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
Ertharin Cousin on Food Security and Covid-19: The Datapoint Becomes a Reality Point
Humanitarian aid expert shares ideas about global food security and vulnerable communities.
The Path Forward During the Pandemic
Emergency food security funding could lead to more lasting, broad-reaching reform once life returns to normal.
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Food Security in the Time of Covid: It’s Not Charity, It’s Justice
The pandemic is new to us, but the virus is drawing our attention to long-existing problems in our food systems, and exacerbating them.
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Emergency Covid Food Policies: Can They Become Permanent Reform?
Emergency food security funding could lead to more lasting, broad-reaching reform once life returns to normal.
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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.