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Professor studying contentious climate debates (aviation/rail; livestock/meat; GDP/Growth)! PhD in Geography. Co-Host https://t.co/9qZgWycdzP

Jun 15, 2020, 6 tweets

Pleased to be one of the three recipients of the @uOttawa's ‘Knowledge Mobilization Award’, for my project on “The Future of Sustainable Protein”
research.uottawa.ca/news/research-…

@uOttawaPoli @uOttawaResearch @uOttawaCIPS @uOttawaSustain

The project takes a narrative approach to the complex challenge of producing more environmentally friendly, ethically and culturally appropriate, and nutritionally fulfilling global diets!
futureofprotein.ca

Why a narrative approach? In short, the agri-food sector is immensely complex and diverse. There is no universal solution to the wide-ranging set of challenges it faces (and arguably we are better off with a diverse set of solutions).

Why protein? In short, this essential macronutrient serves as a window into the complex and interrelated challenges we face in the agri-food sector: food insecurity and malnutrition; environmental damage, a range of injustices, destabilizing market forces…

Check out THE VIDEO and other project deliverables (podcast excerpts from the Future of Protein conference and briefs) at our wicked project website (designed by the amazing @ashbygibbs):
futureofprotein.ca

Next phase of the project? @AArora47 and @heff_andrew and I are just putting finishing touches on a book proposal! (and I'm considering the possibility of a video mini-lecture series.

A huge thanks all the other project partners and collaborators. And to @uOttawaResearch!

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