Emily Armistead

Very excited to welcome Vicky Bond as Madre Brava's new CEO today. An important moment for Madre Brava as as we grown and strengthen our work to transform the global food system.

Leadership for a Just Protein Transition - Oxford HR Most of us are aware of the energy transition – the rapid transformation of how we produce heat and power required to meet Paris climate targets. But much less talked...

What #leadership is required for a just protein transition?

@emilyarmistead.bsky.social shares her thoughts with Oxford HR on the leadership needed to drive progress in an area she describes as the energy transition’s ‘neglected little sister’.

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McDonald's flames highlight the climate impact of our food There are ways to reduce the climate impact of what we eat - but companies and governments have been slow to back the changes to our food

One image from the LA fires was symbolic of our failure to face the facts about our food system

On Climate Home News, @emilyarmistead.bsky.social argues the image of a burning McDonald’s was not just a symbol of the American Dream going up in smoke.

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/12/m...

The LA fires provided another deluge of apocalyptic photos of the terrible destruction turbocharged by climate change.

Madre Brava's @emilyarmistead.bsky.social picked out one which highlighted our inability (so far) to tackle the impact on the planet of what we eat.

Madre Brava — The Half Promise of Weight-Loss Drugs New weight-loss drugs are a game-changer, but they treat the symptom, not the cause.

Our Interim Executive Director @emilyarmistead.bsky.social argues that groundbreaking weight-loss drugs are welcome but can't solve our obesity crisis alone.

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Versions of this piece were published in @latimes.com and @projectsyndicate.bsky.social.

Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters We ultimately also must address the root cause of the global obesity crisis: our broken food system.

Can weight-loss drugs fix the obesity crisis? Not unless we stop peddling unhealthy foods. The same goes for emissions from food. Techno-fixes won't work without changing what's on offer. My views in the LA Times today. bit.ly/3ZJYypx

The Half Promise of Weight-Loss Drugs | by Emily Armistead - Project Syndicate Emily Armistead warns that addressing the obesity crisis requires remaking a food system that is harming us and the planet.

Overlapping crises caused by our broken food system cannot be wished away. What is needed is a major shift in dietary habits toward foods that nourish both people and the environment, writes @madrebrava.bsky.social's @emilyarmistead.bsky.social. bit.ly/4fpIezN

Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters We ultimately also must address the root cause of the global obesity crisis: our broken food system.

Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters

In this @latimes.com Opinion, our Interim Executive Director, @emilyarmistead.bsky.social argues revolutionary weight-loss drugs don't fix the underlying cause of the obesity crisis: our broken food system.
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