Galina Hale: The Most Rational Vegan

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, 1:11 p.m.

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\\u201c\\u2026people say, okay, recycle, and then somebody sees you throwing out a little candy wrapper. Nobody\'s going to point at you say, \\u2018Huh, I saw you threw away a recyclable piece\\u201d Right? But if I say I\'m vegan and then I eat a slice of halal and halal is made with eggs, somebody will say, \\u2018Oh, it has eggs, you\'re not really vegan.\\u2019 And so that\'s just kind of weird. \\u2013 Galina Hale

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Galina is a professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz. She\'s also the co-founder and Chief Research Officer of FSI\\u2014 Food System Innovations, where her husband, David, is CEO. David was on the podcast a couple of weeks ago.

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Galina served as a Research Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and as an assistant professor of economics at Yale University.\\xa0 Galina\\u2019s current research interests focus on attracting mainstream finance to climate solutions, the sustainability of the global food system, and international financial stability, especially with respect to climate risks.\\xa0 Galina has published over 30 articles in leading economics and finance peer-reviewed journals.\\xa0 She serves on multiple editorial boards and presents her work regularly at scholarly and policy meetings worldwide.\\xa0

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Galina is also a long-distance athlete. She\'s completed multiple marathons, triathlons and the Ironman.

Links:

Speciesunite.com

FSI - https://fsi.org/

Galina Hale - https://sites.google.com/view/galinahale/

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