Impossible Foods and Max Burgers Recognized by the UN

Impossible Foods | Singapore, Hong Kong, USA, Macau: Creating plant-based alternatives to meat. 

MAX Burgers | Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland: Creating the world’s first “Climate Positive” menu.  

Each item on Max Burger’s menu includes a CO2e label to empower customers to better understand the climate impact of food and guide them towards options with a lower carbon footprint. The initiative builds on the company’s 2016 launch of plant based “green burgers”, which have a fraction of the climate impact of beef burgers.

https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/climate-neutral-now/max-burgers

A Plea for Plant-Based Dishes at SF WEN, San Francisco's Women's Environmental Netwowrk

I just took a look at a lovely new member of the board at WEN, Women's Environmental Network, written up in their newsletter and left this comment:

Rebecca sounds like a wonderful new addition to the WEN Board.  Could she and the rest of the staff  be more progressive in advocating a move toward a plant-based diet for the good of the planet? 

It seems strange that WEN pays so little attention to this important means of counteracting  climate change.   You could help this cause by providing plant-based dishes (dishes with no meat, eggs, or dairy) at your functions and having a sign that makes it clear you're not doing this for vegans; you're doing this for the planet and all living beings and things on it.  You can quote the United Nations Environmental Programme and Nature at the University of Oxford.  (Please see "Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits." )

Praise and Plea to San Francisco WEN: Plant-Based Food Is For the Planet

Here's my praise for the women of Mothers Out Front, who always serve plant-based treats.  (Maia's notes were really excellent, food being the only thing she didn't mention.)

Thank you, Maia.  These are great notes.  I also want to thank Kathie for providing the place and always being on top of things and all the good cooks and food contributors.  That cracker was so good with the sweet tomatoes and asparagus and the fruit and nuts were also a treat.

You all further the environmental cause by showing how good plant-based dishes can be.  

Also, Anya, you've so good-humoredly faced the WEN push-back, but please remind them of this:

Plant-based food isn't for the picky, minority-group vegans.  Plant-based food is for the planet.  

Thank you!

Tina

Plant-Based Diet Plea--for Labor

A Week after Labor Day My Labor Day Message Is in Print in the San Francisco Chronicle.  I'm always grateful when I get to have my say on this subject, but I really meant it for Labor Day and even got it in the Saturday before.