sustainable food systems - one of humanity’s biggest challenges and greatest opportunities and most delicious pathways. For further questions please contact stephanie@eatingavibrantlife.com

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