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.
Stories and Viewpoints
Food Policy Councils: Is There a Best Structure?
FPCs of all organizational types are converging around similar concepts and sharing similar language to discuss the food system.
Food Trends for 2021 Focus on Diverse Cuisines, Home Cooking and Sustainability
The Covid-19 pandemic is changing the way we eat, with a greater awareness of food insecurity and food chain workers.
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Different Datasets, Different Stories: A Seafood Study Illuminates Blind Spots
A new study provides a critical update to long-held assumptions about US seafood consumption.
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Al Sommer on Better Science: Data Versus Beliefs
A public health legend discusses why it’s important to question long-held beliefs, and why we need a bigger tent.
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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.