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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

Food Trends for 2025 Focus on Healthful Foods, Viral Trends, and Protein

In 2025, food trends are being driven in part by social media trends, and many Americans plan to start new eating patterns.

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Adam Sheingate: How Transparency Can Transform Food Systems

Professor Adam Sheingate believes that increased transparency in the food system is a tool we can use to make meaningful changes.

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Maria and Michael Payan Use Scientific Evidence to Fight for Communities

Community activists in Delaware are using science to advocate for environmental justice in poultry country.

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Statement on the Demise of Chevron Deference

A recent landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court will likely further lighten the industry’s regulatory burden with regard to industrial livestock production.

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Education

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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Other 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.