Center for a Livable Future
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future—working toward a healthy, equitable, resilient food system from within the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Stories and Viewpoints
The MAHA Strategy and Food Systems
With the release of the MAHA strategy report, it seems clear that MAHA will do little to address the root causes of chronic disease.
Remembering Fred Kirschenmann, 1935–2025
The Center will greatly miss the wisdom and inspiration provided by friend and ally Fred Kirschenmann.
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Disquiet in North Dakota Town as Mega-Dairy Tries to Move In
Community members in Abercrombie are fighting to prevent a new mega-dairy with 12,000 cows.
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Jessica Culpepper: The Problem of Agricultural Exceptionalism
Legal systems alone cannot reform food systems.
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CLF-Lerner Fellowships
Established in 2003, the goal of the Center for a Livable Future-Lerner Fellowship Program is to support doctoral students at the Johns Hopkins University.
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FoodSpan
A downloadable curriculum that provides high school teachers with lesson plans relating to food system issues.
Free Online Courses
“An Introduction to the US Food System: Perspectives from Public Health,” offered through the University’s partnership with Coursera.