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
Panel Addresses Risks Faced by Farmworkers: Heat, Pesticides, and Other Inequities
APHA panelists discussed climate change as a factor that exacerbates risks and inequities affecting farmworker populations.
Pastor, Fellow, Researcher: Bringing Equity into the Food System
Darriel Harris is the first Cynthia and Robert S. Lawrence Fellow at the Bloomberg School.
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USDA’s approach to meat labeling is failing
This op-ed first appeared in The Hill on May 2, 2022 and has been re-printed with permission.
Nicolette Hahn Niman: It’s Not the Cow, It’s the How
Rancher, author, mother and attorney Nicolette Hahn Niman discusses the importance of beef to health and regenerative agriculture.
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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.