As part of the Cork Food Policy Council, which CEF supports and is represented on, we are delighted to explore the environmental and health benefits of a Plant Based Diet with James O’Donovan, CEF Chairperson and Editor of Vegan Sustainability … Read more
Street Feast – Sunday 12th June “We are absolutely delighted to confirm that thousands of people today took part in Centenary Street Feast parties throughout the country – the largest number of Street Feasts on record! On the last count over 1,200 … Read more
The final in a series of 3 Autumn talk by the Cork Food Policy Council takes place on Tuesday 24th November at 7pm on the top floor of the upstairs restaurant at the Quay CoOp. This is a FREE event, … Read more
The posts by Sandy Andersen on her research into reduced meat consumption through the Meat Pledge Project raised a lot of interest and some comment. As a follow up one of our members, James O’Donovan, has kindly offered to write … Read more
We’re borrowing the words of the late, great Douglas Adams in our farewell from the Meaty Matters blog.
When we began the Meat Pledge experiment, we decided to include our own meat pledge period and our blog entries as part of the group. All the names have been changed to ensure privacy both for the participants and for … Read more
For many days, we’ve been talking on Meaty Matters about our 9 pledge participants, volunteers who are willing to eat less or no meat for 4 whole weeks, and to tell us all about it. Actually they’ve done quite well, … Read more
”Killing a large animal is lot of work, the nervous system does not stop immediately and it can even be dangerous. Cutting it apart is grueling. You’re taking the legs and the shoulders, etc. but there’s still a frame that … Read more
About three weeks ago, our plucky participants began a pledge period of less or no meat for 4 weeks. Why did they do it? In this blog entry we’re looking at the reasons some of these volunteers decided to change … Read more
Corkonians have changed over the past generation; for one thing, people eat out much more. There have been chippers and McDonalds for decades but now there’s a larger variety of convenience eateries. Supermarkets in Cork have gotten a greater variety … Read more