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
Jessica Culpepper: The Problem of Agricultural Exceptionalism
Legal systems alone cannot reform food systems.
Journalism Fellows Dive into Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay
The second cohort of journalists in the Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists program learned about the oyster and crab industries on the Eastern Shore.
Learn MoreDisquiet 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.
Learn MoreDeregulating Meatpacking Line Speeds
What are the consequences of allowing swine processing plant owners to increase the line speed for line workers?
Learn MoreEducation
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.
Learn MoreOther Education Resources
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.