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Emma is pursuing a master's degree in Rural Planning and Development remotely at the University of Guelph, and recently moved to Metro Vancouver from rural Ontario. Emma is passionate about, hiking, sustainability, and climate change planning. Emma spends most of her time in the kitchen honing her vegan cooking skills, and thrifting at local secondhand stores.

Re-think your cheese: The curious case of cashews and the value of fairtrade

Re-think your cheese: The curious case of cashews and the value of fairtrade

Mar 1, 2021

Cashews, while versatile and nutritious, can come with significant costs to human well-being. By informing ourselves of these costs and striving for solutions, including Fairtrade, we can start to address these issues.

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""Our findings demonstrate that social factors, particularly territoriality and feeding habits, are more important in driving dawn singing behavior than environmental conditions," Ramesh said."

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The use of ractopamine on farmed animals should be banned everywhere! Really, while they're at it, the farming of animals should be banned, as well.

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"The substantial loss of natural habitat means that all three species of orangutans are now sadly listed as critically endangered, with numbers decreasing, on the

Is palm oil vegan? Why the ingredient is, but the ethics behind it might not be

Lex Rigby investigates the problems with palm oil and its effect on wildlife to find out is palm oil vegan or whether they should avoid it.

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