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Community enterprise improves Ecuadorians' lives
The association has helped protect the environment by growing blueberries instead of raising cattle, which is destructive to the highlands.
Glauce Fleury
Dec 18, 20192 min read
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Why do we need iron?
There are two types of iron: heme and non-heme. Heme is obtained from animal-based products, and non-heme can be found in plant-based foods.
Glauce Fleury
Jun 4, 20192 min read
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Brazil, meat and the agenda
If this buzz is part of the Brazilian government’s agenda to distract from the reforms to the pension system, that's even more disturbing.
Glauce Fleury
Mar 26, 20172 min read
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Don't cry over any milk
An advertisement spread all over Vancouver says it’s worth crying over Canadian milk; what makes me cry is the way cows have been treated.
Glauce Fleury
Feb 5, 20172 min read
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How much do you know about toxic cosmetics?
Most of us don’t read labels of cosmetics and, when we do, we don’t know most ingredients; some have been considered possible carcinogens.
Glauce Fleury
Nov 20, 20162 min read
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Canada discusses changes to the regulation of Natural Health Products
Health Canada is proposing to regulate self-care products; CHFA says the proposal is trying to fix a system that's not broken.
Glauce Fleury
Oct 18, 20162 min read
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How to have a compassionate Thanksgiving?
Every year Canadians eat three million turkeys to celebrate one of the most popular dates in North America. But we need to stop. Learn why.
Glauce Fleury
Oct 10, 20162 min read
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Parents could go to jail for feeding kids with vegan food
Have you imagined going to jail because you’ve decided that your kids won’t eat meat? That’s what a politician is proposing for Italians.
Glauce Fleury
Aug 17, 20163 min read
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The day an MP told a vegan to “have a T-bone steak"
Reading an MP tell a vegan to “have a T-bone steak” made me think: will there be a moment when we’ll look beyond our own generations?
Glauce Fleury
Aug 10, 20162 min read
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Say no to rodeos and animal abuse
Rodeos use fear, stress or pain to make animals perform; these vulnerable creatures can be severely injured or killed for "entertainment."
Glauce Fleury
Jul 14, 20162 min read
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Wildlife at risk, and we haven't done much to avoid it
The episodes involving a gorilla in the U.S. and a jaguar in Brazil show that we, as a society, don't know how to deal with wild animals.
Glauce Fleury
Jun 30, 20163 min read
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Stay away from bees — and honey
Under poor weather, honey is the only source of food for bees, which are now facing extinction. If they disappear, we won’t likely survive.
Glauce Fleury
Jun 16, 20162 min read
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