Understanding the Case for Policies to Support a Just Transition to a More Plant-Based Food System in Canada

A great deal of research supports the conclusion that a transition to a more plant-based food system in Canada would greatly help to improve health and environmental outcomes. Canadians for Responsible Food Policy [CRFP] is considering continuing or beginning to advocate for several concrete policies to support such a transition in Canada. This project will help CRFP to analyze both
1. How emerging research, policy developments, and events bear on the general case for policies to support a just transition to a more plant-based food system of the kind that CRFP is considering, and
2. The likely impacts of various specific versions of these policies, including their particular health, environmental, economic, and other social outcomes, and the consequent case in favour of, and potential problems with, these specific policies.
This will enable CRFP to determine what versions of the policies it is considering will maximize potential benefits and minimize potential problems.

Faculty Supervisor:

Howard Nye;Jennifer Welchman

Student:

Partner:

Canadians for Responsible Food Policy

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Alberta

Program: