Education

The Center for a Livable Future applies a public health lens to understanding and addressing food systems issues.  The Center stewards evidence to support meaningful food systems change through practice and policy and by providing education and training opportunities that highlight the application of science and systems thinking to build a healthy, just, equitable, and sustainable food system.

Opportunities for Johns Hopkins Students

The Bloomberg School of Public Health is the largest institution of its kind in the world and home to 10 departments and numerous specializations, including food systems. The School’s Bloomberg American Health Initiative supports MPH and DrPH fellows in focus areas such as Food Systems for Health and Environmental Challenges. Two degree programs in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering offer an option to focus on food systems:

• Master of Health Science (MHS) focus in Food Systems, Water, and Environmental Sustainability
• PhD track in Environmental Sustainability, Resilience and Health

The Center offers the following opportunities for JHU students interested in food systems:

• CLF-Lerner Fellowships for Doctoral Students

• The Cynthia & Robert S. Lawrence Fellowship

• Certificate in Food Systems, the Environment and Public Health

• MPH Concentration in Food Systems

• BSPH Courses: On-campus and Online

• Research Assistant Opportunities

• Research and Project Ideas for Students

• Who Studied Food Systems with CLF?

Training and Educational Opportunities for Professionals

CLF provides innovative, non-academic training programs and resources for a variety of partners working within or peripheral to food systems.

• Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists

Resources for Teachers and Students of all Ages

The Center supports teachers and learners beyond the traditional university classroom. We raise awareness about food system issues through free courses, a textbook, lesson plans for teachers and more.

• FoodSpan: Curriculum for high school teachers
• Food System Primer
• Online courses through Coursera
• Textbook: Introduction to the US Food System
• Book: Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health

CLF Educational Documentaries (YouTube)

• Growing Solutions: 42-minute film that explores innovative approaches to challenges that plague farmers, including climate change.
• Food Frontiers: 36-minute film that highlights six pioneering projects from around the country that are reducing food insecurity in communities. 
• Out to Pasture: 34-minute film that compares raising food animals on pasture with the prevailing industrial approach involving large-scale confinement.

Addressing Disease with Food Access for All

With an MPH Concentration in Food Systems, Susan Kornacki is using a multidisciplinary approach to pave the way for healthy food access for all.

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Five Fellows Collaborate to Tackle the Public Health Implications of Industrial Food Animal Production

Five CLF-Lerner Fellows spanning 17 years of fellowship support are still collaborating on research regarding industrial food animal production.

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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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