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About Jenny Henry

Jenny Henry is co-founder of Nation Rising, a non-partisan political advocacy group lobbying the federal government to shift subsidies from animal agriculture and towards the creation of a plant-based food system for the benefit of the people, the planet, and animals. With a background in policy and research, Jenny has been a passionate activist for more than seven years. She obtained a masters degree in social policy and ethics at the University of New Brunswick and has worked closely in the non-profit space as a policy analyst, researcher, writer, and marketer for the last 15 years.

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The answer to the climate crisis can be found in the fields

The federal government must recognize the role that industrialized animal agriculture plays in the climate, health, food and animal welfare crises. 
Opinion | November 24th 2021

Why COVID-19 should change our stance on animal farming

Meat, dairy and egg production in Canada involves forcing thousands of animals to live in filthy conditions. By any epidemiological standard, this is a disaster waiting to happen, write Jenny Henry and Darlene Levecque of Nation Rising.
Opinion | April 28th 2021

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